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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... hired by US tech firms under H1-b ... Many of the Chinese who come to study, are doing so as a way to get out of China for good.
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More H1-b indentured servitude, less jobs for Americans, just to save money, while hiding the real cost of producing anything in the US.
All part of the old guard CCP dream of colonizing the US. Doubling the number of “students” speeds the process. You do realize that all Chinese leaving China, for any reason, are heavily vetted for loyalty? They must have Party approval.
No Han Chinese gets out of China for good. There is always some family left behind for the Party to use as hostages.
Once upon a time, schools in the US taught Latin and Greek, then they dropped Latin and Greek for Spanish, in the future they will teach Spanish and Mandarin.
Fortunately, in 1953 I had the good sense to start learning Spanish in high school, since I found German grammar beyond my capabilities. I was also temporarily stumped by the Indirect Object in Spanish. One son has studied some Russian, the other son has learned Spanish by exposure. He was living in Florida and wanted to take a course in electricity at Adult Ed. Only 3 people signed up for the English class, so he ended up taking the Spanish class on electricity. My oldest grandson enlisted and spent a year at the Monterrey language school learning Arabic. Two of my grandsons are bilingual in English and Spanish. I’m not sure what other language my 4th grandson has but he is currently enlisted, and in training for a future as an officer.
Personally I have found Spanish very useful when I want to find a reasonably priced worker for a renovation job. Too bad there is practically no trades teaching in high schools, since the powers that be took it into their heads that all should aim for a college education. Don’t these geniuses realize that half the population is below average in intelligence? My Spanish speaking son is dyslexic, but is very good at memorizing, and now has a successful electric business. It took him a while to get there, and he certainly would have had an easier path if trades had been offered in his large high school.
A pipeline supplying gasoline to Moscow, blowed up real good.
Kyiv Independent (27 Aug):
“An explosion on Aug. 26 started a fire at the Ryazan-Moscow oil pipeline, a key petroleum product supply route for the Russian capital, a source in Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) told the Kyiv Independent…
…As a result of the “powerful explosion... the transportation of petroleum products to Moscow (via the pipeline) has been suspended indefinitely,” the HUR source claimed on Aug. 27. The cause of the explosion was not specified.
Since 2018, the pipeline has been repurposed by Transneft, a state-run pipeline operator, to supply automobile gasoline to Moscow. The source noted that the company also supplies fuel to the Russian military…
…Ryazan lies roughly 180 kilometers (120 miles) from Moscow and some 500 kilometers (300 miles) from the Russia-Ukraine border.”
According to sources I've read, the US providing the above support is linked to Europe contributing "tens of thousands" of boots on the ground in Ukraine. If Europe is not willing to step up and take the lead on the ground, we will not be supporting them. So now the ball is in Europe's court. Can they come up with a 30 or 40 thousand strong ground (peace keeping) force without the US doing the heavy lifting?
Trans Minneapolis church shooter’s manifesto journal was written in Russian.
“Trans Minneapolis church shooter’s manifesto journal was written in Russian.”
Maybe he was one of the young boys molested by Putin. Something was deeply wrong with him.
Afipsky and Novokuybyshevsky refineries are burning tonight in Russia.
New Ukrainian Ambassador to the USA announced - a good looking woman who is an accomplished high achiever (Deputy Prime Minister, Attorney General, etc.). This is a great call for working with the Trump Administration.
Defense Minister Umerov (a Muslim Crimean Tatar, who speaks Turkish) reknown for his anti-corruption clean ups, had been previously proposed, but will now be remaining in Kyiv, heading the Defense Council of Ukraine.
Kroc Independent (27 Aug):
“Ukraine has appointed former Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna as its new ambassador to the U.S., President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Aug. 27.
Stefanishyna’s appointment comes at a critical moment in U.S.-Ukraine relations, with U.S. President Donald Trump pushing to end Russia’s war...
