Posted on 02/24/2024 5:59:01 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas
This list only includes destroyed vehicles and equipment of which photo or videographic evidence is available. Therefore, the amount of equipment destroyed is significantly higher than recorded here. Loitering munitions, drones used as unmanned bait, civilian vehicles and derelict equipment are not included in this list. All possible effort has gone into avoiding duplicate entries and discerning the status of equipment between captured or abandoned. Many of the entries listed as 'abandoned' will likely end up captured or destroyed. Similarly, some of the captured equipment might be destroyed if it can't be recovered. When a vehicle is captured and then lost in service with its new owners, it is only added as a loss of the original operator to avoid double listings. When the origin of a piece of equipment can't be established, it's not included in the list. The Soviet flag is used when the equipment in question was produced prior to 1991. This list is constantly updated as additional footage becomes available.
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Reporting From Ukraine:
https://www.youtube.com/@RFU/videos
The complete transcript.
Great news! YouTube finally investigated the issue and restored all 16 channels! First of all, let me start by acknowledging and apologizing for the experience you have had so far.
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[ Breakthrough! Russians Exploit a Ukrainian Mistake & Penetrate The Line! ]
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Day 790: Apr 23
Today, there are a lot of updates from the Avdiivka direction.
Here, Russians exploited a Ukrainian mistake and executed a daring and risky maneuver in an attempt to accomplish multiple strategic goals at once, endangering the entire Ukrainian defensive operation.
On the northern flank of Avdiivka, the primary objective of the Russians is advancing westward to take the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk.
This city is the main Ukrainian headquarters in the area, from which they coordinate, reinforce, and supply their forces on the frontline. As such, Ukrainians have established multiple lines of defense to halt any Russian attempts to take this city.
At first, the Russians focused their breakthrough attempts on the first Ukrainian defensive line behind the Durna River.
After multiple successful Ukrainian defensive operations, Ukrainians became overly focused on this line, allocating a large amount of manpower and equipment from other directions to continue to hold it.
If we look at the topographic map, we can also see that Ukrainians have established their defenses on the high ground behind the river. Any Russian attempt to cross the river, therefore, comes under fire from the Ukrainians up the hill.
Russian commanders realized that their chances of breaking through the Ukrainian defense in this direction were close to zero. That is why Russians decided to conduct an opportunistic attack designed to outflank the Ukrainian defenses to the east along the railways.
This way, Russians could attack the Ukrainian defense line not only from the flanks, but also from the same elevation.
In preparation for this move, Russian aviation conducted air strikes with FAB glide bombs on Ukrainian positions along the planned Russian axis of advance and the Ukrainian-held town of Ocheretyne.
Ukrainian sources also report that Russians started intensely shelling Ukrainian positions in this direction with artillery, severely limiting Ukrainian military movement and rescue operations of civilians stuck under the rubble of targeted buildings.
After the artillery preparations, Russians started conducting multiple probing attacks on the railway line and the surrounding tree lines.
The Ukrainian 45th Mechanized Brigade shared geolocated footage of the destruction of a Russian assault group consisting of one armored personnel carrier with infantry.
However, as it turns out, Ukrainians had allocated too much forces to the Durna defense line. This, combined with the intense aerial and artillery bombardment, had created a gap in the Ukrainian defenses.
Russians quickly realized this and intensified their attacks, pushing on to the Zarya settlement and even establishing a small foothold in the town of Ocheretyne in only three days.
Notably, these Russian attacks consisted of pure infantry, as they were forced to stick to the forest belt along the railway line. The railway line itself is not yet suitable for Russians to move armored vehicles over, as it lacks cover and is under complete Ukrainian fire control from both sides.
After the surprise wore off, Ukrainians quickly relocated units from the 30th and 59th Mechanized Brigades to reinforce the town and conduct immediate counterattacks.
Geolocated footage confirms the presence of Russian forces on the southern outskirts of the Town as Ukrainians engage Russian forces in the exterior trenches with artillery and drones.
During the attack, a Ukrainian observation drone spotted a massive concentration of approximately 50 Russian soldiers exiting the substation on the edge of the town. Russians were using this building as a staging ground, from where the infantry would be directed to further attack certain buildings.
