In total, about 230 tanks and 1,550 units of armored vehicles will be delivered. There will also be Leopard-2 tanks.
https://twitter.com/antiputler_news/status/1663915045254823938
Posted on 05/31/2023 7:03:20 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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In total, about 230 tanks and 1,550 units of armored vehicles will be delivered. There will also be Leopard-2 tanks.
https://twitter.com/antiputler_news/status/1663915045254823938
At the time of the drone attack on the Moscow region, Putin was in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence and almost got hit, - The Moscow Times
Putin’s security service reportedly woke him up early due to the air raid alert. Drones almost hit the second capital residence of the Russian president, and at the moment when he was in it. The drones were shot down when they were about 10 km away from Putin’s residence.
https://twitter.com/antiputler_news/status/1663913931557961728
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1663798173129752579
And by the sound of it, recycled metals in the Russian Black Sea oil ports and Moscow’s well-to-do suburbs!
“In the video linked above, ruzzia uses a Bukhanka van to destroy the drone.”
That van is a deadly weapon.
Is Putin still alive?
“Hey Blinken, Biden, your plan is not working. Russia has done you. They have changed the economy so that they no longer need the West. No one here wants to deal with America or Europe now!”
“Russia is building new economic centers through research, the introduction of new technologies and ideas, and foreign investment. Take Novosibirsk as an example, the third largest city in Russia. It is a business development center with the fastest growing economy in the country! They have fully recovered from the impact of the sanctions. The Russians got back on their feet, dusted themselves off and went on with their work! Nothing the West does can change that!”
Lack of uniformity also is a problem because of the variety of weapons issued to Ukrainian troops. Anti-tank weapons illustrates the dilemma. The photos below show a British NLAW and a U.S. Javelin missile. Both are designed to kill a tank, but the procedures a soldier must follow to fire a NLAW differs from a Javelin. The Javelin, for example, is equipped with an optic, the NLAW is not. I am not saying that a soldier cannot be trained to use both. Of course they can. But the reality is that these anti-tank weapons are being delivered to Ukrainian troops who have not had the opportunity to go through a training regimen to make them proficient in either or both.
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It does not matter how brave or committed the Ukrainian troops are who will carry out the attack on Russian positions if the offensive is launched. If it comes, they will start with a deficit because they have been trained in different ways. More troubling is that the 12 brigades have not conducted a joint exercise where they have learned to carry out coordinated operations with the other units. Their task is made even more difficult because the attacking force will not have the close air support from combat jet and rotary wing aircraft. The Ukrainian units also are unlikely to have mobile air defense systems to fend off Russian aerial counter attacks. Ditto for mobile artillery.
The only hope for the Ukrainian troops tasked with this mission is that NATO intelligence has identified a weak point in the Russian defenses that can be exploited by the attacking force. If such a location exists, it is probably in an area with no significant population or urban centers. That means Ukraine will be capturing fields and forests and that will accomplish nothing that changes the tactical or strategic face of the war.
The German Wehrmacht, a much more powerful and well trained force than anything Ukraine can put on the battlefield, learned to their chagrin that lack of logistics and combat air support during the last days of Operation Barbarossa (which was launched in the summer of 1941) deprived them of victory. While the Nazis succeeded in driving to the suburbs of Moscow, they literally ran out of the fuel, supplies and reinforcements needed to maintain the momentum of their offensive.
Instead of executing a viable military strategy, Ukraine’s military is being asked to perform a political charade to satisfy Western expectations. Whatever success Ukraine achieves in the initial phase of its counter offensive, it lacks the depth in terms of reserves and materiel to sustain an attack. This is not a desperate gamble. This is forced suicide.
Kazan is the name of a city in RuZZia.
Is that where you live?
McGregor said last week the NATO trained Ukrainian army was destroyed in Bahkmut.
So what is this offensive he is yammering about?
BTW Kherson is Ukrainian again.
This is Sonar saying that the Kherson offensive was failing:
https://sonar21.com/ukraine-does-damage-control-as-counter-attack-falters/
“The Ukrainian offensive near Kherson in the south and Kharkiv in the north is failing.”
That aged well!!LOL!
@visegrad24 3h
“BREAKING: The Taliban are pulling serious forces toward Islam-Qala (the main border crossing into Iran, from Herat in Afghanistan).
Meanwhile, Iran is pulling out some of its border guards from there, fearing a Taliban attack.
This comes after the recent deadly border clashes between Iran & Afghanistan” (much further South - Zaranj).
(The Taliban’s leader had his first visit from a foreign head of State (Qatar’s PM) a couple of weeks earlier. This may be more than just some trigger happy, dope smoking local guys kicking up dust.)
Get your popcorn ready.
Welcome to the thread newly minted Troll!!!
"BAKHMUT AXIS/ 1535 UTC 31 MAY/ RU sources indicate that units of the Wagner Group are conducting a phased withdrawal from positions in the northern portions of the Bakhmut Area of Operations (AO). Their stations are being turned over to Russian MoD forces."
Yes anyone you disagree with is a Troll...
Might to out to be an “opportunity” for Ukraine. We shall see.
The German government told Russia to close four out of its five consulates in Germany in retaliation for Moscow’s expulsion of German staff in Russia, the Associated Press reported on May 31.
Also: https://kyivindependent.com/germany-says-ukrainian-strikes-on-russian-territory-are-self-defense/
“Ukraine is within its right to launch strikes on Russian territory when it qualifies as self-defense, German government spokesperson Steffen Hebestreit told Deutsche Welle on May 31.
The statement comes a day after a drone attack on Moscow damaged several high-rise buildings...
During a press conference on May 30, U.K. Foreign Secretary James Cleverly acknowledged that Ukraine had “the legitimate right to (defend itself) within its own borders, but it does also have the right to project force beyond its borders to undermine Russia’s ability to project force into Ukraine.”
@EuromaidanPR 6h
“Shelling with a small arms were audible at 11:40 a.m. today in Sevastopol, occupied Crimea.”
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