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26-03-2025, 09:41 AM
Russian forces have seen their armored might dwindle to point 
Ladas & civilian vans have become their last resort in conducting vehicle assaults.
This startling shift reveals not only the staggering attrition of their mechanized reserves but a desperate gamble to keep their offensives alive.
Over past 3-years, Russians lost an immense number of armored vehicles due to intensive prolonged offensive, with Ukrainian military sources reporting Russians have lost over 10,000 tanks and 21,000 armored vehicles. Recent statistics also show Russian civilian & all-terrain vehicles makeup increasingly high percentage (%) of these losses, an explanation for which can be found in the example of the now-empty stockpile of MT-LB amphibious armored personnel carriers, as well as dwindling stockpiles of everything else.
Be4 the full-scale invasion, Russians had approximately 3,300 MT-LB vehicles in active service, with an additional two to 3,000 in reserve. Open-source researchers stated that over three years of intense fighting, geolocated footage confirmed the destruction of at least 1,483 of these vehicles. However, satellite images confirm that the storage locations of these vehicles are now empty, indicating that the actual number is likely double that, with the Russian pre-war stockpile completely emptied.
Ladas & civilian vans have become their last resort in conducting vehicle assaults. This startling shift reveals not only the staggering attrition of their mechanized reserves but a desperate gamble to keep their offensives alive.
Over past 3-years, Russians lost an immense number of armored vehicles due to intensive prolonged offensive, with Ukrainian military sources reporting Russians have lost over 10,000 tanks and 21,000 armored vehicles. Recent statistics also show Russian civilian & all-terrain vehicles makeup increasingly high percentage (%) of these losses, an explanation for which can be found in the example of the now-empty stockpile of MT-LB amphibious armored personnel carriers, as well as dwindling stockpiles of everything else.
Be4 the full-scale invasion, Russians had approximately 3,300 MT-LB vehicles in active service, with an additional two to 3,000 in reserve. Open-source researchers stated that over three years of intense fighting, geolocated footage confirmed the destruction of at least 1,483 of these vehicles. However, satellite images confirm that the storage locations of these vehicles are now empty, indicating that the actual number is likely double that, with the Russian pre-war stockpile completely emptied.
