why the Russian Army repairs armored vehicles

Russian military officials released a video showing Russian soldiers carrying out repairs to armored vehicles in the field and reintroducing them into service.

The new towers can be seen being installed on the tank, as the row of towers appears to have been reused. The images showed the repaired vehicles opening fire, presumably to ensure that their long guns could still fire. The tanks can be seen being loaded into the back of the truck as the footage ends.

The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) said on June 2: "Specialists of our repair and restoration unit are carrying out work during special military operations."

"Officers carry out repairs of weapons and military equipment on the ground. In order to return equipment to service as soon as possible, specialists use the modular repair method by replacing damaged parts with serviceable ones from the repair fund, or removing from the captured equipment from the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

"This repair method allows you to significantly reduce the time for assigning the wrong weapon
"After recovery, the equipment returns to its formation and military units."

We reached out to Russian and Ukrainian officials for comment but have not received a response at the time of writing. Russian troops invaded Ukraine on February 24 in what the Kremlin still calls a "special military operation". June 3 marks the 100th day of the campaign.

From February 24 to June 2, the total combat losses of Russian troops amounted to about 30,850 personnel, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The Ukrainian military also claimed that Russia had lost 1,363 tanks, 3,354 armored fighting vehicles, 661 artillery systems, 207 multiple launch rocket systems, 95 anti-aircraft systems, 210 combat aircraft, 175 helicopters, 2,325 motor vehicles and fuel tankers, 13 ships. , 521 unmanned aerial vehicles, 51 units of special equipment and 120 cruise missiles.

Analysts say more than 70 percent of the city of Sievierodonetsk is now controlled by invading Russian forces, with almost all critical infrastructure and housing destroyed.

Russia's Defense Ministry said in a statement on June 1 that the Yars mobile missile system, which can carry a nuclear warhead and which has a range of more than 10,000 kilometers (6,200 miles), is conducting "intensive maneuvering operations on combat patrol routes in the Ivanovo. Region." , east of the Russian capital, Moscow.

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