En ting jeg lurer på er om Russland nå klarer å rekruttere nok folk til å erstatte tapene sine? I 2024, så antok jeg at de ville rekruttere rundt 1000 om dagen, men mot slutten 2024, så økte de russiske tapene som rapportert av Ukraina. I desember, så skal casualty tallene ha vært i snitt 1585.
In the air, Russia’s once-feared air force has become largely irrelevant. The Russian Air Force has failed to have any decisive operational effect due to the threat posed by Ukraine’s air defenses. Ukrainian long-range strikes have forced Russian combat aircraft to relocate over 300 kilometers from the front, sacrificing operational effectiveness. After Ukraine was allowed to use Western-produced weapons against military targets inside Russia, the number of Russian air strikes and its use of guided glide bombs have declined by up to 75% in some areas.
Må jo si at det er interessant hvis russiske glidebomber fortsetter å være redusert med 75%. Det burde jo egentlig også gi Ukraina bedre plass til å bruke sine egne fly ved fronten. De mangler bare nok fly og glidebomber?
Når Ukraina angrep ved Kursk, så var fraværet av russiske luftstyrker slående. Dette i sterk kontrast til når Ukraina angrep i Zaporizhzhia sommeren 2023 hvor Russland fikk brukt helikopterne sine mer eller mindre fritt.
Ukraine aims to produce at least 30,000 long-range drones and approximately 3,000 cruise missiles and missile drones in 2025. It is surging its production of FPV drones, and can now manufacture up to four million drones annually.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defence, Ukraine launched at least 7,339 long-range drones against Russia in 2024. The actual numbers are higher because Russia omitted strikes in its deep rear. This represents 71% of all drones that it allegedly has shot down over the previous two years and demonstrates a tremendous increase in Ukrainian strike capacity. This trend will continue in 2025.
Så en 4x økning i langdistansedroner og rundt 2500+ ekstra cruise missiler og missildroner (<500 brukt i 2024) i løpet av 2025 ? Russland ser ut til å ha klart å forbedre forsvaret sitt av bakrommet noe mot trege langdistansedroner, men jeg tviler på at maskingeværild fungerer like bra mot cruise missiler og missildroner. Luftforsvaret til Russland ser jo også ut til å bli prøvet hardt.
In recent months, Russian forces have fielded increasingly fewer tanks and armored vehicles in support of their assaults on Ukrainian positions. Their artillery advantage has been steadily dropping from 10 to 1 to 1,5 to 1. Russia’s dwindling resources signal an impending collapse in its military capacity.
Nok en fordel Russland hadde, som de ikke lenger har.
According to the Russian Central Bank head, “the reserves of labor and production capacity in the Russian economy are almost exhausted, and the economy is now in a state of “overheating”. Businesses have virtually no room to increase their output […]. This is a stagflation scenario, and it will be possible to stop it only at the cost of a deep recession,” Elvira Nabiullina said in July.
Hittil har ikke russisk moral vært et stort problem for dem. Spørsmålet er om de kan fortsette som nå i all evighet? Den russiske økonomien ser virkelig ut til å bli prøvet hardt gjennom 2025.
According to IWS, “it appears increasingly unlikely that the Russian military can sustain its current annual rate of almost 9,000 armored vehicle losses through 2025.”
Ikke bare de som har antatt at Russland peaket i 2024. Det samme gjorde f.eks. rusi.org.