Hahaha. Hohoho
Posted on 08/30/2023 6:15:58 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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Good RuZZians
https://twitter.com/666_mancer/status/1696516026958270827
https://twitter.com/666_mancer/status/1696580210399772852
https://twitter.com/666_mancer/status/1696558221240959092
https://twitter.com/666_mancer/status/1696612593136238742
https://twitter.com/666_mancer/status/1696842651918643201
Can anyone think of a single NATO member that has not invaded Russia?
Orban threatening war. Can someone stick a tomahawk up his A?
“Orban - in an interview with pro-Russia speaking doll Tucker Carlson - made threatening language about possible attacks or sabotage on the gas pipeline to Russia in the south of Europe.
According to him, Budapest and Belgrade will react immediately if what happened to Nord Stream happens to South Stream.
“Probably you can do it with the Germans, but not to this region” he added.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1696875291828793599
If you are counting the last two centuries (1800+), there are a couple of them. All time?
Portugal comes to mind... I was about to add in Luxembourg, but they were part of France before 1839.
Some very few, smaller ones haven't, but that is in history. We have been told that history stopped, after all. "Fukuyama draws upon the philosophies and ideologies of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Karl Marx, who define human history as a linear progression, from one socioeconomic epoch to another...." And then it stops, so borders are supposed to be....
He goes on, "..."...I believe that the European Union more accurately reflects what the world will look like at the end of history than the contemporary United States. The EU's attempt to transcend sovereignty and traditional power politics by establishing a transnational rule of law is much more in line with a 'post-historical' world than the Americans' continuing belief in God, national sovereignty, and their military."
But this is an incorrect view of the current situation. Why? Because I learned here in Free Republic that....
"The ‘PUTIN-Biden-Clinton-Obama’ cartel did used Ukraine as a FRONT to stage their money-laundering by using Russian agents embedded BY PUTIN in the Ukraine government: Ukrainian deep-state!So you see Putin is in charge of Russia, the deep state in Ukraine (per the 20 August 2023 testimony), the United States via the Biden administration and to include other Democrats such as Obama and Clinton, and of course our very own deep state....President Zelensky is still trying to remove Ukraine CORRUPT “deep state created by Putin!”
Source: https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4176363/posts?page=52#52
One observes that the author of the above "PUTIN-Biden-Clinton-Obama" assertion operates her daily thread much like this one. Multiple comments to self after an original post. Because repetition is proof. And repetition is proof. And repetition is proof.
Trust, but verify.
“This is one of the “damaged” Ilyushin-76 military aircraft in #Pskov, northwestern #Russia, following last night’s UAV attack on the airfield.
I doubt it will fly ever again. “
https://twitter.com/AlexKokcharov/status/1696879218737451514
Prigozhin is NOT dead!!!!
see upcoming report
Followup to post 26.
That might be an ‘old’ photo.
Ignore for now.
One may confirm this with Twitter directly:
"Twitter's Creator Monetization Standards"It is interesting as one reviews some of the many comments made by the original poster that a few contain multiple links to the same Twitter "content" creator. Noel and Mancer seem among the "chosen," as examples. Click. Click. Click. Click.Source: https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/content-monetization-standards
As with another daily thread featuring YouTube URLs, this daily thread is chock full of Twitter URLs.
Click. Click. Click. Click. Ka-ching.
Section 1 of 7 - Ukraine: Military Situation Update - Aug 29, 2023.
••Denotes Transcribed Dialogue. Extras are just that - from other sites, or my comments marked (Edit: .... ) or { } or [ ].
