Posted on 08/04/2023 5:49:54 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 - Aug 3, 2023
••Denotes Transcribed Dialogue. Extras are just that - from other sites, or my comments marked (Edit: .... ) or { } or [ ].
https://www.youtube.com/@RFU
[ 20 Offices Eliminated | Russian High Command Suffers a Deadly Massacre ]
••Day 526: Aug 03
Today there are a lot of updates from the Velyka Novosilka direction.
Here, after Ukrainians conducted a successful offensive operation and established control over Staromaiorske, Russian forces in Urozhaine appeared in the operational encirclement, and Russian analysts concluded that the front line was bound to collapse within days unless Russian forces took drastic measures to turn the situation in their favor.
In fact, very soon, Ukrainians started launching attacks on Urozhaine itself. Russian sources reported that all attacks were repelled, while Ukrainian sources reported that Russians were pushed out of half of the settlement with fires.
And it looks like it’s true because Russian forces launched a desperate counterattack on Staromaiorske.
The goal of the Russian assault units was to push Ukrainians north in order to alleviate the pressure on Urozhaine and allow them to improve the supplies, at least for a short period of time.
Ukrainian marines from the 35th Marine Brigade reported that the first Russian attack from the south was stopped on the outskirts, Russian forces got almost cut off, which is why they immediately fled.
The second attack came from Urozhaine.
Russian forces forded the river and tried to enter the village, but the attack proved to be suicidal.
Ukrainian forces discovered an opportunity and alleviated the pressure on Urozhaine on purpose.
The reason why Ukrainians decreased the number of attacks is that Russians continued pumping up the region with reserves, and because Russian positions are in the lowlands, Ukrainians could leverage their tactical advantage and destroy Russian troops and equipment more easily.
In fact, over the last 3 days Ukrainian fighters released dozens of videos from this small segment of the front line.
The first target of Ukrainian forces became a Russian tank in Staromlynivka, which is a few kilometers south of the closest Ukrainian positions.
The second target of the Ukrainian drone strike became an armored fighting vehicle in Zavitne Bazhannia.
Another armored fighting vehicle was destroyed 2 km south.
Ukrainians also destroyed Russian armored fighting vehicles with artillery strikes.
One drone operator also noticed and destroyed a truck of Chechen special forces Akhmat.
Another truck with Russian personnel was noticed 4 km south.
Apart from other vehicles of various types, Ukrainians also destroyed a mortar crew with a drone strike.
Overall, Russians sustained very high losses of personnel and equipment in this small area because Russian commanders did not want to retreat from Urozhaine.
Speaking of Russian commanders, Mariupol Mayoral Advisor reported that Ukrainian partisans poisoned almost 20 Russian officers.
It was reported that a partisan group revealed where Russians were planning to celebrate the Day of the Russian Navy, which is a national holiday in Russia, and infiltrated the catering.
As a result, 17 officers were hospitalized, and 2 of them died immediately.
In the meantime, Russian citizens are trying to burn down military recruitment offices.
2 days ago, an unknown group organized a mass assault on recruitment centers.
It was reported that just over one day, there were 11 attempts to burn down the buildings with Molotov’s cocktails.
In total, the group damaged 27 centers in 22 cities, just between 29 July and 1 August.
It seems like societal discontent is rapidly growing, and more and more people are becoming against the war.
••In the east, Novoselivski:
Russia advanced 300 meters with heavy losses in tanks, vehicles and troops and have the village under their control. They took back control of the Hwy and the RR line.
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Russian supply lines still functioning, but will not last for long - according to Russian mil-bloggers.
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Most of the grain Russia destroyed was destined for China.
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China joins Saudi Arabia and other nations to discuss how to stop the war. Russia will not be present.
The group of nations will likely support the Ukrainian position for the return of all territories to Ukraine.
The grain destruction may have been the final blow for Chinese patience with Russia and its invasion.
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Somebody was vaping really hard in the vicinity of a Moscow region accumulator battery factory.
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[ Denys seems to think the US has a vast supply of ATACMSv - which it does not; only ~3,000 are still in the arsenal and are need for any Pacific battle. No more are being ordered. ]
37-year-old Igor Sofonov and his partner spent time for murder, robbery, rape and drugs.
The comrade leaned back, and Sofonov was recruited and pardoned, so that he went to fight in Ukraine as part of the Wagner PMC.
Igor miraculously survived, returned home and continued to kill Russians.
