UAV ‘Sirko’
Posted on 07/25/2023 6:45:40 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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Ukraine: military situation update - July 24, 2023
••Denotes Transcribed Dialogue. Extras are just that - from other sites, or my comments marked (Edit: .... ) or { } or [ ].
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Even as it is making slow, incremental progress in its counteroffensive in Zaporizhzhia Oblast and Donbas, Ukraine is finding that it now also has to defend territory it recaptured last Fall.
“The enemy continues to focus its main efforts on the Kupyansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Mariansk directions, heavy battles continue,” Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said Monday on her Telgram channel.
“In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy during the week actively conducted assaults with the aim of pushing our units beyond the barrier line of the Oskil River and searched for weak points in our defense. At the moment, the fighting continues, but our defenders are firmly holding their positions.”
The fighting near the Oskil comes a week after Ukrainian military officials claimed that Russia had amassed more than 100,000 troops and 900 tanks in that part of the battlefield.
“Russia’s Western Group of forces is likely trying to advance back to the Oskil River in order to create a buffer zone around Luhansk Oblast, the possession of which Russia almost certainly considers one of its most fundamental objectives of the war,” the U.K. MoD said in a Tweet on Sunday.
Elsewhere on that part of the front, Russian forces are continuing attacks to clear the Serebryansk Forest, said Maliar. In Bakhmut, she said Ukrainian forces “continue to advance there gradually but confidently. The most brutal battles continue in the area of Klishchiivka, Andriivka, Kurdyumivka.”
Meanwhile, as Ukrainian forces push south in Zaporizhzhia Oblast toward Berdyansk and Melitopol, they’ve liberated 12.7 square kilometers this week and nearly 200 square kilometers since the counteroffensive began early last month.
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——> Ukraine Strikes Back With Drone Attacks On Moscow, Crimea <——
Russia claimed two drones were brought down over Moscow, while Ukraine also launched a barrage of drones against targets in Crimea.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ukraine-strikes-back-with-drone-attacks-on-moscow-crimea
Reporting from Ukraine:
Narrated by Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny.
Translated into 18+ languages.
Note: other versions of this report are found elsewhere on FR, but this is guaranteed to be the complete transcript - unlike the others. Note: 07/13/23, YT now requires sign in to view content of this site.
https://www.youtube.com/@RFU
[ Huge Success | Critical Damage! Russian Military Crippled. Strike on Russian Ministry of Defense! ]
••Day 516: Jul 24
Today there is a lot of important news.
First of all, today, Russian strikes reached the border with Romania.
In an attempt to destroy the last operational Ukrainian harbors, Russian Air Force decided to risk it and target the infrastructure located just 200 meters from Romania.
The Ukrainian General Staff reported that multiple critical objects of infrastructure were damaged, including multiple hangars with grain.
The attack prevented the ships from exporting this grain, and now the ships are just staying outside the harbor.
Russian sources reported that Ukrainians used this harbor for launching marine reconnaissance and kamikaze drones into the Black Sea to conduct terrorist attacks, from where these drones attacked the Russian fleet in Sevastopol and the Kerch Bridge.
Ukrainian Air Force finally made a direct response to the strikes on the Odessa region and conducted a drone strike on the building of the Russian Ministry of Defense in Moscow.
At least one drone successfully hit the target. [ Sources report GRU servers hit and destroyed. ]
Interestingly, the air defense systems that they placed on the rooftops just 300 meters from the Defense Ministry did not manage to shoot down any drones.
Later, the Russian Defense Ministry made a statement claiming that they used electronic warfare systems instead of air defense and successfully neutralized the drones.
It is true that at least one Ukrainian drone was hijacked by the electronic warfare systems, however, it was redirected into the nearby skyscraper, not neutralized.
But the biggest strikes once again happened in Crimea. Today Ukrainian Air Force blew up already the third major ammunition depot.
The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that Ukrainians used 17 drones.
While the Russian Ministry of Defense claimed that all drones were shot down, it turned out that Ukrainians destroyed 3 hangars with ammunition on the airfield near Vilne and also a maintenance depot in Novostepove.
