Russian ground forces have lost about 2,600 main battle tanks and 4,900 other armored combat vehicles in Ukraine since the beginning of the war and until January 25, 2024, according to the UK Ministry of Defense. In 2023 Russia lost about 40% less equipment than in 2022. “It is highly likely that the reduction in armored vehicle attrition was due to the increasingly positional nature of the conflict in 2023 and because Russia spent a significant proportion of the year in a defensive posture,” the report says. Since the beginning of October 2023, the Russian army has been on the offensive in ea…