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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How Russia spread a secret web of agents across Ukraine
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/ukraine-crisis-russia-saboteurs/
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After Ukraine’s hard fought battle to retake Kherson and the lands on the west side of the river, I presume Ukraine’s response to Russia’s ridiculous idea that Ukraine would just leave this city and give it all back is true Muscovy mir fantasy. The city has the high ground overlooking the marshy ground on the east side of the river. Russia seems to be admitting they DON’T control all the area on the east side of the rivers and of course they whould like to control both sides of this important avenue of commerce, especially the area around Kherson which is near the Black Sea, and presumably important for moving grain harvests to Odessa and world wide shipping.
If President Trump does not understand why Russia is making these “peace negotiating demands” then Ukraine should ask him this. If Trump Tower and that neighborhood were fighting an enemy in Central Park, would Trump give them Trump Tower and the surrounding area just so the enemy could achieve their desire to control all traffic on Fifth Avenue? I strongly suspect Trump’s response would be, “FU, you must be crazy!”
Its always a beautiful day when something big mysteriously, or not mysteriously, detonates in Russia.
The Moscow Times reported that the Kremlin is attempting to use economic incentives to sway US-Russian talks about the war in Ukraine, as the Kremlin is not sincerely interested in US President Donald Trump's efforts to end the war. ISW cannot independently verify Kremlin sources’ statements, but recent Kremlin behavior is consistent with the Moscow Times’ insider reporting. Independent Russian outlet the Moscow Times reported on April 21 that five current Russian government officials, including two diplomats and three sources close to the Kremlin who are employees of three major state-owned companies, stated that the Kremlin is looking for incentives to “hold...Trump's attention.”[10] One current Russian government official stated that Russian authorities are working “in full swing” to prepare proposals for Trump across “key economic sectors.” One source who has participated in the Kremlin discussions on the matter stated that Russia “needs to milk Trump as much as possible, dangling the possibility of a ceasefire like a carrot before him.” A Russian diplomat stated that the Kremlin's priority is to “recalibrate” relations with the United States while keeping dialogue about the war in Ukraine “alive.” The Moscow Times reported that the official Russian sources see two main scenarios that could unfold: either Russia agrees to a Trump-brokered ceasefire in exchange for concessions, such as limitations on US weapons supplies to Ukraine, or Russia will blame Ukraine should talks collapse.[11]
Russia has recently offered the United States economic incentives that are unrelated to Russia's war in Ukraine, likely as part of efforts to extract concessions from the United States about Russia's war in Ukraine.[12] Russian Presidential Aide Nikolai Patrushev, for example, called for the United States and Russia to jointly work to solve problems in the Arctic in an April 21 article in Russian business outlet Kommersant.[13] This Russian effort goes against the Trump administration's desired timeline of events, as the White House has stated that the United States “needs to see a ceasefire first” before developing US-Russian economic partnerships.[14] Kremlin officials have claimed that Russia is willing to negotiate to end the war in Ukraine while attempting to blame Ukraine for the lack of progress towards ending the war.[15] Putin, however, has rejected multiple full or temporary ceasefire offers that the United States and Ukraine have proposed. Putin rejected the March 18 US-Ukrainian proposed temporary ceasefire along the entire frontline; refused to extend the unilateral Russian Easter truce on April 21, despite both US and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s support for such an extension; and rejected Zelensky’s recent proposal for a temporary moratorium on long-range strikes against civilian infrastructure.[16] Putin has already started to question whether Ukraine would be able to receive military aid from its allies in the event of a temporary full ceasefire — possibly to set conditions to demand the cessation of United States and likely also European weapons supplies to Ukraine as a condition for accepting a full ceasefire.[17]
Any potential future Russian agreement to freeze the front short of Russia's full control of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia, and Kherson oblasts does not preclude future Russian aggression to achieve Russia's more extensive territorial demands, especially if the agreement stipulates a moratorium on Ukraine receiving Western military aid. A Russian diplomat reportedly told the Moscow Times that “the situation on the ground will dictate the next moves” in US-Russian talks about the war and that “it is all about time, patience, and staying the course.”[18] The current frontlines do not provide the strategic depth that Ukraine will need to reliably defend against renewed Russian aggression, as Russian forces are just across the Dnipro River from Kherson City, roughly 25 kilometers from Zaporizhzhia City, and 20 kilometers from Kharkiv City.[19] Russia has notably intensified its use of armored vehicles across the frontline and appears to have started a likely years’ long effort to seize Ukraine's fortress belt in Donetsk Oblast - likely as part of efforts to gain as much territory as possible in eastern and southern Ukraine, particularly in the four oblasts to which Russia has formally laid claim.[20] Russia may tactically and temporarily stop pushing for Putin's demands for the Ukrainian-controlled areas of the four illegally annexed oblasts in southern and eastern Ukraine in order to extract other concessions from the United States under the rubric of negotiations. Such concessions could be Russia's “other demands” of installing a pro-Russian government in Kyiv and drastically shrinking the Ukrainian military in order to decrease resistance against renewed Russian aggression. The Kremlin will likely exploit any ceasefire predicated on limitations on US weapons supplies to Ukraine to prepare for renewed aggression.
