The Ukrainian army had around 900 tanks—T-64s, mostly—in its arsenal on day one of the war. More than enough for four, five or even six tank brigades plus tank battalions in infantry brigades. In five months of hard fighting the Ukrainians have lost around 230 tanks that analysts can confirm.
Russia has lost more than 1,700 tanks in Ukraine.
But Shtora-1 is found on T-80 tanks and relatively few of these are being used in Ukraine by Russia. The Ukrainians also have this tank model. Russia developed an active protection system that can intercept incoming missiles and shells known as Drozd-2.
The T-84 is a Ukrainian main battle tank (MBT), based on the Soviet T-80 main battle tank introduced in 1976. The T-84 was first built in 1994 and entered service in the Ukrainian Armed Forces in 1999. The T-84 is based on the diesel-engined T-80 version, the T-80UD.
In three months of hard fighting, the Russians have destroyed or captured no fewer than 174 of Ukraine's T-64, T-72 and T-80s tanks out of a pre-war inventory of around 860 total tanks.
Russia has lost 38,750 military personnel, 1,700 tanks, 3,905 armoured combat vehicles and 703 drones in the course of its full-scale military invasion in Ukraine.
The Ukrainians have captured some 400 Russian armoured vehicles - this unit has taken five of them. Deep in the woods in eastern Ukraine, a tank unit has hidden itself underneath the trees.
According to US defense officials, UKAF still has 56 operational fighter jets as of 11 March 2022.
Most of the manned aircraft Ukraine has lost–47 planes and helicopters that outside analysts can confirm–were shot down by Russian air-defenses. Most of Russia's 85 confirmed manned aircraft losses–not counting Tuesday's losses–also have been in the air.
The Ukrainian army had around 900 tanks—T-64s, mostly—in its arsenal on day one of the war. More than enough for four, five or even six tank brigades plus tank battalions in infantry brigades. In five months of hard fighting the Ukrainians have lost around 230 tanks that analysts can confirm.
Russia has already lost approximately 34,700 military personnel, more than 1,500 tanks, 217 planes and 184 helicopters in the course of its full-scale military invasion in Ukraine.
NATO has 5,040, 5,495 and 2,803 in comparison, but leads in battle tanks and armoured vehicles, with 14,682 and 115,855 respectively, to Russia's 12,420 and 30,122.
Since Russia widened its war on Ukraine on Feb. 23, Ukrainian troops have captured no fewer than 215 Russian tanks.
Overall the new Russian tank is on par with the US Abrams tank. In some areas it is slightly superior than the Abrams, however it has got no cutting-edge superiority. The Abrams has technical superiority in mobility and cross-country performance.
Although it cannot be verified, the Ukrainian army's estimates put the number of Russia's equipment losses much higher, claiming that Russian troops have lost 1,768 tanks and 4,011 armored combat vehicles. Moscow, on the other hand, has never shared reports of its military equipment losses in Ukraine.
According to the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) The Military Balance, the Russians have 2,800 tanks and 13,000 other armored vehicles (reconnaissance and infantry fighting vehicles) in units with another 10,000 tanks and 8,500 armored vehicles in storage.
More than a hundred days into Russia's wider war on Russia, the tiny, aging Ukrainian air force still is in the fight. It's a remarkable feat, considering that the Russian air force has 10 times as many fighters—and most of them are much more modern than Ukraine's 30-year-old planes are.
Stinger and Javelin have been in high-demand in Ukraine as effective means to repel Russia's invasion. The Pentagon has the Stingers and sent more than 5,500 Javelin anti-tank missiless since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, among other defense materiel.
Russian TU-160 and TU-135 strategic bombers take off in Russian airspace, off-limits territory for attack with the U.S.-supplied weapons that Ukraine now operates. Once airborne, they launch deadly cruise missiles capable of hitting targets across Ukraine. Then the bombers safely land, having never been in danger.
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Hundreds of Tanks Lost
As of July 18, Russia has lost 237 T-72B3 tanks, hundreds more in other T-72 variants, and 170 T-80s, according to Oryx Intelligence. This adds up to around 800 Russian tanks destroyed – most of them Soviet-era tanks that Moscow upgraded over the years.
Russia has lost 237 T-72B3 tanks, hundreds more T-72 variants as well as at least 170 T-80 models since the start of the attack on Ukraine in February, according to Oryx, an intelligence blog that tracks Russian military losses.
By some intelligence estimates, Russia has lost a third of its tanks. As it uses up stocks of precision-guided missiles, Russia has relied on artillery systems. But Ukraine's use of sophisticated weaponry has forced Russia to push them back from the front lines, diminishing their effectiveness.