Posted on 08/20/2023 5:44:38 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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The “controversy “ has amused me, let’s say a 1000 bomblets fail to explode but the millions of mines not controversial?
Seems pretty selective in the outrage
FIRMS fire map shows 7 big fires at that airbase yesterday.
mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)How does a frenchie come about to be a Putin Stooge?
Your not smart enough to understand the meaning behind my tag line, sour-kraut, that much is for sure.
I asked to explain yourself but you totally don't want to. Gotcha!
Ukraine: military situation update - Aug 19, 2023
••Denotes Transcribed Dialogue. Extras are just that - from other sites, or my comments marked (Edit: .... ) or { } or [ ].
https://www.youtube.com/@RFU
[ Russian Strategic Airfield Suffers a Devastating Strike! ]
••Day 542: Aug 19
Today there are a lot of updates.
First of all, today in the morning, Ukrainians struck one of the most important Russian airfields that is used by strategic bombers Tu-22M3.
The airfield is located in the Novgorod region, which is almost 700 km from the Ukrainian territories, and, according to Russian sources, it was targeted by Ukrainian drones.
Judging by the footage, at least one drone managed to hit the target and cause a fire. Some sources claimed that Ukrainians managed to destroy up to 2 Russian strategic bombers.
Russian analysts once again criticized the fact that Russian forces do not even try increase the security of their airfields.
On top of that, in was reported that a Ukrainian flag was raised in Novgorod, right in front of the Russian secret services building.
Even though such an operation did not inflict Russians any losses, it amplified the news about the successful Ukrainian drone strike near this city and also diminished public trust in the ability of the Russian Federal Security Service to provide security.
Today Ukrainians also reportedly conducted a missile strike on Crimea.
Russian sources reported that Ukrainians used one modified ballistic missile S-200. Russian media published footage of the crater left by the intercepted missile.
In previous strikes, Ukrainians used several missiles at once and usually combined it with a drone strike.
The fact that this time Ukrainians used just one lonely missile indicates that they are testing the Russian air defense in the new region in preparation for hitting new areas on the peninsula.
Yesterday a huge fire broke out in one of the Russian Black Sea harbors in Novorossiysk. Russian sources reported that the fire rapidly spread and reached a square area of 1,300 square meters.
Some sources claimed that due to an unspecified accident, wooden pallets caught on fire and burned everything around them.
There was reportedly no drone strike at the time, which gave rise to speculations about sabotage. And this is not surprising.
Given the most recent developments, it seems like a huge network of saboteurs works in coordination to undermine Russian war efforts by damaging critical infrastructure such as airfields, harbors, railroads, bridges, and factories.
In fact, the same day, Ukrainians struck another Russian harbor, this time in Berdyansk, which is used for shipping a lot of equipment to the southern front.
Several days ago, Ukrainians also struck a science and engineering center “TEMP”, which is developing crucial technology for manufacturing weapons.
The goal of this center is to reduce the reliance of Russia on imported technology and make the military-industrial complex as independent as possible.
Local residents reported hearing explosions, although even Russian analysts are still uncertain and claim that it was either a drone strike or sabotage from inside.
Unfortunately, Russians conducted a similar strike.
Today Russians conducted a missile strike on Chernihiv, more precisely, they hit a theater with an Iskander missile.
As it turned out, Ukrainians were making a drone show where different developers had to demonstrate developed drone technologies and possibly get attention from the defense ministry.
As a result, there are more than 100 casualties, including at least 12 children.
Despite the fact that it was an open event, Russian sources claimed that it was a closed meeting and that Russians killed up to 60 Ukrainian and NATO officers.
Regardless, the bottom line is it was not a smart idea to make such an event a public show, especially in the city that is located just 40 km from the border, as the air defense has little to no time to detect and intercept the missile.
Ukrainian fighters and commanders viciously critiqued the responsible person, who reportedly made this event public to generate publicity and promote her political career in the defense ministry.
They even definitely gathered attention, so seems like now her career is over.
In the meantime, 200 Ukrainian troops just finished the 12-week training program on Abrams tanks in the United States.
Since the tanks are not ready yet, the soldiers will continue staying and training and soon return to Ukraine with 31 Abrams tanks.
Simultaneously, more Ukrainian troops are training on Leopard tanks in Germany.
As of now, Ukraine is waiting to receive 100 Leopard 1A5 tanks from various countries, and it’s been speculated that they will likely arrive already together with Abrams.
