Posted on 05/25/2023 7:45:56 AM PDT 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. Small arms, ATGMs, MANPADS, loitering munitions, drones used as unmanned bait, civilian vehicles, trailers 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 the origin of a piece of equipment can't be established, it is 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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“Yesterday in the area of the attack site on “Ivan Khurs”, an American drone changed its basic flight course and made a couple of circles over the ship.
I am sure that there is a video from the RQ-4 Global Hawk...”
https://twitter.com/Maks_NAFO_FELLA/status/1661750565771313154
Refresh my memory - was China Russia’s last “friend”, or is Nicaragua still voting with them?
@Maks_NAFO_FELLA 4h
“China has decided to build a gas pipeline from Turkmenistan instead of Power of Siberia - 2” — Reuters
“You are far removed from reality.”
There are many of us who value this thread, on what is arguably the greatest geostrategic event in the world currently. We have regulars with extensive experience in the Army (like myself, a three time combat veteran), Air Force, Navy, Intelligence Community and possibly Foreign Service; who regularly share news and analysis on this topic. Speedy kicks it off daily with his curated list of links and new developments.
This war is real, and is significantly re-ordering global Military balances, economic flows, energy supplies, and Diplomatic relations. If you are not interested in a topic, it is impolite to insult those who are.
(Ivan Khurs) “Reports serious damage to hull and equipment but did not sink.”
One step closer to renaming the Black Sea the South NATO Sea, and the Baltic as the North NATO Sea.
Sevastopol is of little utility as a Naval Base, if ships can’t leave the harbor. F-16s with HARPOONs can see to that.
“China has decided to build a gas pipeline from Turkmenistan instead of Power of Siberia - 2” — Reuters
OMG, OMG, OMG.
Poor RuZZian Boys on FR. More bad news. Keeps coming daily.
“China has decided to build a gas pipeline from Turkmenistan instead of Power of Siberia - 2”
Also reportedly, the Russian ship just struck in the Black Sea (Ivan Khurs), was there standing guard over Russia’s most active remaining natural gas export pipelines - Turkstream and Bluestream.
They may be preparing to go the way of Nordstream.
“China has decided to build a gas pipeline from Turkmenistan instead of Power of Siberia - 2”
With a pipeline to Turkmenistan, China effectively buys Turkmenistan out of Russia’s sphere of influence. China loses nothing by not building the Russian pipeline, as Russia is already hopelessly dependent on China anyway.
Putin did that.
He is a Master Strategist.
Remember this classic line from “Q”?
@WarMonitor3 27m
The storm is coming
There’s lots of posts on FR, why do you feel compelled to visit this one and post comments
I would think you might be projecting a tick
I am sure RT or gray zone are more your “speed”
LOL, talking about idiots who are not self aware.
Here's a tip, not interested in a subject, don't open the thread to read it and then spend time to comment negatively, Governor Dimwit.
@Tatarigami_UA 34m
Another column of unidentified vehicles displaying unfamiliar markings has emerged near the BNR border. (Belgorod/Bilhorod Oblast)
Looks like Vlad is on his own after all, to overthrow the World order and reinstitute the Dark Age principles of brutal conquest, ruthless subjugation, and theft by the the strong. He was so sure he had a natural ally in like-minded Hitler and the Nazis. Oh, I meant to say Xi and the Chi-coms - that was Stalin’s mistake with the the Nazis. Times change, but Russian despots seem to fall for the same hubris.
@KyivIndependent 6h
“The principle of an international ‘rules-based order’ has become a permanent element of China’s official rhetoric and the basis for building relations with other countries.
@visegrad24 5h
“Sweden announces it will start training Ukrainian pilots on the JAS 39 Gripen fighter jet.”
(They say they do not intend to provide those jets to the Ukraine however - just train on them)
ANOTHER ATTACK? A Russian flagged multi-use vessel, 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 (IMO 9340609), is reported to be ‘hove to’ [adrift] in the Black Sea. @FouthTimeLucky reports that UKR sources are reporting that 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 was attacked by UKR Unmanned Surface Vessels. Developing.
@FouthTimeLucky 4h
Some sources in Pravda claiming a UCV strike on a Russian warship roughly 86 nautical miles NE of the Bosporus. That’s just about where this is and she’s still near enough hove to.
“The storm is coming”
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And then there is the immortal and official pronouncement by Russian officials yesterday:
“Everything is going according to the Plan.”
Do you have anything better to do than troll and taunt people?
Your post has nothing to do with the topic, and is just an ad hominem attack, like a gradeschooler.
“Everything is going according to the Plan.”
Perhaps the signature phrase of this conflict. A new classic.
It was Trump who saved these munitions from destruction. They were in the process of being destroyed during the Obama regime, without suitable replacement. Trump halted the destruction and ordered they be maintained until suitable replacement weapons were produced. There are still no suitable replacements. This stockpile includes not only artillery, but 200,000-300,000 M26 rockets for HIMARS/M270, a couple thousand longer range guided M30 rockets, and air dropped weapons.
Neither the USA, Ukraine or Poland are signatories to The Convention on Cluster Munitions, so there is no law against providing with a presidential authorization. The M26 rockets would be devastating.
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