Frag Out! Magazine
Issue link: https://fragout.uberflip.com/i/1467328
force and the air defenses cannot stop all of the strikes - such as the airstrike against the Yavoriv training center. However, some of the cruise missiles have been successfully intercepted. There is some information on downed Russian aircraft and helicopters as well. In the land domain, the Russians have also suffered from serious losses - in equipment and personnel. According to the Ukrainians, until March 13th the Russians have lost 374 main battle tanks, 1226 IFVs, APCs, and other armored vehicles, along with 74 fixed- wing aircraft and 86 helicopters. The Oryx blog documenting losses, based on photographs, lists smaller numbers: 200 MBTs, and 404 IFV/APC/other armored vehicles. This source is characterized by a higher number of abandoned or captured assets. When it comes to documented Ukrainian losses, the Oryx blog lists 61 lost MBTs and 124 other armored vehicles. What's important, the Russians have not managed to accomplish any of the strategic objectives. Only a few operational objectives have been completed: several cities have been encircled, including Kharkiv, Mariupol, and Mykolaiv, the threat has emerged in the Kyiv area, and the southeastern part of Ukraine, in the strip of land connecting Crimea and Donbas has been conquered. This could potentially lead to the emergence of another pseudo-state - the "Kherson People's Republic". One of the obvious factors having an impact on the course of action, especially in the north, is the series of erroneous C2 decisions, poor training, and the lack of logistics. The photographs depicting abandoned equipment, destroyed columns of vehicles, trains ANALYSIS