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Section 2B: Extra:
——> Ukraine Using Land Attack Variant Of Neptune Anti-Ship Missile <——
The modified Neptune anti-ship missiles give Ukraine its longest-range and hardest-hitting locally made weapon, which has big implications.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ukraine-now-using-land-attack-neptune-anti-ship-missile-variant
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Section 2C: Extra:
——> Ukrainian MiG-29 Blasts Russian Drone In New Cockpit Video <——
The rare video shows the pilot’s view out of the cockpit as they shoot down a Russian drone, purportedly an Orlan type.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ukrainian-mig-29-blasts-russian-drone-in-new-cockpit-video
[ New Record! Ukrainians Destroy Dozens of Strategic Aircraft Overnight ]
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Section 3A:
Day 552: Aug 29
Today, there is a lot of news.
Several hours ago, Ukrainians conducted one of the biggest strikes on strategic bases deep inside the Russian Federation, and judging by the reports, it has already become the most successful Ukrainian strike.
The first target of the strike became the base of the Russian 334th regiment, which is near the main airfield in the Pskov region, 700 km from Ukraine.
In total, Ukrainians conducted 3 waves of attacks.
The first wave consisted of only 2 drones, which the Russian air defense shot down near the airfield.
Ukrainians understood that the chosen trajectory was perfect, as the drones successfully crossed 700 km without being detected, so Ukrainians immediately launched the second wave.
The second wave consisted of at least 10 drones.
Local residents reported that the drones were flying in one line, with equal distance between each other.
Locals also reported hearing several explosions far from the base, which indicates that the Russian air defense managed to intercept several drones, but it was not enough, and the drones finally reached the airfield.
Geolocated footage shows how Russians are resorting to machine guns in their last attempt to protect the airfield, but it did not help much.
As a result, there was a huge explosion, and the fire broke out on the territory of the airfield.
Russian sources reported that 2 strategic air-lifters IL-76 were damaged, and the main fuel depot was destroyed.
Some Ukrainian sources reported that the explosion was actually from an ammunition depot, the fire was from the fuel depot, and that more aircraft were damaged.
Russian analysts started blaming the people who filmed the air defense work and posted footage of how close the drones got.
They also asked people not to post the footage from the second wave, especially the areas that Ukrainians successfully hit, but it was already too late.
Ukrainian forces launched the third wave of drones and adjusted the trajectory to hit new areas.
Soon, explosions were heard and recorded on the base, and Russian sources reported that 2 more strategic air-lifters IL-76 were destroyed.
The locals reported that there were at least 10 more explosions on the territory of the airfield, which means that the level of destruction and losses are likely much higher.
When the third wave ended, Russians started to panic and introduced Edelweiss Plan in the whole region.
Russian forces surrounded the airfield, restricting access even nearby, while others started organizing an urgent evacuation of those strategic air-lifters IL-76 that were left.
By the way, IL-76 played a key role in slowing down the Ukrainian counteroffensive in the Kharkiv region last year.
These strategic air-lifters are designed to deliver heavy machinery, so Russians used them to deliver tanks and armored fighting vehicles non-stop, which allowed them to save the situation around Svatove and Kreminna.
So, the destruction of these aircraft will not allow Russians to repeat the same in the future.
Simultaneously, Ukrainians struck another base in the Pskov region.
This time, the target became the base of the 104th airborne regiment, which was one of the main forces during the first stage of the invasion.
After the Ukrainians were done with the Pskov region, Ukrainians also launched an attack on the Bryansk region.
Russian sources reported that Ukrainians launched two drones and that these drones were successfully intercepted.
Unfortunately for Russians, it was once again the first wave of attacks.
Later, local residents filmed how several drones exploded somewhere in the vicinity of the oil depot Druzhba.
Judging by the available at the moment footage, there were at least two successful hits.
But this was not the end. The fourth target of the Ukrainian strike became Russian military objects in the Tula region.
Russian sources once again reported that there were 2 drones that the air defense successfully shot down, while the locals published footage of the explosions somewhere outside the town, where Russian military bases are located.
By the way, a similar attack was conducted during the day in Crimea.
Ukrainians also launched 2 drones in the direction of Cape Tarkhnkut, the drones were shot down, but during the second attack, Ukrainians hit a Russian military object.
