Russia's tank war is faltering

Created: 2022-03-21Updated: 2022-03-21 8:33 PM

By: Lucas Maier

War continues between Ukraine and Russia.

Selenskyj's army repeatedly misses sensitive blows from Putin.

The news ticker.

• Ukraine war*: The armies of Vladimir Putin* and Volodymyr Zelenskyj* are still fighting after more than three weeks.

• An advance by Russia* on Kyiv* has already been repelled by Ukraine*.

• A general of the USA*, as well as the secret service of Great Britain*, are amazed at the procedure in the Ukraine conflict*.

Kyiv – Russia has been attacking Ukraine for almost a month.

As dismayed as many politicians, stars and experts have been about the war, military experts express their astonishment at Russia's actions.

Vladimir Putin's army seems to be having difficulties everywhere.

The military expert and US General Franklin McKenzie is also astonished to the news portal cbsnews.com.

"It surprises me that they have such big problems," he said.

War in Ukraine: London attests Russia heavy losses

There was already a similar statement from London on Wednesday (March 16, 2022), as reported by the dpa.

The British secret service wrote in a statement that the army behind Volodymyr Zelenskyj made good tactical use of Russia's weaknesses.

According to the British Defense Ministry, the Ukrainian army was able to repel the advance of the Russian army and inflicted heavy losses on Putin's army.

Ukraine says that Russia has already lost around 40 percent of its troops in the attack on the neighboring country.

However, this information cannot currently be independently verified.

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Losses in the Ukraine war: Putin's tanks less powerful than expected - experts surprised by Russia

While the British secret service attributes Russia's lack of military successes to a lack of air sovereignty and thus a lack of options for action, McKenzie has a different view of the Ukraine war.

The general has been on duty for the United States in the Middle East for the past three years, according to cbsnews.

In close proximity to the armed forces from Russia, he got to know the army of Vladimir Putin as a strong and large tank army*.

However, the past three weeks have refuted the supposed findings from three years of Syria operations*.

Tanks from Russia: Almost 500 are said to have been destroyed in Ukraine so far

The Ukrainian military announces the losses of Russia every day.

The number of tanks allegedly destroyed underscores McKenzie's perception.

According to this, 498 Russian tanks are said to have been destroyed by March 21, 2022.

At present, this information cannot be independently confirmed either.

• Losses Russia (data from the military of Ukraine):

• 15,000

  soldiers (captive or dead)

• 97

  aircraft

• 121

  helicopters

• 498

  tanks

• 240

  Artillery Weapons

• 1535

  Armored Personnel Carrier

• 80

  missile launch systems

• 3

  boats

• 969

  vehicles

• 60

  tankers

• 24

  drones

• 45

  air defense systems

• 13

  Special Equipment (Not defined)

• Source:

  The Kyiv Independent (as of 03/21/2022)

The American McKenzie was a tank commander himself during his career.

The 60-year-old veteran could hardly believe that an entire column of tanks ran out of fuel on the way to Kyiv.

Tanks on the streets of Ukraine: Does Russia have too little practice in war?

The general concluded that there were no fundamental logistical considerations during the advance.

McKenzie attributes the fact that Russia is mainly moving on roads during its tank attack* to a lack of training.

The roads are death traps, especially for armored vehicles, especially when you're fighting people who have good anti-tank systems, and the Ukrainians have good anti-tank systems.

Frank McKanzie to cbsnews

According to McKenzie's assessment, it remains to be seen whether Russia's high losses are due to their own incompetence.

However, after Ukraine's troops stopped the first advance on Kyiv*, he assumes that Russia will regroup to launch another attack.

The expert considers a failure of Putin's army in front of Kyiv to be unrealistic in the long term.

The general also stated that the US, EU* and NATO* will continue to supply arms to Ukraine.

(lm)