Russia’s losses in equipment in Kursk region have become catastrophic - Forbes
The Russian army continues to lose a lot of military equipment in the Kursk region.
According to Censor.NET, Forbes reports.
"A section of the Kursk region of about 4 square miles has become a cemetery for Russian equipment. This is a harbinger of impending disaster for the Kremlin as its offensive against Ukraine begins to weaken," the article says.
According to one of the interlocutors of the publication, a drone operator of the Ukrainian Marine Corps Brigade, he counted about 90 destroyed and abandoned Russian vehicles on his 20-by-12-mile site alone. It is noted that this is equipment for an entire brigade. Ukrainian losses in the same area were much smaller: only about 20 units.
"A 4:1 ratio of losses in favor of Ukraine is not unusual. In fact, it's only slightly higher than the overall 3:1 ratio of losses for the entire war: 14,500 destroyed Russian vehicles versus 5,200 Ukrainian ones. A year after Ukraine's counteroffensive in the summer of 2023 ended and Russia launched its new offensive, Kursk became the epicenter of the fighting, although fierce fighting also continues in the areas of Chasiv Yar, Toretsk, Vovchansk, Kurakhove, Vuhledar and other cities and towns in eastern Ukraine," Forbes writes.
The publication also reminds that Putin has given his forces until February to push the Ukrainian Armed Forces out of the Kursk region, and for good reason. The Russian regime expects that the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump on January 20 will usher in a new and unstable era in US relations with Ukraine.
"No matter what happens after January 20, Putin wants full control over Russian territory when the political situation changes. That's why the Kremlin has gathered 60,000 Russian and North Korean troops and the best heavy weapons in the Kursk region and started to launch an offensive," the article says.
The first wave of Russian attacks encountered Ukrainian mines, drones, tanks, and artillery near the village of Zelenyi Shlyakh. By the end of November, the attacks slowed down, but only so that units could receive reinforcements.
"This is just a warm-up for the show," a Ukrainian source told Forbes on November 29.
The second wave of attacks began on Saturday. It was also unsuccessful. The UAV team claimed to have shot down 10 Russian vehicles.
Human losses were equally significant. Every day, the Russians lost between 1,200 and 2,000 troops killed and wounded, far exceeding the mobilization of approximately 30,000 troops each month. Without the North Korean reinforcements, the Russian army would have been reduced by thousands of men every week.
"Personally, I think these successes are largely a failure of the Russian army. The way Russia is using its forces is unsustainable," wrote analyst Andrew Perpetua.
While it is difficult to predict when and how the Russian field armies in Kursk and eastern Ukraine will collapse, it is clear that they are headed that way.
If anything could change the situation in Russia's favor, it would be the end of U.S. aid to Ukraine. Kyiv is trying to increase military recruitment, strengthen its defense, reform its command structures, and expand its arms production.
Despite these difficulties, Ukrainians have reason to be optimistic. Western aid may continue to flow, albeit under new conditions. Meanwhile, the Russians continue to lose resources that they are no longer able to recover.
As a reminder, in November, the average daily loss of the Russian occupation army amounted to 1523 people (killed and wounded). This is the third month in a row that Russian troops have suffered new combat losses.