…A seasoned diplomat and expert in European and Euro-Atlantic integration, Stefanishyna was tapped as special envoy to the U.S. on July 17. She has held top government roles since 2020, serving as deputy prime minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration and briefly as justice minister in 2024.“
“refineries are burning tonight in Russia.”
The Russian Ministry of Finance just recently reduced their forecast for Russian GDP for this year.
Sounds like they may have to reduce it again soon.
“Afipsky and Novokuybyshevsky refineries are burning tonight”
One of those refineries (Novokuybyshevsky, in Samara) was hit three weeks ago, and sent a fireball a thousand feet high. A big producer of Aviation Fuel.
The other (Afipsky, in Krasnodar Krai) was also struck early in August. Both are quite large.
Limited Russian tactical forces recently infiltrated Ukrainian defenses in two border settlements in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast but have not established enduring positions in the area. The Ukrainian General Staff and Ukrainian Dnipro Group of Forces Spokesperson Colonel Viktor Trehubov reported on August 27 that Ukrainian forces stopped Russian advances in Zaporizske (3.75 kilometers from the Donetsk-Dnipropetrovsk Oblast administrative border) and Novoheorhiivka (730 meters from the Donetsk-Dnipropetrovsk Oblast administrative border) but that Russian forces are operating within both settlements and have not yet secured positions.[1] The Ukrainian military officials reported that Ukrainian forces are counterattacking in Zaporizske and Novoheorhiivka. The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) claimed on August 20 and 25 that elements of the Russian 57th Motorized Rifle Brigade (5th Combined Arms Army [CAA], Eastern Military District [EMD]) seized Novoheorhiivka and Zaporizske, respectively.[2] It is premature to characterize these reported advances as a breakthrough into Dnipropetrovsk Oblast as the activity is at most a small-scale infiltration. It is also inaccurate to characterize these reported advances as Russia‘s “first“ territorial gains in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, especially as Russian forces entered Dnipropetrovsk Oblast long before the Russian MoD claimed the seizures of Zaporizske and Novoheorhiivka. ISW observed geolocated footage in June and July 2025 that indicated that Russian forces had advanced in Dachne and Maliivka (both northeast of Zaporizske and Novoheorhiivka), and geolocated footage from August 25 further indicated that Russian forces had advanced in Vorone (west of Maliivka).[3] ISW assessed in November 2024 that the Russian military command would likely advance into Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in order to interdict Ukrainian ground lines of communication (GLOCs) that support Ukrainian positions in Donetsk Oblast and attempt to envelop these positions.[4] Russian forces may also be trying to advance in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to set conditions for further operations in the region.
Russian forces are using infiltration tactics in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast similar to those they used near Dobropillya (northwest of Pokrovsk) in early August 2025. Trehubov reported that Russian forces are operating in small groups of five servicemembers, who infiltrate behind Ukrainian lines, wait and accumulate, and then attack in different directions simultaneously.[5] Trehubov specifically noted that Russian tactics in Zaporizske and Novoheorhiivka are similar to those that Russian forces employed near Dobropillya, and ISW has observed reports that Russian forces have been increasingly adopting these tactics throughout the frontline.[6] Russian forces recently infiltrated east and northeast of Dobropillya but have been unsuccessful in establishing enduring positions and exploiting the penetration thus far.[7] Such infiltration tactics also appear to be vulnerable to well-organized Ukrainian counterattacks.[8] ISW’s Assessed Russian Advances map layer notably only shows the Russian Forward Line of Own Troops (FLOT) and does not differentiate between enduring Russian positions and limited infiltration missions.[9] Russian forces are likely using infiltration tactics that do not automatically result in enduring positions, and Russian actors often leverage maps that attempt to show these movements to exaggerate the presence of meaningful Russian activity on the battlefield.
