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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The missiles were fired by Magura-V7 naval drones, a variant of the Magura-V5 which is specialized in carrying missiles.
https://x.com/Tendar/status/1918969567004467582
Most likely Aim-9Ms.
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace software engineers could have helped integrate the Aim-9s into the Magura-V7 naval drones.
If you post on this thread, expect to receive a reply, if your material warrants one in another poster’s opinion. Don’t want a reply? Don’t post or go elsewhere.
https://x.com/GloOouD/status/1919011067725787343
https://x.com/wartranslated/status/1918954249884451193
‼️ The enterprise specialized in the production of electronics. In addition, in cooperation with the Rostec corporation, the plant produced "radar equipment".
https://x.com/UkrReview/status/1919038267464249675
Once again,
Is this Ukie propaganda thread your property?
Is there a rule that “I” or anyone besides you and the rest of the computer (pretend) Ukie war Generals can’t post here ?
I never posted to homo BroJoke.
HE decided to post to ME, defending his homo bro.
Keep your facts straight.
Once a poster has specifically asked-told another poster to “not post to them” they should honor that request.
You might want to brush up on the FR rules, that a über-zeeper quotes to us peasant American, MAGA FReepers all the time. 😂
“The only honest map of Moscow’s intentions is an oil price chart.”
Well said.
I appreciate you bringing facts and logic to counter lies and emotional rhetoric posted by supporters of Putin’s murder and oppression of free people.
Please feel free to post such responses to me anytime, in the interest of correcting the record. The goal of actually educating some people, who have given themselves over to the satanic impulses that drive Putin’s brutal attacks and torture of innocents, may simply be beyond our reach.
Watching Sum of all Fears, art imitating life or life imitating art? The idea of Russian paranoid mir
If Russia’s peerless leader continues killing off his soldiers at the current rate, there should be over 1,000,000 casualties by July 4th. I guess there will be more for us to celebrate then, than on May 9th. Since mopping up by drones seems so effective, I suspect that more than one half million will be dead by July 4th. I do hope the Russian people will properly express their appreciation to their leader for his efforts.
Explosions near Moscow.
I was checking to see what else has been happening in Ukraine the past week and found this interesting article about learning the Ukraine lessens of drone warfare for possible defense of Taiwan. Written by US military thinkers.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4313604/posts
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 3, 2025
Russian President Vladimir Putin indicated that Russia maintains the initial objectives of its war in Ukraine, which are tantamount to Ukraine’s surrender, despite ongoing negotiations with the United States. Kremlin journalist Pavel Zarubin published a documentary on Russian state TV channel Rossiya 1 about Putin on May 4, in which Putin claimed that Russia has enough manpower and materiel to bring the war in Ukraine to its “logical conclusion with the result that Russia needs.”[1] Putin also claimed that Russian reconciliation with the Ukrainian part of the Russian people is “inevitable.” Putin has repeatedly claimed that the Ukrainian people are simply a subset of Russians rather than a distinctly separate nation to justify Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the occupation of Ukrainian territory and people.[2] Russian state media notably highlighted that Putin has previously made the false claim that Russians and Ukrainians are one people.[3] Putin’s statements indicate that Russia continues to assess that it can achieve its original objectives of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which include demilitarizing Ukraine, installing a pro-Russian government in Ukraine, forcing Ukraine to abandon its aspirations to join NATO and other security blocs, and forcing Ukraine to make massive territorial concessions to Russia, including parts of Ukraine that Russia does not currently occupy.[4] These demands amount to Ukraine’s full capitulation. Russia will likely continue efforts to achieve these goals through military and diplomatic means, as Russian officials continue attempts to leverage battlefield gains to strengthen their negotiating position.
Putin highlighted domestic support for the war and promoted the ideal of sacrifice on the frontline and the home front, likely in an effort to prepare Russian society for a longer war in Ukraine and potential future confrontations with the West. Putin told Zarubin that Russian society reacted positively to the invasion of Ukraine and that each citizen realized that “he is the state” and Russia’s survival depends on each individual.[5] Putin stated that Russia is a country of “moral and ethical values” and that the basis of the Russian conscience is “the family, the state, and the future of Russia.”[6] Putin is notably attempting to frame the Russian public’s support for the war through shared values despite the Kremlin’s reliance on financial incentives to recruit the majority of its military personnel and to maintain its war effort.[7] Putin accused the West once again of “deceiving” Russia following the 2015 Minsk agreements, likely in an effort to convince the Russian domestic audience that Russia cannot negotiate with the West and needs to continue the war.[8]
Putin’s statements throughout the documentary indicate that Putin likely does not intend to slow offensive operations or transition to defensive operations in Ukraine and instead is attempting to ideologically prepare domestic Russian society for a long war. ISW has previously assessed that Russian officials are setting conditions to maintain a long war and to justify future aggression against Ukraine and NATO.[9] Russian officials have also consistently intensified efforts to militarize Russian society since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, further indicating that Russia is preparing for a protracted conflict. Russian officials are engaged in long-term efforts to consolidate control over Russia’s veteran civil society and elevate a cadre of loyal veterans to positions in Russia’s regional and federal government.[10] Putin officially declared 2025 the “Year of the Defender of the Fatherland,” following the launch of myriad militaristic initiatives in 2023 and 2024 to provide veterans with social and financial support and reinforce the Russian state narrative that veterans are the new “elite” class[11] Russia is also investing heavily in military-patriotic education for Russia’s youth, demonstrating the Kremlin’s interest in creating a new generation of militarized, loyal citizens in the medium to long term[12]
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-may-4-2025
Why did Putin suddenly start talking about a successor?
Vladimir Putin made a statement about a successor in a long-awaited film. Frankly speaking, the topic of a successor is fertile ground for conspiracy theorists, but it is a completely different situation when the president speaks about it in the first person. “It is no secret that Vladimir Vladimirovich is a kind of arbitrator for large groups of influence. Everyone understands who is close to whom, who is in contact with whom. But at the same time, it is absolutely clear that these groups of influence are constantly holding a kind of casting for the role of successor,” said our influential interlocutor.
Another source notes that quite well-known names in Russia are often heard. Mishustin , Dyumin , Patrushev Jr., but not only them. The list is quite large. “It is important for Vladimir Vladimirovich to create a stable system. But at the same time, there is a difficult story with economic factors that influence this,” said a source in the Presidential Administration. influential interlocutor in Vladimir Putin's entourage suggested that in fact the statement was not voiced just like that. “This looks more like a trap for those who see themselves as successors. Now we'll see how the traitors will show themselves,” the source said
If true, this is panic mode.
https://x.com/NOELreports/status/1919065302362452418
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