>>512770081
The problem with attrition war is Russia has a far larger population and economic base to absorb the losses (like any oil-producing nation).

That's why you often see impossibly high casualty ratios, because those ratios are required to hit a stalemate

>>509918009
>Ukraine always had very few Patriot batteries

Agreed, those tended to be deployed to critical locations like kiev.

By 'started with' I was referring to the stockpiles they had when the war began (picrel).