This is the same area where, several days ago, Ukrainians destroyed a Russian air defense system, so it is quite possible that today’s explosion is from a new air defense system that substituted the destroyed one.
However, it is also possible that the target of the strike became the base itself.
The only difference with this strike is that it’s being speculated that in the second wave of attack, Ukrainians used a Neptune missile instead of assault drones.
Overall, Ukrainians conducted a large-scale strike on the Russian bases from Pskov to Crimea and were successful in every single case.
This is the result of weeks of trial launches for creating a precise map of the Russian air defense systems and identifying targets that can be destroyed with high certainty.
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[ Prigozhin is NOT dead!!!! ]
General SVR Section 6A, August 30:
A man resembling Russian President Vladimir Putin met with the director of the Federal Bailiff Service, Chief Bailiff of the Russian Federation Dmitry Aristov. The meeting took place in a calm atmosphere.
The President’s doppelgänger knows perfectly well that in the forthcoming wave of mobilization the “debtors” must play almost a decisive role, and it is they who will be the first to be drafted.
Putin has long agreed on all plans for the next stage of mobilization, and he was one of the authors of this idea of calling debtors to war.
And we are talking not only about men, out of the total number of women falling under the new wave, 15%, and if in the first wave it was decided to abandon such plans, now they are more resolute about this.
Dmitry Aristov did an excellent job providing a “resource base” for the second wave of mobilization and was awarded an audience with the “President”.
Yesterday morning, Russian President Vladimir Putin complained of feeling unwell and doctors were urgently called to him. After the examination and the medication he took, he felt a little better, but in the first half of the day he refused to participate in a closed meeting and did not accept reports.
Late in the evening, the President was informed about the “special operation” to bury “Prigozhin” and Prigozhin’s deputy in the PMC Vagner Chekalov.
The President was informed that everything went according to the secret plan approved in the morning and there were no problems with its implementation.
Putin asked about the details and was pleased with what he heard.
Immediately after the report, the President ordered to contact the “deceased” via video link, which was done within 15 minutes.
——> Prigozhin, alive and well, while in one overseas country, had a twenty-minute conversation with Putin, in which they once again and finally discussed the conditions for the redistribution of property and spheres of influence, as well as the transfer of cases for all types of activities of PMC Wagner and structures of Yevgeny Prigozhin. <——
The President and former head of Wagner PMC confirmed their earlier commitments.
Judging by the warm end of the conversation, both were satisfied with the ending of the common story.
We will publish more information about the terms of the deal between Putin and Prigozhin soon in our channel.
==
[ The Kaboom Night for Russia | The Biggest Ukrainian Drone Attack ]
Denys says Section 5A:
Robotnye direction:
UA forces continues to advance. Surovikin line partially penetrated in two areas as or 08/29. Everything is going according to the Plan - V. Putin.
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Denys says Section 5B:
According to statistics and despite the many images, the UA has only lost 5 Leopard 2 tanks with 20 damaged since the Offensive began. Over 70 remain just fine, with more on the way.
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Denys says Section 5C:
Kherson direction:
Dachi village is liberated.
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Pilot blog Section 6A:
The Ukrainian army has broken through the fortifications of the “Surovikin Line” in the Zaporizhzhia direction and is approaching the village of Verbove.
“Dragon’s teeth” held back Ukrainian soldiers for only about a day - military analyst Bild Röpke
I know that Bild isn’t really trustworthy, but facts are facts.
The main problem for Ukrainian army was not the defence line itself but mines in the fields in front of the line
https://t.me/pilotblog/6444?single
https://t.me/pilotblog/6445?single
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Kremlin snuffbox Section 7A:
Vladimir Putin was invited to the funeral of Yevgeny Prigozhin, but the president refused to attend.
This information was given to us by two sources in the Kremlin. “There was an invitation, Vladimir Vladimirovich referred to being busy,” one of them said.