Together with an friend. Sofonov firstly entered one house and killed everyone living there.
And later repeated the same in a neighbor’s house.
A total of 5 men and one woman were killed.
Houses were burned to hide traces of the crime.
Just imagine what those bastards are doing in Ukraine if they kill in their own country.
https://t.me/pilotblog/5700?single
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Russia launches missiles on Ukraine, which were transferred by the Ukrainian authorities to Moscow for gas debts in the late 90s.
In 1999, in exchange for repaying the debt for consumed Russian gas, Ukraine transferred to Russia eight Tu-160 and three Tu-95MS heavy bombers, as well as 575 Kh-55 missiles.
For this debts were written off in the amount of 275 million hryvnia.
Now Russia is firing these cruise missiles at Ukraine: at least a dozen missiles from the list of transferred ones that the Russian Federation launched at Ukrainian cities have been found - some of them were shot down by Ukrainian air defense forces, some hit residential buildings.
https://t.me/pilotblog/5708?single
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Oryx, August 1-2.
Russia - 48, Ukraine - 27.
Tanks:
Russia - 11
Ukraine - 6
BMP, BMD and other armored fighting vehicles (tracked, heavy):
Russia - 21 (!, and among them the command and staff vehicle BMP-1KSh “Potok-2”)
Ukraine - 8
Armored personnel carriers and other armored vehicles (wheeled, including light ones):
Russia - 5
Ukraine - 7
Artillery:
Russia 2
Ukraine - 3
Engineering technique:
Russia 1
Ukraine - 1
Trucks:
Russia - 5
Ukraine - 1
UAVs (reconnaissance):
Russia 1
Other valuable losses:
Russia - 2 (1V14 battery commander’s vehicle, “Buk” air defense missile system)
Ukraine - 1 (Mi-8 helicopter)
https://t.me/pilotblog/5713
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Russian Buk missile dancing after Ukrainian attack - Orcs show how its done - Video
https://t.me/pilotblog/5714
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Found some Belarus army cringe videos- Precision disassembly, always useful at the front - Videos
https://t.me/pilotblog/5715?single
Belarus special forces. Now we see what training Wagner is going there.
P.S. Somehow there are tons of that content coming from the Belarus army. Probably they think it is cool.
https://t.me/pilotblog/5707
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In Novorossiysk, something hit the so-called “oil beacon” This is a remote system for receiving oil at sea, located a few kilometers from the coast. Kaboom - Videos
https://t.me/pilotblog/5723?single
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Feodosia, Crimea - Video
https://t.me/pilotblog/5724
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Poland delivered all 200 Rosomak armored personnel carriers to Ukraine
https://t.me/pilotblog/5725
As you can see, the blow fell on the area of ballast tanks and fresh water tanks.
Probably, the tank hold was partially flooded, which explains the flooding and roll of the ship.
In fact, the injuries are not fatal and are, in medical terms, of mild severity.
https://t.me/Contora_Pishet /7159
Three more poisoned soldiers died in Mariupol. Who is hiding their deaths and why?
Just yesterday, we wrote that a planned campaign against Tabakerka is being carried out by those who do not want the Russians to know the truth.” is “fighting” with us again And here is another confirmation: the channel “ Cemetery of fakes.
It would seem that it is not worth responding to every Telegram dump, and we usually do not do this. But not everything is so simple.
Firstly, we do not know what the Ukrainian media wrote there after the release of our post.
We, unlike the channel mentioned above, do not read them. At all.
We do not like propaganda, and especially enemy propaganda. We channel is not about that. We will not even read the Ukrainian media and how they seem to have distorted our information. We have enough propagandists.
Secondly, the campaign against us is obviously being carried out for a reason. According to sources in the Ministry of Defense who do not agree with the policy pursued by Sergei Shoigu, it was decided to hide problems in the army at the highest level.
“We finance a number of channels. Including, and “Cemetery of fakes.” Serious money has been allocated, no less than 5 million rubles.
So it’s better not to pay attention to them,” our interlocutor in the ministry advised.
By the way, is it a coincidence that waged another channel (we will not name it once again) a campaign against us, which is suspected not only of receiving money from Shoigu’s people, but also of stealing funds from military training camps? Let’s leave this question rhetorical.
Third, the worst. 3 more of the soldiers poisoned in Mariupol have died, 4 are in serious condition.
Information from two reliable sources in the General Staff. There are now 5 dead.
