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☆ 300,000 new troops couldn't get Russia's big offensive to work, and sending more to the front probably won't help, war experts say
  + stars: | 2023-03-20 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Russia mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops to fight in Ukraine and fuel a spring offensive. But these new soldiers have been unable to turn Russia's advances into a major success, war experts say. Ukraine now appears positioned for its own push, according to the Institute for the Study of War. Meanwhile, Russian forces sent to fight in Ukraine have taken a beating. Western intelligence and US officials estimate Russia has likely suffered up t0 200,000 casualties in Ukraine.
☆ Putin's army can't figure out how to use tanks, and the battlefield in Ukraine is littered with burnt wrecks
  + stars: | 2023-03-04 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
According to an open-source intelligence analysis by Oryx, more than 1,780 Russian tanks have been destroyed, damaged, captured, or abandoned since Moscow launched its invasion in February 2022. Due to the design of many of Russia's tanks, a hit can cause the ammunition to detonate, killing the crew as the overpressure blows the top off. And it's "questionable" how well Russia's tanks are integrated into its overall operations. A destroyed Russian tank covered by snow stands in the village of Kamyanka, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023. AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, FileClearing a minefield is a slow, complicated, and deliberate process that involves several steps, but Russian tanks appear to drive right through them.
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