According to another, “it would be strange if the president was at the funeral of Prigozhin, among various bandits and other dubious personalities.”
Wagner PMCs are reluctant to comment on this topic and seem to be offended by Putin for the fact that their leader was not given any honors by the state after his death.
“Yevgeny Viktorovich was supposed to be buried for his exploits by the whole country, to show the funeral on TV. He is a Hero of Russia! , - one of the prominent commanders of the “musicians” told us.
Another is also indignant at the fact that in Russia “they say goodbye to real heroes so shamefully.” “I had to put on a good face in a bad game, to say that Yevgeny Viktorovich’s relatives wanted to say goodbye to him in a narrow circle. But many of us wanted Yevgeny Viktorovich to say goodbye with dignity, loudly, brightly, as he deserved. It’s a pity that he even after they decided to take revenge on death, small creatures,” said the Wagnerian.
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Kremlin snuffbox Section 7B:
Shoigu disappeared in the morning, Gerasimov was summoned to the Kremlin
Night shelling of a number of regions of the Russian Federation has become the most massive, since the start of the special operation.
The enemy used dozens of drones and caused serious damage not only in Pskov, but also in Tula, the Oryol and Bryansk regions.
Alas, this is not the whole list of affected objects.
In the morning no one could find Sergei Shoigu.
Even on the personal instructions of the President, the minister could not be contacted for a long time.
Later, he appeared in Tula at a defense enterprise.
At the same time, Gerasimov, the Head of the General Staff, was urgently summoned to the Kremlin. Even though they didn’t call him the first time.
Sources say that on Wednesday morning there was a real collapse in the Ministry of Defense, because a number of governors called the minister with dissatisfaction, but no one could get in touch.
Andrei Yarin, who is close to Kiriyenko, was sent to calm the nervous representatives of the regions.
While the military is counting the losses, the governors rightly ask the question: how did it happen that Ukrainian drones fly hundreds of kilometers and hit military targets.
Where is air defense in general?
It should be said right away that the version that drones were launched on Pskov from the territory of Estonia is not confirmed.
No one in their right mind would risk the threat of a NATO war with Russia to destroy transport aircraft.
But an important point: as we have long warned, Ukrainian troops are transferring hostilities to the territory of Russia.
And here it is important which of the governors will be able to protect, if not the entire region, then at least key cities. Sobyanin, as we see, was able to agree.
That’s why he doesn’t fly to Moscow yet.
But it is quite clear that in order to protect the capital, air defense and electronic warfare divisions had to be removed from somewhere. The result is natural - blows were immediately dealt there.
The generals even openly say that the problem is the size of Russia. [ A problem easily rectified. ]
Ukraine, albeit not completely, but strongly covered, and the Russian Federation is too big a country.
Enemies will always be able to strike at military targets.
Alas. And this poses a threat not only to the military.
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Kremlin snuffbox Section 7C:
As a result of an enemy attack on the airfield in Pskov, seven Il-76 aircraft were lost
Such data were reported to us by three sources in the Ministry of Defense.
According to them, four planes burned down completely.
Three more are unlikely to recover. Two more planes are damaged, but not so badly, they need to be repaired.
Answering the question why the airfield in Pskov was not protected by air defense (the facility, among other things, is located near the borders with NATO countries - Latvia and Estonia), one of our sources said briefly: “We are sorting it out.”
Another argues that the problem is lack of discipline.
“The airfield in Pskov was protected by a pair of air defense systems, which is not enough. Also, the crews were drunk that day, celebrating someone’s birthday,” he said.
Note that other sources have not yet confirmed the drunkenness of the air defense fighters, but we will check this version.
https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/2735
Kremlin snuffbox Section 7D:
As a result of an enemy attack on Pskov, six aircraft were lost, there are dead
According to our sources in the General Staff and the Aerospace Forces, as a result of the drone attack on the Pskov were completely disabled (“virtually destroyed,” according to one of the interlocutors) airfield, four Il-76 military transport aircraft.
