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 ...
Lubkov said that the teachers of the new course will talk about the “spiritual and moral values of Russian and Russian civilization through the activities of heroes, their biographies and exploits.” According to him, a number of teaching materials will be created along with the textbook, including a video tutorial, which a group of authors is already working on.
The development of the textbook on “Spiritual and Moral Culture of Russia” is being carried out by Moscow Pedagogical State University together with Metropolitan Tikhon (Shevkunov), who is called Vladimir Putin's “confessor”.
What a waste of time. In September 2026, Putin will not be president of Russia.
According to operational-tactical intelligence, the enemy probably planned to attack Kyiv in the next 48 hours using 12 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles (made in North Korea) and 10 Kh-47M2 Kinzhal hypersonic aerial ballistic missiles from MiG-31K aircraft (Akhtubinsk, Savasleyka), the latter having already received an order with the coordinates and probable direction of attack on Kyiv.
In addition, the enemy planned to use about 450 SHAHED/GERAN type strike drones on Kyiv and the region, as well as 18 Kaliber SS-N-27 Sizzler sea-based cruise missiles from the ANAPA and CAPE HAKO launch areas.
https://x.com/EuromaidanPR/status/1929989371706650651
This thread on Free Republic: https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4320741/posts
speculates that Xi Xinping has been sidelined in internal CCP struggles.
This thread on Free Republic: https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4320741/posts
speculates that Xi Xinping has been sidelined in internal CCP struggles.
There has been a lot of buzz about the massive purges among the upper echelons of the PLA over the past year.
The story is 9 months old. see Laowhy86:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAJ5enTb0vo
“The story is 9 months old.” (Xi Xinping being sidelined)
I saw a mention of Alex Jones, which caused my skepticism to heighten, but had not noticed the date. Thanks.
Ukraine's innovative Unmanned Systems Forces just got a new Commander - Major Robert "Magyar" Brovdi, commander of the elite drone unit "Birds of Magyar." (I'd guess that he will soon be promoted to Colonel, like the guy he is replacing)
The Unmanned Systems Forces were established as a separate branch of Ukraine's military in June 2024. The USF works to improve Ukraine's drone operations, creating drone-specific units, ramping up training, increasing drone production, and pushing innovation. The USF has also carried out hundreds of operations deep within Russian territory.
The potential is huge. Not all of our stuff is crazy expensive, though much of it is thanks to our procurement system. The Switchblade 600 is about $60K. Not crazy, but if we are buying them in lots of 10,000, they should drop significantly. All the arms you see at this convention in 2022 could also be mounted in a shipping container or a box truck. Or on a larger drone like the Reaper, a manned aircraft or a surface/subsurface drone.
Report that two Russian AWACS (A-50 Mainstays) were hit during Operation Spiderweb.
Kyiv Independent:
“At least two A-50 Russian surveillance aircraft were damaged in Ukraine’s June 1 drone strike inside Russia, the Telegraph reported on June 3, citing footage viewed by the publication...
...Footage shared with the Telegraph reportedly shows Ukrainian drones hitting two A-50s, rare Russian spy planes that Moscow relies on for several critical functions in its full-scale war against Ukraine.
Drones struck the radar domes of two A-50 aircraft, according to the Telegraph. One plane appeared to be protected by sandbags along its wings, while the other had tires arranged across its airframe.”
NATO Ministerial meeting on Thursday, and the big NATO Summit 24-25 June. Is a European “Golden Dome” in the offing?
Kyiv Independent reports:
“The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is urging European member nations to increase their ground-based air defense capacities by five times in order to mount a more effective response to the threat of Russian aggression, Bloomberg reported on June 3, citing sources familiar with the matter...
...NATO defense ministers will discuss the air defense boost at a gathering in Brussels on June 5, sources told Bloomberg on the condition of anonymity. A number of proposed defense increases are on the agenda for the meeting, which will set the stage for the NATO summit in The Hague on June 24-25.
The air defense target is a collective goal for NATO’s European members, with varying levels from individual states, sources said. The timeframe for the fivefold increase is not yet clear.
According to one senior European military official, NATO members face a shortage of ground-based air-defense systems to protect against drones, missiles, and fighter jets, having shifted away from these systems after the end of the Cold War.
“We are not at war, but we’re not at peace either,” NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said during the Vilnius summit of the Bucharest Nine (B9) and the Nordic countries on June 2.
“We must continue to strengthen our deterrence and defense and that means pivoting toward a full war-fighting readiness.”
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 prompted European countries to hike defense spending in order to revive their military capabilities following decades of disarmament.
Ukrainian and Western officials have sounded the alarm on Russia’s threat to both NATO and Europe, warning that an open clash between Moscow and NATO could break out two to four years after the full-scale war against Ukraine ends.”
