Posted on 01/28/2024 7:12:54 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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19 destroyed houses for 1 ship, wonder if muskovites will hear about this additional “weather “ event?
St. Petersburg and the region, Russia's second largest city by population, have been targeted twice since early January by Ukrainian drones, which hit Novatek's terminal on the Baltic Sea and the Nevsky Mazut refinery within the city borders.
https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1753066949867618641
Pictures of drone attack on Novatek's terminal on the Baltic Sea.
https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1752995673044070758
Reporting From Ukraine:
Note: other versions of this report are found elsewhere on FR, but this is guaranteed to be the complete transcript.
https://www.youtube.com/@RFU
[ UKRAINIANS WREAK HAVOC IN CRIMEA. ]
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Day 707: Jan 31
Today, there is a lot of news from the south.
Several hours ago, Ukrainian forces conducted a concentrated missile strike on Crimea. The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that Ukrainian aviation launched 20 missiles in the direction of Sevastopol and claimed that all of them were intercepted. Local residents, however, reported hearing 6 explosions in the northern part of Sevastopol.
Judging by the footage, the target of the missile strike became the Russian airbase. Some sources claimed that apart from the airfield itself, at least one missile hit the underground headquarters, similar to what we saw near Mariupol last year.
Today’s missile strike should not have been a surprise because yesterday, Ukrainians conducted a successful drone strike. The drone strike focused on the western part of Crimea, and according to Russian sources, 11 drones were detected near Rozdolne, Tarkhankut, and Sevastopol.
Most of the drones were operating near Rozdolne, which is exactly where Ukrainians managed to destroy a Russian air defense system radar station. The destruction of the radar undermined air defense in this region and opened a window for today’s missile strike.
And these latest developments serve as a direct extension of the much broader Ukrainian strike campaign in Crimea, which reached its peak intensity in the previous several weeks.
In fact, connecting all these strikes together reveals an unbelievable scale and far-reaching implications of the operations, because Ukrainians are not just aiming to destroy whatever equipment they can but rather exploit and exacerbate systematic weaknesses of the Russian military.
The first stage of the operation happened in the first half of January when Ukrainians focused their fire on the remnants of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol. As you remember, Russians have already relocated much of it to Novorossiysk, causing the evolution of the Ukrainian goals.
Nonetheless, Ukrainians did not want to reveal their new goals and designed the operation to make it seem like they were still chasing the Russian fleet. The strikes involved a lot of marine and aerial drones.
•••Ukrainians even put to use the newest marine drones that were equipped with missiles and could damage Russian ships from afar.•••
Interestingly, Ukrainian partisans from the Atesh Group recently revealed that one of the smaller ships sank in the bay (BG57), possibly due to this strike. Such development served as a great distraction, forcing Russians to focus on protecting the ships. Ukrainians reinforced this decision by launching anti-ship missiles from Odessa.
In the meantime, Ukrainians detected that some of the drones managed to get very close to Saky without being shot down, signaling that there was a weakness. Ukrainians immediately followed up with a comprehensive missile strike involving Storm Shadow and SCALP missiles, as well as various anti-radar and decoy rockets and drones.
Based on the satellite footage, Ukrainians managed to destroy a Russian command post near Sevastopol, ammunition warehouses near Pervomaiske, and most importantly, an air defense radar system and a communications center in Yevpatoria responsible for coordinating Russian air defense operations. Russian analysts concluded that the real goal all along was degrading the Russian air defense umbrella.
And this was correct because the destruction of the radars and communication centers created a massive hole in the Russian airspace, which Ukrainians immediately started to take advantage of. In a matter of weeks, Ukrainian strikes started reaching not only eastern Crimea but also Tuapse, Krasnodar, and Rostov.
In order to plug the hole, Russia began constant sorties of A-50 long-range radar detection aircraft. Moreover, Russian commanders ordered to fly closer to the northern shore of Azov to cover possible strikes from the north. Ukrainians noticed that the aircraft usually reached Berdyansk and relocated the Patriot system to launch a hunt on it.
As you know, the hunt was successful, and apart from destroying an extremely rare A-50, of which Russians have less than 10, Ukrainians also severely damaged an Il-22 airborne command post aircraft.
This temporarily created an even bigger hole in the sky, and Ukrainians immediately launched a series of missile and drone strikes. The targets became a chemical plant in Rostov, a massive oil refinery in Tuapse, and a speed boat factory near the same city.
