All language subtitles for 02-07-2023xtrxfd

June is over and we can summarize
the preliminary results of the

first summer month of the offensive of
the Ukrainian defense forces, which by

many indicators of the destroyed
Russian equipment was a record.

So, adherents of the cult of "failed offensive"
are dedicated - the records of June 2023.

The absolute and most important record
of the month is the number of destroyed

artillery. The record was set not only by the
number of destroyed artillery pieces (688),

but also by Multiple Rocket Launchers (57).
All this was made possible by effective

counter-battery warfare and the opening of
occupier positions by combat reconnaissance.

As we recall, this phase of the offensive
is reconnaissance combat, nothing more.

In June a record was set for the number
of enemy air defenses destroyed (56).

Often air defenses were placed between
the second and third lines of defense,

or even on the third line, in the rear.
This systematic burning of air defense

equipment was also part of the
preparations for the offensive.

The number of special vehicles
destroyed was also a record (122).

This also comes as absolutely no surprise,
since with the activation of the Ukrainian

side along the front line, the Russians
were forced to activate all their units,

including the engineering units,
to support the supply lines.

It is also worth mentioning other positions,
though not record-breaking, but also important.

One of them is the second highest
number of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

destroyed in a full-scale war (414).
This figure includes the "Shahed-136".

The second indicator for the entire period
of the war was the level of destruction of

vehicles (555). This was the consequence of the
mass opening of the warehouses of the occupiers

and their destruction, in connection with which
the warehouses were transferred to "wheels".

The destruction of logistics convoys returned
to the level of the beginning of the war.

The number of destroyed Armoured Fighting
Vehicles (390) is also worth paying attention

to. Even if this is not the second and not
the third indicator, but the highest since

October 2022, the period of the previous
offensive of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.

It would therefore be wrong to ignore this figure.

These are the results of June. And they show
perfectly well what exactly was happening this

month. And what took place was the systematic
destruction of the enemy's forces and equipment,

which significantly weakened his
defensive capabilities. Taking out,

systematically and confidently, the logistics
and reducing the firepower. Until the artillery

is suppressed - sappers can not work normally,
which means the advance will be difficult and

with losses. I've been saying all along: War
is work. It's long, hard and painstaking.

Meanwhile, the TIME edition brings
some horrific amount of Russia’s war

spending - A billion dollars a day. How they
calculated it is hard to say. I can guess:

they hire some accounting office, give
them the statistics (how many people,

equipment, losses, logistics, and so
on), they calculate at market prices,

which can easily be found online at some
site of public procurement. In addition,

you have to keep in mind that most of the costs
are classified - nothing is clear there at all.

But even if they overestimate it by half.

Let's say $500 million a day.
To spend such unthinkable money to

destroy the neighboring country, rather than make
their own better and more comfortable? Putin's

Russia is like a cancerous tumor - its only
purpose is to devour its host and die with it.