(AP Photo/Felipe Dana) ASSOCIATED PRESSįurther, many of the abandoned vehicles appear to have gotten stuck in the mud. While some may be due to Russian soldiers fleeing, of which there have been several anecdotal reports, about half of the vehicles appear to have been abandoned due to maintenance issues, with nothing else appearing wrong with the vehicle in its images.Ī destroyed Russian tank is seen after battles on a main road near Brovary, north of Kyiv, Ukraine. If properly maintained, the equipment would be expected to operate without issue, however, approximately 15 percent of the equipment listed on Oryx was abandoned. This aligns well with reports about a stagnant Russian defense industrial base, from which both sides have procured their equipment, and underfunded militaries.
A large amount of the equipment on both sides are remnants of the Soviet era. Oryx further analyzes the images to validate its authenticity and determine the make and model of each piece of equipment. Note that although the Russian military has sustained greater losses, the impact of each loss is smaller for the Russians than the Ukrainians given the relative sizes of their militaries: for example, Russia went into the war with 9,780 tanks while Ukraine had 2,170.
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