Recently, the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, stated that Ukrainian pilots started testing the Swedish fighter jets Saab JAS-39 Gripen.
This indicates that Ukrainians may receive not just F-16, but a more versatile package of Western fighter jets.
And when it comes to F-16, the United States finally gave approval for the re-export of F-16s, meaning that other countries can now provide Ukraine with these fighter jets, and the key issue now is finishing training.
President Zelensky also stated that Ukraine and Sweden plan to launch the production of Swedish armored fighting vehicles in Ukraine.
Even though this is still at the stage of planning, Ukraine is clearly trying to establish its own stable production of weapons to decrease its reliance on external help in a way that is beneficial to everyone.
Apart from the production of armored fighting vehicles, Ukrainians are also developing plans for producing Leopard tanks.
Recently, the German manufacturer of armored vehicles Rheinmetall reached an agreement with Ukraine about jointly building a factory in Ukraine.
The director of the company remained determined in spite of Russian threats to strike the site and responded that they would protect the factory with their own air defense systems.
••Robotnye:
Russian mil bloggers said Ru forced to leave the village (may be fake or untrue). UA still does not control the village - but soon.
The 82nd Motorized Brigade (main reserves) is now engaged in the fight. Using Challenger 2s and Martder IFVs. [ Russian commanders complain that Challengers hit them from too far away which is unfair. ]
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Ukraine starts the preparation to take Staromlynivka, [ using the Vampire rockets system ]. It is the very important village on the way to break though the Russian defence lines. Awesome.
https://t.me/pilotblog/6121
UA order of battle is the Rocket artillery first, then standard artillery, then tanks, then IFVs, and last the infantry.
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Orc troops start to complain on social media and via military bloggers about their desperate situations in Zavitne Bazhannia and Staromlynivka.
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Russia now suffering from lack of counter-artillery radars. UA which has a lot of those systems can target Orc artillery, but Orc artillery is unable to counter.
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Diplomatic Peace Prospects:
Russia will not stop until it has installed a puppet government in Kiev, and then can use Ukrainians to attack other countries. [ Russia’s borders end where they say the do. Something Russia has never said. ]
Kadyrov said as much today. He’s sure Russia will win the SMO and go on to attack those countries that are not OK with Russia.
Russia society needs the idea of the country continually taking more ground. Putin’s approval rating went up 30% when he took Crimea. This continual occupying of territory is called “The Russian Peace”.
[In Russian, the word ‘peace’ is the same word for ‘world’. The concept is imbedded in the language. “The Russian Peace” is achieved when Russia rules the entire world. ]
Kherson Region:
Deep State map is showing a new grey area on the south side of the rived across from Sadove, west of Cossack Camp. Russian reinforcements pushed the UA out of the village.
Rheinmetall will start servicing tanks in Ukraine by the end of August
The first 12 employees of the plant, which will work in Ukraine, have begun training in Germany, and 12 more will subsequently join them. Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger said this in an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung.
“We will start service as early as this month,” he added.
And he confirmed his intention to start production of tanks in Ukraine as soon as possible.
https://t.me/pilotblog/6117
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The legendary Mi-24 and Mi-8 helicopters are armed with American 70 mm Hydra-70 unguided air missiles (UAVs).
A day with Ukrainian helicopter pilots.
https://t.me/pilotblog/6119
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Russians put too much energy trying to push the car
https://t.me/pilotblog/6120
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China is helping to arm Russia. Russia receives helicopters and military parts from China - The Telegraph
“Russian firms have received tens of thousands tons of Chinese cargo since the start of the war in Ukraine.
“China has supplied Russia with 1,000 drones, 6 helicopters, optical sights, titanium alloy products used in the manufacture of weapons, and aircraft parts, including for military aircraft” .
Trade between Beijing and Moscow will exceed $200 billion this year, setting a new record. Exports of goods with potential military applications more than tripled in a year.
Two autocracy friends.
https://t.me/pilotblog/6125
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“China is not Russia. China is a real geopolitical actor, while Russia is an economic dwarf, like a gas station whose owner has an atomic bomb,” EU Ambassador Josep Borrell
He also added that China would never say directly that it is reducing its support for Russia or contributing to its apparent defeat.
At the same time, Beijing is not satisfied with the current situation, in particular, with references to nuclear weapons.
https://t.me/pilotblog/6126
he New York Times: Luna 25, the first spacecraft to reach the surface of the moon since the 1970s, entered lunar orbit on Wednesday and was due to land on Monday.