It is not surprising that propaganda forces rushed to hide such non-combat losses. But we would be ashamed to do so.
Wouldn’t it be more correct to admit that the enemy is cunning and honor the memory of the dead soldiers?
And to take measures to ensure that such tragedies do not happen again?
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Ukraine struck a landing ship near Novorossiysk - there are dead and a Turkish trace
Attacks on the deep rear, unfortunately, have long become more commonplace than the exception.
This time, as a result of an attack by a surface drone, was damaged the Ropucha class vessel Olenegorsky Gornyak, miner landing ship.
As a result of the hit, the drone rammed the port side, the ship itself, fortunately, did not go to the bottom, but was badly damaged.
Experts have not yet had time to assess the scale of damage, but they agree that we are talking about at least 6-8 months of repair.
Three sailors died in the explosion.
Another drowned while trying to close the hole.
At the same time, the leadership of the fleet does not exclude that Turkey may be involved in the attack. “We considered Novorossiysk a safe port.”
The Ukrainian special services said that this was their work, but we do not believe that it was possible to bypass Crimea and hit Gornyak just like that.
“There are rumors that the drone was launched from Turkish territory,” says a source in the command of the Black Sea Fleet.
Of course, this is more like a ridiculous rumor, but such a move by Erdogan may be an element of pressure on Putin on the eve of the latter’s visit to Turkey .
Bild:
Since the military coup in Niger, there are growing signs that Moscow is trying to support the violent overthrow of the democratically elected government.
So far, there is no evidence that the military coup itself took place under the influence of Moscow. Now, however, the military junta appears to be seeking to get closer to the Russian regime.
Once again, mercenaries from Wagner should help in this. Yevgeny Prigozhin has already welcomed the overthrow of the government in his audio address.
Apparently, the Kremlin cannot do without Wagner yet.
In Africa, mercenaries are Moscow’s most important tool.
Wagner already has significant influence in Niger’s neighboring countries: Mali, Libya and Burkina Faso, and has also tried several times to gain a foothold in Chad.
The Nigerian putschists also appear to be relying on Russian mercenaries.
High-ranking representatives of the military junta went to the neighboring country of Mali, where they asked for operational support from Wagner mercenaries to ensure their rule.
According to some reports, there were more than 1,000 Wagner fighters in Mali.
The conspirators turn to the military regimes of neighboring countries for help and, apparently, hope for an early transfer of Wagner mercenaries.
Without military support, the junta is unlikely to be able to resist the military intervention of the ECOWAS countries.
Yesterday, a man resembling Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with heads of manufacturing enterprises.
Apparently, the double considered this event not at all significant, because he very quickly moved away from the recommendations for holding a meeting and made a lot of his own adjustments to the process of communicating with the participants in the conversation.
Understudy, as an avid motorist, in the recent past, was interested in the development of the domestic auto industry, and he “knowledgeably” entered into a discussion with Manturov and other participants in the meeting on this issue.
By making an unexpected populist demand to transfer all Russian officials to the domestic auto industry, the double surprised many, including Manturov and Putin himself, who was given a detailed report on the results of the meeting.
In the process of communicating with the guests, the president’s understudy actively and interestedly participated in the discussion of almost all issues and made a generally positive impression on those present.
Manturov looked frankly surprised by the unusual activity of the “president”. In Putin’s entourage, those who are aware of the situation with the double are concerned about uncontrolled initiatives that come from the double and believe that he risks giving himself away by such behavior.
Putin himself did not show much concern about this and, having read the report on the results of the meeting, said that the understudy was doing a good job, without expressing any complaints.
Putin yesterday held a meeting via video link with representatives of the leadership of the military and power blocs.
After listening to reports on the state of affairs at the front, the president asked in more detail about the situation in several sectors of the front, expressing general dissatisfaction with the lack of results.
Representatives of the military leadership began to complain about the lack of troops and weapons, but Putin interrupted them and closed the meeting.
Persistent requests and proposals to the president to hold the next stage of mobilization or to announce a general mobilization gave a definite result.
Putin agreed in principle to the next wave of mobilization after September 21 this year.
The president’s entourage, and first of all, he himself, believes that open waves of mobilization should be carried out no more than once a year, so as not to greatly disturb the public and not demonstrate the problems associated with significant losses at the front.
Whatever RuZZia’s tank numbers.
They have 2199 fewer!!!