They've been talking about it for years. They call it the "Sky Shield Initiative", which is a mix of Arrow 3, Patriot PAC-3 and IRIS-T SLM for exo-atmospheric, long range and medium range, and Rheinmetall's Sky Ranger system for short range. France is the only country that hasn't bought in because they wanted their Aster system to be included. Seeing the performance of both Aster and PAC-3 in Ukraine, it was an easy choice. To assuage France's butt hurt, Europe is working with Raytheon to make PAC-3s in Europe (they already make PAC-2s). We'll see if they are really ready to pony up the €€€. The initial investment is just a start, a stockpile of thousands of Arrows and PAC-3s won't be cheap.
Kremlin officials publicly acknowledged that Russia seeks the “complete destruction” of Ukraine, indicating Moscow's disinterest in good faith peace negotiations and a near-term resolution to the war. Russian Security Council Deputy Chairperson Dmitry Medvedev claimed on June 3 in posts on his Russian- and English-language Telegram channels that Russia needs the negotiations in Istanbul to result in Russia's “swift victory [in Ukraine] and the complete destruction” of the Ukrainian government and not a “compromise[d] peace on someone else’s delusional terms.”[1] Medvedev stated that Russia's June 2 Istanbul memorandum was in line with these goals and threatened that Russia will “explode” everything and “disappear” anyone who opposes Russia in response to the June 1 long-range Ukrainian drone strikes against Russia. Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov claimed on June 3 that Russia's Istanbul memorandum is aimed at “eliminating the root causes” of the war in Ukraine and that people should not expect “immediate decisions” from Istanbul.[2] Peskov stated that Russian President Vladimir Putin is interested in a future trilateral meeting with US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, but that Putin wants to hold this meeting after all of the technical details are worked out as part of a future ceasefire or long-term peace agreement.[3]
Russian state media has previously cautioned the Russian public against expecting any significant results from ongoing Ukrainian–Russian negotiations, although Russian officials continue to falsely project interest in good faith peace negotiations to US and Western officials.[4] Russian officials have recently engaged with the United States in a series of bilateral meetings and as part of ongoing US efforts to mediate an end to the war in Ukraine, but Russian officials have yet to demonstrate a willingness to compromise on any of their long-standing demands to bring about peace in Ukraine.[5] ISW noted on June 2 that Russia's Istanbul memorandum reflects the Kremlin's long-standing public demands for Ukraine to make significant territorial and political concessions while Russia offers no concessions of its own.[6] ISW continues to assess that Russia remains committed to pursuing demands that amount to nothing short of Ukraine's full capitulation and that Russia will continue to pursue this objective so long as Putin believes Russia can militarily defeat Ukraine.
Western officials and open-source analysts continue to clarify the battlefield damage following the Ukrainian long-range drone strike series (Operation Spider Web) on June 1. Ukrainian Air Force Spokesperson Colonel Yurii Ihnat told Ukrainian outlet Ukrainska Pravda on June 2 that Ukrainian officials estimated about 10 to 12 of Russia's 19 Tu-160 bombers and 36 of Russia's 57 Tu-95 bombers were operational prior to Ukraine's June 1 strikes on Russian airbases.[13] Bloomberg reported on June 2 that a senior Western official stated that Ukrainian special services likely destroyed or damaged at least seven Tu-95 bombers and four Tu-22 bombers during the June 1 strike.[14] Bloomberg also assessed that Russia will likely struggle to repair and replace aircraft damaged in the June 1 strike as its strategic aviation fleet relies on critical Western components that Russia has failed to source in the wake of Western sanctions. The New York Times (NYT) reported on June 3 that Western officials and military analysts assessed that Ukrainian special services likely destroyed or damaged six Tu-95 bombers, four Tu-22M bombers, and one A-50 airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft, and that Ukrainian special services may have destroyed or severely damaged up to 20 Russian strategic aircraft during the strike.[15] Ukraine-based open-source intelligence organization Frontelligence Insight assessed on June 3 that satellite imagery and open-source analysis indicate that Ukrainian special services likely destroyed or damaged 11 bombers of various types and one An-12 transport aircraft.[16] Frontelligence noted that publicly available satellite imagery has yet to confirm reporting that Ukrainian special services destroyed or damaged over 20 bombers. Ukrainian military observer Tatarigami and journalists from the Telegraph and Insider stated on June 3 that Ukrainian special services shared a video of Ukrainian drones striking at least two A-50 airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft and that Ukraine may release this video soon.[17] ISW has not observed the video's publication as of the time of this report but will continue to monitor for additional information.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-june-3-2025
+88 Artillery is high.
Our Defense Forces are writing history with their innovation, ingenuity, and intelligence.
Thank you to everyone involved. We are proud!
Ukraine — the first in world history to:
◾️ Destroy a warship with a naval drone
◾️ Destroy a submarine with a cruise missile
◾️ Shoot down Russian drones using Ukrainian drones
◾️ Destroy a helicopter from a naval drone
◾️ Destroy a fighter jet with a naval drone
◾️ Destroy strategic bombers with FPV drones
To be continued, I'm sure!
https://x.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1929931199092248731
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