In Crimea, Ukrainians focused on Sevastopol and Tarkhankut and sometimes reached Hennichesk via the empty skies of Crimea. So, yesterday’s destruction of yet another radar station and today’s strike on the airfield is a continuation of this intense month-long campaign.
In fact, the situation with air defense and strikes in Crimea is so dire that the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs claimed that Ukrainians are making Crimea simply untenable. This is in line with the statements of Ukrainian military and political leaders.
For example, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi stated that Crimea will become the center of some of the most intense battles in 2024. The Head of Ukrainian Intelligence similarly stated that Ukrainian forces will continue to press Russian forces through operations that target Russian logistics in Crimea and beyond.
The continuous strike campaigns in the south are destabilizing the situation and preventing Russians from developing solid logistics.
And it seems like the campaign will not stop as French President Emmanuel Macron stated hat France will send 40 SCALP missiles, while the Pentagon stated that Ukrainians will have GLSDB rockets with a 150 km range already tomorrow.
Reporting From Ukraine will be on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday.
The frozen water may be doing more damage than the hit.
Wonder how long the public will think everything is going according to plan, luckily muskovites have “liberated” a few destroyed buildings in avdiivka.
Should make them feel warm and fuzzy.
Yup looks like they got them all
That phased array radar antenna in the bottom pic looks to be the 96L6E radar associated with the S-300/S400 system.
There were apparently several more drones than needed, as the last couple strikes were overkill on a ship already finished. Even as the ship sank, there were still more drones filming. Better too many than too few...
Apparently Orban broke his word after getting 10 Billion euros released by the EU. The EU, not happy to have been played, switched from the carrot to the stick, and Orban found out the EU's stick is bigger than Russia's carrot. I gotta say, Orban is more pragmatic than I gave him credit. I thought he would make it about himself and dig in, but he seems to be swallowing his pride. A bitter pill, no doubt.
There are some small anti-ship missiles based on the Hellfire. Most anti-ship missiles are pretty large, and the launching systems and associated below deck equipment are too bulky for small boats.
Ukraine has the Swedish RBS-17 (and the brit equivalent Brimstone) that could be installed on several of Ukraine’s boats, including the MK-VI Patrol Boats we provided them. They might even be adaptable to an unmanned drone.
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2022/06/how-can-swedish-rbs-17-anti-ship-missiles-help-ukraine/
Moscow region, Russia ❗
Some more amazing footage 🎦🤩
Big Bavovna 🔥🔥🔥💨🤌
Firefighters from the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations extinguish a large fire in the Moscow region.
Tonight in Pushkino, an administrative building on the territory of a meat factory is on fire.
The fire area is 1.000 square meters, there is a threat of the fire spreading to neighboring buildings.
56 specialists and 20 pieces of equipment are working on site. The cause of course is still unknown.
https://twitter.com/LXSummer1/status/1753113175875326104
There are rumors that Turkey will send its S400 systems to #Ukraine. 🇺🇦
The political issue here is huge. Erdogan was playing hard with the US when he bought the S400 system from Russia. It caused serious tensions between the countries. #US
If Erdogan sends his S400 systems to Ukraine, which is in conflict with Russia, it will be as close to a declaration of war as you can get.
It is a betrayal to Putin's Russia and relations between the countries will break down completely. #Turkey
I think Erdogan has received an offer he cannot refuse.
ERDOGAN WILL GET ACCESS TO THE F-35 LIGHTNING
https://twitter.com/World_At_War_6/status/1753001743300907059
IMHO, Erdogan could not stand that Greece is getting F-35s and he is not.
As a show of good faith, Erdogan should immediately send 1 or 2 S-400 batteries with missiles to Ukraine.
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1753161225158979723
Any enemy aircraft, cruise missile, or drone that passes within 5500 meters (3.4 miles) of a Gepard will be shot down.
https://twitter.com/RezoBear/status/1752975659540894188
Apparently, Russia has threatened Greece there will be repercussions for sending Ukraine their S-300 systems, so Russia would lose their mind if Turkey sent their S-400. Bulgaria is also sending S-300, but the number of missiles available won’t last. The west really needs to ramp up production of missiles.
I’m not sure Turkey can really afford the F-35, and I don’t trust them with the technology. They will probably want Patriot too, to replace the S-400. There is a long wait for both.
Me either.
I am surprised that the Biden administration is making this offer.
I am surprised that the Biden administration is making this offer.
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It must hurt the USA in some way, which will be apparent later on.
Initial delivery date is 2028.
Hopefully, President Trump will put a stop to this.
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