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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Release the Gripens!
BeauBo...I believe you and I should personally welcome the Swedish bikini team to NATO!
https://twitter.com/Azovsouth/status/1762173967517815034
https://twitter.com/Getty776/status/1762152362477768887
OT:
Elon said they are targeting the second week of march for the Starship Flight 3 launch.
Also SpaceX asked permission to make 9 Starship launches this year.
https://twitter.com/albafella1/status/1762154175406698508
We continue to see ruzzian drone operators attacked by UKF.
Located by ELINT?
“Hungary votes 188-6 to admit Sweden to NATO.”
“All of Moscovia is celebrating Putin’s genius!!”
He remains a Master Strategist
Newsweek reports:
Russia Claims It Destroyed More Than Triple of Ukraine’s Entire Air Force
“Russia has downed 839 Ukrainian jets and helicopters in two years of all-out war, Moscow said ahead of the second anniversary of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a figure significantly higher than the size of Ukraine’s fleet...
...Experts suggest these reported losses are likely inflated...
According to Dutch open-source intelligence outlet Oryx, Ukraine lost 80 aircraft, one of which was damaged, and 38 helicopters, including one damaged and three captured helicopters, between February 2022 and the start of October 2023. The outlet only tracked visually verified losses, meaning the true count is likely higher.
The Ukrainian Air Force had 124 combat-capable aircraft before Russia launched its full-scale invasion, according to the 2022 Military Balance, an annual count of the world’s armed forces compiled by the International Institute for Strategic Studies think tank. Ukraine also had around 46 helicopters, by this count.”
Z has been abolished.
The Western Military District of the Russian Armed Forces (Zapad) has been abolished by Presidential Decree (26 Feb), Splitting it back between the two re-established Military Districts, from which it had been formed (Leningrad and Moscow).
Putin returned to the Soviet name (Leningrad) for the District rather than the post-Soviet name for the city of Saint Petersburg.
Shows where his head is at.
They bring so much to the fight!
If a four automatically becomes a seven upon deployment, these ladies will be bending the needle at eleven, without doubt. Motivation counts for a lot, and they famously bring it.
The Guardian (UK) reports:
“The US threat to hit foreign financial institutions with sanctions has significantly curtailed financial flows between Russia and countries such as Turkey, the UAE and Kazakhstan, according to the US deputy treasury secretary, Wally Adeyemo. “They’re taking a more cautious approach with regard to doing any business with Russia, which is exactly what we wanted.””
The Northern Fleet is no longer a Joint/Unified Command, and returns to the Russian Navy.
I guess that the Black Sea Fleet (or remnants thereof) are also no longer a Joint/Unified Command, as the occupied Ukrainian territories (including Crimea) have been assigned to Russia's Southern Military District.
Restructured Russian Military Districts
bttt
Interesting that Leningrad was renamed St. Petersburg, but the military district retains Leningrad
Maybe in the future there will be the Stalingrad military district, perhaps where Ukraine used to exist
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
[ Russians Mined Themselves in The Field & Lost Dozens of Tanks, AFVs, and Men ]
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Day 733: Feb 26
Today, there are a lot of updates from the Avdiivka direction.
Here, the most intense clashes are taking place in the central part of the region. The main goal of Ukrainian forces is to conduct a gradual controlled withdrawal to the next defense line in the region, which is located along the river.
The withdrawal has to be gradual in order to prevent Russian forces from gaining dangerous momentum and ensure the stability of the front line.
In turn, the main goal of Russian forces is to capitalize on the Ukrainian withdrawal by gaining momentum and using it to breach the next defense and collapse the front line before the Ukrainians entrench themselves completely.
The Ukrainian command understands this, which is why Ukrainian fighters continued to hold several settlements south of the river. Apart from killing the momentum of the Russian advancement, repelling Russian attacks on these settlements was essential to ensure that every soldier who was holding strong points in the fields safely withdrew.
The most serious difficulty that Ukrainian fighters in these villages faced, was the Russian bombardments, as the fortifications were built north of the river, not south of it. However, Ukrainian reporting indicated that the destruction of the A-50 long-range radar detection aircraft temporarily halted Russian aviation operations.
The Ukrainian Main Military Intelligence Directorate reported that Russian forces immediately ordered 5 SU-35 aircraft to terminate ongoing combat missions, some of which included conducting airstrikes in front of Avdiivka. Such developments forced Russians to rely solely on ground assaults.
Based on the combat footage from the region, regular infantry assaults in small units of up to ten people did not work out very well, as Ukrainians deployed snipers to control the fields. Ukrainian snipers released many videos showing how they hunted down the Russian infantry in the tree lines who tried to conduct night attacks.
After several days, Russian forces decided to make some adjustments and started supporting the infantry with a couple of tanks and armored fighting vehicles. The main goal was to quickly cut the distance and deploy the infantry right on the doorstep of the village.
The biggest problem that the Russian mechanized assault units was mines. Interestingly, Russian forces exacerbated this problem themselves when they started deploying distant mining equipment to complicate the Ukrainian withdrawal during the last days of the Battle for Avdiivka.
The usage of distant mining was way too late because Russians did not expect that Ukrainians would decide to withdraw timely, so eventually, it did more damage to Russians.
