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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Russian Su-34 just shot down near Kherson
Some interesting details— no rocket traces rising out of the Belgorod region, also a lot actually originating in Russia. So, was this another surprise move like the last one when Ukraine launched drones from trucks, much to Russian surprise? The areas north and south of Belgorod had these rockets, why none in Belgorod? Perhaps after what happened in Kursk, Russia has seriously clamped down on government in Belgorod?
When I drove to my destination in the DelMarVa Peninsula on 7/26, the best price I saw was $289/9 and the common price was $305/9. when I drove home 2 days ago, the best price was $305/9 and the common price was $309/9, and $314/9 closer to DC.
No “official” confirmation yet.
However, some reports claim the Su-34 was shot down by a Patriot missile.
Perhaps Russia’s top religious figure, Kirril, should tell Putin that God does not like what he is doing, especially in the far, far, east near US territory.
Remember, it's your Democrat Party that celebrates homosexuality.
I wonder if a Dugin assassination attempt will succeed this time. Last time it only succeeded in killing his daughter whose job was creating and spreading propaganda. Russia accused a Ukranian of doing this, but I wonder?
Given all these 3 day vacations, and resignations, I wonder how many Russians will discover the joys of that old capitalist standby, free enterprise—lemonade stands, yard sales, on line commerce?
Interesting, the cruise missiles seem to be coming from Kursk and/or Belgorod, and further back into Russia than the drones. I noted earlier that a swarm of attacks from Ukraine did not seem to be aimed at Belgorod. Why is that?
“Kremlin newswire RIA Novosti published op-eds on July 30 entitled “There is no other option: no one should remain alive in Ukraine,”
The above statement is the exact reason Ukraine is fighting so hard to survive, and why we should support them. Putin is trying to restore the old Soviet system. In the 1930s Stalin successfully starved more than 3 million Ukranians to death. If our President is not aware of what this must have been like for those millions, he should try doing a 3 day water fast to get a small glimpse of what that is like. Fortunately, he has restored shipments of weapons to Ukraine, and is putting pressure on Putin.
So Russia wants Alaska back? Aside from the fact that we bought and paid for it, do they have any idea how many guns are owned by the people of Alaska? This is not a good country for machine mobile warfare. Guerrilla fighting would be fierce. And if Russia thinks King winter won the war in 1812, they should consider the climate in Alaska. Besides, God is obviously on our side, look what he did in Kamchatka, and I saw that now there is a volcano involved besides earthquake and tsunami.
I wonder how long it will take for Ukraine to figure out a way to blow up that pipeline from Siberia to China. On the other hand, maybe King Winter will do the job. Freezing is really hard on oil facilities, and Russia no longer has access to US expertise in the oil maintenance sphere.
Paid 243 for 88 octane at sheets
Winter may be very hard on Russian petro infrastructure
Another example of how Russian govt is like nazi germany. Good ole Lebensraum, along with pitin youth
Russia - Because 11 Time Zones just isn’t enough!
For more than two decades, Russian President Vladimir Putin has cultivated an image as a strong leader. Initially, he liked to portray himself as a tight-lipped intelligence officer who was restoring order in Russia following the upheaval of the 1990s. Then he pivoted to a more macho image, which was supposed to frighten off enemies. Either way, a carefully curated public persona has always been a key element of Putin's popularity. In part because Putin is now an elderly man, this image now seems outdated. In recent years, neither Putin nor his political managers have come up with anything new. As a result, both domestic and foreign audiences find themselves digesting the spectacle of an old man who is obviously out of touch with reality.
In recent months, Putin's appearances have regularly included strange and sometimes inappropriate pronouncements peppered with impolite expressions. He tries to make jokes, indulges in reminiscing and embarks on long, entirely unnecessary historical digressions.
Equally embarrassing are Putin's comments suggesting he does not grasp the real state of affairs in Russia. On several occasions, he has publicly argued with officials about average salaries. When Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin told Putin the average salary in the Russian capital was 160,000 rubles per month ($2,038), Putin did not believe him. “Come on, it's more than that!” Putin responded. Sobyanin chose not to argue.
