Posted on 12/13/2023 9:42:02 AM PST 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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“Night combat work of a M2A2 Bradley IFV, hitting and reportedly destroying 3 Russian MT-LB’s near Avdiivka.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1735041182705590669
ISW reports (12 Dec) on an assessment that Russian Operations in Ukraine are currently driven by political objectives to discourage Western support, and shore up domestic support:
“US intelligence reportedly assessed that Russian offensive operations in eastern Ukraine in fall 2023 and through the upcoming winter aim to weaken Western support for Ukraine instead of achieving any immediate operational objectives. The US intelligence community reportedly shared a declassified intelligence assessment with Congress on December 12 wherein US intelligence assessed that Russian offensive operations in eastern Ukraine aim to weaken Western support for Ukraine but have only resulted in heavy Russian losses and no operationally significant Russian battlefield gains...
...(US National Security Council Spokesperson Andrienne) Watson added that Russia appears to believe that a military “deadlock” through the winter will drain Western support for Ukraine and give Russian forces the advantage despite high Russian losses and persistent Russian shortages of trained personnel, munitions, and equipment...
...Russian forces may be conducting costly offensive operations at a time unfavorable for ground maneuver to time the potential shift in battlefield initiative with ongoing conversations in the West about continued support to Ukraine...
...The Russian military command’s decision to launch offensive efforts in fall 2023 may have been an opportunistic reaction to a perceived wavering of Western support for Ukraine... The Kremlin has been orchestrating long running information operations aimed at deterring Western security assistance to Ukraine, and the Russian command may have determined that those information operations were yielding increasing returns and that Russian military efforts to seize the initiative could prompt further Western debates about aid to Ukraine.
Russian forces have routinely conducted military operations in Ukraine aimed at shaping Western behavior instead of achieving operational battlefield objectives...
...The Russian military command has also reportedly conducted offensive operations with domestic political goals in mind, and internal Kremlin dynamics may be influencing Russian military decisions about ongoing Russian offensive operations.”
ISW reports (12 Dec) on an assessment that Russian Operations in Ukraine are currently driven by political objectives to discourage Western support, and shore up domestic support:
“US intelligence reportedly assessed that Russian offensive operations in eastern Ukraine in fall 2023 and through the upcoming winter aim to weaken Western support for Ukraine instead of achieving any immediate operational objectives. The US intelligence community reportedly shared a declassified intelligence assessment with Congress on December 12 wherein US intelligence assessed that Russian offensive operations in eastern Ukraine aim to weaken Western support for Ukraine but have only resulted in heavy Russian losses and no operationally significant Russian battlefield gains...
...(US National Security Council Spokesperson Andrienne) Watson added that Russia appears to believe that a military “deadlock” through the winter will drain Western support for Ukraine and give Russian forces the advantage despite high Russian losses and persistent Russian shortages of trained personnel, munitions, and equipment...
...Russian forces may be conducting costly offensive operations at a time unfavorable for ground maneuver to time the potential shift in battlefield initiative with ongoing conversations in the West about continued support to Ukraine...
...The Russian military command’s decision to launch offensive efforts in fall 2023 may have been an opportunistic reaction to a perceived wavering of Western support for Ukraine... The Kremlin has been orchestrating long running information operations aimed at deterring Western security assistance to Ukraine, and the Russian command may have determined that those information operations were yielding increasing returns and that Russian military efforts to seize the initiative could prompt further Western debates about aid to Ukraine.
Russian forces have routinely conducted military operations in Ukraine aimed at shaping Western behavior instead of achieving operational battlefield objectives...
...The Russian military command has also reportedly conducted offensive operations with domestic political goals in mind, and internal Kremlin dynamics may be influencing Russian military decisions about ongoing Russian offensive operations.”
ISW (12 Dec) is less optimistic than I was, in estimating Russian tanks losses (citing publicly released US Intel estimates, which were marginally lower than Oryx, and may represent a low end estimate from the IC, to cover their butts in reporting to Congress):
US intelligence also assessed that the war in Ukraine has devastated the pre-war Russian military, although Russia has partially offset these losses and continues to prepare for a long war in Ukraine.
The declassified intelligence assessment reportedly stated that Russian forces have lost 87 percent of the total number of their pre-war active-duty ground troops and two-thirds of the tanks in their inventory before February 24, 2022.
The declassified intelligence assessment reportedly stated that Russian forces lost 315,000 personnel out of the 360,000 personnel, 2,200 out of 3,500 tanks, and 4,400 out of 13,600 infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers that participated in the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
The assessment reportedly stated that Russian ground forces have lost over a quarter of their pre-invasion stockpiles of military equipment as of late November 2023, reducing the complexity and scale of Russian offensive operations in Ukraine.
The Russian leadership has undertaken extensive force generation measures to offset manpower losses, however, and Ukrainian intelligence reported in September 2023 that Russian forces had 420,000 personnel in occupied Ukraine.
