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While storming Kursk, Ukraine also experienced a tormenting weekend. Images on social media showed that Ukraine had lost a lot of high-priced support weapons, including 2 sets of "Himas"Multiple rocket launchers, two Patriot missile systems, a German field air defense system (IRIS-T), and a fighter jet were destroyed by Russian artillery, aerospace forces, and land-based ground-to-surface missiles.

Ukraine experienced a tormenting weekend, many expensive weapons were destroyed by Russian troops

If this is true, then Ukraine's losses will be too great. The Patriot and HIMARS are very expensive, and the quantities originally provided by the West to Ukraine were limited. Now that they have been destroyed, Ukraine's weapons gap is likely to become further tightened.

At present, the Ukrainian army is continuing to launch an offensive in the Kursk region. Although the Russian army is mobilizing troops in the direction of Kursk, it may not be a short time to completely drive the Ukrainian army out. If the Ukrainian army can stop the offensive, stabilize its position, and establish a defensive line to block the Russian offensive, then the Ukrainian army will have new bargaining chips in its hands. With the land in Kursk it has occupied, Ukraine can bargain with Russia for the four eastern Ukrainian states occupied by the latter at the negotiation table in the future. However, the key to the problem lies in whether Ukraine can hold on to the results of Kursk.

It is worth noting that for Ukraine, the Kursk Offensive was indeed a gamble, because this time the Ukrainian army used the reserve troops that were originally sent to eastern Ukraine to take over the front line. At present, the troops on the front line in eastern Ukraine have been exhausted after months of continuous fighting. They originally hoped that the reserve troops in the rear could take over as soon as possible to give them time to rest, but now it is impossible. The reserve troops have all gone to Kursk, while the Russian troops on the Donbass front are not idle. They are increasing their offensive against the Ukrainian army. Now the Russian army is attacking very quickly and has approached the Red Army Village. The Ukrainian army, which is short of people and ammunition, is on the verge of collapse.

In addition, the Ukrainian army also experienced a tormenting weekend, with many expensive weapons and equipment destroyed by the Russian army during the Kursk Offensive. Recently, Russian Red Star TV and RIA Novosti released several videos of expensive Ukrainian equipment being destroyed. The first one was in the Sumy region connected to the Kursk Oblast, where two sets of HIMARS were destroyed by the Russian army.Reconnaissance dronesIt was discovered and then destroyed using an Iskander missile. Since the rocket spontaneously ignited and launched after being hit, it was determined that it was not a decoy vehicle used by the Ukrainian army to camouflage and deceive the enemy.

In the past, in order to consume the ammunition of the Russian army, Ukraine built a lot of imitations and put them on the battlefield.

Two sets of HIMARS were deployed in Sumy at the same time. Considering the range of HIMARS, they were deployed here to support the Ukrainian army's Kursk offensive.

The second is that a Russian drone operator discovered a German-supplied field air defense system (IRIS-T) in the Sumy region. The vehicle was in a combat-ready position. Subsequently, the Russian Iskander missile operation team launched a strike against it. The Russian Ministry of Defense also released a video showing the moment the system was destroyed. The video also shows the process of monitoring from the drone in the air, and then the moment of direct hit appears in the picture. However, the explosion captured in the video did not cause a serious explosion, and it is still unclear whether it was a decoy to deceive the enemy.

It is worth noting that in the past, in order to attract the Russian army's firepower, consume the Russian army's ammunition, and provide a safe place for real weapons and equipment, the Ukrainian army has created a lot of imitations, such as "HIMARS" and "Patriot". These imitations are almost indistinguishable from the real ones. They are flooded on the battlefield, making it impossible for the Russian army to distinguish them.

The third is a video released by the Russian Ministry of Defense. At an airport in central Ukraine, a Ukrainian Mi-29 fighter jet was destroyed by a Russian missile. At first, the fighter jet was mistaken for a Su-27 fighter jet. The video shows that when a truck approached the Ukrainian Mi-29, a missile attack caused a huge explosion. Regarding this attack, the Ukrainian Air Force spokesman also admitted that the attack suffered serious losses.

Two Patriots were lost. This time Ukraine suffered a huge loss.

Fourth, Ukraine deployed two Patriots in the Dnipropetrovsk region, but they were both destroyed by the Russian army. Patriots are expensive weapons, and the number provided by the West to Ukraine was originally limited. Now two sets are gone in an instant. Ukraine's losses are huge, and it will be very difficult to make up for these losses in the future.