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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Ursula: "Russia tried to exploit our over-dependence on cutting us off the gas."
So we decided to sanction Russia 17 times, cut EU off Russian gas, sink our economies, blow up a pipeline, move Russia closer to China, and deliver Russia 4.5% growth.
Ursula 5D chess for the WIN. pic.twitter.com/547canY0cv— Alex Christoforou (@AXChristoforou) April 24, 2025
Russia wants China to put up huge capital outlays upfront, for Product deliveries far in the future.
China doesn’t need to risk all that capital to meet is energy needs, and wants Russia to invest Russian money to build the infrastructure.
Russia doesn’t have the money, and its just not worth it for China.
They know each other well enough, not to trust each other over the long term.
The official Kremlin spokesperson and the Russian Security Council secretary repeated a series of long-standing Russian demands that purposely preclude the establishment of a stable and enduring peace in Ukraine and set conditions for future Russian aggression from an advantaged position. Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov claimed in an interview with French news magazine Le Point published on April 23 that Russia's war goals have not changed since the start of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine and that Russia will achieve these goals “peacefully or militarily.”[1] Peskov claimed that Russia would restart the war should “people...question the legitimacy” of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and stated that Russia has “no confidence” in the Ukrainian government. Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu claimed in an interview to Kremlin newswire TASS published on April 24 that the Kremlin is “ready for a ceasefire, a truce, and peace talks” but only if these measures take Russia's interests into account and eliminate the “initial causes” of the war.[2] Peskov defined Russia's unchanged war aims as Russian President Vladimir Putin's demands for regime change in Ukraine, the demilitarization of the Ukrainian military, and Ukraine's neutrality and Putin's claims that Ukraine cede all of Russia's illegally annexed territory in Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia, and Kherson oblasts to Russia.[3] US President Donald Trump's reported recent seven-point proposal to end the war would notably not fulfill all of Putin's demands.[4] Shoigu’s claims about the “initial causes” of the war parallel Kremlin officials’ consistent demand that any future peace settlement eliminate the “root causes” of the war, which Kremlin officials have claimed are NATO's alleged violation of obligations not to expand eastward and the Ukrainian government's alleged discrimination against ethnic Russians and the Russian language, media, and culture in Ukraine.[5]
Peskov and Shoigu continued to place conditions on Russia's agreement to Trump's proposed full ceasefire that would further Putin's goal of weakening the Ukrainian military, likely to prepare for future Russian aggression. Peskov claimed that Putin supports the idea of a full ceasefire but reiterated Putin's demand that European countries stop providing Ukraine with arms as a condition to Russia's agreement.[6] Shoigu similarly claimed that a ceasefire is possible as long as it does not allow Ukrainian forces to rest and regroup.[7] Peskov and Shoigu explicitly rejected the stipulation in Trump's reported proposal to end the war that would give Ukraine “a robust security guarantee” provided by a group of European states and possibly non-European states.[8] Shoigu claimed that European peacekeepers in Ukraine could lead to a direct clash between NATO and Russia, and Peskov claimed that Russia is against the idea of European peacekeepers in Ukraine because Ukrainian authorities “do not completely control” the Ukrainian military.[9] Peskov’s false allegations about Zelensky’s lack of legitimacy and the Ukrainian government's inability to control the country's military directly mirror Putin's long-standing narratives along these same lines.[10] These Kremlin narratives are part of efforts to set conditions for Russia to claim that any future peace settlement Russia signs with Zelensky is illegitimate, to renege on the agreement, and to relaunch its invasion – as Peskov explicitly stated Russia would do.
Peskov and Shoigu notably gave these interviews, containing similar narratives and talking points, to a Russian and French outlet – suggesting that the Kremlin is coordinating its messaging about Russia's commitment to achieving all of its war aims now and in the future to both international audiences in Europe and at home in Russia.
