The russian federation completely aimed at conducting infantry offensives, neglecting losses. The inability to provide the existing 200,000-strong reserve of mobs with weapons and military equipment, problems with the military industry (only 30% of the acceleration was achieved) only means that the Kremlin will throw forces into battle without an appropriate set of standard weapons and heavy equipment.
And, of course, the Kremlin understands everything perfectly, and the russian General Staff could well derive a formula that answers the question of how much it will cost to advance through the territory of Ukraine under these conditions. More precisely, how many KIA it takes to advance for each kilometer.
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At the same time, it is possible to estimate these indicators independently, approximately and exclusively at the level of an approximate illustration. To do this, let’s take data on enemy losses by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and compare the advance of the enemy over a certain period based on the map of the state of the fronts by the DeepState.
In particular, as of December 22, losses in personnel of the russian federation have already exceeded the symbolic mark and amount to 100.4 thousand. Take December 1 as a starting point, when the enemy's losses amounted to 89.44 thousand. During this period of several weeks, there were only two areas on the front where the enemy was advancing. Thus, a meter or two per a day in Pisky and Bakhmut. During the first advance, it was 8 sq.km, during the second it was 20.73 sq. km.
Thus, 28.76 sq. km of Ukrainian land cost the Kremlin the lives of 10,960 russians, and each square kilometer costs the russian federation 381 servicemen. Of course, these are purely illustrative calculations, due to the fact that the losses of russians are borne on all other areas of the front. But scale is assessed.
That is why the number of russia’s armed forces is increasing, now up to 1.5 million servicemen. And Shoigu's plans regarding the formation of new divisions, including artillery ones, can be assessed on the verge of ambition and loss of common sense.
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