Posted on 07/19/2023 6:05:48 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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Calling someone a RuZZian on FR is considered an insult.
Calling someone a Comrade on FR is considered an insult.
“Vladimir Putin will not go to the BRICS summit in South Africa. Russia will be represented by Sergey Lavrov.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1681640421082931202
“Last night, a major incident occurred at an ammo stockpile in temporarily occupied Crimea. The resulting fire caused the closure of a section of an adjacent Tavrida highway and the evacuation of nearby villages. Explosions at the stockpile appear to still be going off hours after the strike (see daylight footage).”
https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1681572437224202242
“At ~4:30am there were strikes on Russian ammunition depot near Stary Krym, Crimea. ~230km from the front line.”
https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1681542362084810752
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1681600788907409409
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1681601004377108480
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1681547913015459842
“Can Ukraine Stop Russian Artillery? Is it Possible for Russia to Run Out?“
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVqHY5hpzv8
“Yet another Russian 2S5 Giatsint-S 152mm self-propelled gun was destroyed by Ukrainian forces - this time utilizing a FPV loitering munition in #Donetsk Oblast.”
https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1681420323567067137
“In Berestove, #Donetsk Oblast, the 8th Assault Battalion of the Ukrainian 10th Mountain Assault Brigade destroyed an abandoned Russian BMP-1 IFV by delivering a drone-dropped munition directly into the gunner’s hatch.”
https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1681381783583989760
“A Russian T-90M tank was destroyed by Ukrainian SSO using a single hand grenade-based munition dropped through the hatch from a drone in Marinka, #Donetsk Oblast.”
https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1681632156097847296
“n the vicinity of Bakhmut, #Donetsk Oblast, the Ukrainian 77th Airborne Brigade destroyed a Russian T-80BV tank whilst Russian forces were attempting to recover it with a BREM-1 ARV.”
https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1681577857665966081
Targeting those ‘Angry Patriots’
“Kvachkov was a former spetsnaz brigade commander and was an early proponent of creating a separate arm of the Russian military for special operations forces, which would later become KSSO.”
“Russia opened a criminal case against Colonel of GRU Vladimir Kvachkov, a close Girkin’s ally and a member of the “Angry Patriots Club”, accusing him of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces.”
https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1681623096778686465
“Russian AA/artillery unit received 6 Tunguska air defence vehicles from MoD, likely from long conservation followed by major repairs - as a result, all six vehicles are disfunctional. In the full version of the video, the reporter states that upon reception, three vehicles were running but after a 30-km march all broke down with major suspension problems, another two suffer from armament control system malfunctions, and a sixth is too dangerous to even start. None of the six transport-reloading vehicles (TZM) were functional either.”
https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1681569162684932096
Make Me Laugh
“Russian sources close to the Ministry of Defense claim that the T-14 Armata tank is now being used on the battlefield in Ukraine. Until now, the T-14 is only known from parades.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1681592915838001153
Ukraine: military situation update - July 18, 2023
••Denotes Transcribed Dialogue. Extras are just that - from other sites, or my comments marked (Edit: .... ) or { } or [ ].
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——> Captured Russian Weapons Being Studied By UK <——
Disclosures about U.K. foreign materiel exploitation come as the government announces its future priorities for the armed forces.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/captured-russian-weapons-being-studied-by-uk
Excerpt:
In terms of main battle tanks, the Defense Command Paper notes that the British Army’s Challenger 2 will receive “additional protection from specific Russian threats,” after the Defense Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) - the research and development branch of the Ministry of Defense - developed “bespoke and readily available armor protection solutions.”
No details were provided as to the nature of the threats that this armor is intended to protect against, but it’s clear that intelligence gathered from the Ukrainian war contributed to the solution.
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UK picking apart Russian army vehicles captured in Ukraine to learn their secrets, military reveals - 2.1 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1-P6XZccwg
UK Army will receive even less funds this year and will continue to shrink.
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Brimstone: The missiles the UK could send Ukraine - explained - 2.52 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZhWo11NGyg
https://www.youtube.com/@RFU
[ Massive Slaughter | Russians Step Into The Notorious Death Zone ]
••Day 510: Jul 18
Today there is a lot of news from the east.
Here, Russian forces opened a completely new axis of advance and decided to attack the territories that they had failed to advance into for more than 8 years.
Krasnohorivka is a powerful stronghold located between Avdiivka and Marinka.
Just like its sisters, it’s been prepared to withstand the most destructive frontal assaults, which is why Russians did not even try to attack it until today.
But before they could attack the stronghold itself, Russians needed to secure their flanks and eliminate all Ukrainian positions in the fields.
