VIDEO. War in Ukraine: Russian army in full “mechanization crisis”, soldiers sent to the front in outdated Ladas

Une Lada Zhigulis qui est utilisée par l’armée russe. (Illustration) EPA – ROMAN PILIPEY

La guerre entre l’Ukraine et la Russie continue de faire rage alors que les armées des deux pays commencent à manquer cruellement de matériel.

Ammunition and men are the resources that Volodymyr Zelensky's army needs most. On the Russian side, the conflict has caused significant damage and some shortages are being felt. According to the latest revelations from the American media Forbes, Putin's men no longer have enough armored vehicles and are therefore using civilian vehicles to transport soldiers to the front.

Great losses for Russia

It is difficult to accurately assess Russia's resources, particularly because it is using its stock of vehicles dating from the Cold War, and the exact number is not known.

Nevertheless, “Russia loses 6,000 armored vehicles per year” while it only produces “about 200 new BMP-3 combat vehicles and 90 new T-90M tanks each year, as well as several hundred other new armored vehicles, including the BTR-82 wheeled combat vehicles”, the magazine details.

Suicide attacks

The material losses are therefore considerable and it has become difficult to transport soldiers to the front line and carry out assaults in suitable vehicles. The troops with the tricolor flag are said to have found a last resort solution.

Suicide attacks carried out in Lada Zhigulis, civilian cars weighing barely a ton and 5 meters long, are becoming more and more frequent. Understandably, they are not at all suited to combat. Proof that the situation is getting tense on the Russian side.

This Russian car is very popular in Eastern Europe. These models were designed from 1970 to 2012, and the number of copies is around 4.9 million. With this new strategy employed by the Russian army, it is understandable that the Kremlin's armed forces are going through a certain “mechanization crisis”. The war in Ukraine is approaching its third anniversary and the devastation of the conflict is unprecedented.