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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I have been unable to determine if these Mig-29s can carry Aim-120s. My guess is no, they cannot.
Aim-7s? Most certainly yes.
“German tanks rode into
a cloud of dust
never to be seen again”
German tanks are coming back now!
Also, Polish, British, American, Canadian, Dutch, Danish, Italian, Spanish, Czech... oh the list is too long. Even the Swiss are pulling some Leopards out of storage, for a third party who is sending tanks to the Ukraine.
Putin did that.
He is a Master Strategist.
Denys D said this morning that the building looks that way because it is old, and was not hit.
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denazified too"
105 mm tank shells are for Leopard 1 series tanks, I think.
Denys D this morning denied it was hit, saying it an old building and has looked that way for a long time.
Jim Brady
with a bullet hole through his brain
couldn’t stop laughing about
Ronald Reagan not being re - elected again
It could be old, or it could have been hit by falling debris.
It was definitely not hit by a cruise missile.
Here's what cruise missiles can do to a building
PTSD problems will be worse in Russia than it was after the Afghan or Chechen Wars, because of the huge numbers and harsh conditions. But one point not raised below, is that such an unprecedented number of the returning vets will have been among the worst of their prison population before the conflict - they are already being loosed back on the streets, with their new military training and PTSD.
Dara Massicot @MassDara 2h
The Russian military’s problems go beyond casualties and equipment losses. It faces two looming crises in retention and veteran PTSD and other disorders, when its soldiers are allowed to leave Ukraine. I explore this topic in my piece for @TheEconomist, linked in tweet below. /1
Russia’s wartime personnel policies mask the war’s impact on retention. Since September, *all* Russian forces (except PMCs, perhaps Rosgvardia) in Ukraine are serving in a compulsory status once mobilization began, according to decree. /3
..Officers, professional enlisted, and mobilized have had their contracts extended indefinitely until presidential decree ends mobilization. /4
Currently, the only ways out of military service (apart from being killed in combat) are reaching mandatory retirement age, receiving a medical discharge, or imprisonment. Or refusals and desertions, which are also on the rise. /5
When soldiers say no. Hundreds of Russian servicemen face trial in defiance of Ukraine deployment, Mediazona study reveals Soldiers are not rotated out regularly and do not always receive proper rest. They face prolonged exposure to combat stress and intensifying feelings of helplessness and anger at their situation. Anecdotes from the front suggest some want to resign when restrictions are lifted./6
Not all soldiers will want to leave the military when they are able, of course. Some may want to remain in service. Some may need to stay due to the money or housing benefits for themselves and their dependents. /7
Then there is the matter of PTSD. Just as there was “Afghan syndrome” and “Chechen Syndrome” to describe veterans with severe PTSD who struggled to adapt to civilian life, it is a matter of time before “Ukraine syndrome” emerges in Russia. Most soldiers are not home yet. /8
Even now, Russia’s medical system is straining to care for those with physical and mental wounds. Russia doesn’t have enough veteran psychiatric care facilities. Some are discharged without care for severe PTSD or sent to other facilities with inadequate staffing or care. /9
Like this facility, not designed to receive combat trauma, with little ability to care for physical or mental combat wounds. Some mothers come to care for their sons. Other soldiers buy alcohol off site and drink alone to sleep or numb themselves. /10
The 2020s are different from the 1990s, so veteran care may not be as shabby as before. The Russian government can spend more on veterans, Russian society is more stable than in the 1990s, and there is institutional knowledge about PTSD (a term they now use in Russia). /11
Some Russian medical professionals estimate 20-25% of returning veterans will have PTSD, and 100,000 will need professional help. While soldiers are deployed the Kremlin set up a “Defenders of the Fatherland Fund” to create regional centers for veteran care. It’s very new /12
But there are problems: the scale of the problem is different (97% of Ground Forces/Airborne units) are in Ukraine which makes it different from Afghanistan and Chechnya. Secondly, the environment in Russia criminalizes anything seen as “discrediting” the military. /13
When veterans of Afghanistan and Chechnya returned home, those with severe and untreated PTSD struggled with employment, family life, were more prone to criminal activity, and had health issues. The Russian population avoided them, making their isolation worse. /13
I lived in Russia during the second campaign in Chechnya. I saw a soldier of that war standing on the street once. He was a few years older than me, but I’ll never forgot how old his eyes looked. No Russians looked at him.... /14
... yet, not long before that, I had seen an entire bus leap up at one time to help a WWII veteran stand. What I understood was that pride was only for some wars and some veterans, and shame was for others. /15
Currently, Russia is grafting the iconography of WWII onto soldiers of this war, calling them ‘liberators’ , curating an image of these personnel as defenders. In some ways, this might differentiate veterans experiences when they return home from ‘Afghantsy’ or Chechnya vets/16
I want to note that, Ukraine is also facing severe challenges with PTSD, not only in its armed forces but their civilian population too. They were invaded, and they urgently need support. /17
Russia’s war in Ukraine, and the way they mistreat their own personnel, will likely cause lasting problems with military retention and a ticking time bomb of veteran mental health disorders. For now these issues loom on the horizon (no one can resign), but the fuse is lit. /end
We can speculate, but Denys lives in Ukraine until last year. So he should know what he is talking about.
“Denys D said this morning that the building looks that way because it is old, and was not hit.”
“It could be old, or it could have been hit by falling debris.”
Makes sense - it was not so badly damaged in the photo.
Grey Zone (Wagner PMC) and some other Rus telegram channels are saying the same. To me it looks more like there was a fire in the building, not anything resembling a missile strike. Old pics of the building show darkening in the same area, but not as bad. Photoshop could enhance that to make it look worse. I'm sure there will be more pics tomorrow.
Ukraine is going to be 100 % occupied & denazified ONLY when rashist Ruzzians leave the country
EXCUSE.. COMMENT # 75
COLLIE PUPPY JUMPED IN MY LAP SENDING REPONSE! LOL
Ukraine is going to be 100% occupied with Ukrainians and Russian refugees but ONLY denazified ONLY when rashist Ruzzians leave the country!
Love me some Ritter/Macgregor/kazan humor
Comments like yours are enjoyable. Russia took 12 months to take bakmut and only because of Wagner, but they are going to march to Kiev.
Lol
the Bible says
” the very elect will be deceived “
” if it were possible “
God just won’t allow it
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