Posted on 12/24/2023 12:20:02 PM 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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According to Denys Davydov on YouTube, 2 explosions in Sevastopol in recent hours, possibly cruise missiles.
RBC Ukraine reports:
“Powerful explosions were reported this evening, January 2, in the temporarily occupied city of Sevastopol in Crimea, which is under Russian control, according to the Telegram channel Krymskyi Veter.
It is noted that after two powerful explosions in the sky over Sevastopol, two large columns of smoke appeared.
A local resident claims that due to the explosion in the Zhidilova Street neighborhood, windows were shattered in people’s homes. Residents also report on social media that the two powerful explosions were heard from Sevastopol to the village of Zuya.
“In Bakhchysarai, the buildings were shaking,” writes one of the locals.
The Telegram channel suggests that there might have been a strike on the military airfield at Belbek.
Occupation governor of Sevastopol, Rozvozhaiev, stated that, according to preliminary information, a missile was allegedly shot down over the sea. According to him, there have been no recorded infrastructure damages.”
“After an attack of unknown drones on a substation in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk region, the city was completely cut off from electricity and heat supply. Gas stations, shops and ATMs stopped working in some parts of the city. Stores have mostly sold out of water.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1742511303149670790
“Norway will send two F-16 fighter jets to Denmark, where Ukrainian pilots are trained, to increase the number of aircraft for training, Norwegian Defense Minister Bjørn Arild Gram reports. Norway has already sent 10 instructors to Denmark.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1742513432191009037
Fav video of the day
“A group of Russians tried to hide near an abandoned Leopard 2A4 but were spotted by aerial recon units of the 33rd mechanized brigade.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1742464105888231872
Another great prediction by the Russian stooge.
So expect Ritter to condemn Russia likewise any minute/s
North Gaza: It is reported that 12 Hamas battalions (500 troops per) have been wiped out. New underground city found.
6000 Hamas Militants Fell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oZ-3bJd6Dc
For all those that insist aid to Ukraine will start WWII:
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https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-january-2-2024
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 2, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin identified the West as Russia’s “enemy” and implied that Russia is fighting in Ukraine in order to defeat the West.
Putin responded to a Russian serviceman’s question about Western aid to Ukraine during a meeting at a military hospital in Moscow Oblast on January 1, stating that Russia’s issue is not necessarily that the West is aiding Ukraine, but rather that the West is Russia’s “enemy.”
Putin added that “Ukraine by itself is not an enemy for [Russia],” but that Western-based actors “who want to destroy Russian statehood” and achieve the “strategic defeat of Russia on the battlefield” are Russia’s enemies.
Putin claimed that Western elites are trying to break Russia into five parts and are trying to do so using Ukraine, but that the situation on the frontlines is changing and that Russia will “deal with the [West] faster” than the West can deal with Russia on the battlefields in Ukraine.
Putin added that the problem is not in Western aid deliveries to Ukraine and noted that Ukraine has already been “completely destroyed,” that there is “nothing left” of the country, and that it “exists only on handouts.”
Putin implied that Russia is fighting an existential war against the West in Ukraine and noted that Western rhetoric has recently refocused on how to “quickly end the conflict.”
This phrasing implies that Putin sees a conflict and potential negotiations between Russia and the West - not a conflict and potential negotiations between Russia and Ukraine.
Putin added that Russia also wants to end the Russia-West conflict but only on the Kremlin’s terms and emphasized that Russia will not give up its positions.
Putin does not view Ukraine as an independent actor and is thus portraying his full-scale invasion of Ukraine as a confrontation between Russian and West - deliberately misrepresenting the reality that Russia invaded Ukraine to destroy Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Putin’s emphasis on changing narratives in the West may indicate that he will perceive and/or frame any wavering in Western support for Ukraine and any Ukrainian defeats on the battlefield as a Russian victory in this supposed Russian-Western confrontation.
Putin’s framing of his war in Ukraine as a Russian struggle against the West - and not Ukraine - indicates that he does not intend to negotiate in good faith with Ukraine and is setting information conditions aimed at convincing the West to betray Ukraine through negotiations.
Putin is likely deliberately and falsely framing Ukraine as pawn without agency in the Russia-West conflict to mask his expansionist and maximalist goals of establishing full effective Russian control of Ukraine.
Putin’s January 1 discussion of negotiations refers to his intent to negotiate solely with the West about Ukraine’s future within the Russian sphere of influence and only about Western abandonment of Ukraine. It does not signal that Putin is interested in negotiating with Ukraine as an autonomous actor.
Putin previously adopted a similar line when issuing two ultimatums to the United States and NATO in December 2021, which were intended to force the West to recognize Russia’s sphere of influence in Eastern Europe by surrendering essential elements of Ukraine’s sovereignty in the name of de-escalating the conflict between the West and Russia that Putin was inflaming
Any Western commitment to negotiations about Ukraine’s future that bypass Ukraine will signal to Russia that it can impose its will upon countries that it deems to be in its sphere of influence - even countries beyond Ukraine, and potentially including Finland and Moldova, about which various Russian actors have begun setting informational conditions for future campaigns.
