Som sagt säger en ny uppskattning att Ryssland får slut på reparerbara stridsvagnar i sitt förråd om två år, inklusive de äldsta exemplaren från 1950-talet:Counting Stars skrev:As of today, Oryxspioenkop data indicates that Russia has already lost 10,009 military vehicles in Ukraine. Most significantly, a total of 2,834 vehicles, 28% of those lost by the Russians, have been captured by the Ukrainians. The total number of vehicles destroyed is 6,477, which must be add 304 damaged and 394 abandoned vehicles. These enormous losses have not even helped Russia to secure the objectives it set for itself when starting this invasion. In fact, Russian forces remain stagnant on all fronts, which makes it clear the failure of Putin's plans.
Jag råkade tidigare länka till fel video från Covert Cabal. I ovanstående video görs en noggrann undersökning av antalet stridsvagnar som är kvar i Ryssland.
Canada announces new small arms package for Ukraine
Hur stort är behovet av handeldvapen på bägge sidor? Som bekant använder Ryssland 1800-talsgeväret Mosin-Nagant.The Kyiv Independent skrev:Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand announced a new military aid package for Ukraine on April 11 in cooperation with firearms manufacturer Colt Canada.
According to Anand, Canada is donating 21,000 assault rifles, 38 machine guns, and over 2.4 million rounds of ammunition.
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Canada previously pledged 8,000 rounds of 155 mm ammunition, 1,800 rounds of 105 mm tank training ammunition, and 12 air defense missiles to Ukraine after the tenth Ramstein summit on March 15.
Leaks show Egypt sought to covertly ship rockets to Russia: report
Vad kan en desperat Putin tänkas erbjuda i utbyte mot lite ammunition? Egypten och USA har ju en bra relation, och Ryssland kan knappast ge mer pengar.The Hill skrev:One document says Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi ordered 40,000 rockets to be produced and covertly shipped to Russia.
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White House national security spokesman John Kirby said the U.S. had not seen evidence that Egypt followed through on those plans.
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Egypt is a key ally for the the U.S. and NATO in the Middle East and receives around $1 billion in economic assistance each year.
Leaked Pentagon Docs Share Wild Rumor: Kremlin Plans to ‘Throw’ Putin’s War While He’s Getting Chemo
Är det möjligt att Gerasimov inte är så inkompetent som han ger sken av utan saboterar den ryska krigsinsatsen med flit?Vice skrev:One of those slides suggested that Russian National Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev and Russian Chief of the General Staff Valeriy Gerasimov have a plan to sabotage Putin while he’s getting treatment for cancer.
South Korea says 'significant' number of leaked US docs are fake
Uppgifternas riktighet kan emellertid ifrågasättas på flera punkter.France24 skrev:Some files reportedly show concern among top South Korean national security officials that arms and ammunition manufactured by their country might end up being used in Ukraine -- a violation of Seoul's policy of not selling weapons to nations at war.
In a call on Tuesday, the South Korean defence minister and the US secretary of defense agreed that "a significant number of the documents in question were fabricated", the presidential office in Seoul said in a statement.
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The Pentagon has said it is working to determine if the documents are genuine, and that at least one appeared to have been manipulated.