The first target of their choice became a coal mine 1 km south of Krasnohorivka.
The coal mine is located in the field, and it consists of 5 separate facilities.
As you can notice, there are also a lot of trench networks on the territory of the mine, located precisely in the way of potential attacks.
In order to breach this defense, Russian forces made a huge bet on the element of surprise - Russians made sure not to conduct any intense reconnaissance-in-force operations to prevent Ukrainians from reinforcing this region.
The first wave of attack consisted of at least 7 tanks and armored fighting vehicles.
Judging by the water in the background, Russian forces advanced along the Lozova River, where they split into 2 groups and attacked the strong point from 2 sides.
The job of the first group was to attack Ukrainian flanks and draw attention away from the second group, while the second group was trying to establish control over the biggest facility.
Since it is also most fortified and surrounded by trenches, by establishing control over it, Ukrainians would be hypothetically unable to continue to defend their position.
Unfortunately for Russians, their assault units faced intense artillery fire.
Moreover, the coal mine facilities were severely damaged and could not provide cover even after Russian assault units got close.
Russians forces had to reinforce the units on the ground in order to compensate for the losses and fill the trenches with infantry so that Ukrainians do not have an opportunity to enter empty trenches.
As Russians got close, Ukrainians could not maintain the same intensity of artillery fire in order to avoid hitting their own troops.
After seeing that level of artillery support necessarily decreased and that Russians also launched another wave of attack, Ukrainians stepped back to avoid incurring high losses.
The moment Ukrainians withdrew, Ukrainian artillery crews unleashed devastating fire.
Next, Ukrainians deployed their drone operators, whose main goal was to target the exposed Russian forces in trenches.
Geolocated footage confirms that not many Russians managed to escape the grenades falling on them.
After more or less clearing the trenches and making Russians seek shelter, Ukrainian drone operators could make more sophisticated maneuvers that require more time, such as dropping grenades in the holes of the buildings.
Overall, Russian forces established control over the coal mine facilities, but it came at a great cost.
Russian forces reportedly lost half of the tanks and armored fighting vehicles that they had to withdraw mid-fight due to heavy shelling, sending more infantry instead.
Judging by the footage pre-fight and post-fight, Russians used around 120 troops, and lost more than half of them as well.
It is unlikely that Russians expected to incur such substantial losses for several buildings, which is why it is unlikely that Russians will proceed with an attack on Krasnohorivka.
So, the idea of unexpectedly attacking the area, which they refrained from stepping into for years, did not really pay off.
••In the Northeast
The Russians have some success near Lyman Pershyi and have reached the Oskil River. The UA control the high ground in the area, so crossing the river may not be so easy. Confirmed, but the Russians were repelled.
Bakhmut:
Some movement by UA.
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Russian mil-bloggers complain that UA artillery is being used as a fire wall like they used to do, but is more precise.
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Kersh bridge:
Only one lane is now open for an hour or two, then opened to the vehicles from the other direction. The choice for the RGF is what to do about all the tourists trying to cross verses military trucks. There are traffic jams on both sides of the bridge. Civilians use the road from Rostov on Don to visit Crimea despite the risks. The RGF uses the same roads.
Civilians have been warned by Ukraine many times, using all means - do not go to Crimea. However, Russian officials say it is no problem for civilians to go to Crimea.
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The Russian reply for the Kersh Bridge attack was the random missile hits on Odessa.
The damaged Ukrainian infrastructure in the Odessa port. As I told you Russia tries to avoid humiliation after exiting the grain deal. They can’t target the ships so the only way out for them is to get rid of facilities in Ukrainian ports to make the processing of the grains impossible.
The bad thing for Ukraine that it didn’t predict it and still we are not having enough air defence systems in Odessa. The last night effectiveness was less than 50%.
Now Zelenskyi ordered the urgent reinforcement of the air defence in the region. Plus with the new military help from our allies will help with it.
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Russian-Iranian Shahid drones use Irish-made parts.
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Ukraine responded by targeting the biggest ammunition warehouse in Crimea. Russia had to close the important logistic road and evacuate few villages nearby.
https://t.me/pilotblog/5454?single
••Ukraine has prepared 17 brigades for a counteroffensive. Highlights from today’s Rammstein:
The Ukrainian counteroffensive is far from a failure, despite the fact that it is progressing more slowly than planned.
The main problem for the Armed Forces now is “minefields”, not Russian aviation.
The international coalition has prepared more than 63,000 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for a counteroffensive.
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The enemy offensive in the Kupyansk direction has so far been unsuccessful. The fighting continues, but the initiative is already on our side, - Ukrainian Army Officials
In addition, there was an advance of our troops on the southern part of Bakhmut area today. There was fighting on the northern flank today too. The enemy is trying to regain lost positions.