Celebrate. Sing and Dance.
what is it, for us Swedish challenged people?
According to google:
“Surströmming is lightly salted fermented Baltic Sea herring traditional to Swedish cuisine since at least the 16th century. “
“More abandoned 🇷🇺#Russian equipment got finished of by 🇺🇦#Ukrainian drone-dropped munitions near Robotyne, Zaporizhzhia Region.
Targeted Equipment:
- UAZ-3151
- BMP-3 688M sb. 3KDZ
- T-72B Obr. 1989
- 9K135 Kornet ATGM”
https://twitter.com/GloOouD/status/1687446314701778944
Globalfirepower.com, Russia’s 12,000-strong fleet of tanks
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Au contraire. Very, very old information. The number is known and it is far less than 12,000 - most of which are that were operable back in the Soviet days are either rusted out, cannibalized, engine-less hulks.
Most of those that were operable are either destroyed or captured - around 2200 or 4200 depending on the sources and who is counting.
as of April
-—> How Many of Each Type of Tank Does Russia Have In Storage? <——
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PHUK6zkbpc
Type..............Good as of 2023
T-54/55..........270
T-62...............560
T-64...............248
T-72..............1841
T-8..................942
T-90.................50
~3,911 operational tanks in storage as of ~04/07/2023 | Ball park tank number.
Keep in mind that restoring tanks or other vehicles stored in open air parks where subject to all manner of weather - especially since the bulk were stored in the Far East.
They all need work to restore and that is not cheap - plus many critical parts are no longer available due to sanctions, and there is only so much money to do the work and space, while still trying to produce 300 new but obsolete tanks (T-90Ms) with mostly unskilled labor. T-14s do not exist, except as partially working prototypes which to be near tow trucks.
“It’s official! The Ruble hit 1-cent, one lousy penny, in U.S. dollars...
Everything is going to plan...”
https://twitter.com/UKikaski/status/1687444196439834627
You mean it has been in a can since the 16th Century? :)
500 years and still better than RuZZian food.
“It’s official! The Ruble hit 1-cent, one lousy penny, in U.S. dollars...
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Putin is an economic genius! Is there no field his genius does not shine through?
500 years and still better than RuZZian food.
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Because like any Russian pronouncement, what’s on the label of ingredients or menu is a lie.
When one is a peacock, displaying a sizable feather plume is a way of appearing bigger than one is. When one is a puffer fish, one inflates.
It is the "deimatic behavior" used in offensive, defensive acts, and sometimes used in appearing sizable for sexual interest.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deimatic_behaviour
So what’s your essentially saying is that Speedy is a propagandist loser that has to look more important than he is with fake replies, correct?
LOL!
LOL!
I wonder how long he will keep it up?
That’s what PIF does. I wonder how many even read their monstrous post.
Not exactly. It is my view that the two "daily" threads are a form of open therapy for those who seem to need it. Observing the participation by their few and regular devotees as they exhibit the same degree of fervor, these two daily threads -- each begun with a characteristic opening gambit -- evidence a real need to "be in the battle," so to speak, with updates and all.
Having been called by insinuation or outright statement a pro-Putin sort pisses me off. The war remains "officially" a non-NATO event between two non-NATO nations, during which NATO nations in Europe and here have emptied massive amounts of war materiel, such that some European nations are stating outright that they have little more to "donate" to this "officially" non-NATO war.
Mother's and Speedy's multiple comments-to-self seem to be of the 'deimatic behavior" sort. Rather like authors getting their friends to post favorable comments to Amazon book reviews or YouTube videos. In that sense, fake. Meaning manipulative. In the same way that "book deals" for politicians which show over time little interest from an actual buying public are.
Speedy and Mother seem to need their posts and multiple comments. Emotionally. I was and remained amused because it is very likely that most Freepers don't click on all the "bait" nor read in detail what a small group seem to do, or at least want others to think they do. Another Freeper posted: "I wonder how many even read their monstrous post." The adjective might be editorial, but the sense of the question is apt.
You, an announced redneck playing your wild cards, comment on quite a variety of things. the UMC mother seems not to be able to gin up a single comment about her own church in schism as Freepers post about that. Speedy seems to not appear too far afield from the "battle" either. So, observing your wild cards with some amusement, I get the sense you have quite a number of interests. The inverse for some seems quite true. Fake? Nah, "deimatic." So do I see it. But with the same as you write, the need "to look more important than he is." Yup.
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