A cloud no bigger than a man's hand can be a harbinger of great storms to come... pic.twitter.com/lkaJveQhLm— George Galloway (@georgegalloway) May 17, 2025
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.
(Excerpt) Read more at oryxspioenkop.com ...
Minus 127 Russians across 1,300 meters — the “death landing” lived up to its name. Early May, Pokrovsk direction. Work by BULAVA drones of the 72nd Brigade.
https://bsky.app/profile/noelreports.com/post/3lpez72ujb22f
3 min video
A cloud no bigger than a man's hand can be a harbinger of great storms to come... pic.twitter.com/lkaJveQhLm— George Galloway (@georgegalloway) May 17, 2025
"Russian armed forces launched massive attacks on enemy targets in the direction of Zaporizhia
The "Paratrooper's Journal" reports that our troops hit enemy targets located near the front line and engaged in preparations for operations in this direction.
Warehouses in the… pic.twitter.com/aq9gjpwx0M— -- GEROMAN -- time will tell - 👀 -- (@GeromanAT) May 17, 2025
"Russian armed forces launched massive attacks on enemy targets in the direction of Zaporizhia
The "Paratrooper's Journal" reports that our troops hit enemy targets located near the front line and engaged in preparations for operations in this direction. Warehouses in the Orekhovo area used to supply the Ukrainian group were also attacked.
The deployment points of the foreign mercenaries were subjected to intense enemy fire, suffering casualties: about 20 people died"
Russian delegation to Pope Leo’s inauguration was turned around mid-flight today and returned to Moscow after being denied access to EU airspace.
Impose the Trump sanctions on Russia’s war machine.
Pop some popcorn, and watch the Putin regime implode.
Poor Russia will have to pay a heavy price, to free itself from that fiend.
Role model in more ways than one - both men are short - Stalin at 5’3”- 5’4”, both wore lifter shoes to appear taller.
In the image they both appear to be the same height.
Both, of course, murdered many with Stalin topping Putin by 61 million. Truman refereed to Stalin as “little squirt” with a creepy walk.
https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2016/01/stalins-diminutive-size/
You are opposing President Trump’s agenda, of levying bone-crushing secondary sanctions on buyers of Russian oil (which will collapse Russian finances), if Putin does not stop his aggression.
Why are you such a fervent proponent of Putin continuing to attack, and murder so many innocent civilians?
Give peace a chance, and get behind President Trump, to make Putin stop his carnage crime spree.
The last time I saw 👀 you this worked up you said Speedo was ☠️ dead. Take a deep breath and relax. Donald Trump will bring Peace much to the consternation of war piggies 🐷. Everyone else will be happy 😃
The Russian delegation in Istanbul reportedly framed its demands for a final peace settlement as preconditions that Ukraine must meet before Russia will agree to a ceasefire. Most of Russia's demands are contrary to US President Donald Trump's proposed peace plan. Sources familiar with the May 16 Ukrainian–Russian talks in Istanbul reported to Bloomberg that the Russian delegation demanded that Ukraine cede all of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia, and Kherson oblasts and Crimea to Russia and that the international community recognize the four oblasts and the peninsula as Russian territory before Russia will agree to a ceasefire.[1] The Russian delegation also reportedly demanded that Ukraine adopt a neutral status, that no foreign troops be allowed on Ukrainian territory, and that Ukraine abandon its demands for war reparations from Russia. Chairperson of the Russian Federation Council's Committee on Foreign Affairs Grigory Karasin stated on May 17 that the Russian delegation maintained Russian President Vladimir Putin's June 2024 demands, including that Ukrainian forces withdraw from the entirety of the four oblasts and abandon its NATO aspirations before Russia would agree to a ceasefire and peace negotiations.[2] The United States reportedly presented Russia in April 2025 with a seven-point peace plan that offered Russia “de jure” US recognition of Russian sovereignty over occupied Crimea and “de facto” recognition of Russian control over the parts of Ukraine that Russian forces currently occupy.[3] The US proposal also reportedly included “a robust security guarantee” involving a group of European states and possibly non-European states as a likely peacekeeping force. The Russian delegation's demands in Istanbul outright reject these aspects of the US peace proposal.
ISW continues to assess that Russia's war aim remains full Ukrainian capitulation.[4] Russia is reframing its territorial demands — typically the subject of war termination negotiations — as preconditions for a ceasefire.[5] Russia is attempting to posture itself as open to negotiations but is putting forward demands that Ukraine cannot reasonably accept while offering no compromises of its own. ISW continues to assess that Putin will continue to refuse to offer compromises until Ukraine and the West are able to alter his theory of victory, which posits that Russia will win a war of attrition through indefinite creeping advances that prevent Ukraine from conducting successful, operationally significant counteroffensive operations.[6]
Kremlin officials continue to signal that Russia is prepared to continue or even escalate its war against Ukraine should Ukraine and the West not agree to Russia's demands for Ukraine's surrender. Russian Security Council Deputy Chairperson Dmitry Medvedev claimed on May 17 on his English-language X account that “all enemies of Russia that issue negotiating ultimatums” should remember that peace negotiations do not always lead to the end of hostilities and that unsuccessful negotiations can even lead to a “more terrible stage of war with new weapons and participants.”[10] Medvedev’s statement is a thinly veiled threat of possible Russian nuclear weapons use, the introduction of Russian allied forces in the war, or even Russian attacks against Europe. ISW continues to assess that the Kremlin is extremely unlikely to use nuclear weapons or to attack NATO states at this time.[11] Russia has demonstrated that it will not accept any terms less than Ukraine's full capitulation and would likely view any negotiations that do not fulfill these war aims as “unsuccessful.” The threat that Russia could continue its war against Ukraine and even escalate it should Russia not achieve its goals mirrors Russian Presidential Aide Vladimir Medinsky’s May 16 statement that Russia is ready to fight for “however long it takes.”[12] Medvedev’s threat is part of Russia's reflexive control campaign meant to push Ukraine and the West to accept Russia's demands for Ukrainian surrender.