After this observation, Ukrainians immediately conducted artillery and drone strikes on the building itself while Russians frantically attempted to flee the kill zone.
Russian sources then claimed that these survivors were relocated to positions along the tree belt next to the railway to be more spread out against further Ukrainian attacks.
These Russian sources also stated that while the attacks on the town itself had halted, Russian forces were preparing and ready to launch another large attack on Ocheretyne.
Geolocated footage also confirms that Russians did not completely retreat from the settlement. Ukrainian geolocated footage shows Ukrainian drone operators engaging Russian infantry in the outskirts with drone-dropped grenades.
Further released footage shows that Russians are using a Ukrainian trench as a path to move into the first streets of the settlement. Ukrainian drone operations concentrated their efforts on this area and started to hunt down Russian soldiers who had made their way into the first two streets of the settlement.
However, Russians also realized the vulnerability of their situation, as a powerful Ukrainian counterattack from two sides could completely cut them off in a pincer maneuver.
Therefore, Russians began to increase control over their flanks by attacking the tree lines to the east and west of the salient. Geolocated footage confirms that Russians succeeded in their operations, but were unable to expand their control more than a field length away from the railway.
In a recent development, Russian forces broke through the Ukrainian defenses in Ocheretyne, eventually taking the southern part of the settlement altogether. Ukrainian sources state that Russians took advantage of a rotation of troops, which was executed improperly.
Russian soldiers, still located in the substation and outer houses, took advantage of this temporary weakness and scattered throughout the southern part of the settlement. Ukrainians quickly executed counterattacks with Bradly infantry fighting vehicles, but so far, they have been unsuccessful.
Other geolocated footage also suggests that Russians have crossed the railway embankment and entered the town center.
Overall, Russians took advantage of a misallocation of Ukrainian forces and found and exploited a weak spot in the Ukrainian defense.
Fighting over the Ukrainian settlement of Ocheretyne continues, and while the fate of the town hangs in the balance, Russians have established control over the southern part of the town and have made their way into the town center.
Even though the situation seems dire for Ukrainians, Russians still suffer from two massive problems: a continued lack of armored support and their thin supply line into the town.
If Ukrainians manage to conduct a powerful pincer attack on the only Russian supply line, Russian forces in the town itself could be completely cut off and taken into a pocket.
Kremlin snuff box, 04/24/24
https://t.me/s/kremlin_secrets
Shoigu named a “clear and undoubted” date for completing the SVO. There could be big problems
The Minister of Defense continues to believe that Russia will win the Northeast Military District this year . He recently made such a statement in communication with people from his close circle.
“I can name a clear and undoubted date for completion of the SVO - November-December of this year. And no amount of American assistance will help the enemy. I am sure of this,” said the Minister of Defense.
Thus, his opinion differs from the position of Valery Gerasimov, who believes that the NWO will last another three to four years. Many military personnel were strengthened in this opinion after the Americans approved military assistance to Kiev .
By the way, the Ministry of Defense also has doubts about the completion of the SVO this year.
“Sergei Kuzhugetovich has his own calculations and thoughts. I don’t know how we will finish the SVO this year. After all, serious offensive operations are being planned,” one of Shoigu’s deputies told us.
And those around Gerasimov, in response to a request to comment on the minister’s words about the timing of the completion of the SVO, laughed. Clarifying that this is “laughter through tears.”
By the way, among those to whom Shoigu promised victory in the Northern Military District was his deputy Timur Ivanov, who was later detained and arrested.
In light of suspicions that he collaborated with enemy intelligence services ( this information is now being carefully verified, but there is evidence that Ivanov could have seriously enriched himself with Western money ) and at the same time received such sensitive information personally from the minister, the situation, in our opinion, looks quite dangerous. And big problems can arise not only at the front.
Moreover, data about Ivanov’s possible treason ( which we were the first to write about ) are now beginning to be confirmed.
Kremlin snuff box
https://t.me/s/kremlin_secrets
Shoigu personally “betrayed” his deputy Ivanov and is unlikely to stop there
We talked with sources in the Ministry of Defense, the Investigative Committee and the Kremlin and learned several important details about the detention of Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov. Not all of them can be published, but we decided to share some of them with you.
