22 tanks since yesterday!
Russians seem to have 150,000 dead - likely many more due to often high ratios
Posted on 02/24/2024 5:59:01 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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OR NOT. Odd.
“UPDATE:
Iran’s mehr news agency removes report about closing Iranian airspace over Tehran, denies publishing such a report -Reuters news”
OR MAYBE SOMETHING.
Bloomberg:
“US Sees Missile Strike on Israel By Iran, Proxies as Imminent”
Lets call him TRUE DUMMY.
“Trudeau Rejects Claim China Meddled to Try to Help His Election”
Would imagine “technical “ failures will become more frequent. Massively increased flight hours, unknown maintenance schedules
Would imagine “technical “ failures as well as actual mechanical failures will become more frequent. Massively increased flight hours, unknown maintenance schedules, and trigger happy AD
7 Tu-95 bombers en route from Olenya airfield to cruise missile launch lines. Missiles expected to enter Ukrainian airspace in 2 hours.
9 Tu-95’s. Cruise missiles have been launched. Enter Ukrainian airspace in 30-60 minutes.
Reporting From Ukraine:
Note: other versions of this report are found elsewhere on FR, but this is guaranteed to be the complete transcript - unlike the others.
https://www.youtube.com/@RFU
[ Ukrainians Unleash A-Guided Thermal Drones! ]
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Day 777: Apr 10
Today, there is a lot of news from the Avdiivka direction.
Here, Russians are attempting to breach the newly formed Ukrainian defense line and cross the Durna River.
After the fall of Avdiivka, the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk became the next main stronghold of Ukrainian forces in this direction.
Pokrovsk is the main Ukrainian headquarters in the area, from which they reinforce, repair, and rotate their soldiers and equipment from the frontline.
As such, Ukrainians have established multiple lines of defense to halt the Russian advance, if Russians do decide to make Pokrovsk their next main target. And it looks like the Ukrainians were right.
After slowly making their way through minefields and Ukrainian settlements behind Avdiivka, Russians have finally reached the first Ukrainian defensive line behind the Durna River.
This river is too wide to cross in many places and, in some, has turned into a swamp. Therefore, Russians are attempting to gain access to as many crossing points as possible to increase their chance of crossing the river and establishing a bridgehead.
However, Russians do not control all crossing points, most importantly the one near Umanske, giving Ukrainians the possibility of conducting counterattacks on the exposed Russian flanks.
Geolocated footage confirms that Ukrainians launched multiple successful counterattacks on the Russian flanks near Tonenke, drone strikes on Russian armor stationed near the settlement, and on Russian positions in the Town itself.
These attacks forced Russians to take immediate action to prevent a possible collapse of their new offensive, as Russians launched a massive wave of attacks on the fields in front of Umanske.
The Institute for the Study of War noted that these waves of battalion-sized assaults are the largest we have seen since Russian forces began their campaign to seize Avdiivka in late October of last year.
On the first day, Russians launched 3 waves of mechanized assaults. Russians launched their first wave early in the morning and attempted to cover their advance with smoke shells shot from their artillery.
Unfortunately for the Russians, they were assaulting positions manned by the Ukrainian 25th Airborne Brigade, who had received training from Western allies and were equipped with modern weaponry. As such, the Russian assault was swiftly dealt with.
The first Russian tanks were destroyed by Ukrainian T-80 tanks, and the Russian attack quickly dissolved into chaos as the rest were cleaned up by artillery, drones, and further tank fire.
Later in the day, Russians launched second and third waves, each consisting of 4 armored vehicles. During these attacks, Ukrainians also utilized Western-made Javelin anti-tank missiles in addition to the already present Ukrainian tanks, artillery, and drones.
Despite losing such a large amount of armored vehicles and infantry in them, Russians still managed to cross multiple fields, and take up positions in the tree lines.
However, Ukrainians did not intend to simply allow Russians to establish a permanent hold here and conducted multiple swift counterattacks.
Russians did not expect a counterattack, and as such, the 25th Airborne Brigade utilized the element of surprise to eliminate the tired Russian formations, who had no possibility of retreat.
All Russian armored vehicles were either destroyed or pulled back shortly after dropping off the infantry in order not to meet the same fate. As a result, the Russians were pushed back to square one.
A Ukrainian soldier active in the area stated that Russians committed over 36 tanks and 12 infantry fighting vehicles to their first day of assaults alone.
Counting only the number of verified, geolocated Russian equipment losses, Russians lost over a third of their armored vehicles, 12 tanks, and 8 infantry fighting vehicles in just one day.
A Russian Storm-Z officer stated that they suffered from a lack of artillery and air support as the assault went on, which resulted in significant losses. The Russian officer also stated that Russian forces could ultimately ‘overload’ the Ukrainian defenses, if only they could send forward more waves of armored assaults.
After the series of failed assaults, Russian aviation conducted an air strike with FAB-250 bombs on the Ukrainian dam and crossing point in the town of Umanske.
At first glance, the Russian strike seems successful, as the road over the river was destroyed, cutting off the Ukrainian crossing point to the North.