Geolocated combat footage shows how multiple Russian armored fighting vehicles explode on a mine in front of Lastochkine, adding to the staggering losses incurred in Avdiivka.
Interestingly, during the recent briefing, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told Putin that Avdiivka was taken with minimal losses. This claim was not well-received even in the Russian media space.
Prominent Russian military volunteer Andrei Morozov published a lengthy speech, accused Russian generals of wastefully sacrificing thousands of servicemen to advance their military careers, and claimed that 16,000 Russian personnel died in combat during Russian offensive operations in Avdiivka.
••Morozov quickly deleted the post because he was reportedly approached by a colonel who threatened to cut off ammunition supplies to his unit. The next day after he deleted the post, he reportedly committed suicide.••
Despite incurring thousands of losses, the attacks continued, and after conducting dozens of mechanized attacks, the road to Lastochkine was basically de-mined, and intense fights broke out inside the village.
Once Ukrainians finished withdrawing from their strong points in the fields, Ukrainian fighters left Lastochnike, and the fights shifted to the next village on the line, Tonenke.
In order to undermine Russian offensive capabilities and reduce the intensity of attacks, Ukrainian forces conducted a HIMARS strike on the Russian bases in the Donetsk area.
You have probably already heard about the strike against a Russian base near Volnovakha, where at least three companies worth of troops were stationed.
However, what you likely have not heard, is that Ukrainians used a new devastating tactic to maximize the inflicted losses. Ukrainian HIMARS crews reportedly launched the first missile with a high-explosive warhead, and after 15 seconds, they launched multiple missiles with cluster warheads.
The impact of the high-explosive shell prompted the Russian soldiers to get on the ground. Lying on the ground increases the chances of survival when facing high-explosive shells. However, it decreases the chances of survival when facing cluster mutations, so Russian forces incurred substantial losses.
The decreased intensity of attacks in the region will help Ukrainians to gradually consolidate their defense along the river and meet the Russian assault units from prepared positions.
Recently released combat footage features some of this defense, and, as you can see, Ukrainians seem to have prepared fortifications along the natural barriers and continue digging and equipping even more trenches.
However, many analysts on both sides are claiming that the Avdiivka direction line will very soon be deprioritized.
Some Russian analysts alluded to the fact that the only reason why Russian forces continue pressing Ukrainians in this region is to force Ukrainians to deploy more troops to this front line at the expense of other directions because the main Russian offensive effort will be in a completely different direction.
The Head of Ukrainian Intelligence reported that this offensive operation would take place approximately ninety kilometers north of Avdiivka. Here, Russian forces opened four mutually supporting axes of advance - something that Russians have never done before.
Kremlin snuff box
https://t.me/s/kremlin_secrets
The Kremlin has three fears: what Putin’s circle is saying about the presidential elections
In mid-March, Vladimir Putin will be re-elected President again. There is no doubt that he will win the elections. However, the voting process itself is necessary to ensure the legitimacy of Vladimir Vladimirovich and increase the level of support among the population.
Against the background of the death of Alexei Navalny and the withdrawal of Boris Nadezhdin from the election race, we talked with people in the Kremlin and those who ensure the elections. Combining the opinions of our interlocutors, we can state that there are three main fears in the AP.
••The first fear is that the organizers will not be able to ensure a result of 87%. This is exactly the figure that appears in internal documents.
••The second fear is that the election race will bring someone with an anti-war or neutral agenda into the political arena. It was for this reason that Nadezhdin was banned from being a candidate, and for the same reason Abramovich was dissuaded.
••The third fear is that ordinary Russians will perceive this term as Putin’s last, and will demand a lot from him. In particular, we are talking about problems in the regions, whose authorities are often distinguished by all the known “excesses on the ground.”
There are fears in the AP that the movement of mobilized wives is only the first sign; then a conditional “movement of engineers’ wives” may appear, who will demand apartments or higher salaries for their husbands.
It is for this reason that the election campaign is proceeding extremely quietly, and protest actions have begun to be dealt with more harshly. However, as you understand, any destabilization during a war does not benefit the state. Therefore, you need to be more careful with protests.
At the same time, in general, the Kremlin does not have any global problems, because ordinary Russians do not see an alternative to Vladimir Putin. And the year 2030, when it will be necessary to go to the sites again, is still very far away.
Kremlin snuff box
https://t.me/s/kremlin_secrets
North Korean missile exploded during launch - we lost the launcher and its crew
Russia continues to increase military-technical cooperation with the DPRK, which results in the supply of not only artillery shells, but also ballistic missiles. However, North Korean weapons come with unpleasant surprises.
While military correspondents have written more than once that shells from North Korea can explode directly in the barrels, disabling launchers, missile launches began relatively recently. Alas, there are already tragic consequences. about one of the cases We talked at the beginning of the year: https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/3394
But there was also a new tragedy - in the first half of February, during the launch of a ballistic missile in the Belgorod region, an emergency occurred. For some unknown reason, one of the KN-23 missiles detonated at the moment of launch. The launcher was lost along with its crew. In total, three servicemen who were directly at the launch site were killed. Alas, war has its price.
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