Firstly, it turns out that Sergei Shoigu personally initiated the detention of his deputy. Despite the fact that I was very close to him. “They actively collected materials on Ivanov for several months to show them to the President.”
Shoigu ( who previously stubbornly did not notice the luxury in which his deputy lives and the love of his relatives for the West - ed.) found out about this and simply decided to hand over Ivanov to law enforcement officers.
He can tell a lot about Sergei Kuzhugetovich, and the minister now hopes that Ivanov will not be believed,” notes our source in the Kremlin.
Secondly, Shoigu hopes that such actions will strengthen Vladimir Putin’s trust in him. And he is going to “toughly deal” with his enemies.
In particular, with the hated Minister of Defense Mikhail Teplinsky, who cannot be dealt a serious blow. It’s hard to say whether Shoigu will succeed this time.
Thirdly, recently Sergei Kuzhugetovich, as our interlocutor at the Ministry of Defense says, “has fallen into mysticism (we have written about this several times - ed.) and believes that only he can win in the Northern Military District, and this year .”
It may happen that on this wave, Ivanov will not be the last close ally that Shoigu decides to get rid of. As long as they don’t interfere with his “sacred mission” to save Russia.
Fourthly, the version of Ivanov’s connections with foreign intelligence services is being verified. According to our sources, we are talking about possible connections with French and Ukrainian intelligence services.
There are no clear conclusions on this matter yet.
How long before this idea is taken up by UKR drones?
Twin 3000 round pods.
GA-ASI Mojave Lights Up the Yuma Desert in Live-Fire Demonstration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dc2ntbfiScU&t=57s
Interesting concept.
I wonder how long it would take to get approval under ITAR to export the drone & pods or just the pods alone.
Oxygen units on metallurgical plants are responsible for providing the necessary amount of compressed air to the corresponding production lines.
Several regions of Russia were attacked by drones last night. Russian authorities say that all the drones were shot down successfully.
📹: one of the "successfully shot down drones" from last night's attack
https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1783078685458813307
Once again, kudos to UKR target intel.
Forgot this link
Minigun-Armed Mojave Drone Now Blasting Targets At 6,000 Rounds Per Minute
https://www.twz.com/air/minigun-armed-mojave-drone-now-blasting-targets-at-6000-rounds-per-minute
another interesting piece of kit, made for burning Orcs for only $9420:
Meet The Flamethrowing Robodog Named “Thermonator”
The robodog flamethrower system is being touted for peaceful purposes, but one like it could have far deadlier potential applications.
https://www.twz.com/news-features/meet-the-flamethrowing-robodog-named-theromantor
The Paveway IV is a dual-mode GPS/laser-guided bomb weighing 500 pounds (227 kg).
This is a guidance kit based on the existing Paveway II Enhanced Computer Control Group (ECCG) added to the modified Mk 82 general purpose bomb.
The maximum flight range of Paveway IV is more than 30 km, depending on the fall height, speed and flight path.
https://twitter.com/front_ukrainian/status/1783050714236801349
A 30km drop would require the launch aircraft to fly at 30,000 ft and mach 1.
The laser designation would most likely be provided by a Shark drone.
IMHO, 500 pound JDAM-ERs would be a better option.
🇬🇧 🇺🇦 UK, as part of a new military aid package, will hand over high-precision "Paveway IV" aerial bombs to Ukraine, - BBC
👀 The "Paveway IV" is a dual-mode GPS/laser-guided bomb with a maximum range of over 30 km, depending on drop height, speed and flight path.
https://twitter.com/Maks_NAFO_FELLA/status/1783059370709794928
The "Paveway IV" is dual mode: GPS, like JDAMs & Laser guided.
An excellent munition for F-16s.
Truth Hurts
“Conservatives aim their fire at Texas Republican after ‘scumbags’ comment”
“The battle between Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) and the GOP’s right flank is heating up, with hard-line House conservatives throwing their support behind his primary opponent after the moderate Republican called two of them “scumbags” on national television.
