Posted on 05/05/2022 1:23:29 PM PDT by SpeedyInTexas
A detailed list of the destroyed and captured vehicles and equipment of both sides can be seen below. This list is constantly updated as additional footage becomes available.
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Running total
5.5 - 607
5/4 - 605
5/3 - 600
5/2 – 599
5/1 – 595
4/30 – 593
4/29 – 587
4/28 – 580
4/27 – 571
4/26 – 562
4/25 – 553
4/24 – 543
4/23 – 531
4/22 – 531
4/21 – 528
4/20 – 523
4/19 – 519
4/18 – 510
4/17 – 505
4/16 – 508
4/15 – 507
4/14 - 505
4/13 - 499
4/12 – 479
4/11 - 471
4/10 - 462
4/9 - 450
4/8 - 449
4/7 - 450
4/6 - 440
4/5 - 425
4/4 - 422
4/3 - 401
4/2 - 389
4/1 - 362
3/31 - 350
3/30 - 342
3/29 - 331
3/28 - 316
3/27 - 307
3/26 - 297
3/25 - 289
3/24 - 280
3/23 - 275
3/22 - 270
3/21 - 263
3/20 - 257
3/19 - 251
3/18 - 244
3/17 - 235
3/16 - 229
3/15 - 217
3/14 - 209
3/13 - 204
3/12 - 193
3/11 - 187
3/10 - 164
3/9 - 156
3/8 - 149
3/7 - 140
3/6 - 120
3/5 - 108
As noted on the website: "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.
production looks to be slowing again. likely spring leaves giving more protection for the tanks.
US long range counter battery howitzers should be in the field now.
https://twitter.com/KevinRothrock/status/1522277544791322624
Propagandists never get tired.
I must assume that “mobilization expert” really means, “You are going to the front lines.”
Ukraine: military situation update with maps, May 4, 2022
War in Ukraine
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP2QApi8G2TKc8NZmeDWSUg/videos
**Orcs have begun destroying rail and road bridges across the Dnieper River to prevent Western Weapons from arriving attire front. Ukraine rail system is significantly damaged.
**Fuels is now totally dependent on foreign aid. None for civilians. This further degrades their economy.
**Shortage by simple household items because of loss of rail - road transportation only
**Some of he bridges are over dams and used from hydropower. Will be huge potential damage if Orcs attack them.
**Popular support: Orc popular support can go from 100% to revolution if war fails: 1905 and 1915 examples. Prolonged Ukraine war situation has a possibility of creating an internal blow up. Not suggesting anything, just historical view.
**Kiev groups not capable of offensive operations - used for defense only. Shortage of man power or equipment or both has prevented reconstituting elements.
**Capturing Kharkiv seems to be abandoned as is in the SW.
**Commanders on both sides are mediocre or below.
**81st got M-777 to attack Orc 23rd brigade and repelled their advance.
**UA troop designation numbers that are over 100 are militia units, not regular troops.
Summary:
Key areas:
- Izyum bridgehead - no expansion today.
- Russian troops are slowly mopping up corner between Oskil and Siverskiy Donets rivers controlled by Ukrainian side before. No changes today or yesterday.
- Zaporizhya frontline - no changes today.
1. Kharkiv: Ukrainian troops are slowly pushing Russian side out - they captured village of Molodova and town of Staryi Saltiv. The frontline on the Russian side is manned by third-rated troops from Russian-occupied parts of Donetsk region of Ukraine called DNR.
**Orc 200th brigade, 2nd sfB, 59th T Rat, 144th D are not there any more, pulled back across the border into Russia. Just forces conscripted 3rd rate Ukrainians, giving the appearance of Orc presence.
**UA troops can only advance toward the border as far as artillery fire within Russia can reach without being repelled.
2. Izyum bridgehead: No major Russian progress today. It is extremely dangerous penetration by Russian troops that potentially could lead to large pocket for Ukrainian troops west of Donetsk.
**81st Brigade use their M-777s to destroy a column of Orc troops on a road at Brazkivka.
3. Lyman bridgehead. No changes today.
**UA losing control slowly. Fighting in forest good defensive position for UA.
**Orcs have potential to cut off 128th and 79th to the west.
4. Popasna, Rubizhne and Severodonetsk. Russian troops captured majority of Rubizhne. Popasna is about 70-80% captured by Russian troops. Russian mercenaries - Wagner Group operates in Popasna, also Russian 57 brigade operates there as well.
**No pressure on Severodonetsk side.
**Focusing on Popasna. To force UA troops west. Very fierce fighting and heavy casualties on both sides.
5. West of Donetsk: Avidyivka and Maryinka. Avdiyivaka - never ending attempts of the Russian side to break-through there.
