“If we look at the 6th Aviation Regiment in Lviv and the huge military airport, the entire communications port, the sports training center and six huge hangars, we can somehow estimate how much it is worth,” says Prof. in an interview. with wPolityce .pl Andrzej Olejko.
wPolityce.pl: How do we calculate how much we lost as a result of Soviet aggression?
Prof. Andrzej Olejko: I don’t know if the Russian archives will ever be fully opened. We have access to certain archives in the East, but the history of the twentieth century has clearly shown that the policies of the Soviet Union always involve an additional element of secrecy. In other words, not everything that is looted is exposed. And if it is hidden somewhere, it does not have complete data. When it comes to military matters, the Russian archives are a particularly phenomenal source of knowledge. Only now a fundamental question: but what would be the interest of the Russian side in making its contents public?
In the current political situation, Russia does not see such an interest?
Precisely. But guided by the commonly understood hope in Eastern affairs, we can continue research using simulations. The report will be finally completed when the archives in Moscow open.
So how to estimate losses?
A simple example: if we look at the 6th Aviation Regiment in Lviv and the huge military airport, the entire communications port, the sports training center and six huge hangars, we can somehow estimate how much it is worth. We can estimate aviation equipment based on the original price of the aircraft that left the factory. This is a machine that has experienced many problems and its design is already older, so if we average even half of the value, but add the value of the communication port and add the training value of the number of more than 400 flying objects captured , then we can: Based on the estimates, start examining the report. This is the methodology we use.
Interviewed by Edyta Hołdyńska
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Source: wPolityce