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 ...
They are but do they have the draw to win, I think one of the biggest political miscalculations was having Obama get the nomination, if Clinton got it and barrack was vote, no matter how Clinton f’d things up Obama would have won after 8 years of hitlary. 16 years and no Trump and they would have the country sewn up
Any of these as Trump vp would be good
“U.S. officials say they expect that the first counterattacks with American weapons on Russian territory will begin within hours or days.”
https://x.com/NOELreports/status/1796478107261845739
US officials tell CNN it’s just a "partial lift of the ban" as it only applies to Kharkiv
- Patriot can strike RU planes in the air
- ATACMS not allowed
- Strikes on parked planes not allowed
https://x.com/visegrad24/status/1796308183318978922
US officials tell CNN it’s just a “partial lift of the ban” as it only applies to Kharkiv
- Patriot can strike RU planes in the air
- ATACMS not allowed
- Strikes on parked planes not allowed
—
Reminds me of a certain German leader who overrode his generals and commanded battles from his bunker.
Wimp Biden
“Strikes on parked planes not allowed”
Kremlin snuff box, 05/31/24
https://t.me/s/kremlin_secrets
We warned that the West would allow the Ukrainian Armed Forces to attack Russia. Here’s what happens next
A week ago, we warned that Kiev’s Western allies would provide permission to use their weapons to strike deep into Russia. Many did not believe, and the Ministry of Defense was completely convinced that “the Americans are screwed . ” A
las, our insight was confirmed again.
The Western press wrote the day before that Biden allowed the use of American weapons to strike Russian territory. Obviously, this is another step towards escalating the conflict.
And we, by the way, are not quite ready for it.
It is worth understanding that since the fall of last year, a window of opportunity has been open for the Russian Armed Forces. Because the United States managed to slow down aid to Ukraine.
Now Zelensky is traveling around the world and collecting the necessary weapons. And it is important, alas, that many European countries have become much more involved in the process of providing assistance to Kyiv.
We don’t like to make predictions, but many points here just need to be understood. Firstly , the effectiveness of using guided bombs may decrease in the near future, due to the advent of the F-16.
At the same time, border areas will come under fire more often. Including Belgorod, Kursk and Bryansk regions. It’s time, it seems to us, to declare them a northwestern military zone and begin serious work on evacuating the civilian population from the dangerous zone.
Secondly, Europe, of course, is not ready for war with us, but now many Europeans are gradually leaving their comfortable lives. It is obvious that prolonging the conflict gives the West more time and opportunities to prepare its defense industry.
While we need to send everything to the front at once. For example, we produce more shells, but we also spend much more than the West sends to Ukraine.
Thirdly, we rely on partners. The Kremlin believes that US permission to attack Russia could force China to finally begin supplying lethal weapons to the Russian Armed Forces.
However, we would not be so optimistic. Chinese authorities are in no hurry to become a party to the conflict, and for Beijing this strategy may provide greater benefits in the long term.
Reminds me of the restrictions that LBJ put on USAF during the Vietnam war.
Ukraine 🇺🇦 is liberating the peninsula. One series of ATACMS 🇺🇸 strikes at a time.
https://x.com/officejjsmart/status/1796356992719868020
Who took the picture?
Reporting From UKR, 05/30/24
No transcript
Excerpts:
New drones: Range doubled from 1000km to 2000km; 250kg of explosive in one variety and FAB250s in another.
Strategic objective of pushing Russian AD & troop concentrations back from the front, allowing unlimited Storm Shadow & HIMARS strikes, accomplished with ATACMs.
Russian AD moved to the rear to protect against long range attacks on critical infrastructure.
ATACMs arrived with cluster munition, range 165km & explosive warhead, range 300km.
Russian commanders must now chose between fortifying ammo depots or dispersing them.
Russian 3rd Radio Engineering Regiment in Crimea hit hard, many operators an possibly the commander dead. [ These are not easily replaced troops, lots of long schooling needed to allow then to operate the equipment. ]
After the decisive blows to Russian AD, the targets shifted to C&C HQs: two major strikes this month, followed by several strikes on Russian logistics hubs. Several of those strikes were close to the Luhansk-Russian border on fuel depots.