**Attack on village of Niu-York
6. Vugledar is in Ukrainian hands.
Zaporizhzhia
7. Velyka Novosilka - Gulyapole stretch of frontline. Ukrainian strongholds are towns of Gulyaypole and village of Velyka Novosilka. Russian 19D is operating there. Russian troops are consolidating their gains. Also, 42D has been spotted in the area. Russian troops caputred village Vremivka attached to Velyka Novosilka from west and separate by small river. The most northern group of Russian troops has been stopped before village of Vilne Pole. Ukranian side brought it 128 brigade and regiment Azov Kyiv to stop Russian advance there.
**One place the Orcs are actively trying to attack and capture. UA trying to flank Orcs who inflicted heavy casualties on 110th and 109th Militia brigades - not well equipped. Ocrs stalled.
8. No new attacks on Orikhiv.
**Orcs stalled out, now just defensive.
9. Mariupol: opportunity to do a breakout attempt by the Ukrainian forces might have been lost as density of Russian troops increased due to smaller perimeter. Based on other sources, opportunity to break out is still viable.
10. Mykolayiv: No major changes.
**Terrain supportive for defenders: super flat, few trees, can see for 30 miles.
They are with the UA 81st NW of Izyum
It will take months for new conscripts to be trained.
Ukraine needs to make gains before that, and leave the new conscripts without armor.
Not too accurate
The RGF only has 280,000 troops.
You have to count Pootie Toot’s personal National Guard which are not intended or trained for combat but internal policing. The only a few Separate Special Operations battalions have any armor - mostly BMPs. Naval ground forces are around 20,000. Long way to go for 900,000 non-existent troops - sounds like old Soviet numbers.
RGF only has 2,500 working tanks. The rest are rusting parted out scrap.
Russia’s Navy is locked out of the Black Sea by Turkey. So the only ships to count are those present in the Black Sea and the missile-capable ships in the landlocked Caspian Sea.
Etc.
Mobilized troops, ie reservists will get no training consisting mostly of former conscripts whose contracts expired.
I will be interested to hear if the howitzers counter battery capabilities change that front at all. Or if they are able to pair them up with drone spotters to take out tanks from 10 miles away.
I will be interested to hear if the howitzers counter battery capabilities change that front at all. Or if they are able to pair them up with drone spotters to take out tanks from 10 miles away
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The UA has been operating their own CB radars since the start. More units from the US will help, but how much, so few units can achieve, is questionable.
Since Orc batteries are equipped with Orlan-10 spotter drones and the UA batteries are similar in nature, it seems to be a reasonable assumption that drones have been in use since the start.
Most tanks destroyed have been by artillery or rockets. UA uses manpads for everything, not just tanks.
More units from the US will help, but how much, so few units can achieve, is questionable.
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Your point is that the US howizers don’t bring more precision guidance. Rather, their only contribution is more firepower?
Really, I would think that there should be some kind sattelite look down that transfers the coordinates of a tank/truck/artillery piece directly to the howitzer. All the gunners do is fire.
does this have anything to do with the howitzers?
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Ukraine launched an offensive Friday to drive out Russian troops in the northeast part of the country.
The two militaries have been engaged in an arduous battle with neither side able to gain the upper hand, The New York Times reported.
However, Ukrainian troops are rallying to form an offensive against the Russian forces, which are pushing toward key cities in the northeast including Kharkiv and Izium.
“There are fierce battles going on, as well as the transition from defensive operations to offensive actions in the Kharkiv and Izium areas,” Ukrainian Commander in Chief Valeriy Zaluzhnyi said Thursday, according to the Times.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ukraine-launches-offensive-drive-russian-134658500.html
The only UA unit I know of that has and is using 777s is the 81st on the east side of the Izyum salient. Since no specifics are included in the quote, its hard to say where exactly the action is - its a big country.
Kharkiv is quite with Orc troops withdrawn to the south in the Izyum area.
No progress in the Izyum salient - shelling as usual continues by both sides. Orc forces spent.
Next week is going to be a big week in this war.
Russian May day parade will be the occassion for where Putin decides to either declare war and conscript troops or call for peace and try to hold onto his gains.
No way of knowing what he’ll do.
There was a lot of smoke and mirrors surrounding that strike last week that was said to have wounded General Gerasimov. I think that’s secondary. What’s primary is as to whether much of the general staff was killed in the building that was targeted. No one has come forward to say it wasn’t true. On the other hand —I’ve not seen reports from Russia of funerals of officers killed in the incident—including the intelligence chief. Have you?
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