Posted on 08/19/2023 5:06:38 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. Loitering munitions, drones used as unmanned bait, civilian vehicles 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 a vehicle is captured and then lost in service with its new owners, it is only added as a loss of the original operator to avoid double listings. When the origin of a piece of equipment can't be established, it's 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.
Summarizing this war:
A tragedy for Ukraine.
A disaster for RuZZia.
A strategic win for the USA. The biggest winner of the war.
“More than three decades after Reagan left office, most Republicans still believe that America is a force for good.”
“The head of the SBU, Gen. Vasily Malyuk, just released a bit of extra information about the Ukrainian VBIED attack targeting the Crimean Bridge last year. In total, 21 tons of RDX high explosive was plastic wrapped in palletized cylinders to avoid detection.”
https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1692786220026212654
“/1. At the Soltsy air base in the Novgorod region, two planes are on fire, presumably due to a drone strike, - Russian media.
/3. Russian ministry of defence claim - Today, at about 10.00 Moscow time, a military airfield in the Novgorod region was attacked by a copter-type UAV. As a result of the attack on the territory of the airfield, a fire broke out in the aircraft parking lot, which was quickly extinguished by fire brigades. One plane was damaged, but there were no casualties.
/4. The Solotsy air base is home to the 40th Composite Aviation Regiment which flies the Tu-22M as part of the 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division.”
https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1692840787057279320
“Ukrainian drones hit the Russian “Soltsy-2” Air Base in Novgorod Oblast. The air base is home to the Tupolev Tu-22M3, a strategic bomber used also for missile attacks against Ukraine. The Russian MoD already confirms the damage of “one plane”, likely one of the bombers.”
https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1692852965030433222
“Soltsy-2 air base is almost 670 km from the nearest part of Ukraine. I reckon it was struck by drones launched from Russian territory. An impressive feat at any rate!”
https://twitter.com/PaxLusitanica/status/1692856700766654627
St. Petersburg next?
“If thats the beaver at work it’s an effective 700 km reach, that’s almost 50% farther than Moscow.”
“One Thing May Save Ukraine From Russia’s Mine Warfare Nightmare: Spider Boots”
““Spider boots” may sound like one of the cool magic items you can find in fantasy games, but this specially-designed four-legged footwear exists in real life, and is literally a matter of saving life and limb.
A recent news segment posted by Reuters highlights how combat engineers of Ukraine’s 128th ‘Transcarpathia’ Mountain Assault brigade are using indigenously produced spider boots strapped over their combat boots to protect themselves from the dense minefields impeding Ukrainian assaults on Russian fortifications in southern Ukraine.”
“ NEW: It is premature to make assessments about the overall success of ongoing Ukrainian counteroffensive operations occurring along several lines of advance toward several different apparent objectives.🧵(1/11)
2/ @washingtonpost reported on August 17 that the US intelligence community has assessed that Ukraine’s counteroffensive will fail to reach #Melitopol in western #Zaporizhia Oblast and will not achieve its principal objective of severing the Russian land bridge to #Crimea.
3/ The unverified intelligence assessment reportedly states that effective Russian defensive operations and dense minefields have constrained Ukrainian advances and will continue to do so. washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
4/ Anonymous US officials reportedly stated that Ukrainian forces will advance to within several miles of Melitopol but not further.
5/ A Ukrainian advance to within a few miles of #Melitopol would bring the critical road and rail connections on which #Russia relies to supply its forces within range of Ukrainian artillery systems, severely compromising Russia’s ability to continue to use them for that purpose.
6/ It is unclear from published reports why US intelligence analysts have reportedly concluded that seizing Melitopol is the only way #Ukraine can sever the Russian land bridge.
7/ ISW has, in fact, assessed that Ukraine has many options for severing critical Russian ground lines of communication along the northern Sea of Azov coast of which the seizure of #Melitopol is only one.
8/ US Secretary of State Antony Blinken notably offered a diverging opinion from the alleged intelligence assessment on August 15, stating that the prospects for Ukraine’s counteroffensive to make significant “strategic gains” will remain unclear for at least a month or longer.
9/ ISW has consistently assessed that the Ukrainian counteroffensive will be a protracted, non-linear series of operations, which will likely continue to occur in phases of differing tempos.
10/ The Ukrainian counteroffensive is not a discrete set of scheduled operations, and current counteroffensive operations are likely setting more favorable conditions for larger significant operations.