The Kremlin appears to be resuming its drone and missile strike campaign targeting Ukraine's energy infrastructure ahead of Winter 2025, likely in an effort to undermine Ukrainian will to resist Russian aggression. The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russian forces launched 95 Shahed-type and decoy drones from the directions of Kursk and Oryol cities; Millerovo, Rostov Oblast; Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Krasnodar Krai; and occupied Cape Chauda, Crimea on the night of August 26 to 27.[10] The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Ukrainian forces downed 74 drones over northern, southern and eastern Ukraine and that 21 drones struck nine locations. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Russian strikes caused power outages in Poltava, Sumy, and Chernihiv oblasts, leaving more than 100,000 households without electricity.[11] The Ukrainian Ministry of Energy stated that Russian strikes damaged a critical electrical substation in Sumy City and gas transportation infrastructure facilities in Poltava Oblast.[12] The Ministry of Energy added that Ukrainian authorities consider the strikes to be a continuation of the Russian campaign to destroy Ukrainian energy infrastructure on the eve of the heating season. Ukrainian officials stated that Russian strikes also de-energized water utilities in Sumy City and damaged an electrical substation in Novhorod-Siverskyi, Chernihiv Oblast; a school in Kharkiv Oblast, and an apartment building in Kherson City.[13] Ukraine's largest private energy company, DTEK, reported that a Russian strike on August 26 destroyed the DTEK coal enrichment plant in Donetsk Oblast, which prepares coal for heating.[14]
The Kremlin is attempting to undermine US and European joint efforts to determine appropriate security guarantees for Ukraine by seemingly demanding that Russia and the United States privately discuss such matters. Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov stated on August 27 that the Kremlin does not want to publicly discuss the issue of Western security guarantees for Ukraine and called such public discussions “unhelpful.”[15] Peskov also stated that Russia takes a “negative view” of European proposals of security guarantees for Ukraine and that Russia will perceive European force deployments to postwar Ukraine as an expansion of NATO's presence.[16] Peskov’s statement was likely in response to the August 26 Financial Times (FT) report that the United States is reportedly willing to supply supporting assets to a European-led force grouping as part of postwar security guarantees for Ukraine.[17] Peskov’s rejection of the Western proposals for security guarantees and his efforts to discredit public discussions of these proposals are likely part of the Kremlin's efforts to demand that Russia have a veto over any Western security guarantees for Ukraine and to sideline Ukraine's European partners from providing Ukraine robust security guarantees as part of a conflict termination agreement.[18]
The Kremlin signaled that Russian President Vladimir Putin remains unwilling to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky unconditionally. Peskov reiterated a recurrent Kremlin excuse that any Russia-Ukraine contacts at a high or top level require extensive preparations, but that the heads of the Russian and Ukrainian negotiating groups remain in contact.[19] Peskov added that Russia and Ukraine have not scheduled the next round of talks between their negotiating groups. Peskov attempted to shift blame onto Ukraine for the Kremlin's unwillingness to organize a Putin-Zelensky bilateral meeting by claiming that the resolution of the war requires “reciprocity from Kyiv.”
