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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Petro Poroshenko lives in Ukraine, serves as an MP in the legislature (Rada) and leads a political party (the pro-EU European Solidarity party) there. Zelensky just placed sanctions on Poroshenko in the last week, as talk of elections emerged.
Yanukovich is the one who lives in Russia (ineligible to run for office, convicted of treason).
Ah thanks it was confusing - getting too old for this sort of thing. Many other interests are pressing, begging for attention, too long neglected.
Next month starts mud season in Ukraine. Spring mud is generally more severe than the Fall.
With Russian advances already culminating from their losses, a further slowing on the ground seems likely, regardless of what happens in peace talks.
I think all of Asia and Oceana is thinking the same thing right now: "Oh $#!+". After all, there's a whole ocean between us and China, and much wider than the Atlantic.
Just honestly keeping abreast of things, the current talk from the Trump Admin seems to have buoyed the value of the Russian Ruble (cracking 90 to the dollar), as well as the Moscow Stock Exchange.
What goes up, can come down again, but it is hard to predict what might be coming in the next few months.
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 19, 2025
Russian federal subjects are reportedly halting their recruitment of foreigners who do not speak Russian for service in the Russian military. Russian opposition outlet Verstka reported on February 19 that authorities in Moscow Oblast are not deploying those who signed military service contracts but do not speak Russian to training, and a source stated that there are currently 150 Chinese citizens who have signed contracts but are waiting for orders.[79] Two military recruiters told Verstka that other unspecified federal subjects have also largely stopped recruiting foreigners who do not speak Russian. A military recruiter suggested that language barriers are causing issues on the frontline, but Verstka noted that friction due to language barriers is not new among Russian frontline forces.
The Kremlin continues efforts to posture the Russian defense industrial base (DIB) as highly productive. Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the Radar MMS defense enterprise in St. Petersburg on February 19 and awarded the enterprise with the state “Order of Alexander Nevsky” award.[80] Putin highlighted the enterprise’s role in manufacturing advanced drones, radio electronic and telecommunications equipment, earth surface monitoring systems, and navigation systems that support Russian detection and precision strike capabilities. Russian Security Council Deputy Chairperson Dmitry Medvedev visited the Kazan Gunpowder Plant on February 19 and claimed that modernization allowed the plant to increase its production of ammunition for multiple unspecified weapons.[81]
Russian milbloggers continue to raise alarm about the Russian military command’s poor treatment of wounded personnel. A Russian milblogger published an address reportedly from a battalion commander in the 5th Motorized Rifle Brigade (51st Combined Arms Army [CAA], formerly 1st Donetsk People’s Republic [DNR AC], Southern Military District [SMD]) to wounded personnel who requested to be pulled from combat, in which the battalion commander reprimanded the injured soldiers for using their injury payments and complaining about their injuries.[82] Another Russian milblogger and former Storm-Z instructor, who frequently complains about systemic issues in the Russian military, criticized the battalion commander for his reprimands.[83] The milblogger accused the battalion commander of failing to manage his forces and criticized the commander’s belief that being able to shoot a gun is sufficient recovery from an injury.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-february-19-2025
What will happen to the SVO [invasion of Ukraine] this year? There are four forecasts
After the talks between Russia and the United States started, and Donald Trump harshly criticized the leader of the Kiev regime, Volodymyr Zelensky, we decided to find out what the mood is in our elites regarding future talks with the Americans. And forecasts about whether the SVO will end before the end of this year. How many people, let's be honest, would like to. Opinions are divided. Our sources name as many as four possible scenarios.
Firstly, many believe that the talks with the Americans will go in the right direction. In this case, the SVO will end this year or next year on Russia's terms. “I hope that Trump will increasingly become ours. Like Crimea, excuse the joke. And with his help we will put the squeeze on the Kiev regime. Of course, we still need to work with Trump. But the forecast is optimistic,” said the interlocutor in the Kremlin. His opinion is shared by a number of other influential people.
