 Whole Russian tanks division was phenomenally destroyed in battles for Avdivka. The Kremlin lost almost an entire mechanized division of tanks, 214 vehicles, in an attempt to capture several square miles of destroyed and depopulated Avdivka. This number is a tenth of the tanks that are now fighting on the territory of Ukraine. The huge losses of the Russian Federation as of February the 11th, 2024 are described in an article by Forbes with reference to open source analysis. Before the fall of the Soviet Union, a 10,000 person motor rifle division on paper would have 220 tanks. Since attacking Avdivka in early October, the Russian 2nd and 41st Combined Arms Armies have lost 214 tanks, mostly T-72 and T-80 but also a few high-end T-90s. The Ukrainian Brigades in and around Avdivka, meanwhile, have lost just 18 tanks according to Forbes. Russian tank losses just around Avdivka amount to potentially more than a tenth of all the tanks Russian forces have in Ukraine. The 12 to 1 ratio of losses that Russia suffered during the assault on Avdivka cannot be justified by the fact that the Ukrainian military did not deploy enough tanks for the defence. In fact, Ukrainian forces have deployed tanks, including some of the best German Leopard 2A6s. The traditional advantage of a dug-in defender over an open-exposed attacker also cannot explain such huge losses of Russia. The Ukrainians simply outfought the Russians with mines, artillery, drones, missiles and old-fashioned rifle fire from entrenched positions. And they did it, despite gradually running out of ammunition after Republicans withheld US aid to Ukraine the newspaper writes.