According to Roskosmos, on Saturday afternoon, the spacecraft received a command to enter the orbit of the moon, but an inexplicable “abnormal situation” occurred, and the orbit correction did not take place.
That India can succeed after Russia has failed will be a blow to President Vladimir Putin, who uses Russia’s advances in space as an integral part of his power.
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The Week: Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft, the country’s first lunar lander in nearly 50 years, has failed to enter pre-landing orbit.
In connection with the NWO, the Russian space program suffered greatly, as access to technology from Western countries was limited.
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Ars Technica:
Russia’s efforts to restore communication with Luna-25 will be complicated by the country’s lack of a deep space communications network, and the possibility of communication will be limited to periods when the Moon will be visible over Russian territory and there will be relatively few such opportunities in the coming days, the specialist noted satellite tracking - Scott Tilly.
The loss of Luna 25 will deal a serious blow to the Russian space industry.
In fact, a modest flight to the moon was supposed to make Russia great in space again.
The last Soviet lunar mission was launched in 1976.
As for interplanetary research, in 1996 and 2011 the Russians flew to Mars twice, but both times they failed to leave low Earth orbit.
Several European missions to Mars have been successfully launched on Russian rockets, but European technology has been used to reach and operate on the red planet.
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia has never sent a probe to the Moon. Russia has said it does not want to stop at Luna 25.
There are plans to launch the Luna 26 orbiter in 2027, followed by two more ambitious robotic landing missions.
But those launches are still many years away, and given how long it took Russia to get Luna 25 ready for flight, it’s safe to say that future flights will be delayed, if at all
https://t.me/briefsmi/8091
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CNN: Ukrainian pilots have begun joint training in F-16 fighter jets with US instructors in Ukraine, Ukrainian Air Force Commander Oleksandr Oleshchuk said.
“The F-16 was on the territory of Ukraine, landing at our airfields, we conducted joint training with F-16 pilots.
“A day ago, two of my pilots were tested by American instructors,” Oleshchuk added.
Oleshchuk said that although the total training period is 32 months, “it was decided that for this class of pilots, mastering the F-16 aircraft would take four months.”
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Bloomberg: India reports successful orbit descent of Chandrayaan-3 lander.
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has announced the successful descent of the Chandrayaan 3 lander.
The lander, consisting of the Vikram lander and the Pragyan rover, is expected to land on the lunar surface on the evening of August 23.
“As a result of the second and final de-boosting operation (deceleration), the lander’s orbit was successfully reduced to 25 km x 134 km.
The module will pass internal checks and wait for sunrise at the designated landing site.
The powered descent is expected to begin on August 23 at around 5:45 pm ET,” ISRO said in a statement
https://t.me/briefsmi/8092
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The Telegraph: China is providing substantial military support to Russia, including the supply of helicopters, drones, optical sights and vital metals used in defense production.
On the eve of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Xi Jinping met with Vladimir Putin on several occasions.
China is providing substantial military support to Russia, undermining Western efforts to isolate Moscow through sanctions, according to The Telegraph.
This assistance includes the supply of helicopters, drones, optical sights and vital metals used in defense production.
Despite China’s claims of neutrality, it has significantly increased trade with Russia, which is projected to exceed $200 billion this year.
According to an analysis by the Observatory of Economic Complexity, exports of goods with potential military uses have more than tripled with the previous year.
In violation of international sanctions, China exports both civilian and military goods, labeling them as dual-use products.
Chinese firms supply Russia with a variety of goods - from rocket launchers and armored vehicles to strategic bombers. Some of these companies, despite their ostensibly civilian nature, have ties to the defense industry.
According to Molfar, Shantou Honghu Plastics, a Chinese company that calls itself a toy wholesaler, shipped 1,000 drones to the Russian firm ahead of the CBO.
Four days after the start of the NWO, the Chinese company Hems999 delivered two helicopters to the Russian Federation. Another Chinese firm, Tianjin Huarong Aviation, delivered four Airbus helicopters to Russia.
In addition, China supplied optical sights needed to improve the visibility of military equipment to more than 50 Russian enterprises, and imports almost doubled compared to the previous year and amounted to $2.5 million.
Titanium sheets and rods were supplied from China to NPP Start ”, a developer of anti-aircraft missile launchers, part of Rostec.
Titanium products were also sent to S7 Technics, an aircraft maintenance and repair company.
Chinese companies also supply magnesium alloys to OAO Tupolev.
Enterprises associated with the production of KAMAZ vehicles received at least 520 batches from China.
