[SpeedyInTexas]

Ukrainian Tank losses Running Total: 728

Ukrainian Artillery losses Running Total: 450

RuZZian Tank losses Running Total: 2606
January 2024 – 26
December 2023 – 74
November 2023 – 67
October 2023 – 108
September 2023 – 57
August 2023 – 86
July 2023 – 113
June 2023 – 73
May 2023 – 90
April 2023 – 5
March 2023 - 127
February 2023 – 118
January 2023 – 61
December 2022 – 76
November 2022 – 105
October 2022 – 212
September 2022 - 217
August 2022 – 74
July 2022 – 108
June 2022 – 67
May 2022 – 148
April 2022 – 243
Feb 24 - March 2022 – 350

RuZZian Artillery losses Running Total: 990
January 2024 - 19
December 2023 - 33
November 2023 - 25
October 2023 - 77
September 2023 - 48
August 2023 - 67
July 2023 - 56
June 2023 - 47
May 2023 - 43
April 2023 - 24
March 2023 - 37
February 2023 – 41
January 2023 – 31
December 2022 – 19
November 2022 – 55
October 2022 – 64
September 2022 - 73
August 2022 – 21
July 2022 – 21
June 2022 – 18
May 2022 – 20
April 2022 – 52
Feb 24 - March 2022 – 110

[SpeedyInTexas]

Previous day’s thread: https://freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/4209681/posts

Summarizing this war:

A tragedy for Ukraine.
A disaster for RuZZia.
A strategic win for the USA.

“Why Internet Trolls Do What They Do and How to Spot Russian Fakes”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLtBzvw0—0

“Here is the best-kept secret about U.S. military aid to Ukraine: Most of the money is being spent here in the United States. That’s right: Funds that lawmakers approve to arm Ukraine are not going directly to Ukraine but being used stateside to build new weapons or to replace weapons sent to replace weapons sent to Kyiv from U.S. stockpiles. Of the $68 billion in military and related assistance Congress has approved since Russia invaded Ukraine, almost 90 percent is going to Americans, one analysis found.”

https://twitter.com/TheDeadDistrict/status/1730119780873441750

[PIF]

OT SpaceX News

Flight 2 starship exploded when the dumped the fuel in the nose - it caught on fire. The irony is if there had been a payload aboard, there would have been no fuel in the nose to explode, and the ship would have reached orbit.

So the design is good to go.

Next launch will be in February after FAA permit received; either this year or next there will be a test of in-orbit fuel transfer.

Meanwhile Artemis 2 has been put off until Sept 2025, and Artemis 3 with crew is put off until 2026. NASA is not worried about the Chinese getting there before that.

[PIF]

[Berlin_Freeper]

Rishi Sunak addresses the Ukrainian Parliament

[FtrPilot]

⚡️The result of two 🇺🇦 Ukrainian FPV kamikaze drones hitting the turret of a 🇷🇺 Russian T-72B3 tank of the 2022nd model.

Dynamic protection was activated, the hit was on the Dynamic Protection attachment module. Allegedly without penetration.

https://twitter.com/front_ukrainian/status/1746180164457816495

[FtrPilot]

#Shoigu visits the factory where they are making the conventional FAB-1500 UMPK kits as well as others.

Lots of cool footage that will keep analysts busy for a few hours.

I will say this. I can't imagine they would be attaching bombs to the kits in the factory so a lot of work went into designing the set, if you know what I mean.

I will also note the Gerasimov could not make the field trip...

https://twitter.com/UKikaski/status/1745927012638675362

Video at the link in not worth watching.

However...I will also note the Gerasimov could not make the field trip...