11/ ISW continues to assess that Ukrainian counteroffensive operations are significantly degrading defending Russian forces and that the overall degradation of the Russian defensive line creates opportunities for any UKR breakthrough to be potentially operationally significant.”
https://twitter.com/TheStudyofWar/status/1692688069961359765
“Targeting of what is said to be Russian mine laying vehicle with the help of FPV drone. Interesting that unlike usual FPV drone is used as a bomber and not a kamikaze.”
https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1692844685792838013
“UAF destroyed a Russian BMD-4M IFV in the south of Staromaiorske.”
https://twitter.com/BarracudaVol1/status/1692279691816661144
“Another destroyed Russian BMP-2. Work of the 28th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the “Knights of the Earth Campaign”.”
https://twitter.com/AlexRaptor94/status/1692643440121487628
That’s a big hole. Sink the Black Sea Fleet.
“Result of the drone attack on the SIG tanker on 5 August. Demonstrating major damage to the hull. I’m honestly surprised it is still afloat.”
https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1692822222958629179
“Rheinmetall will start servicing tanks in Ukraine by the end of August. According to Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger, the first 12 employees that will work in Ukraine have started training in Germany, and 12 more will join them later.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1692809667179589889
“The destruction of a Russian self-propelled howitzer 2S9 Nona using an FPV drone in the village of Zaitseve, Donetsk region”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1692772152716452200
I remember this song as a kid. Well a slightly different version.
Sink the Moskva
Song by SpeedyInTexas
In April of two thousand twenty two the war had just begun
The RuZZians had the biggest ship, they had the biggest guns
The Moskva was the fastest ship that ever sailed the sea
On her deck were guns as big as steers and shells as big as trees
Out of the cold and foggy night came the Ukrainian missile, the Neptune
And every Ukrainian seaman, he knew and understood
They had to sink the Moskva, the terror of the sea
Stop those guns as big as steers and those shells as big as trees
We’ll find the RuZZian battleship that’s makin’ such a fuss
We gotta sink the Moskva cause the world depends on us
Hit the decks a-runnin’ boys and spin those guns around
When we find the Moskva we gotta cut her down
The Neptunes found the Moskva on that fatal day
The Moskva started firin’ fifteen inches away
“We gotta sink the Moskva” was the battle sound
But when the smoke had cleared away, the mighty Neptune went down
For one short day and weary night they tried to find her trail
Zelensky told the people “put every Neptune in the air
‘Cause somewhere on that ocean I know she’s gotta be
We gotta sink the Moskva to the bottom of the sea”
We’ll find that RuZZian battleship that’s makin’ such a fuss
We gotta sink the Moskva ‘cause the world depends on us
Hit the decks a-runnin’ boys and spin those guns around
When we find the Moskva we gotta cut her down
The fog was gone the second day and they saw the mornin’ sun
Ten hours away from homeland the Moskva made its run
The admiral of the Ukrainian fleet said “turn those bows around
We found that Moskva battleship and we’re gonna cut her down”
The Ukrainian guns were aimed and the shells were comin’ fast
The first Neptune hit the Moskva, they knew she couldn’t last
That mighty RuZZian battleship is just a memory
“Sink the Moskva” was the battle cry that shook the seven seas
We found that RuZZian battleship been makin’ such a fuss
We had to sink the Moskva ‘cause the world depends on us
We hit the deck a-runnin’ and we spun those guns around
Yeah, we found the mighty Moskva and prepared to cut her down
We found that RuZZian battleship been makin’ such a fuss
We had to sink the Moskva ‘cause the world depends on us
We hit the deck a-runnin’ and we spun those guns around
We found the mighty Moskva and then we cut her down
When the Z-fag is dead, remember to cut across your wrist not up your arm.
“Sink the Moskva” was the battle cry that shook the seven seas
Peak China.
A Staggering number. 1.09. Lower than Japans.
BRICS, RICKS, DICKS.
“China’s fertility rate dropped to record low in 2022, estimates show”
Figure fell from 1.15 in 2021 to 1.09, the lowest of any country with a population over 100 million”
“Demographers from the China Population and Development Research Centre, a Chinese government research institution, released data indicating that last year’s fertility rate fell to 1.09 from 1.15 in 2021, below Japan’s rate for the same time period and only slightly higher than South Korea’s, which was estimated to be 0.8.”
“We found the mighty Moskva and then we cut her down”
Good WSJ Video on China’s population disaster (for those with a WSJ subscription).
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