Secondly, there are less optimistic assessments. “The SVO, as experts have repeatedly said, must end in the coming months. Otherwise, there will be a profound crisis. It is obvious to everyone that the SVO will end if we make political concessions. I don't know if they will. That is why we are still proceeding from a bad scenario for the economy. With the hope that there will be a good one. True, the Americans are in no hurry to lift sanctions. And this is the main indicator of the normalization of the situation,” our source in the Central Bank frankly said. At the same time, he tried to calm everyone down: “Even if a crisis begins, the catastrophic situation will not last long. Then we will stabilize it, there are a number of strong instruments - some new taxes, the key rate, and so on. The situation will be difficult, but nothing fatal.”
Thirdly, the hawks in the Kremlin continue to say that they do not understand what the Victory in the SVO will be like. And this upsets them. “It is good that Trump criticizes Zelensky. But our main enemy is not Zelensky, but Ukraine, we need to defeat it. No one has ever told me what our Victory will be like. “That is, we do not understand the key point,” a source close to Vladimir Putin was indignant, largely repeating his own theses, told us last week , before the talks in Riyadh.
Fourthly, the military simply urges “not to think about any end to the SVO and to do everything to bring Victory closer.” “The SVO must end with Victory. We will not be able to defeat the Ukrainian Armed Forces quickly this year. You can spit at me, but I am telling the truth. That is why we work and do not think about when it will all end. We will definitely win,” a source close to Valery Gerasimov noted.
Trust has grown since December 2024 when it was 52%. Now it is 57%. Meanwhile, 37% do not trust him, with a +20% trust-to-distrust balance.
https://www.kiis.com.ua/?lang=ukr&cat=reports&id=1496&page=1
DOGE as a National Cyberattack
In the span of just weeks, the US government has experienced what may be the most consequential security breach in its history—not through a sophisticated cyberattack or an act of foreign espionage, but through official orders by a billionaire with a poorly defined government role. And the implications for national security are profound.
By modifying core systems, the attackers have not only compromised current operations, but have also left behind vulnerabilities that could be exploited in future attacks—giving adversaries such as Russia and China an unprecedented opportunity. These countries have long targeted these systems. And they don't just want to gather intelligence—they also want to understand how to disrupt these systems in a crisis.
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/02/doge-as-a-national.html
This Is What A Peacekeeping Air Policing Mission Over Ukraine Could Look Like
Reports indicate the U.K. is already planning a future air policing mission over Ukraine, but staging such an effort is far from straightforward.
https://www.twz.com/air/this-is-what-a-peacekeeping-air-policing-mission-over-ukraine-could-look-like
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War Of Words Erupts Between Trump And Zelensky
Trump called Zelensky “a dictator” and Zelensky said Trump is living in a “disinformation space” as schism between Washington and Kyiv grows.
https://www.twz.com/news-features/war-of-words-erupts-between-trump-and-zelensky
Curious 🍈, is truth social available in Russia, how about YouTube or free access to to the World Wide Web?😎
Good morning Dunce,
As you were throwing darts at Putin's picture, here's what you missed here in America
https://x.com/NOELreports/status/1892585843044319520
Novgorod refinery on Google Maps
Note the accuracy of Google Maps when compared to the satellite photo.
https://x.com/Tendar/status/1892619457429745850
Unfortunately, @CommunityNotes is increasingly being gamed by governments & legacy media.
Working to fix this …
It should be utterly obvious that a Zelensky-controlled poll about his OWN approval is not credible!!
If Zelensky was actually loved by the people of Ukraine, he… https://t.co/gy0NjtPwiq— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 20, 2025
Unfortunately, @CommunityNotes is increasingly being gamed by governments & legacy media.
Working to fix this …
It should be utterly obvious that a Zelensky-controlled poll about his OWN approval is not credible!!
If Zelensky was actually loved by the people of Ukraine, he would hold an election. He knows he would lose in a landslide, despite having seized control of ALL Ukrainian media, so he canceled the election.
In reality, he is despised by the people of Ukraine, which is why he has refused to hold an election. I challenge Zelensky to hold an election and refute this. He will not.
President Trump is right to ignore him and solve for peace independent of the disgusting, massive graft machine feeding off the dead bodies of Ukrainian soldiers.
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