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev reiterated Azerbaijan's continued support for Ukraine's territorial sovereignty and condemned the Soviet Red Army for “invading and occupying” Azerbaijan in 1920 — further aggravating already deteriorating Russian-Azerbaijani relations. Aliyev stated in an interview with Saudi Arabian state-owned outlet Al Arabiya published on August 27 that “the Russian army invaded Azerbaijan and occupied the country” in 1920.[20] Aliyev stated that Azerbaijan had “created [its] own state, but the Bolsheviks took it away.” Aliyev also notably characterized Russia's war against Ukraine as an “invasion” and reiterated that Azerbaijan has supported Ukraine's territorial integrity since the start of the full-scale invasion. Aliyev recalled the “recent cooling” of Russian-Azerbaijani relations, stating that Azerbaijan will “never tolerate” any “aggression or disrespect” against Azerbaijan. Aliyev stated that Russia's downing of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane in December 2024 and the Kremlin's reaction are “causing great disappointment and discontent” in Azerbaijan. Russian-Azerbaijani relations have been declining since a Russian air defense system shot down an Azerbaijan Airlines flight 8243 over the Republic of Chechnya in December 2024, causing the plane to crash in Kazakhstan.[21] Aliyev publicly rejected the Kremlin's attempts to cover up Russia's role in the days following the incident.[22] Russian-Azerbaijani relations continued to decline in June and July 2025 over small-scale incidents that Aliyev seized upon to reiterate his demands that Russia take responsibility for the plane crash.[23] Russian forces conducted a Shahed drone strike against the Ukrainian gas compressor station in Odesa Oblast that transports Azerbaijani gas overnight on August 5 to 6 and struck the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijani Republic (SOCAR) oil depot in Odesa City overnight on August 7 to 8.[24]
The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) contingent arrived in Belarus to participate in joint military exercises connected to the Belarusian-Russian Zapad-2025 military exercise. The Belarusian Ministry of Defense (MoD) reported on August 26 and 27 that Tajik, Kyrgyz, and Kazakh forces arrived in Belarus to participate in the Interaction-2025, Search-2025, and Echelon-2025 military exercises at the Losvido and Lepelskyi training grounds in Vitebsk Oblast (in northern Belarus bordering Lithuania, Latvia, and Russia) from August 31 to September 6.[93]
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-august-27-2025
Migrants and Muslim women tried to get into the “Cuckoo” project. They were deported from Russia
As we reported, the selection of women who will give birth to special “state children” for Russia within the framework of the “Cuckoo” project has started. It was not without an emergency.
According to our source in the Kremlin, who is responsible for demographic issues, “women who should not be there under any circumstances” tried to get into the project. “For the Cuckoo, we select only Russian young women. And only the Orthodox. But four Muslim women tried to get into the project in pursuit of money. Three migrants from Central Asia, one is a representative of the Caucasian state, I will not name him. All were severely punished for their impudence and deported from Russia. One of the migrants has a family - a husband and two children. They were also deported,” the channel's interlocutor said.
At the same time, more than ten suitable young women have already been selected to participate in the project. They are now undergoing the necessary checks and tests.
https://bsky.app/profile/specialkhersoncat.bsky.social/post/3lxgoi4rzb223
“Kuybyshevsk Refinery has a capacity of 7 million tons per year”
Roughly, somewhere under a million barrels per week.
For crude oil (input) I think it is about 7 to 7.5 barrels per ton (about 300 pounds per barrel), depending on the type of crude.
If they are reporting the refined product output, that ratio of weight to barrels would vary somewhat for different products. Additionally, the rate of refinery loss varies among different refined products (e.g. less aviation fuel is produced per barrel of crude, than diesel).
42 gallons per barrel (55 per drum).
Report that Russia is using its few Su-57s, to test new (experimental) Kh-71K missiles into Ukraine (from a safe distance).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-DZbkP82so
Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) damaged a Russian Buyan-M-class small missile ship, a carrier of Kalibr cruise missiles, near Russian-occupied Crimea in the Azov Sea on Aug. 28, HUR reported. According to the agency, during the operation, fighters from HUR’s special unit “Prymary” damaged the ship's radar system using a drone strike, while special forces launched an attack directly on the missile carrier. The missile ship, stationed in Temryuk Bay and ready to launch Kalibr missiles, was forced to retreat from its patrol zone after the attack, HUR said.
The agency published purported drone footage of the attack against the vessel.
The Buyan-M-class ship, also designated Project 21631, is a small but heavily armed corvette capable of operating in shallow waters. The vessel was among the first Russian surface ships used to launch Kalibr missiles. Repeated Ukrainian attacks using naval drones, missiles, and long-range drones have forced the Kremlin to reduce its naval presence in occupied Crimea. Ukraine has destroyed several Russian vessels, including the Caesar Kunikov landing ship, the Sergei Kotov patrol ship, the Ivanovets missile corvette, and multiple high-speed landing crafts. HUR also claimed on Aug. 21 that it had struck a Russian patrol boat in the Black Sea near the occupied town of Zaliznyi Port in Kherson Oblast, killing five crew members.
https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-hits-russian-ship/
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