Among the goods were spare parts, welding machines and laser machines that can be used for the production of weapons and military equipment.
Some Chinese companies, such as Wuxi Tianxing Steel and Xi’an Alpha Metal, even have offices in Moscow and websites in Russian, making little effort to hide their military ties by posting pictures of fighter jets and warships on their pages.
The investigation hints at the possibility of covert trade channels through which China can supply strategic materials to Russia, such as secret negotiations involving Iran
https://t.me/briefsmi/8089
Saturday, August 19, 2023, in the morning report to the President of Russia Vladimir Putin, the irretrievable military operational losses of manpower of the personnel of the RF Armed Forces are 267,418 people.
Data as of 6:00 Moscow time today.
... Putin had a telephone conversation with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi yesterday.
The President of Iran openly expressed dissatisfaction on a number of issues.
Among other things, Raisi is dissatisfied with the delay on the part of the Russian side of assistance in the implementation of Tehran’s “nuclear program” and the lack of adequate funding for several strategic projects in Iran on the part of the Russian leadership.
Putin stoically accepted the audacity of one of their last friends in the international arena and promised to be a good boy and continue to fulfill all his obligations, however, this game has been going on with varying success between the presidents of Russia and Iran for a long time and suits both.
Putin and Raisi are one of the last outcasts and are forced to support each other, not only because of profit, but also out of solidarity.
Shoigu is looking for allies and is ready to ask for forgiveness from Prigozhin.
Sergei Shoigu, over whom clouds are gathering, is trying in every possible way to avoid resignation.
The Minister of Defense is looking for allies and in this process is ready for quite unexpected steps.
According to our source in the Ministry of Defense, Shoigu decided to establish contact with Yevgeny Prigozhin.
“Sergey Kuzhugetovich is going to turn to Evgeny Viktorovich with a proposal to be friends. He is even ready to apologize for past disagreements in order to get such an ally as Prigogine,” he said.
According to another interlocutor in the ministry, if Shoigu establishes ‘friendly contact’ or ‘partnership’ with Prigozhin, Vladimir Putin will not fire the defense minister, as he does not want “a possible conflict with two such influential figures at once.”
At the same time, sources in the Wagner PMC told us that they know nothing about these plans of Shoigu, and Prigozhin has not yet had any contacts with the Minister of Defense.
The leadership of the “musicians” basically continues to consider Shoigu guilty of the problems of our army at the front and treats him with no respect.
“It’s even interesting what he can offer us. Will he allocate people and tanks for a new campaign against Moscow, or what?” one of the ‘Wagnerites’ joked in a conversation with us.
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The Russian commander went crazy after the strike of the Ukrainian army in the Rabotino area in the Zaporozhye region
The tragic incident took place on Wednesday, August 16, two of our sources in the General Staff said.
According to their information, the cluster shells struck by the enemy were to blame.
The commander led 23 people into battle.
The Ukrainians struck with cluster munitions.
By some tragic accident, all 23 soldiers died, and the commander survived and was not even injured.
After that, he, unfortunately, really went crazy,” said one of the interlocutors.
The officer was found at the site of the death of his subordinates, he was crying and hugging the body of one of the dead.
Realizing that the military man was in an insane state, he was disarmed.
He was sent to one of the Crimean psychiatric hospitals.
Now the former commander cries all the time and hardly sleeps.
This incident again raised the question that the Russian army needs good full-time psychologists at the front.
We have already written about this problem, but, judging by the information from our sources in the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff, no one is going to solve it now.
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“Stupidity came out of the air defense,” losses increased.
New details of the attack on the airfield “Soltsy” in the Novgorod region
Sources in the Ministry of Defense told us new details of an enemy drone strike on the Soltsy airfield in the Novgorod region. Unfortunately, the news is sad.
First, the death toll has risen.
Two more injured airfield workers died in the hospital, bringing the total number of victims of the strike to six.
According to updated data, 7 people were hospitalized, one of them is in serious condition.
Secondly, three Tu-22M3 bombers were completely disabled.
About the loss of two aircraft we wrote, but the military clarified that the third, damaged as a result of the strike, is also unlikely to be repaired - most likely, it will be used for parts to repair other bombers.
The damaged planes, or rather, what was left of them, had already been removed from the attack site so that they would not get into satellite photos and, as one of our interlocutors said, “did not please the enemies.”
In addition, four X-22 missiles were lost.
