The Ukrainian Defence Ministry has voiced the real losses of the AFU in equipment during the Russian special operation in Ukraine.
“I am only talking about heavy weapons. As of today we have about 30-40 and sometimes up to 50% losses of equipment as a result of active fighting. So we have lost about 50%. …We have lost about 1,300 infantry fighting vehicles, 400 tanks, 700 artillery systems,” said Deputy Defense Minister Volodymyr Karpenko in an interview with National Defence.
According to the general, Ukraine received a “large number” of weapons, but according to his estimates, they cover 10-15 per cent of the needs of the Ukrainian forces.
Karpenko stressed that today the total number of Ukrainian Armed Forces, Territorial Defence and Security Forces is “up to one million people” who need to be “provided with small arms, personal protection equipment and communication equipment.
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