Putin may be expanding his war aims in Ukraine to include confrontation with the West in an effort to set conditions for permanent Russian military buildup and to justify high battlefield sacrifices.
Russia gained almost no meaningful ground in 2023 at a high manpower cost, despite Putin’s January 1 absurd claims that he only orders Russian servicemen to launch offensives that will not generate significant casualties.
The UK Ministry of Defense (MoD), however, stated on December 30 that “the average daily number of Russian casualties in Ukraine has risen by almost 300 during the course of 2023” and that Russian casualties could rise to over half a million by the end of 2024.
A declassified US intelligence assessment shared with Congress on December 12 stated that Russian forces have lost 315,000 personnel since the beginning of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Such high casualties for small territorial gains are likely prompting Putin to present a strong and ideological justification to continue the prolonged war of choice on which he has launched Russia.
Ukraine needs no such contorted justifications for the high losses and suffering that Putin’s invasion is inflicting on its people, even when Ukraine’s military operations do not produce the desired results. The war really is existential for Ukraine as it is not for Russia.
Putin notably concluded his observations about the Russian-West conflict by telling one wounded serviceman in the hospital that the serviceman did not get wounded for Russia to give up everything and surrender.
Putin also addressed several domestic concerns about the lack of housing and compensations to servicemen who have received injuries on the battlefield, thereby attempting to posture himself as an empathetic and involved wartime leader even while seemingly raising the stakes to support his demands for increasing sacrifices by his people.
Putin’s statements likely suggest that he is preparing a long-term justification to keep forces mobilized and engaged in combat for the perpetual defense of Russia’s sovereignty against the West.
The Turkish government announced on January 2 that it will not allow the United Kingdom (UK) to transport two mine hunting ships to Ukraine via the Turkish Straits “as long as the war continues.”
Turkey cited Article 19 of the Montreux Convention Regulating the Regime of the Turkish Straits, which stipulates that “vessels of war belonging to belligerent Powers shall not ... pass through the Straits.”
Turkey has used the Montreux Convention to deny access to Russian warships wishing to pass through the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits since February 28, 2022.
UK Defense Minister Grant Shapps announced on December 11 that the UK transferred two Sandown-class minehunter vessels to Ukraine as part of a plan that predated Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Man-made climate change is real ... at least in Russia
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Kremlin snuff box
https://t.me/s/kremlin_secrets
The earthquake in Japan - the result of the use of climate weapons?
The recent earthquake in Japan may be the result of the use of climate weapons by our Chinese partners. This was reported by sources in the Russian Academy of Sciences, who are engaged in research in the field of seismology.
About fifty people died as a result of the earthquake in Japan. Not only earthquakes with a magnitude of up to 7.6 were recorded, but also a tsunami. The threat to the Far Eastern regions of the Russian Federation remains.
Officially, neither Japan nor Russia have yet transmitted a note of protest to the Chinese side. Natural anomalies caused by the possible use of climate weapons are also known in Washington. For now, the US is extremely cautious in expressing its reaction.
In December, a number of Russian regions were hit by Cyclone Vanya . Moscow stated that the cyclone was allegedly caused by the use of climate weapons by the Americans.
Also at the end of November, almost two dozen military personnel died as a result of a storm in Crimea. On the peninsula they said that this was also the work of the Americans.
https://twitter.com/JayinKyiv/status/1742440062577455393
https://twitter.com/region776/status/1742521813849301394
Ruzzian ZALA UAV lands...A couple of orks retrieve the UAV...The building (shack) where the orks took the UAV explodes.
Hhttps://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1742568191262388258ere
Big boom.
https://twitter.com/GlasnostGone/status/1742490625663005054
If the bottleneck is planes and instructors, then Ukraine must have plenty of pilots ready for training.
Kudos to Denmark.
Every Ukrainian downing of Russian hypersonic Kh-47M2 Kinzhal with the Patriot missiles will improve the Patriot missile intercept algorithm - and increase accuracy for all Patriot systems, a benefit for the US, the rest of NATO, and other Patriot AD users.
The same goes for any RUS aircraft that is shot down.
Data quality is high because it is live tested; it is not a desk job or theoretical calculation; this is data from a successful intercept.
The value of the data is really high as it can kick the success rate in the long run from, let's say, 85 % to 99 % against a type of target, so if RUS in a continued war launches 20 low-yield tactical nukes using 47M2 Kinzhal against NATO targets, with improved data likely no missile makes it to target.
If the data had been unimproved - 3 would have made it through AD and detonated.
Therefore, providing UKR with Patriot missiles is an investment in any provider's defense and gives high defense ROI as the improved algorithm upgrades its existing systems.
https://twitter.com/Cyberdefensecom/status/1742377516398965099
All...comments?
Agreed, nothing better than real world data.
https://twitter.com/front_ukrainian/status/1742575505906315360
Not "on the front"...perhaps 80km behind the front.
Long range observation drones like the Shark are key to finding and attacking these "high value" (and expensive) radars.
I’ve been very impressed by many Ukrainian tactical actions throughout the war.
In this case they’re taking out RUS SAMs before they can employ air assets on tactical missions in the region.
The POLs also have their very smart ppl in top military positions.
Some countries take defense very seriously.
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