All objects were conveniently located 2 km from the railway - one of the main Russian supply lines.
Russian analysts once again claimed that, in reality, Ukrainians used Storm Shadow missiles to destroy the targets, it’s just that the Russian Ministry of Defense doesn’t want to admit that Ukrainians ignored their threats of drastic measures if Western weapons are used on the peninsula.
The analysts claim that the drones were there just to distract air defense operators.
Ukrainians also conducted a series of strikes on the mainland.
The first target became Tokmak, the second target was Donetsk, and the third target was Makiivka.
Geolocated footage shows fire in Donetsk and Makiivka.
Judging by the footage, Ukrainians struck a warehouse with equipment or the area of personnel concentration.
If we add to the map previous strikes on the Chonhar and Kerch bridges, and other 2 ammunition depots in Crimea, and continuous strikes on Mariupol, Berdyansk, Melitopol, Tokmak, and nearby towns, we can see that just like during the lengthy Kherson counteroffensive last year, Ukrainians are crippling the Russian logistics, and therefore, gradually undermining the Russian defense.
Russian soldiers report that the level of artillery fire on the zero line is also increasing, especially since Ukrainians started using cluster munitions.
In order to ruin Ukrainian plans, Russian forces tried to launch several offensive operations in the Luhansk region.
By pushing from the opposite end, Russian forces are trying to force Ukrainians to relocate their artillery systems away from Zaporizhzhia and also redeploy their infantry, decreasing Ukrainian offensive capabilities.
So far, Russians made 4 such attempts.
The first attempt happened near Kupiansk.
Here, Russian forces made a big push with the goal of completely clearing the forest and establishing a bridgehead on the other side of the river.
They managed to advance through the forest and even cross the river, however, those Russians that tried to hold the bridgehead were eventually eliminated with artillery fire, and the breakthrough was localized and stifled.
The second attempt happened near Kreminna.
Russian forces launched an attack through the fields towards Torske and even managed to get to the outskirts of the town, however, just like 6 exactly the same attacks that they conducted since winter, Russian forces were undercut from the south because Ukrainians control most of the forest.
The third attempt happened near Novoselivske.
Here, their main goal was to take this settlement because it is located on the hill and pave the way for further advances.
After sustaining high losses, Russians decided to change their tactic and engulf the settlement by advancing through the fields, but it was a bad idea, and the breakthrough was once again localized.
The last attempt happened near Karmazynivka, and so far, it is the most successful one. Russians gradually established control over the forests and penetrated the defense line by around 4 km.
Yesterday, Russian forces reportedly opened another axis of advance from Raihorodka, however, today, it was reported that Russian did not gain any ground, and the situation started to stabilize here as well.
The Spokesman for the Eastern Group of Forces reported that despite the fact that Russians have concentrated up to 100,000 troops in the Luhansk region, so far, the fighters here managed to localize all attempts to collapse the front line and force Ukrainians to distract themselves from the counteroffensive operation in the south.
And the Russian defense there is gradually giving in - over the last several days, Ukrainians advanced by several km in the Orikhiv, Velyka Novosilka, and Bakhmut directions.
But more on that in the next video.
••South of Bakhmut:
UA gained a lot of ground and is almost in Andriivka, Klishchiivka nearly encircled. The village is now almost empty of Orcs. Taking these villages and the high ground, the UA opens the way to Opytne and Odradivka, cutting the supply line to Bakhmut city.
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China Secretly Sends Enough Gear to Equip an Army
Russia imported 30 times more drones from China than Ukraine - Politico. The amount of deliveries exceeded $100 million.
Also, according to the publication, exports of Kevlar for body armor increased by 69% to more than $225 million, while to Ukraine it decreased by 61% to just $5 million.
During the 17 months of the war, China sold to Russia, in particular, body armor, optical sights for thermal imagers, and drones. All this is used in the war against Ukraine.
https://t.me/pilotblog/5548
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In Ukraine, the Russian commander of the “Leningrad Regiment”, formed mainly from the mobilized, Colonel Yevgeny Vashunin, died
This was announced by the speaker of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg Alexander Belsky.
https://t.me/pilotblog/5549
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Finally! The IAEA teams confirm that the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is mined. Russians turned Reactor #4 to Hot.
