NATO is moving. Why Putin never understood who was fighting in Ukraine with

Obviously losing the war in Ukraine, Russia is trying to find some excuse for itself - and invented the myth that it was opposed by NATO. Military analyst Alexander Kovalenko breaks this theory with figures and facts in the hands of Russian propaganda in 2022, justifying its defeats in Ukraine, began to intensify the narrative that they were fighting in Ukraine not with the Ukrainian army, but with NATO or how they still. declare, "collective measure".

And their evidence was simple - the West supplies weapons to Ukraine, so Russian occupation troops are fighting with the West. Strange logic, given that the Russian invaders on the battlefield are opposed by the forces of Ukraine's defense, not NATO units, and with the same success, it can be stated that Ukraine is now fighting against invaders from Russia and, for example, Iran . . . or South Africa. And not only.

But, however, let's find out how professionally it is to state that Russia is fighting against NATO and how significant is it an argument to justify the worthlessness of the Russian army? To begin with, there are several previous numbers. Prior to the commencement of a full-scale war in Ukraine, 24. 02.

2022, the ratio of the Armed Forces and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation was approximately as follows: these data are approximate, within +/- 10%, since the average data of different analytical groups were taken. But the essence was at first - Russia had a tremendous advantage from equipment over the Ukrainian army. And it is not just about the technique.

The advantage was by the number of troops, by economic capabilities, by ammunition reserves, the strength of the reserve of the technical component that remained inherited from the USSR. In fact, Ukraine fought against Russia as if it were attacked, by one or another, from 3 to 7 countries at the same time! And now we will analyze the losses of Ukraine and Russia.

To do this, I will use exclusively documented losses, namely those that are confirmed by photos and videos! I specifically emphasize this to avoid misunderstandings from users from the Armed Forces General Staff. It is correct and as correct as possible, but now I will apply the "documentary". In this case, I use the Oryx data, which has the most complete and reliable base of documented losses. So, during a full -scale invasion of loss, we have made a category - tanks.

The Russians lost 1,947 tanks destroyed, damaged and shaped, while Ukrainian troops have lost 496 tanks, or almost 4 times less. And now the most interesting. How many tanks have been put by international partners? Since 2022, we have received 575 tanks, various modifications and we are planning to transfer. But we count these 575.

That is, even if in this war we would not lose any tank, then with the current help from the Western countries in the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces would be 1 425 tanks, which is still more than 2 times less than the Russians were in The moment of invasion! For BBM the same. We have received as of today 1 505 medium-armor wheel and tracked equipment and 905 units of light armored, mainly wheel chassis. That is, even total, it is 2410 units or 4910 as of the beginning of the war, which is 2.

5 times less than the Russians! Towed and self -propelled artillery is difficult to judge, but about 800 units were obtained that it could be 2700 or 1. 5 times less at the beginning of the invasion of the invasion! Actually, what is it all about? It all says that Ukraine, even if it had not had losses in the war, still, even with the current support of the event, would not have the potential that was initially a full -scale invasion in Russia.

So, to say that Russia is fighting against NATO - unprofessionally. The aggressor country is fighting the country much smaller in size, with a much smaller population, much smaller natural and economic resources, which, even receiving help from its partners, still has a technical component less than that of the aggressor country. At the same time, having this total advantage over Ukraine, even with the support of NATO, Russia loses it.

Although, in fact, it does not even fight with a country that is conditionally equal to Russia by all the above parameters. Actually, the conclusions are asked. And the woodpeckers who pull to our information space are similar narratives are a special greetings. We have not reached the level of moles at the time of a full -scale invasion at any position of providing weapons and equipment.