Partial mobilization began in September 2022 and ongoing Russian crypto-mobilization efforts have very likely offset the Russian losses reported by US intelligence, although new Russian personnel likely have lower combat capabilities than those they replaced. The Russian military command is also pursuing long-term restructuring and expansion efforts to form strategic reserves and prepare for a potential future large-scale conventional war against NATO, although short-to-medium-term manpower requirements in Ukraine are likely undermining these efforts.
Russia has been gradually mobilizing its defense industrial base (DIB) to address materiel losses in Ukraine and sustain a prolonged war effort, although there are no indications that Russia has made significant progress in offsetting armored vehicle losses in Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated on December 11 during a speech at the US National Defense University that Russian President Vladimir Putin is shifting the Russian economy and society to a war-time footing.”
Apparently the initial donation will be from Norway's own stocks. They will follow with an additional 8 launchers and 4 Fire Distribution Centers to be purchased. These are linked into the IADS to provide a common air defense picture. It sounds like in total, they will provide components for 4 additional NASAMS batteries.
"In addition to donations from its own holdings, the government will also acquire and donate a package of eight launch units and four Fire Distribution Centers to NASAMS. This is the same amount as Norway's total donation from NASAMS so far."
The US has already contracted and funded a total of 8 NASAMS batteries, and has delivered 2 or 3, so more on the way from the USA also. Delivery was supposed to be by late 2024.
The US really needs to be buying these for OUR military. Also, a more mobile version built for the latest AIM-9X or Iris-T. Current systems, including the new Stryker based M-SHORAD, are wholly inadequate. We have a huge hole between Stinger and Patriot.
RuZZian Boys going to be disappointed.
“Biden, Democrats Offer Concessions in Border Talks, Move Toward Deal With GOP”
“nate negotiators moved closer to striking a broad deal on changes to U.S. border policy after the White House offered significant concessions to win Republicans’ support for separate legislation further funding Ukraine in its war against Russia.
A deal would mark a breakthrough on an issue that has roiled Washington for decades, with the current talks driven by record numbers of migrants crossing the southern border and GOP lawmakers’ decision to tie new aid to Kyiv to changes in immigration policy. While Democrats have criticized that linkage, many have signaled in recent days they would be willing to make such a trade off.
The White House offer, backed by Democratic negotiators, includes creating a new expulsion power at the border that would allow the government to turn away asylum seekers without letting them claim asylum, akin to the pandemic-era Title 42 policy employed by the Trump administration. Democrats have proposed allowing the new expulsion authority to be used only if certain thresholds are hit, such as daily illegal border crossings. “
What do I hear? Kazan crying in the background.
““We’re close to agreement. Not there totally, but close,” said Rep. Don Bacon (R., Neb.) after leaving a meeting in the office of Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I., Ariz.), another negotiator. Sinema had been briefing a bipartisan group of centrist House lawmakers known as the Problem Solvers Caucus.”
Always love the “ancillary “ equipment 😎
Always has been a red herring, the border issue was critical before the Russians started the war, long before, and aid to Ukraine has nothing to do with the political will to address the crisis at the southern border. Lyin we ah Ryan was chief rino in this respect
Just like they bring up China, so I guess Taiwan is a just war worth US blood and treasure, that is till it is, then it will be the next squirrel
““Always has been a red herring”
Very true.
But we can get better immigration policies and military aid to Ukraine. Lovin It.
U.S. congressmembers are scheduled to leave Washington, D.C. on Dec. 14 for a three-week holiday break, with no deal in sight.
Let’s see what tomorrow will bring...
US News & World Report:
“BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European Union leaders head into a high-stakes summit for Ukraine on Thursday, with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban blocking both the start of EU membership talks and 50 billion euros ($54 billion) in financial aid for Kyiv.”
Selling gas to Germany used to be big business for Russia, but Putin destroyed that.
Gazprom’s infrastructure in Germany was seized by the German Government, and they signed a 20 year supply contract with an American company.
Putin is a Master Strategist. That clown is setting back Russia a generation, at least.
OilPrice.com reports:
“ A German state-owned company has requested from the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approval for the construction of Venture Global’s CP2 LNG project.
The entity, called SEFE, or Securing Energy for Europe, comprises the assets previously owned by Gazprom’s German subsidiary. The company was nationalized last year and earlier this year inked a 20-year supply deal with Venture Global for 2.25 million tons of LNG annually.”
I believe there is still several billion in remaining drawdown legislation to fund Ukraine, if Europe does as they are stating. Seeing the influence of Russia in places like Hungary is disturbing, but not unexpected.
Imagine EU is lamenting the 100% approval clauses, but they made their bed
Wasn’t such a big deal when EUwas smaller and mostly like minded.
Security council in UN is an example, imagine if every country in U.N. had veto power
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