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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It is reported that its range now reaches 150-200 kilometers when launched from high altitude.
https://x.com/front_ukrainian/status/1936119580088279240
Kerch bridge?
https://x.com/front_ukrainian/status/1936110011924549918
https://x.com/Maks_NAFO_FELLA/status/1936171619753320591
The addition of Finland to NATO is a RESPONSE to Russia making itself an increased threat, necessitating enhanced defenses.
If this war were not enough proof, the total failure or Russian supplied and probably manned AD means any attack against a country with an actual offensive capable Air Force is doomed
Go ahead and build your buildings😂
“...amid increasing signs of a slowing Russian economy. Russian Central Bank Chairperson Elvira Nabiullina stated at SPIEF on June 19 that Russia’s economy grew at a high rate for two years because Russia was using “free resources,” (slack capacity) including Russia’s workforce, production capacity, import substitution, the liquid assets of the National Welfare Fund, and the banking system’s capital reserve. Nabiullina stated that Russia has exhausted many of these resources and needs to think of a new growth model.”
Putting more Russians to work cannot add much more to growth. According to the state statistics agency Rosstat, Unemployment is already down to a historic low of 2.3%. Mass emigration and the Ukraine meatgrinder have created a 2 million person labor shortage. Pretty much no slack left there.
Industrial capacity utilization has already surged beyond 80%, the highest in modern Russian history. The Central Bank sees little prospect that it can feasibly go much higher.
The liquid assets of the National Wealth Fund have been spent down throughout this war, and not enough remain to on spending as they have for another year. They can’t even go until it is zero, because they need to pay their pension obligations first, before they can use the remainder for general budgetary purposes. No more withdrawals from savings - that has played out too.
The capital reserves of the banking system (off of the Government’s books), has actually funded the bulk of the war year’s economic growth, not only have Russian banks already leveraged themselves to the hilt (and beyond, with loosened reserve requirements), but the quality of those loans has also plummeted, rapidly going bad, as bankruptcies swell. Not only can they not add to growth the way they have been, but they will likely require a massive bailout, with money that the Government does not have.
The engines that have been driving whatever real economic output increases that they have seen since the war started, have all run their course. They will likely print more money, which will kind of look like more things are happening, but they will essentially just be paying more for it.
Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that Russians and Ukrainians are one nation and all of Ukraine is effectively Russian as part of efforts to justify his continued conquest of Ukraine. Putin answered a question after his speech at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) on June 20 about why Russian forces are advancing beyond the territories in Ukraine that Russia has illegally annexed, claiming that he considers Russian and Ukrainian people to be “one people in reality” and that “Ukraine is [Russia's].”[1] Putin has repeatedly demonstrated that he does not consider Ukraine as an independent state with its own history, identity, and culture separate from Russia, as evidenced by his 2021 “On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians” essay and his repeated false assertion that Russians, Belarusians, and Ukrainians are all part of one historical people.[2]
ISW has previously noted that the Kremlin's ongoing information operation attempting to portray Russians and Ukrainians as one unified nation and culturally and historically homogeneous is one of its most significant information operations aimed at undermining Western support for Ukraine and justifying the war effort to the Russian people. Putin's commitment to this narrative underscores his ongoing commitment to destroying the Ukrainian state and subjugating the Ukrainian people.[3]
Putin asserted that Russia will be able to achieve its goals through a protracted war in Ukraine. Putin claimed on June 20 that it would be better for Ukraine to stop fighting because the battlefield and geopolitical situation will only worsen for Ukraine, and that Ukraine will have to negotiate from a weaker position.[4] Putin attempted to posture Russia as interested in engaging in negotiations to end the war, claiming that Russia is not seeking “Ukrainian capitulation,” yet insisted that Ukraine recognize the “realities that have developed on the ground.”[5] Kremlin officials often call for Ukraine to recognize the “realities on the ground” (a reference to the frontline in Ukraine) to allude to the idea that Russia is in a stronger negotiating position given the situation on the battlefield and to demand that Ukraine concede to Russia's unwavering demands.[6]
Putin's claim that Ukraine must recognize the “realities on the ground” and should negotiate before the situation worsens also coheres with Putin's theory of victory, which assesses that Russian forces will be able to win a war of attrition by indefinitely sustaining gradual advances along the frontline despite the high costs of such creeping advances.[7] Putin's statement ignores that the true “realities on the ground” show a complicated and hotly contested frontline situation in which Russian forces are slowly making marginal advances at the cost of significant manpower and materiel losses in the face of significant Ukrainian drone-based defenses.
