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  I guess mainly because Russian tactics don’t take their millitary loss of life (and Ukrainien civilians) into account. This has always been typical Russian doctorine. Which is how they won many battles through history. But that was against opponents who had limited supply. Now is a different story. I mean yes the US has the biggest firepower in the world but their logistics is on another level.
  Edit: added “Ukrainien civilians”
context: I still believe it comes down to how logistic and production fare on the battlefield rather than firepower and tactics. Sure these tanks would help however russian logistic is still holding.
  Himars made Kherson possible >
  
  Russian logistics are holding (mostly, the lack of quality steel is really hurting them) at the strategic level, but they're struggling at the tactical level. 
  I don't know if it was by design or not, but NATO slow-walking artillery in stages to the Ukrainians has been devastating to Russian supplies. Every time we roll out a new artillery system that increases the range of Ukrainian fire missions, Russia loses a whole mess of ammo and supply depots and is forced to push them even further back. 
  We can't do much about Russia's ability to railroad in supplies from all over their country, even the far reaches in the east, but it's becoming increasingly hard for Russia to move shells from the unloading points to the front line. It's one of several reasons Russia's artillery usage has fallen off heavily. 
  My worry is that Russia is using this as an opportunity to rework their critically worn barrels. I wish we had some more information on that. We had all kinds of stories in late Q3 and early Q4 of 2022 about Russian artillery barrels reaching end-of-life, but very little since. >
  
  Because those reports ultimately turned out to be erroneous or overblown.
  There have been many other “almost” crises for the Russian military reported by the media that have never come to fruition. I think, despite their early and current failures, we are underestimating Russian endurance in this conflict.