Two are seriously damaged and most likely cannot be repaired, that is, a total of six aircraft are lost. Two more aircraft were damaged “not too critically”.
11 people were killed, mostly airfield employees and military personnel. 17 people were injured.
Three Tu-22M3 bombers at the Soltsy airfield in the Novgorod region Unfortunately, in Pskov, the situation was repeated, which recently led to the loss of.
“No one thought that enemy drones would fly here, so there was almost no air defense at the airfield. And you can’t really shoot down such drones from automatic weapons, especially since there were definitely 15-20 of them.
“We will draw conclusions, look for air defense for Pskov,” a representative of the Aerospace Forces told us.
To be honest, we don’t know how many more planes and people Russia has to lose to prevent such situations from happening again.
And we don’t understand why the military and the authorities didn’t draw conclusions from our previous publications, where we warned about such threats.
https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/2733
“Ukraine has breached the first Russian main defensive line, as known as the Surovikin line, in the direction of Verbove.
The village is integrated to the Russian defenses, and it’s not clear if Ukraine tries to push inside the village, or are they just widening the flanks. 1/6
Ukrainians were geolocated to the outskirts of Verbove, at 47.44189, 35.95220.
That’s well behind the anti-tank obstacles and first trenches. It’s not yet clear how extensively the line has actually been breached, and if this is just reconnaissance operations. 2/6
You can read more about the fortifications of this area from my thread here.
I’m rather convinced the Ukrainian attack won’t stop here, the defences are breachable. It seems they are going for the Ocheretuvate direction. 3/6
It’s important to note that this is not an actual breakthrough yet - the progress is still local, and there has not been a rapid collapse of Russian defences.
On the other side, this isn’t looking good for the Russians - Ukrainians continue attacking, despite difficulties. 4/6
Also, there is possibly some Ukrainian success south of Urozhaine. Our team is looking into that, we’ll get back to this later if we manage to geolocate this video. Follow our master geolocator @EerikMatero for updates. 5/6
Our team @Black_BirdGroup continues to do updates on our interactive map. Surprisingly, I’m feeling a bit optimism instead of constant doomerism. Things may develop in a positive direction for Ukraine, but it’s still too early to say anything final. 6/6”
https://twitter.com/emilkastehelmi/status/1696838128529502456
Aid keeps pouring in.
“Greece and the Czech Republic have both joined the coalition of countries working together to train F-16 pilots and technicians for Ukraine.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1696877896667677072
But Vladimir Solovyov can’t contain his anger:
"What is happening?!… If we can’t cope with drones, how are we going to cope with F-16s?!"
https://twitter.com/francis_scarr/status/1696791286433427934
All cruise missiles (28/28) and 15/16 Shahed drones were shot down, the Ukrainian Air Force reports.
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1696773702426218836
28 for 28 cruise missiles.
One of the cruise missiles was shot down over the black sea.
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1696786916560052358
I wonder where the second Patriot battery is located.
“how are we going to cope with F-16s?”
Things are going to be hitting the fan for Russia, from here on out. They are going to have a lot to cope with, and less available for coping.
For example, they are going to have less air defense assets overall. They keep being attritted. They will have less aircraft. They are going to have less money.
The only thing they are likely to have more of, are more problems to cope with.
It is going to require a significant emotional experience for them generally to lose their taste for conquest - beyond what they can cope with. We have to go there, to secure a lasting peace.
(Nice Solovlev meme - we will need that again, before it’s over)
Don't forget less artillery and less ammo (specifically artillery shells).
The RU ammo dumps keep exploding and their artillery systems keep getting hit by counterbattery fire.
It is going to require a significant emotional experience for them generally to lose their taste for conquest - beyond what they can cope with. We have to go there, to secure a lasting peace.
I agree 100%. Well stated.
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