The Kremlin continues to prioritize maintaining the facade of economic stability by pursuing economic policies that will likely exacerbate Russia's economic instability. Putin claimed during SPIEF on June 20 that Russia's debt is not growing and refuted claims that Russia's economy is declining.[15] Putin claimed that the idea that Russia's economy is only tied to raw materials and is dependent on hydrocarbon exports is “outdated,” but that Russia aims to increase its non-oil and gas exports.[16] Putin claimed that inflation in Russia decreased to 9.6 percent as of June 16 and that he expects inflation to fall to seven percent by the end of 2025.[17] Putin used his speech to focus on reductions in the poverty level in Russia.[18] Putin also highlighted Russia's low unemployment rate, claiming that the rate has stabilized around 2.3 percent since October 2024. Putin did not speak about Russia's labor shortages that are causing this low employment rate, however, in contrast to his 2024 SPIEF speech in which he acknowledged that Russia was suffering from labor shortages and highlighted the need for skilled migrant labor to increase Russia's economic growth.[19] Putin may be attempting to gloss over his ongoing efforts to leverage migrants to mitigate ongoing labor shortages amid increasing anti-migrant sentiments in Russia.[20]
The Kremlin has repeatedly attempted to posture the Russian economy as strong and stable, claiming in recent months that inflation was between nine and 10 percent when the actual figure was likely closer to 20 percent.[21] Putin's June 20 claim that Russian inflation is 9.6 percent is likely also false. ISW has observed reports that domestic consumers in Russia continue to face rising prices for staple food items, such as potatoes and butter.[22] Putin also failed to acknowledge the growing detrimental effects of high interest rates of 20 percent on the Russian industrial sector. Russian steel company Severstal head, Alexander Shevelev, warned on June 19 that metallurgical production facilities are at risk of shutting down due to low consumer demand and high interest rates.[23] Russian Central Bank Chairperson Elvira Nabiullina notably stated at SPIEF on June 19 that Russia's economy grew at a high rate for two years because Russia was using “free resources,” including Russia's workforce, production capacity, import substitution, the liquid assets of the National Welfare Fund, and the banking system's capital reserve, but that Russia has exhausted many of these resources and needs to think of a new growth model.[24] ISW previously assessed in early June 2025 that the Russian government was likely pressuring Nabiullina to lower Russia's key interest rate to reduce the impact of high interest rates on the Russian budget and civilian industries.[25]
Putin's efforts to frame the Russian economy as stable and growing are part of his efforts to balance social support programs with Russia's military needs and maintain his support among the Russian population despite the growing economic costs of his war in Ukraine.[26] ISW continues to assess that Kremlin efforts to pressure the Central Bank into prematurely lowering the key interest rate to maintain the facade of economic stability may backfire and contribute to elevated levels of inflation.[27]
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-june-20-2025
The salaries of the participants in the special operation in Ukraine are considered very high by Russian standards - they can receive 200 or 300 thousand rubles. However, as the fighters told Lenta.ru, this money often simply disappears. It is spent on things that cannot be expected to be delivered - worn-out ammunition and spare parts for drones, gasoline and vehicles for combat missions, food and everyday goods. At the same time, businessmen in the SVO zone can double or triple the price at the sight of soldiers, and taxi drivers earn tens of thousands of rubles per trip from the military personnel. How much do the SVO participants earn and what do they spend their money on - in the material of Lenta.ru.
“I spend 15 thousand on buying additional things - T-shirts, uniforms, ammunition, for some - pajamas, thermal underwear. They provide this, but somewhere the size is wrong, somewhere it just doesn't fit the weather and conditions.”
“My salary is 230 thousand rubles. It is not enough for many things. We are a UAV platoon, we need to buy batteries and equipment. We eat and dress at our own expense. If I manage to send home to my children and family, then it is a fairly small amount, 40 thousand rubles. And even then not always. I generally sometimes take money from my common-law wife at home, she helps. And humanitarian aid helps. The main expenses are for equipment, if there is not enough of it. We pay money for Starlink, buy gasoline every month. We collect it for the guys on the front lines.”
Don’t shoot the messenger ...
“More BAVOVNA in Lgov”
But less bavovna (literally “cotton”, referring to cotton-based nitrocellulose, from which gunpowder is made) for Russia.
Kazakhstan has recently (this week) decided to halt nitrocellulose exports to Russia. They have long been major producers, and suppliers to Russia.
Kazakhstan is moving to the West, faster than Ukraine did. Pro-Russians have been purged from Military leadership, they made English mandatory for Military training, and they are setting up a factory to produce NATO standard ammo.
A large area of the major Iranian nuclear development complex, reportedly a centrifuge production area, was leveled by Israeli bombs.
https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/1936394789911470332
Location (32.5835939, 51.8279436)
https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/1936400151192420562
https://x.com/NOELreports/status/1936361240785199373
The shahed is in a spin (aka uncontrolled flight).
Perhaps the spin was induced by Electronic Warfare (EW).
https://x.com/front_ukrainian/status/1936399537297408196
https://x.com/front_ukrainian/status/1936397432662741177
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