What you have to keep in mind is that Russia is not fighting Ukraine but rather NATO in Ukraine. BIG DIFFERENCE
Anyways I'm sure the Russians will remedy this issue just like they remedied the issue with their tank losses. Most of their tank losses were in the first few weeks of the conflict. They adapted quickly.
Yes 9 SU-34s is a devastating loss but Russia has 1000 fighter jets in active service. This won't stop the Russians.
Just as a note, according to Oryx, which btw he's not a definitive source and if you read his website/blog, he's pretty biased, refusing to document Bayraktar losses for example. But anyways, according to his site, Russia has lost 571 tanks, however, read in between the lines, 293 Russian tanks destroyed, 14 damaged, 49 abandoned, 215 captured.
Now this raises some questions, so 293 destroyed, okay, 14 damaged, does that mean they were abandoned as well or just documented as damaged ? 49 abandoned, 215 captured. So if 49 were abandoned doesn't that mean that they were captured as well ?
Okay so let's do some guesstimating. Let's say that 215 were captured, out of the 49 abandoned, let's say 20 were retrievable. That would mean 235 captured by Ukraine.
Now the T-72 is superior to any tank the Ukrainians themselves operate and the Ukrainians have been begging former Soviet block, NATO states for T-72s. So obviously the Ukrainians would operate the 235 odd T-72s if captured, or in some cases repair them for use.
Now there have been several reports that the Russians have destroyed several Ukrainian tank repair facilities and that they have been targeting Ukrainian fuel depots, which would naturally lead to fuel/lubricant shortages.
Which naturally makes one wonder, how many T-72s that the Ukrainians were attempting to repair have been destroyed ?
Also if a Ukrainian operated T-72 gets destroyed on the field, will the Ukrainians document it as a Ukrainian loss or a Russian loss ? Let's say for example 100 Ukrainian operated T-72s are destroyed, you have to wonder how many are being documented as Russian losses rather than Ukrainian losses ?
Also yesterday Immortal posted a video of a Ukrainian ATGM ambush team destroying 4 Russian tanks and 1 armored vehicle in a row, one after another without any response from the tanks. No counter measures, no attempts to flee, no suppressive fire.
Now we know that the Russians have been targeting Ukrainian fuel supplies and fuel convoys. I'm just guessing but could it be possible that the Ukrainian ran out of fuel and decided to destroy their abandoned Russian T-72s for propaganda purposes ? I mean might as well get something out of it right ?
Currently I can't even find Ukrainian losses documented on the Oryx website anymore. Again just scroll through the Oryx website, read the titles of his articles. He's not impartial in the least, but most western MSM treat him as an official source.
Anyways just some food for thought. The fog of war is REAL and as the famous quote says "the first casualty of war is the truth"
Guys, Russia has lost 9 SU-34s the most advanced bomber of RuAF.
Any idea about which airdefense used to down the fullbacks? So far they have also lost 10 percent of their overall Ka-52 Choppers. I know that its because of insane Flow of MANPADs into Ukraine. But hitting 9 SU-34 is an outstanding achievement for Ukrainian airdefense forces.
