The regiment, which belongs to the Russian 3rd Army Corps, suffered this loss when trying to besiege the city of Avdiivka after failing to capture Bakhmut.
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The 10th Russian Tank Regiment, a formation created to support the war in Ukraine, will lose a large part of two of its tanks in the city of Avdiivka, Donetsk region, due to lack of discipline and low morale, on the 28th of March.
According to British intelligence, this regiment, which belongs to the 3rd Army Corps, suffered this loss. when trying to besiege the city of Avdiivka after failing to conquer Bakhmut.
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—The Telegraph (@Telegraph) March 29, 2023
Some Western analysts believe that since the invasion of Ukraine began last February, Russia has lost at least 1,900 tanks. Moscow has been changing attacking ways in hopes of winning over Avdiivka.
According to the UK Ministry of Defense, “the heavy losses of the Russian 10th Tank Regiment were due to frontal attacks with tactical failures., identical to the other failed attacks recently using Russian armor around the town of Vuhledar.”
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“Problems of indiscipline and low morale have plagued Russia’s 3rd Army Corps. Despite the training period in Belarus, this training seems to have limited combat effectiveness, ”he added.
Latest Defense Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine: March 28, 2023.
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Oxry, an open-source intelligence company that tracks battlefield losses, says that, “Since the start of the invasion, Moscow has lost around 1,900 tanks, including 1,147 that were destroyed and more than 500 captured by Kiev. “, quotes the Telegraph newspaper.
In 13 months of war, a total of nearly 10,000 pieces of military equipment, artillery shells, and armored vehicles were among the losses the Russian force sustained.
On Tuesday, the Ukrainian foreign minister demanded that Russia withdraw from every meter of Ukrainian territory. “Let me be clear: Russia must withdraw from every square meter of Ukrainian territory,” Dmytro Kuleba said in a video intervention at the “Peace in Ukraine” forum.
kyiv demands that Russia withdraw from “every square meter” of the country and warns: “Peace at any price is an illusion”
With the efforts of the troops to take Avdiivka, the Ukrainian army said last week that the city could become a “second Bakhmut”. The head of the military administration, Vitaliy Barabash, says that the city is being wiped off the face of the Earth.
Source: Observadora