Kremlin officials continue to baselessly threaten NATO states for adhering to US President Donald Trump's objective that Europe take on more of its own defense requirements. Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu claimed in an interview to Kremlin newswire TASS published on April 24 that Europe is preparing for a potential military conflict with Russia in three to five years.[11] Shoigu claimed that European states are building up their military presence near the western borders of the Union State of Russia and Belarus and are “not showing any readiness to deescalate the situation.” Shoigu claimed that the European Union (EU) is trying to transform the EU into a “military organization aimed against Russia” and criticized the EU’s efforts to develop Europe's defense industrial base (DIB). Shoigu claimed that the number of NATO military contingents deployed near Russia's western borders has increased by 2.5 times in the past year. Shoigu claimed that the number of military threats against Russia is growing, particularly as the Baltic states are building military bases on their own territory, Poland is purchasing armored vehicles, and various NATO states are modernizing their air defenses and purchasing American fighter jets. Shoigu complained that Poland, Lithuania, and Estonia are increasing their annual defense spending due to an “imaginary threat from the east.” Shoigu claimed that the alleged threats to the security, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of Russia's “closest ally” Belarus remain in place and that Russia deployed Oreshnik ballistic missiles to Belarus due to these threats. Shoigu recalled that Russia's November 2024 amendments to its nuclear doctrine allows Russia to use nuclear weapons in the event of aggression against Russia or Belarus, including aggression with the use of conventional weapons. US President Donald Trump has persistently asked European states and NATO members to increase their defense spending.[12] Lavrov’s and Peskov’s excoriation of European states increasing investments in their defense - as Trump has requested - is a further indicator that Moscow's demands concerning Europe's future security architecture are incompatible with Trump's objectives for a strong and self-reliant Europe that contributes more equally to Europe's collective security.
Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov claimed in an interview with French news magazine Le Point published on April 23 that Russia does not intend to attack anyone and that Russia did not and does not have any problems with new NATO members Finland and Sweden.[13] Peskov claimed that Finland is “little by little” building military infrastructure on its territory. Putin alleged that Russia is reacting to such moves by “taking steps to ensure its security” but “has no potential for conflict...neither in the Baltic countries nor in Finland.” Peskov claimed that Russia has no territorial claims in the Baltic states, but Peskov claimed that Baltic authorities are discriminating against Russian citizens living there. Peskov proceeded to claim that Russia launched its first invasion of Ukraine in 2014 because Ukrainian authorities were allegedly trying to “exterminate” Russians in the country.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov similarly claimed that Russia had no intention of invading its neighbors on the eve of Russia's 2008 invasion of Georgia, and Peskov made a similar claim on the eve of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.[14] Peskov is notably using Kremlin narratives about alleged discriminations against Russian speakers in Ukraine to describe the Baltic states – a thinly veiled threat given Russia repeated use of Moscow's alleged need to protect its “compatriots abroad” to justify multiple Russian invasions of nearby states.[15] European states’ efforts to increase their own defenses are in line with US President Donald Trump's push for Europe to shoulder more of its own defense requirements, including by increasing how much European NATO states spend on defense annually. The European NATO states that Peskov and Shoigu highlighted in their complaints about Europe's alleged militarization – Finland, Poland, and the Baltics – are notably the most threatened due to their proximity to Russia. Helsinki, Finland; Tallinn, Estonia; and Riga, Lithuania are roughly 160 kilometers, 190 kilometers, and 215 kilometers from Russia's Leningrad and Pskov oblasts, respectively. Vilnius, Latvia and Warsaw, Poland are roughly 160 kilometers and 230 kilometers from Kaliningrad Oblast, respectively. Moscow, in contrast, is roughly 600 kilometers from the Russian-Latvian border – the closest NATO state border. Shoigu’s thinly veiled nuclear threats against NATO are part of the Kremlin's broader reflexive control campaign to influence Western decision-making in Russia's favor and against Western states’ own interests. Shoigu’s nuclear threats are attempts to push European states to self-deter and reduce their buildups of their defenses – leaving NATO's eastern border largely undefended. These reflexive control efforts are in line with Russian President Vladimir Putin's 2021 demand before launching his full-scale invasion of Ukraine that NATO not deploy any military forces to states that became NATO members after 1997, including Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland.[16]