The Kremlin continues to reject Trump's stated goal of achieving a ceasefire in Ukraine before a full peace settlement to end the war — in contrast to Ukraine's continued support for a general ceasefire. US President Donald Trump expressed hope on April 20 that Russia and Ukraine would make a deal this week, possibly referring to a general ceasefire agreement that would precede future peace negotiations.[27] Zelensky stated on April 21 that a ceasefire “should be the first step towards a reliable and lasting peace” and that only after Ukraine and Russia demonstrate adherence to an agreed upon ceasefire can the parties establish the trust necessary to resolve “fundamental issues.”[28] Peskov claimed on April 22 that Russia and the United States maintain communication via several channels but that “it is probably not worth setting any strict time frames” or “trying to fit a viable settlement [to the war] into short time frame” as “the topic is so complex.”[29] Zelensky’s and Peskov’s statements continue to demonstrate Ukraine's willingness to adhere to Trump's desired plans to end the war and Russia's rejection of these desired plans.[30]
Russia is reportedly recruiting North Korean citizens to compensate for labor shortages in Russia, indicating that Russian-North Korean cooperation continues to deepen. Ryazan Oblast news outlet Ya62 reported on February 15 that Ryazan Oblast Telegram channels reported that over 100 North Korean women signed three-year contracts to work at one of the Ryazan Oblast warehouses of Russian retail giant Wildberries (the Russian equivalent of Amazon), but Ya62 noted that this information is unconfirmed.[38] Russian opposition student journal DOXA reported that there is a video circulated among Wildberries employees reportedly showing North Korean women at a Wildberries warehouse in Elektrostal, Moscow Oblast, and a local Telegram channel claimed on April 15 that former Wildberries employees reported there are “hundreds” of North Koreans working at the Elektrostal warehouse.[39] DOXA reported that a Wildberries representative did not confirm whether the workers in the Elekstrostal video were North Korean but stated that Wildberries is working with a recruiting agency to attract workers from unspecified countries.[40] Russian milbloggers amplified much of this reporting on April 21 and 22 and praised Russia's and Wildberries’ efforts to recruit North Korean workers for jobs in Russia to offset ongoing labor shortages.[41] The milbloggers praised North Korean migrants as better than migrants from Central Asian countries, claiming that North Korean migrants only work in Russia on short-term contracts instead of migrating permanently, are more “disciplined” and work harder for less pay and longer hours, are less biased against Russia, and “behave decently” — a reference to frequent Russian ultranationalist and xenophobic complaints that Central Asian migrant communities in Russia fail to assimilate into Russian cultural and legal norms. ISW has observed indicators that Russia is preparing for an influx of North Korean citizens to arrive in Russia, likely to either join the Russian workforce or join the Russian military, and ease some economic constraints of Russia's war effort.[42] Russian official data shows that 13,221 North Koreans entered Russia in 2024 — up to 12 times the number that entered Russia in 2023 — and that 7,887 of these North Koreans entered Russia on student visas, with the largest number entering Russia in the months immediately before the deployment of North Korean troops to Russia.[43] A significant increase in the number of North Koreans working in the Russian civilian sectors could free up Russia's civilian sector employees to work in the Russian defense industry or fight against Ukraine.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-april-22-2025
Disaster at the arsenal in Vladimir region. We are obliged to ask Belousov three difficult questions
Some representatives of the Ministry of Defense demanded that we remove publications about explosions on the territory of the 51st arsenal of the GRAU in Vladimir region. They did not want to write this. But after unacceptable demands, we are forced to ask Andrei Belousov literally three questions.
First, Andrei Removich, tell me, if Iskander missiles and shells received from our partners were recently delivered to the arsenal, why were they stored practically without protection? Do you think this is right?
Second, judging by the information from the Ministry of Defense, there were no enemy strikes on the Kirzhach district. Why, when you learned about the disaster at the arsenal (yes, exactly about the disaster, there is no other way to call it), did you say: “These air defense men screwed up again, idiots?” Strange words... The minister cannot allow himself such emotions even in informal communication.
Thirdly, where did the two officers go who were supposed to be on the arsenal grounds when the explosions started? They are definitely not among the dead. Have these servicemen and their families been checked for possible connections with the enemy?
