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Russia-Ukraine Flash Report for 6-27-22 13:30 PDT - Moscow 5 O'Clock Follies

Added 2022-06-27 20:28:24 +0000 UTC

During the Vietnam War, the United States would hold a press conference at 5 o'clock to provide a daily update on the combat activity in the country. Reporters called it the 5 O'Clock Follies because the numbers provided daily were outrageously inaccurate.

Today's update from the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that Ukrainian losses since February 24 are:

215 aircraft
132 helicopters
1,373 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV - drones)
350 anti-aircraft systems
3,830 tanks and other armored combat vehicles (IFV, APC, etc)
684 MLRS launchers
3,025 field artillery cannons and mortars

At the start of the war, the active Ukrainian military inventory included

206 aircraft of all types, including 49 Aero L-39 training aircraft
58 helicopters
An undetermined number of UAVs - we've learned that Ukraine had an extensive pre-war program and has used a lot of consumer drones
435 SAM systems (estimated as of 2014 - the actual number would be lower)
3,137 tanks and other armored combat vehicles
340 MLRS launchers
2,435 towed artillery, mortars, and self-propelled guns

Data is sourced from Global Security. Even if we factor in captured tanks, armored vehicles, and NATO aid, Russia has destroyed more armored vehicles than Ukraine has ever possessed.

The same could be said for artillery and heavy mortars.

That's it. That's the whole Flash Report