It would be logical for the Kremlin to try to come up with a new public persona for Putin now that he is in his seventies. For example, he could be marketed as a wise elder statesman who conserves his strength and rarely appears in public, whose age has given him a wealth of relevant experience. However, either no one has ever suggested to Putin that he cultivate such an image, or he has rejected the idea.
Kremlin officials appear to be acting according to an old playbook: do what the tsar wants, and try not to anger him. Putin clearly enjoys appearing in public and trying to show that he is immune to the aging process. In reality, though, what people see in Putin's public appearances is a struggling old man whose talk about physical exercise is at odds with the fact that he spends most of his time on video conference calls. Indeed, Putin's love of mentioning his own good health raises a question: if everything is so great, why does he talk about it all the time?
Of course, there is nothing unusual about the aging process. But a failure to accept what is happening risks turning Putin into a joke, and exposes serious problems with the political decision-making process in Russia. It is increasingly clear that no one around Putin is willing to alert him to his own mistakes. In authoritarian regimes like modern Russia, such an intervention would simply be too risky.
If it becomes a family dynasty, Katerina Tikhonova will be the successor.
(Long article)
Vladimir Putin's daughters, Maria Vorontsova and Katerina Tikhonova, are increasingly coming out of the shadows, speaking at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, promoting capital-intensive economic and medical projects. The youngest daughter, Katerina Tikhonova, is especially active. Sources from the VChK-OGPU Telegram channel and Rucriminal.info say that the Kovalchuk brothers, who are close to Putin, are actively promoting the idea that Katerina should become the future successor.
https://www.rucriminal.info/en/material/krujok-kateriny-tixonovoy
Katerina Tikhonova https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katerina_Tikhonova
But that will not happen according to Andrey Pertsev:
Although
If desired, one could construct a «Tikhonova circle» around this relatively narrow social circle, which political scientist Abbas Gallyamov has done. According to him, Putin's daughter unites young and ambitious bureaucrats dissatisfied with the current state of affairs and the distribution of resources in favor of the «old elite”—Rosneft’s Igor Sechin, Gazprom’s Alexei Miller, the Kovalchuk brothers, and the Rotenberg brothers. They advocate for a new «justice» and are inspired by the ideas of Defense Minister and former First Deputy Prime Minister for Economics Andrei Belousov. These «Tikhonovites» include Dmitriev, Belousov, Putin's aides and former bodyguards Alexei Dyumin and Dmitry Mironov, another former bodyguard and current Emergencies Minister Alexander Kurenkov, Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Novak, Andrei Turchak, Minister for the Development of the Far East and Arctic Alexei Chekunkov, Putin's aide Vladimir Medinsky, Putin's niece and Deputy Defense Minister Anna Tsivileva, and her husband, Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilev.
This is more important:
Real clans are preparing their successors and «princes» to take the reins. Due to their positions and proximity to Putin, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin or Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin could be successors acceptable to most clans. Defense Minister Andrei Belousov could also play the role of an equidistant figure. Kremlin political bloc head Sergei Kiriyenko also has ambitions and is on the shortlist of successors. It is possible that, at the moment of an inevitable power transition, Vladimir Putin's word, as a departing figure, may not be decisive. Against this backdrop, the prospects of Tikhonova’s entourage, which has not formed into a structured group with resources, seem less promising. It is also quite possible that Putin's daughter herself lacks the ambitions attributed to her.
https://bsky.app/profile/abarbashin.bsky.social/post/3lvnuwsmujk2p
Find Out Day for India and Russia has been accelerated again - it is now today.
OilPrice.com (5 Aug):
Trump Imposes 50% Tariffs on Indian Imports Over Russian Oil Purchases
“U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order enacting an additional 25% tariff on Indian goods, explicitly targeting India’s ongoing imports of Russian crude oil. This order increases the total tariff rate on Indian exports to the United States to 50%, the highest level for any country under current U.S. policy.
According to the executive order (effective 21 days after signing, beginning at 12:01?a.m. ET), duties will apply to goods entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouses on or after that time. “
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