We still have many questions, but we will not ask them – so that the enemy does not receive useful information.
https://bsky.app/profile/militarynewsua.bsky.social/post/3lnhluhwbdk2i
Fires in Russia
https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#d:7days;@43.3,53.8,6.2z
🔥 In recent months, AFU have carried out a series of strikes on key arsenals of GRAU:
▪️719th Artillery Ammunition Base (Tikhoretsk)
▪️ 67th arsenal (Bryansk Region, Karachev)
▪️ 51st arsenal (Vladimirskaya region)
▪️107th arsenal (Tver region, Toropets)
▪️ 23rd arsenal (Tver Region, Oktyabrsky)
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3lng7m5b5zc2z
“NASA FIRMS satellites confirm that the entire ammunition site of the 🇷🇺51st GRAU arsenal near Kirzhach, Russia, is covered in fire.”
That is one of the largest ammo storage sites in Russia.
At the X link that you (AdmSmith) posted, a user wondered if this might mark the first use of Taurus cruise missiles from Germany.
Very interesting report, not only were these poor Russians forced to ride motorcycles into war but suffered 2/3ds KILLED. I have seen similar mortality rates reported now for a while. If this has been typical, then it is entirely possible Russia has lost more than 1/2 million DEAD, not the 200k number I have seen reported by some. Given the persistence and thoroughness of the Ukraine drone defense, I always thought the earlier figures were probably much too low. There are many comments. One person suggested that the Russians are doing this so the Ukraine soldiers will laugh so hard it will spoil their aim in combat.
The link at this comment also displayed more than a dozen other Ukraine focused videos. I saw one mentioning Colombian troops fighting in Ukraine. This was a surprise, and apparently they have been assisting in Kursk, even fighting Norks on occasion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyRADBoFOvg [5 min.]
These are volunteer soldiers experienced in fighting rebel troops in Colombia. There are already hundreds in Ukraine, and over a thousand waiting for transportation funds for them to travel to Ukraine. Once enrolled in the Ukraine army they are paid $3,000 a month, which in Colombia is wages of doctors and lawyers. The video reported that some were also involved in the new attacks being focused on action in Belgorod, which is part of the effort to pull Russian troops away from Sumy and Karkiv. Belgorod is the Oblast just south of Kursk also along the Ukraine border. [Note: I had just copied the URL for this Colombia video, when I had to go grocery shopping. If it is not the right one I will go back and find it again for you.]
https://tochnyi.info/russian-ammo-depots/
Check the map.
Yes it is the right link, and further detail, there are currently 2,000 Colombian soldiers trying to raise the funds they need to travel to Ukraine and enlist. Once enlisted they are working well and effectively with their Ukraine fighters. They have had a lot of experience fighting their local drug cartels. Someone suggested a GoFundMe needs to be organized, and 5 people immediately responded they would like to contribute, and please keep them posted.
Here is another heart felt comment. “God bless the brave Colombians!! Dios bendiga a los valientes Colombianos!! Seeing men from the free world coming to help Ukraine’s struggle to be free is one of the most noble and moving things I have ever seen. You men are truly wonderful human beings, and all who cherish freedom salute you! Slava Ukraini, slava Kolumbijtsiam!!” It was also pointed out that Colombia has the second largest army in Latin America, and many more throughout the area would probably like to join this fight.
“2/3ds KILLED. I have seen similar mortality rates reported now for a while”
We have been following the rising average daily Russian casualty rate for quite some time on this thread (Thanks AdmSmith), but you point out another significant trend - increased mortality - a growing proportion of the casualties that are killed, vs. wounded.
I have seen several reports of indicators that this is happening. Clearly, reduced Armor protection and decreased battlefield mobility would be expected to produce that. Drone coverage likely is contributing to finishing off wounded, and suppressing medical evacuations. There have also been some reports of Russian policy incentives to kill off troops, to avoid making payments.
“Colombia has the second largest army in Latin America”
They have long produced a fair number of mercenaries. Blackwater hired a bunch during US Operations in Iraq, and they performed well.
Video of attack
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj5vA-hBHVM
Swedish Army in Stockholm. pic.twitter.com/RQarWDhVTO— RadioGenoa (@RadioGenoa) October 4, 2023
"Small man, Big mad"
"I'm very angry. Very, very angry"
STOP THE HAMMERING! pic.twitter.com/c6JHiRSZrR— Phantom Shadow (@Fuknutz) October 3, 2023
Putin is losing to Zelensky. Hate the guy all you want he’s doing an amazing job for his country.
As we watch this horrible situation in Israel unfold, Americans must face a stark truth: our tax dollars funded this.
Money is fungible, and many of the dollars we sent to Iran are being used to now kill innocent people.
This must stop.
Israel has every right to defend…— J.D. Vance (@JDVance1) October 7, 2023
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