Thirdly, the military found out how the air defense system missed a strike on a strategically important object. It turned out that negligence was to blame.
Air defense came out complete nonsense.
Two weeks ago, part of the air defense system and electronic warfare equipment was taken from the Soltsy airfield to protect Moscow and the Moscow region.
They were supposed to install new additional systems, but someone in high offices said, “Why? Ukrainians will definitely not get here.”
“They got it ... But no one guessed to transfer new air defense systems to the airfield. Our military, like idiots, fired at the drone with machine guns,” one of the sources said.
In this situation, we can only hope that those responsible for the emergency - both those who did not transfer the necessary air defense systems to the airfield, and those who leaked information about the insufficient protection of a strategically important facility to the enemy - will be punished. And we all know their names.
The information about the “request to the AP for a negative block on Luna-25” is not true.
There is no one in the Kremlin until August 23, everyone is in Sochi and no one cares.
But after August 23, they will study who behaved how, what he wrote, whom he blamed, how he spoke, and so on.
Responsible persons are meant, not irresponsible experts.
Now the most stupid and most terrible thing is to start shifting the blame and deny it.
The team involved in the lunar program is very large.
Plus or minus 25 people from different departments of Roscosmos, several research institutes and research and development.
If the persons responsible for the launch and preparation in an adult way do not pull themselves together immediately and do not give accurate data on the situation, the action plan tomorrow before noon (after all, the lunar program is three stages, the current one is only the beginning) and do not start an investigation as part of a commission of technical specialists, they themselves will fly into space beyond the Arctic Circle.
For starters, objective data: the lunar program was developed by D. Rogozin under the stories that it is nine times cheaper than the American one (at the same time, Capstone flew to the moon and back and completed its mission, despite the temporary loss of the signal), and Yu. Borisov accepted and supported it.
Despite the conclusions of regulatory authorities about a high corruption component, overestimated estimates, despite a 300% cheat on microelectronics brought through third parties from South Korea.
The satellite device was made by 63% from imported components from unfriendly countries and corporations.
There is something to think about. But more importantly - fix and do.
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Zelensky and Yermak refused to come to the scene of the tragedy in Chernihiv.
The test launch of the Iskander K missile (winged equipment), capable of being equipped with TNW (low-power charge), was recognized as successful.
Air defense systems of the Armed Forces of Ukraine overslept him.
As well as the attack on the NATO warehouse in Kyiv this morning with the X50 missile.
No PR campaigns of intimidation (Russia is at the ready all next week) can correct the terrible result for NATO in Chernigov.
So far, 54 people have died. 3 civilians. The wounded and injured exceeded 89 people.
11 very bad foreigners (officers from Poland and the Baltic States) were taken by air ambulance helicopter to Kyiv and from there on board to Poland.
Which of them will live to see tomorrow is a big question.
Senior officers and the general were taken by helicopter to Vinnitsa, where they will decide what to do next.
Most likely, some of the senior officers will be lucky enough to fly to Poland and from there to Munich or Düsseldorf.
In the Chernihiv Drama Theater, a BND employee who was in charge of space communications and encrypted data transmission services, assigned to NATO headquarters in Vilnius, went missing.
2 destroyed, one damaged beyond repair.
Some of us are multilingual. I understood your tagline the first time I saw it, and also your About page's Greek slogan (which everyone should learn and take to heart).
More stupid memes replies to follow.
Russia invaded Ukraine.
Russia invaded Georgia.
Russia invaded Poland.
Maybe Russia should stop invading and annexing nations.
A fascist government presiding over a feudalistic state populated by serfs has no other future but failure and dissolution. Just like the Ottomans.
The secretly installed special Patriot System on the moon successfully managed to shoot down the incoming Russian drone. Good work! :)
The RU company that developed the auto-flight software for their cruise missiles also developed the auto-land software for Luna-25.
Some of us are multilingual. I understood your tagline the first time I saw it, and also your About page's Greek slogan (which everyone should learn and take to heart).I am an American citizen.
https://twitter.com/ChuckPfarrer/status/1692917665679937647
This is an early report...
From PIF: 2 destroyed, one damaged beyond repair.
Most likely...UKR Special Forces.
Cool story bro...
Enjoyed
Yeah...and its not rocket science either. Amazing how dumb some people can be.
Russia invaded Ukraine 2022
Russia invaded Georgia 2008
Russia invaded Czechoslovakia 1968
Russia invaded Hungry 1956
Russia invaded Poland 1939
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Is that a trend I’m seeing there?
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