“If Ukraine is losing 20 to 30 vehicles per village, and has a total of about 500 western-supplied tanks and APCs, you can do the math and figure out Ukraine will not be liberating southern Ukraine at that pace.”
Except, the Russian Federation is loosing equipment and personal at alarming rates. Equipment like tanks at almost 4:1, Artilery at 2:1, APC like 6:1, and people at 6-8:1. Even when Russia is on the defensive side, the losses are at least 2:1 for the Russians in equipment.
I know, I know, the Russians have HUGE amounts of Equipment and personnel to waste. What’s a million young soldiers anyway, they lost 29 million in the great war!
All these statistics are fake. They have three sources. Uke fans who give silly Baghdad Bob evaluations. Russian stats that also are unlikely to be accurate if released to the public. And internet enthusiasts who scan satellite photos, google earth, etc etc and try to extrapolate into a sensational video that gets them lots of hits.
Nobody has accurate stats.
The bottom line, Russia wanted the Donbass, and they pretty much have it and can strike anywhere in Ukraine, in force, at will. The Ukes can barely manage a circus stunt here and there that militarily fall into the nuisance zone.
The Ukes are grabbing men up to 60 on the street and sending them directly to the front with maybe a week of training.
6:1? 8:1? How about a jillion to one? What nonsense. Not in the defense. Lol.