Some of these strikes were carried out by UKR drones, especially those inside Russia.
15 ATACMs were used against a Russian airfield in Crimea.
Over 140 drones were used in the strike against Krasnodar Krai.
The Russian ship, Cyclone, number 633, was hit by 3 ATACMs.
With the ferries at the Kersh Bridge incapacitated, the Bridge itself may be the next target.
Who took the picture?
—
Who knows? the channel’s watermark would indicate they did, but checking the site reveals no such image.
Crimean wind
https://t.me/s/Crimeanwind
“Explosions in the temporarily occupied territories of Crimea are not random events,” assures the press secretary of the Southern Defense Forces Dmitry Pletenchuk .
After the damage to the Crimean Bridge, the lion’s share of supplies to the Russian group in southern Ukraine was carried out precisely through the ferry crossing.
“They actually cannot use the Kerch Bridge. The railway is unfinished. Therefore, the ferry crossing has replaced maritime military logistics,” the press secretary explained.
Pletenchuk assured that the destruction of the ferry crossing would significantly affect the supply of Russian troops in the occupied areas.
According to him, such attacks on the occupiers’ logistics will continue, aggravating the enemy’s problems.
The Kerch ferry service connects the ports of Crimea on the Crimean Peninsula and the Caucasus in the Krasnodar Territory.
The Kerch ferry crossing has seven ferries at its disposal: two railway ferries - “Avangard” and “Conroe Trader”, two small automobile ferries - “Kerchensky-2” and “Yeysk”, three large automobile ferries - “Lavrentiy”, “Maria” and “Panagia” .
The Yeysk ferry is undergoing scheduled repairs.
The Kerch ferry crossing usually operates during daylight hours and depending on the actual weather.
Let us remind you that on the night of May 30, the crossing in Kerch was attacked, two ferries were damaged - a car and a railway. However, in the evening of the same day the crossing began operating.
But on the morning of May 31, the crossing did not begin work.
Reports Russia pulling reserves from occupied left bank Kherson region to redeploy to Donbas.
Gazprom is worth $35B
Apple is worth $3T
https://x.com/NOELreports/status/1796614492517789743
My guess is Magyar's unit will be operating ISR drones on the ruzzian side of the border looking for targets to hit.
Russian strategic bombers airborne and en route to their launch lines for cruise missile attack on Ukraine.
Also, potential of submarine launches of Kalibr cruise missiles from the Black Sea.
Kremlin snuff box, 059/31/24
https://t.me/s/kremlin_secrets
What’s wrong with the offensive?
Military correspondents point out that the promised offensive in the Donetsk and Kharkov directions is proceeding, let’s say, with difficulty. In particular, Chasov Yar (DPR), which should have been taken in early May, is still under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The situation is similar with Volchansk in the Kharkov region. Yes, there is a lot of work for our aviation, we have to drop a lot of bombs. But in general, progress along the front is not going at a very fast pace.
There are three reasons at once.
Firstly, the Ukrainian Armed Forces introduced reserves to hold the front line. An important task for Zelensky personally is not to lose many territories before meeting with his partners.
In particular, with Biden. We are forced to admit that, by and large, we have not yet succeeded in breaking through the defense; the front line practically stands still. With rare exceptions.
Secondly, the Ukrainian Armed Forces sent not only a lot of drones to the front, but also electronic warfare systems that prevent our drone pilots from delivering accurate strikes. By the way, we are not lagging behind either.
Thirdly, and the military themselves say this, the army is under moral pressure from the detention of generals, which began after the change of the Minister of Defense.
“No one wants to take risks and take responsibility for difficult decisions,” one of the generals explained to us the situation in the General Staff.
Now the parties are preparing for an active summer campaign. What it will be like for our army - time will tell.
I would like everyone to do their job - the generals - to fight, and the Minister of Defense - to provide all the opportunities for this, and not to put spokes in the wheels.
I was trying to get someone to elaborate on Ukraine getting the Airborne Surveillance and Control aircraft (ASC 890) in this exchange, can you make sense of it?
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4241233/posts?page=72#72
Reports Western weapons are already being used by Ukraine to strike Russian offensive staging positions behind the Russian border near Kharkiv and Sumy regions.
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.
