Frag Out! Magazine
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to all of us - also in decision-making and announcements on the plans aimed at introduction of new forms of reaches one, the ultimate The result of the war raging in Ukraine is yet another matter that needs to be considered. We have no idea how long the conflict is going to last, and what the shape of the border, or the demarcation line - more or less durable - would be. One thing is certain - Ukraine has already achieved its primary, strategic objective - it is going to maintain its independence. This means that even if the Russian- European economic relations are normalized, with partial abolition of sanctions in exchange for restoring the flow of natural gas, the power in Moscow still would be yielded by people treating the situation as such as a prolonged ceasefire, aimed at change of the international situation. They would be driven to change the international situation pursuing their interest, by using violence, or threatening violence. In the longer run, other scenarios may happen, also not beneficial for the international landscape. We do know that Russia has been suffering from major losses, starting from February 24th. When this text was written, the Oryx blog stated that the following equipment has been destroyed or captured by the Ukrainians: 1,303 main battle tanks, 1,509 infantry fighting vehicles, 1,077 armored vehicles of other classes, 542 artillery pieces, mortars, and rocket launchers, 61 fixed-wing aircraft, and 56 helicopters. Here we are mentioning solely the losses confirmed on photographs, and solely the equipment that has been destroyed, or captured. Many vehicles were abandoned or damaged - often irreversibly. The losses constitute just a fraction of the formally known Russian military potential. Moscow operated 2,927 ANALYSIS