Gonzales kicked the hornet’s nest over the weekend when, during an interview on CNN, he went after Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and Bob Good (R-Va.) — “it’s my absolute honor to be in Congress, but I serve with some real scumbags” — launching personal attacks on the conservative duo.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4616659-conservatives-texas-republican-gonzales-scumbag/
7 years and 10 months to go.
RuZZian Boys on FR need to pace themselves.
“Thus, his opinion differs from the position of Valery Gerasimov, who believes that the NWO will last another three to four years.”
Mistake.
Rules members need to be loyal to the speaker. Those should be party line votes. Where is the WHIP?
“Despite private pressure from centrists, Speaker Johnson said he would not remove three conservative hardliners from the powerful Rules Committee, where they’ve heavily impeded getting GOP bills to the floor.”
Politico title: “How McConnell and Schumer beat hardline conservatives on Ukraine”
Why do they insist on calling these people conservatives instead of isolationists?
They aren’t conservatives.
“Biden Praises Aid for Ukraine and Israel as a ‘Good Day for World Peace’”
Can Biden be real and say?
“Biden Praises Aid for Ukraine and Israel as a ‘Good Day for RuZZian Boys to die’”
Such isolationist tendencies should be out the window when Russian pols keep talking seriously of taking over parts of America. Charles Lindbergh would have reversed his isolationism by this point in dealing with a proven aggressor who keeps threatening America.
“Major Yuri Shvets, KGB defector:
The United States finally concluded that Russia must suffer a devastating defeat in Ukraine.
1,000+ long-range ATACMS (300km+) allocated for Ukraine are in Europe for over a month already.
Video: Oct 2023 ATACMS strikes on Russian airfield.
The US arrived at this conclusion because of the realization that no negotiations are possible with Putin or his potential successors. What remains now is the strategy to achieve the objective. Ukraine also already received several hundred Storm Shadow missiles from Britain.
Both long-range ATACMS and Storm Shadow/SCALP missiles are strategic weapons, not “defensive weapons.” Shvets claims there will not be conditions for target selection for Ukraine on the use of these strategic missiles. Strategic objective to make Crimea “untenable” appears key.
Given the available intelligence, neither the European capitals nor Washington are convinced that Russia’s claims that they placed nuclear weapons in Belarus are true. One big reason for the assessment is the doubt that Russia even has combat-ready nuclear warheads of the type.
A decision has been made to punish Russia for its constant nuclear saber-rattling and bluffing. In response, the United States will indeed situate nuclear warheads in Poland, but potentially in another nation as well. Air-launched variant for the F-35 platform.
A decision has also been made to effectively make the airspace over Ukraine untenable for Russia. Additional air defense systems and F-16 aircraft are coming.
Russia mass producing glide kits for extended range and precision of their FAB-500kg, 1500kg, 3000kg bombs is wakeup call
A key issue remains - mobilization of 300,000 more soldiers in Ukraine, which is critically necessary. The monumental shift in the US and Europe’s policy to make Russia suffer a devastating defeat in Ukraine is hoped to facilitate this, so Ukraine would have 1.2 million soldiers.
Russia has catastrophic issues in trying to execute a nuclear test to scare the West. Around 2 years ago, Russia botched a nuclear test on the Kola Peninsula (Murmansk) - as a result of an explosion, many died and many received severe burns.
Just recently, the Russian Voronezh-45 nuclear warhead storage facility suffered a giant explosion. Radiation was detected. Ambulances seen rushing there from all over the region. It’s the one that Prigozhin encircled in June 2023 during his rebellion.
The West’s goal for 2024 is to buy enough time until the military industrial complex is able to ramp up production of the armaments needed for Ukraine to defeat Russia. 2025 may turn out to be the key year in the war, when the main strategic objectives will be finally executed.”
https://twitter.com/igorsushko/status/1782944547443716524
Ain’t he looking perty behind that glass?
I thought Ukraine was the corrupt country?
“Russia: Deputy Defence Minister Timur Ivanov has been jailed for 2 months pending trial for massive corruption and bribe-taking. Putin is certainly purging him for other reasons, since everyone at the MoD and the Kremlin is corrupt. The purges are coming.”
https://twitter.com/igorsushko/status/1783033441711538509
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