Peskov’s and Lavrov’s threatening statements against NATO members Finland, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania parallel other Kremlin officials’ statements likely intended to set information conditions to support Russian efforts to seize territory in Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus, and Central Asia. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov claimed on April 14 that it is “dangerous” when “fascists seize lands that never belonged to anyone except the Russian Empire [and] Soviet Union” and do “disgusting things there.”[17] Lavrov’s statement indicates that the Kremlin views independent countries once colonized by the Soviet Union and the Russian Empire as rightfully part of modern-day Russia. Russian Presidential Aide and former Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev also recently threatened Finland using narratives resembling those that the Kremlin has used to justify its invasions of Ukraine.[18]
likely as part of an ongoing Kremlin effort to punish Russian military commanders who weaponized the information space to advance their political goals that undermine Putin's power vertical. The Tambov Garrison Military Court found Popov guilty of fraud and forgery of official documents on April 24 and sentenced Popov to five years in a low-security penal colony.[26] The Tambov Garrison Military Court also stripped Popov of his military rank and accolades and fined him 800,000 rubles (about $9,613). Popov publicly appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin on March 20, 2025, proclaiming his innocence and asking to return to military service in Ukraine in exchange for the suspension of his impending trial.[27] Putin may have first granted and later rejected Popov’s appeal. Popov’s lawyer, Sergey Buynovsky, reported on April 11 that Popov signed a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) agreeing to command a penal assault detachment fighting in Ukraine.[28] Buynovsky told Russian state media outlet RBK on April 24 that Russian authorities did not send Popov to the battlefield due to a “lack of vacancies” at the frontline.[29] The Kremlin relieved Popov of his command in July 2023 and later arrested him in May 2024 likely due to Popov’s perceived disloyalty, attempted blackmail, and criticisms of the Russian MoD.[30] Russian ultranationalists, officials, and officers have been demanding Popov’s release and return to the frontlines since his arrest. The Kremlin likely decided against deploying Popov to the frontlines to prevent him from leveraging his popularity and influence in the information space to pressure Putin.[31] The Kremlin appears to be prioritizing Putin's regime stability by sending a clear message that the Kremlin will not tolerate any actor's attempt to weaponize the information space to achieve a political objective that undermines Putin's total authority.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-april-24-2025
The soldiers who carried out the successful strike on Kiev will be awarded crosses with Putin's initials.
This proposal was made by Andrey Belousov. “Andrey Removich is very pleased with the successful strike that we carried out on Kiev on the night of Thursday, April 24. All the soldiers who carried out strikes on targets in Ukraine will be awarded. But for those who hit targets in Kiev, a special incentive is being prepared,” our source in the Ministry of Defense said. According to him, Belousov proposed awarding these soldiers with pectoral crosses with Vladimir Putin's initials engraved on them . “The shooters there were mostly of our faith, Orthodox guys. For them, such a thing would be better than an order or a medal. The strikes also involved soldiers of, let's say, non-Christian faith. For them, crosses with Vladimir Vladimirovich's initials will be excellent souvenirs,” the channel's interlocutor added.
Another source in the Ministry of Defense confirmed these plans and noted that the president gave the go-ahead for such an award.
https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/5583
The names are noted in the war crimes report.
The Russian opposition politician Maksim Kats highlighted comments by the reliably pro-Kremlin Army General and State Duma deputy Andrey Gurulev, who had admitted that there is an extremely low standard of living in Russia's notoriously impoverished regions, including the Far East. The situation is even worse in the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine, Kats said.
Even in Mariupol, which is used by the Kremlin as a postcard for Russia's supposed rebuilding of Donbas, entire blocks still lie in ruins, and the few houses constructed by the occupiers are poor quality with “cracks covering the walls only a year after the buildings were finished,” Kats said. People who lost their homes have not been compensated but have been invited to buy apartments in the new buildings, while in other destroyed cities, no housing is being built at all.