How many days in a row have you posted the site Speedy, 200?
“The “wings” of the Third Assault Squadron spotted an enemy tank, then the FPV drone of the “Eyes” group of the 120th ORB and the artillery of the 26th OMB worked on it.
From the first shot - the Russian mechvod caught fire, from the second - the enemy tank was completely eliminated.”
https://twitter.com/antiputler_news/status/1683846953874882560
“A Russian BTR-80 and infantry along with it were destroyed as a result of Ukrainian artillery.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1683859753535934467
“Situation south of Bakhmut. Geolocated footage shows the AFU inside the southern part of Klishchiivka while RU sources report fighting in the northern part. Half of the village under UA control. Andriivka likely abandoned/liberated. The area west of the railway tracks are contested. Kurdyumivka and Ozarianivka will be next.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1683858274393653248
“Reports of an explosion in Yevpatoriya, occupied Crimea right now.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1683845388480946176
“The Russian State Duma adopted a bill that provides for raising the draft age to 30 years old (currently 27). Young people from 18 to 30 years old can thus be called up for military service. The law will come into force on January 1, 2024.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1683840696292364294
This morning was interesting and indeed speedy.
ORYX ^ | Since February 24, 2022 and dailyChecked in again at 11:07AM to find no response as yet by speedy to PIF.1 posted on 7/25/2023, 9:45:40 AM by SpeedyInTexas
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20 posted on 7/25/2023, 10:28:36 AM by SpeedyInTexasFinally!
21 posted on 7/25/2023, 10:36:29 AM by PIF
The thread seems to be as much "open therapy" for a very few regulars. More might come, in time.
Then at circa 11:27 AM EST, you enter the thread.
Since your unanswered query, you've been "answered" by additional speedyintexas posts, so that's your answer. Meh.
The thread is interesting in its behavior, isn't it? Quite like only one other each day.
You nailed his behavior for this post but what I was asking Speedy was how many times has he posted this website daily over the past year. He has done it at least over 100 times if you look under his “Articles Posted by SpeedyInTexas.” He is not only repetitive but also prolific and booting.
“Another Russian SPG destroyed - I think it might be a 2S5 but not sure”
https://twitter.com/Rebel44CZ/status/1683864822264332290
“Really fascinating to see Russians characterize the Ukrainian campaign as being more successful than most Western news organizations characterize it.”
“Lengthy post from milblogger Bulba of Thrones discussing the “Genocide of Ru artillery”
Ukrainian losses pale in significance to Ru and while Bradley’s etc can be replaced, Howitzers, MRLs and other Ru artillery cannot.
The crackdown on dissenters such as Girkin, bloggers and military figures is seen as preparation for bad news in the Autumn.
Another “goodwill gesture” is predicted soon.”
https://twitter.com/michaeldweiss/status/1683873097781219328
“Fireworks. Another Russian BUK air defense system destroyed in Husarka, occupied Zaporizhzia region.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1683884278352949255
Reminds me of the stories of Stalin getting drunk and staying drunk for sometime after German invasion, and of course without stalins approval response was “very limited”
History rhymes
German mercenary of the Armed Forces of Ukraine spoke about the torture of Russian prisoners of war Jonas Kratzenberg, who fought for several months in the ranks of Ukrainian troops, described the torture Ukrainian soldiers subjected to Russian prisoners of war, and how he witnessed the execution of three of them.You Tube: Torture of Russian prisoners of war“It was the most common thing to pose for pictures with them, humiliate them, put a gun to their chest, and make them shout Nazi slogans, it was the norm. Also beating prisoners just "because". One was beaten, put on his knees and forced to beg for his life, and then stabbed in the thigh,” said the soldier of fortune. He also shared the story of how the Ukronazis took three prisoners and took them into the forest. Kratzenberg heard shots from there, after which the militants returned without prisoners.
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