All language subtitles for 18-11`-2023fgchhchgeeeee

Russia invaded Ukraine with 180 thousand
troops, which consisted of professionals,

the best of the best. After almost 2 years
and 310 thousand eliminated, the Russian

grouping has more than doubled and already
exceeds 400 thousand, but there is a nuance.

What achievements the Russian side has thanks to
the intensification of mobilization processes,

especially since the second half of 2022?

The first thing that comes to mind is the
offensive on Bakhmut, which dragged on for

more than 10 months. At that time, the
army already had about 250 thousand, but

the enemy fled from Kharkiv region, and
then from the right-bank Kherson region.

In 2023, the Russians are struggling to
hold the defense in Zaporizhzhya region,

losing control over the southern sector near
Bakhmut, can not realize the offensive on

the Lyman-Kupiansk axis, experiencing
a number of problems on the left bank

in the Kherson region, more than a month
by the forces of several combined armies,

army corps and tank division trying to
encircle the small town of Avdiivka.

"The second army in the world" is fighting
not for regions and cities with millions of

inhabitants, but for villages and small towns.

the scale of operations has decreased many times,
because quantity is not an indicator of quality.

Russia ran out of professional army
back in 2022, and there are mostly

mobilized troops left. This is one of the
reasons for Russia’s limited offensive

capabilities. From privates to officers, they
are inexperienced, and their effectiveness in

the combat zone is far below the units
that invaded Ukraine in February 2022.

Considering that the invasion forces had
almost full staffing. They had no problems

with providing the troops with ammunition, fuel
and lubricants, they had no shortage of equipment.

Now the deficit in the Russian forces has a
direct impact on the capabilities of the troops.

Let's assume that there are 450 thousand Russian
occupants in Ukraine. Tentatively, the enemy's

tank grouping is more than 2500 tanks. But is this
a lot or a little, how effective can it be used?

450 thousand occupants is about 560
Battalion tactical groups. At the same time,

their full staff complement
of tanks is 6,150. That is,

the deficit of tanks for such
a number of troops is 60%.

560 BTGs should be equipped with 18,850
armored fighting vehicles! But according

to the maximum data there are only 6,500
units, that is 35% of what is needed.

A classic unit loses its combat capability
and cannot effectively fulfill combat

missions if losses in personnel and
equipment reach 30%. In this case,

we are talking about a shortage
of 65% of the technical component!

That is why the enemy's field of action
has narrowed considerably in recent months.

The Russian command is systematically
saturating the combat zone with "cannon

fodder," but the effectiveness of a group
of more than 450,000 is much lower than

the effectiveness of a 180,000-strong
group at the beginning of the invasion.

Under such conditions, the occupation
army can perform defensive functions in

most cases - and that exclusively on the
basis of manpower. Plugging with human

shields all the holes in the supply and
leveling the quality of personnel. This

results in colossal losses and an unstable
front that cannot be held with all efforts.

Such a grouping has no ability to carry out
large-scale offensive operations along a wide

front, but is able to either slow down the
offensive of the AFU, using the quantitative

factor, or organize offensives in small
locations, losing precious equipment.