General SVR
Russian President Vladimir Putin had a difficult day yesterday.
First, during a meeting with representatives of the leadership of the military bloc, which was held via video link, the president was “led by the nose” by the military.
So, Putin was informed that on the night of Monday to Tuesday, a massive high-precision missile strike “retaliation for the Crimean bridge” destroyed the warehouses of the enemy’s weapons and ammunition supplied by the West in the Nikolaev and Odessa regions.
Further, representatives of the military leadership spoke about the incredible successes and advances of Russian troops in the Kupyansk direction, with the prospect of liberating the territories “lost” during the “Kharkov maneuver”.
The President was convinced “with a blue eye” that the “liberation” (capture) of hundreds of thousands of square kilometers of territory was almost a fait accompli.
This news pleasantly surprised and encouraged Putin, but not for long.
Twenty minutes after the end of the meeting with representatives of the leadership of the military bloc, the president got acquainted with the report through the Security Council of the Russian Federation, during which the head of state was informed that without exception, all the information from the military at the last meeting was a lie.
The “retribution” strike did not achieve its goals, and the advances of the Russian troops in the Kupyansk direction are so insignificant that it is at least stupid to present this as a strategic success.
After reading this report, Putin’s mood deteriorated markedly, and he demanded that “acts of retaliation” be carried out with real, not imaginary results.
By late afternoon, the president was a little encouraged by the information that the situation with the rebellious part of the Wagner PMC group had calmed down a bit and part of the PMC would be relocated to the territory of the Republic of Belarus, and Yevgeny Prigozhin himself had almost completely dropped out of the information agenda.
But not even an hour had passed before the president was informed that he had been “flyed in” from the other side of the ultra-patriotic flank.
The former “hero of the Russian spring” and now a militant blogger-turbopatriot Igor Ivanovich (Vsevolodovich) Strelkov-Girkin lashed out at the incumbent president with the most severe criticism and open insults.
Putin has long been told directly that the issue with Girkin should be resolved in the most radical way, and he himself gave orders several times to “bury the issue”, but all the president’s decisions were blocked, and Girkin continues in his spirit to set the patriotic public against the country’s leadership and against Putin personally.
Yesterday, the president once again, quite definitely spoke out, and gave another order to deal personally with Igor Strelkov-Girkin and his rebellious and violent entourage.
But there is a feeling that the president’s orders no longer have the weight they once had, and most of them will continue to be ignored. Putin loses his grip, and turns into a “lame duck” in the eyes of his entourage.
“Putin loses his grip, and turns into a “lame duck” in the eyes of his entourage.”
I do wonder how much Little Pukin knows of the war. Shoigu is probably telling him lies on RuZZian casualty counts.
Maybe Indicted War Criminal Little Pukin really thinks everything is going according to plan.
Just as Hitler thought...
16 posted on 7/19/2023, 9:18:13 AM by PIF
17 posted on 7/19/2023, 9:43:03 AM by PIF
18 posted on 7/19/2023, 9:48:29 AM by SpeedyInTexas
Loved the reference to the now well known Denys Davydov.
....on these particular Pilot-promotional threads. It is fascinating to consider this YouTuber. One finds many ways to fund him:
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Another source: https://tlgrm.eu/channels/@pilotblog
Another source: https://podtail.com/en/podcast/ukraine-war-daily-briefing-with-denys-davydov/
Among the interesting tidbits, one finds this about the YouTube blogger "of record:"
Denys Davydov net worth $ 120K - $ 720K Denys Davydov income $ 8.24K LAST 7 DAYS ESTIMATED EARNINGS $ 32.9K LAST 30 DAYS $ 97.1K
$ 97,100.00 USD in a month. That's Ukraine blogging for you, eh!Source: https://tz.youtubers.me/denys-davydov/youtube-estimated-earnings/en
Blogging videos about Ukraine generate more income apparently than Free Republic's donation campaign, and it's "3rd Qtr 2023 Fundraising Target: $75,000."
Now if only the Davydov enthusiasts could find a way to support Free Republic like this....
“But there is a feeling that the president’s orders no longer have the weight they once had, and most of them will continue to be ignored. Putin loses his grip, and turns into a “lame duck” in the eyes of his entourage.”
When the money runs out, the knives will come out.
There just is no graceful way for Putin to leave the stage (maybe feigned illness), and nobody that could resolve this crisis, without repudiating Putin.
They can’t defeat Ukraine militarily, they can’t afford to keep fighting like this after their stockpiles and financial reserves are depleted, and they can’t withdraw without Putin taking the blame for this disaster.
Hard landing for Russia seems likely
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