The Russian leader appeared to not be on the same page as his defense ministry in regards to Ukraine's equipment losses.
However, a figure he cited for Ukrainian armored vehicle losses was much higher than an estimate released by Russia's Ministry of Defense on Sunday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the Eastern Economic Forum, September 12, 2023, in Vladivostok, Russia. During comment he made at the forum about Ukraine, Putin seemingly contradicted a recent statement made by the Russian Ministry of Defense.According to the Kremlin-operated media outlet RT, Putin said Ukraine has not found much success on the battlefield while crediting his forces for destroying 543 tanks and 18,000 armored vehicles from Ukraine in the past three months alone.
"Putin either may have decided that there is no downside to exaggerating, or he really doesn't pay attention to what the MoD is saying," George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government professor Mark N. Katz toldKatz added,"It will be interesting to see whether the MoD now 'corrects' its website and lists the same figures that Putin cited."
For their part, Kyiv officials typically cite the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces' figures when they discuss Russian losses. According to the General Staff's data released on Tuesday, Russia has lost 4,568 tanks and 8,778 armored fighting vehicles throughout the entire course of the war.could not independently verify Ukraine and Russia's figures on equipment losses and has reached out to both countries' defense ministries for comment via email.
According to Dutch open-source intelligence outlet Oryx, Ukraine has lost 4,420 pieces of equipment since the beginning of the war, while Russia has suffered the loss of 12,121 pieces of equipment. Since only confirmed equipment losses are included in its tallies, Oryx states that the"amount of equipment destroyed is significantly higher" than it records.
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