Russia continues to deny the current Ukrainian government's legitimacy and is likely setting conditions to renege on any future Ukrainian–Russian peace agreement. Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov stated on May 17 that it is important for Russia to understand exactly who from the Ukrainian government will sign the documents that may result from any future Russian-Ukrainian agreement.[13] Peskov’s comments are likely part of the Kremlin's long-standing narrative rejecting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s legitimacy and the legitimacy of all post-2014 Ukrainian governments.[14] This rhetorical campaign is part of efforts to set conditions for Russia to withdraw from any future peace agreements at a time of Russia's choosing and to support Russia's repeated demand that Ukraine acquiesce to regime change and the installation of a pro-Russian proxy government.[15] Any future peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine must include Russia's explicit recognition of the Ukrainian government's and the Ukrainian Constitution's legitimacy.
more + maps https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-may-17-2025
The Russian demands fit perfectly with what it must show for internal consumption by the Russian people, however Russian mir doesn’t play well outside of Russia.
President Trump has given putin the opportunity to accept these terms to see if he would moderate on his demands and putin has not. Therefore President Trump can now move forward from the position of “ I gave him a good faith opportunity and he rejected it”
Russia’s ability to wage war and continue to recruit meat has been predicated on offering large financial incentives, and large Soviet legacy equipment stocks.
Russians are not enlisting as much for mother Russia but for money, when that money incentive stops so will the enlistments, and that situation is rapidly approaching. China is bleeding Russia dry, revenue from oil is rapidly decreasing with lowering oil prices and increase production and transport costs, and piggy bank will be depleted soon.
Despite posts here about the strength of the Russian economy, failures of Russian banks and companies are rising. Inflation and interest rates continue to rise. Tax revenues are decreasing while costs of the war are increasing.
Additionally the much vaunted Soviet stocks declared unending in 2022 are largely depleted and new production can in no way cover the militaries need to the point where Russia is now dependent on China, NK, and Iran to sustain their military and economic activities.
President Trump is realigning the world order which is further isolating Russia and it’s allies scalding even more of a squeeze .
Putin knows this and is why he is pushing hard at this time for the best outcome he can get. Meat waves only work when there is meat to throw into them.
I am more and more convinced that a 1991 type situation is rapidly approaching for putin and Russia
Bluster and bluffing. like many here have shown, is largely all he has left.
Ukraine is in dire straits, but putin has a very small window to accomplish his goals before it is too late and his grand plans collapse around him.
As always we will see
For all his bluster about supporting President Trump, and “peace” we all know it is just an act.
His posts talk of wasted Ukrainian lives, yet never mentions the huge loses of Russian lives for putins desires.
He talks of how great the Russian economy is all the while ignoring all the signs of internal problems in Russia, and the crimes against the Ukrainian people.
He has never once condemned pitin for anything. Zelensky is corrupt…, but how does a “simple” public servant like pitin accumulate such wealth.
His “concern” for this thread and the integrity of FR is proven false by his own words where he has stated that is goal is to end this thread.
In particular I do love his posts talking about activity(quantity over quality) as some kind positive. Something about an oven as I recall
I am sure he will continue to spew “content”, that is fine. It is annoying(his goal), but I can ignore it. Knowing that this thread occupies every second of his life actually brings me great joy😂
🇷🇺⚡Sensitive: Captured Ukrainian pow
One of Kiev's youth programme, former IT student turned AFU soldier. He's the last survivor of his 5 man unit. pic.twitter.com/MB8IIIeZVO— Spetsnaℤ 007 🇷🇺 (@Alex_Oloyede2) May 18, 2025
I wouldn't put a lot of faith in your recall after the Wildberries warehouse incident you put forward.
Not a fantasy, the oven and “literally outside wildberry” fire are real, were they lies perhaps, but one so smart as yourself surely wouldn’t misuse the word literally 😂
Doing what you do best🤡
The Ukrainian group Ziferblat that will go to Eurovision this year. pic.twitter.com/wZaC1ud0sh— Olga Bazova (@OlgaBazova) May 6, 2025
The clownshow has arrived in Kiev, Again.
They will say the same things, Again.
Dictator Zelensky will say everything is great, Again.
Are we sick of this drivel yet? pic.twitter.com/E3qQNopPbs— Chay Bowes (@BowesChay) May 10, 2025
Russia and the Russian people aren't my enemy, they have shown no ill will toward American citizens. You war pigs OTOH, along with the EU Globohomos and our domestic Democrats hate me, Trump and the American taxpayer.
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