 Satellite photos hint at Russia's higher-than-reported artillery losses. Russia has removed around half of its artillery from its storage bases since the start of the invasion of Ukraine. This suggests a high rate of attrition of its equipment according to satellite imagery cited by Open Source Intelligence OSINT analysts. Newsweek reported this. During the war, started by its leader Vladimir Putin, Russia has lost huge numbers of troops as well as equipment. There are differing estimates of both from Kiev and its allies, especially since the start of Moscow's offensive on Avdiivka Donetsk Oblast. Both Moscow and Kiev are tight-lipped about their own losses, rarely revealing how much equipment has been destroyed. As of February the 5th, Russia had lost 666 pieces of self-propelled artillery and 340 pieces of towed artillery according to Oryx. The website tracks losses using photo or video evidence, albeit with the caveat that the amount of equipment destroyed is significantly higher. However, data from the OSINT analyst Hai Underskorm Marsed and Kovar Khabal, posted on X, showed that Moscow's forces have been drawing on large numbers of both forms of equipment from its stocks due to high losses and barrel wear. The analysts' tally, posted on February the 3rd, found that before the war, Russia had 4,450 self-propelled artillery in storage at its most important bases. But this has dwindled by 1,489 to 2,961. Their estimate of towed artillery had declined from 14,631 before the invasion to 6,786, a decrease of 7,845.