However, we can see that the Ukrainian bridge to the south is still operational, including the larger crossing to the West, which is too large to be taken out by a single airstrike.
Shortly thereafter, Russians renewed their assaults in this direction. Russian forces also adapted to the Ukrainian drones.
A Ukrainian military observer stated that during one assault, Russians had equipped their leading tank with new electronic warfare systems, which sever a drone operator’s connection to their drone, leading it to miss the target completely or crash into the ground.
Ukrainians could only defeat this tank after calling in a new variant of fixed-wing drone, with a thermal targeting system built in.
Such targeting systems allow the drone to steer itself into the target, circumventing the Russian electronic warfare, as it does not need a connection to the operator to score a hit.
Overall, Russian forces have slightly advanced in the direction of Umanske, which was to be expected as Ukrainians lost their crossing point in the North.
A Russian officer stated that even though Russian forces had achieved some tactical successes, they lacked the coordination, artillery, electronic warfare, and engineering support needed to exploit these tactical successes into a large-scale operational breakthrough.
Furthermore, the Institute for the Study of War stated that Ukrainians demonstrated the ability to skillfully defend against such large-scale Russian assaults.
In the face of such significant challenges, this is a positive indicator of Ukraine’s ability to defend against future large-scale Russian assaults and the expected Russian summer offensive operation.
Kremlin snuff box, 04/11/24
https://t.me/s/kremlin_secrets
It became known when Macron will send his troops to Ukraine
The French ground contingent may appear in Ukraine as early as September of this year. This information was told to us by sources in the SVR.
“French mercenaries are fighting on the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, but regular troops may appear in the fall. There is an active campaign to promote this issue,” the source said. At the same time, he noted that there is no unity either in NATO or in France itself on this issue.
The SVR clarified that in advance the French will not take an active part in military clashes, but one of the key tasks is to gain invaluable experience in a real war.
“NWO still cannot be compared with operations in Africa,” the interlocutor emphasized.
A secondary task is training the Ukrainian military.
Kremlin snuff box, 04/11/24
https://t.me/s/kremlin_secrets
AvtoVAZ wants to produce drones for the army
At AvtoVAZ facilities it is proposed to launch the production of drones for the Russian Armed Forces, which will be used in the Northern Military District zone. This proposal was made by the Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov.
The minister sent a letter to Prime Minister Mishustin, arguing for the need to reorganize production at AvtoVAZ. In particular, Manturov noted that mass production of cars for officials has not yet been launched. to transfer officials to the domestic auto industry
The President promised, but so far things are still there. By the way, serial production of pickup trucks for the army never started.
Manturov emphasized that AvtoVAZ production needs modernization and asked the Prime Minister to allocate 5 billion rubles this year. Mishustin has not yet responded to the proposal. The Prime Minister, we recall, had plans to give AvtoVAZ control to the Chinese.
Kremlin snuff box, 4/10/24
https://t.me/s/kremlin_secrets
The Aerospace Forces command records growing discontent among pilots and a threat to air defense
The latest case of friendly fire over Crimea has filled the cup of dissatisfaction among pilots. Unfortunately, this is not the first such case, so a real fire started in the private chats of the pilots. Tens and hundreds of angry comments.
Special counterintelligence measures are being carried out against pilots.
“There are fears that the pilots’ nerves may not hold up. Someone may take revenge for their colleagues and “drop” a bomb on the air defense crew. We are afraid of this, so we are resorting to preventive measures,” our interlocutor at the General Staff told us.
According to him, Ukrainian intelligence on Wednesday morning tried to contact several of our pilots at once.
According to our information, some air defense units have been instructed to redeploy. It is recommended to reduce the number of flights of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the coming days, but the General Staff understands that in practice this will be difficult to do.
“from Olenya airfield”
That is about as far North as possible for them. At least they have to put more hours on those old airframes, and their engines.
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>>>>22 tanks since yesterday!<<<<
22 out of ???
How many do the Russians have left?
After the closure of the Chernobyl Nuclear power plant, the Trypilska Thermal Power plant became the main energy supplier in the Kiev region. Well, not anymore. -
Trypilska Thermal Power plant on fire
More detailed reporting:
Russian missile strike incinerates massive Ukraine power plant
Energy facilities were also struck in Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia and Lviv regions, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without power.
This report (and alot of google translate) thinks RuZZia has about 18-24 months of tanks left.
https://www.vishchun.com/post/pidrakhunok_ta_analiz_tankovoho_potentsialu_moskovii_na_pochatku_2024
Maybe Moscow Marjorie will think this is God punishing the RuZZians.
“Kurganmashzavod, the only manufacturer of BMP-3 and BMD-4 in the Russian Federation in the flooding zone, — Defense Express
The city of Kurgan, where the enterprise is located, risks suffering the most due to the overflowing of the Tobol river.
The high water hasn’t yet reached the city, but the authorities have already announced an evacuation.”
https://twitter.com/GloOouD/status/1778446798442357059
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