These Russian losses are significant for several reasons. The Ukrainian Armed Forces estimate of Russian killed and seriously wounded has now passed the 200,000 benchmark.
The May 17th estimate of 17 armored personnel carriers and nine tanks makes for very heavy news. The Red Army traditionally used ten-tank companies made of three three-tank platoons plus the Company Commander’s tank. In a task organized Battalion of combined tanks and infantry fighting vehicles/personnel carriers the 26 vehicle loss (combined tank and APVs) means an entire Battalion would be combat ineffective. Of course these losses are spread out over a vast front and not from one unit but the day and day losses are exceedingly serious for Russia even if the estimates are inflated 50 percent.
Another railway train is laying on its side in the Krasnoyarsk region of the Russian Federation. Who could be doing this? 🤷♀️