The absolute failure of the Russian state to manage the simplest elements of governance is a warning to those in the West who believe the Kremlin offers “liberation” to its Russian-speaking peoples. Rather, it consigns everyone of whatever mother tongue, pro-occupation or Ukrainian loyalist, to mismanagement and misery
Moscow also has to find resources for the problems in Russia’s own regions. Siberia has been hit by devastating hurricanes and fires, for example, and tens of thousands of residents of the Altai, Kuzbass, Khakassia, Novosibirsk, and Irkutsk regions left without electricity.
https://cepa.org/article/the-harsh-realities-of-russian-occupied-ukraine/
For several days, representatives of the US President Donald Trump’s team have been trying to persuade the Russian leadership to send “Putin” to the funeral of the Pope. Moreover, at Trump’s request, a phone call was arranged to the “president” of Russia, during which the American president offered “Putin” his security guarantees for the duration of a possible visit to the funeral of Francis. After the conversation with Trump, the Italian leadership, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, made it clear that it was ready to provide appropriate guarantees for “Putin’s” visit. But there were enough people in the Politburo who perceived the attempt to “lure a stand-in into the enemy’s lair” as a trap, and, accordingly, gently refused such an opportunity.
At the same time, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation categorically does not want to end the war and is doing everything to ensure that the negotiations are disrupted. Representatives of the General Staff, often without coordinating with the country’s top leadership, authorize missile strikes and drone attacks deep into Ukrainian territory, reporting after the fact on the unprecedented results of these attacks. The Politburo demanded that all strikes be coordinated before they are implemented, but the General Staff found an answer to this too, simply notifying one representative of the Politburo, who is perhaps the most ardent of the hawks in the Russian leadership, an hour before the attack. Yesterday, serious discussions were held within the Politburo on this matter, as a result of which the General Staff received clear instructions on who and by what procedure to coordinate strikes deep into Ukrainian territory.
The European Commission has adopted another key measure to crackdown on the so-called shadow fleet passing through its waters. The amendment to the Vessel Monitoring Directive now requires all vessels, including those merely passing through European Union waters without entering an EU port, to provide insurance information.
“By requiring that all vessels operating in our vicinity are properly insured, the EU’s ability to monitor and, if necessary, investigate maritime activities is strengthened, addressing risks posed by uninsured or unsafe vessels,” the EC stated in a release.
Director-general for mobility and transport, Magda Kopczyńska, stated: “This is a targeted measure with potentially great impact, enhancing the preparedness of the EU’s coastal states.”
Since February, the Danish Maritime Authority has been carrying out port state controls on tankers it deems high risk that anchor off Skagen in the far north of the country, a popular anchorage.
Also this year the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) activated an advanced UK-led reaction system to track potential threats to undersea infrastructure and monitor the Russian shadow fleet. The JEF is a UK-led Northern European multinational military partnership. The naval operation named Nordic Warden harnesses AI to assess data from a range of sources, including the Automatic Identification System (AIS) ships use to broadcast their position, to calculate the risk posed by each vessel entering areas of interest.
Earlier this month, Estonian authorities detained an 18-year-old tanker (pictured) for flying a false flag, the first time a Baltic littoral state has taken such action against Russia's shadow fleet.
https://splash247.com/all-ships-passing-through-european-waters-must-now-provide-proof-of-insurance/
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
Reminds me of the vast difference between east Germany and west Germany years after the war was over.
Not only will putin not have the funds to rebuild any taken Ukrainian territories, I doubt he will have any desire as well
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Another op'nin of another show.
Yes, it appears her checks stopped
📌 Ukraine will never recognize Crimea or any other part of its territory as Russian;
📌 Will not agree to restrictions on its Armed Forces and defense industry, military assistance from partners;
📌 No third country has the right to veto Ukraine's choice of alliances and allies.
https://x.com/Maks_NAFO_FELLA/status/1915738674399953182
There will be no next attempt.
https://x.com/GloOouD/status/1915678637287690727
The invader shoots at the ISR drone, not the FPV drone.
Russian propagandists are no longer trying to pretend that civilians in Ukraine are not being killed on purpose. They are openly proclaiming that anyone who disagrees with Russia must die
https://bsky.app/profile/antongerashchenko.bsky.social/post/3lnmkfhddds24
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