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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“The Insider has obtained hacked correspondence from officers of Russia’s foreign intelligence agency (SVR) responsible for “information warfare” with the West. The leaked documents, intended for various government agencies, reveal the Kremlin’s strategy: spreading disinformation on sensitive Western topics, posting falsehoods while posing as radical Ukrainian and European political forces (both real and specially created), appealing to emotions — primarily fear — over rationality, and utilizing new internet platforms instead of outdated ones like RT and Sputnik. The documents also detail localized campaigns against Russian émigrés, including efforts to discredit a fundraiser for Alexei Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation who had moved to the United States.”
https://theins.ru/en/politics/272870
Russia delenda est!
Thanks for that moving National Anthem video.
All the best to you Brother.
Kyiv Independent reports:
“All Kinzhal ballistic missiles fired by Russia at targets in Kyiv (20 out of 20 of them) have been downed since the U.S. provided Patriot air defense systems in May 2023, Ukrainian Air Force Colonel Serhii Yaremenko said in an interview with Ukrinform published on July 4.”
That is the 36th Texas Division patch.
Sounds like tactics resident Putin trolls use now.
Interesting Articles:
USAF F-35As To Be Based In Japan Replacing Wild Weasel F-16s
The USAF is also moving ahead with plans to forward-deploy F-15EXs to Japan as the Marines make changes to their F-35 units in the country.
https://www.twz.com/air/usaf-f-35as-to-be-based-in-japan-replacing-wild-weasel-f-16s
[ Does this mean WW F-16 may become available for UKR? These F-16CM versions of the Viper that are optimized for the Wild Weasel suppression/destruction of enemy air defenses (SEAD/DEAD) mission set. Story does not say what happens to these F-16s ]
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Ukraine Situation Report: $2.2B In New Air Defense Interceptors Coming From U.S.
The new aid package includes an unspecified number of munitions for Patriot, NASAMS and HAWK air defense systems.
https://www.twz.com/land/ukraine-situation-report-2-2b-in-new-air-defense-interceptors-coming-from-u-s
Reporting From Ukraine:
https://www.youtube.com/@RFU/videos
Reporting From Ukraine Uncensored Combat Footage (from this and past Reports) is found on Telegram:
https://t.me/RFUEnglish or @RFUEnglish
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The complete transcript.
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[ Ukrainians Create a Kill Zone in Kalynivka ]
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Today [ July 4 ], there are a lot of updates from the Bakhmut direction.
The most interesting updates come from the northern flank of Chasiv Yar. Here, the Russians intensified their assaults towards Kalynivka to directly attack the center of Chasiv Yar from the north.
However, the Ukrainians were readily awaiting these assaults, and so the Russians failed to advance and incurred losses so serious that they had to halt their attacks altogether and make an operational pause.
The goal of the Russian forces is to establish control over Kalynivka to utilize the canal crossing for further assaults on Chasiv Yar. If the Russians effectively exploit this advance, they would avoid crossing the canal from the Kanal District. Instead, attacking the town center from the northern crossing near Kalynivka could prove more efficient.
The Russian assaults on Kalynivka were preceded by an intense artillery barrage, augmented by glide bomb strikes, resulting in the destruction of most of the village. With no buildings left to use as firing positions, Ukrainian fighters withdrew to more favorable positions west of the canal. Subsequently, Russian troops advanced along Lisova Street, reaching the canal crossing.
Destroying all buildings in eastern Kalynivka proved to be a double-edged sword for the Russians. The destruction eliminated any possibility of concealing and protecting their troops from Ukrainian artillery, tank, and drone strikes.
As a result, Russian forces were forced to move across open areas, leading to their rapid destruction.
Combat footage from the area shows us how a sole Ukrainian tank managed to destroy a group of Russian troops that were heading to the canal crossing in conjunction with kamikaze drone strikes against the same group.
Another video shows a Russian BMP loaded with infantry being hit at the ammo rack, resulting in a devastating explosion that killed everyone on board.
The detonation was so severe that 3 other nearby vehicles in the column were also damaged by the blast and subsequently abandoned, with most of the troops killed. The only survivor among the Russian stormtroopers suffered severe burns over his body and subsequently lost consciousness.
Due to significant losses with little to no gains, Russian army morale in this area is very low. This has led the Russian command to set up barrier troops to kill deserters or capture them and send them back to the deadly frontline positions.
Facing a shortage of motivated personnel and struggling to command mostly demotivated troops, Russian commanders deploy only small groups of infantry for assaults.
Another reason for this tactic is the heavy losses in equipment and troops during larger assaults, where Russian forces lose between 40 and 70% of their equipment. Ukrainian fighters in the area are using up to 50 drones daily to hit 25 Russian targets, primarily targeting Russian armored assault formations attempting to advance.
A Russian Storm-Z instructor claimed that Russian forces made their most significant gains in Chasiv Yar, Avdiivka, and Ocheretyne through attritional frontal assaults, air strikes, and artillery, without any advances on the flanks. These assaults resulted in the loss of a significant number of armored vehicles during intensified mechanized operations.
Deputy Head of the Presidential Office, Roman Mashovets, stated that the number of available tanks for Russian forces in the Chasiv Yar, Siversk, and Kurakhove directions has significantly decreased to 650 tanks. He also noted that the number of combat-ready armored fighting vehicles is now just 1,850.
For context, Russians have lost over 15,000 armored vehicles and 8,000 tanks since the start of the war, with around a dozen of each lost daily. This indicates that the current assault force can only last for a few months before being exhausted and withdrawn from battle.
Russian sources reported that Russian infantry are essentially forced to conduct dismounted assaults west of Bakhmut, despite heavy Ukrainian drone operations. Some Russian infantry only receive a week and a half of training before deploying to Bakhmut, contributing to significant Russian losses.
This type of mass frontal assault was intense throughout the entire Russian offensive. Due to this high-casualty method of attack, the Russian command eventually exhausted their forces in some directions, including Chasiv Yar.
As a result, the elite Russian 98th Airborne Division, often used as the spearhead of assaults in this area, lost its combat capability and was withdrawn for replenishment. After failed assaults near Kalynivka, the Russians have finally exhausted the offensive potential of their most potent units.
This has led to the withdrawal of these forces for replenishment, creating a window of opportunity for the Ukrainians to exploit this gap and launch counterattacks to push the Russians back to their original positions.
Kremlin snuff box, 07/05/24
https://t.me/s/kremlin_secrets
Shut down the refinery! What the government is talking about after a new attack by Ukrainian Armed Forces drones
On Friday night, enemy drones attacked a branch of the Novoshakhtinsky oil refinery in Rostov-on-Don. According to our information, the attack last night was one of the most massive during the Northern Military District; air defense forces worked in several regions at once.
In Rostov, at least two facilities at the oil refinery ( official name - OJSC NZNP Rostov Branch ) were damaged. Of course, we won’t say which facilities were hit, but local interlocutors say that this could cause problems in the operation of the enterprise.
One of our high-ranking friends in the government got in touch this morning and spoke about what was happening in a rather emotional manner.
“We have repeatedly appealed to the military - close the refineries with air defense systems. They say that everything is protected as much as possible, and then we see another attack on the most important enterprises for the economy. How long will this continue? Until they kill off our entire oil industry?” the interlocutor said.
The military notes: in principle, all facilities in the oil refining industry cannot be destroyed. But there are also plenty of problems with air defense systems.
“The command is forced to decide whether we are protecting troops or some factories. A lot of air defense is concentrated near Moscow, but they were forbidden to remove them.
“And we have a big country, so the enemy hits wherever he can reach,” the source said. He noted that the attacks on the refinery were a planned action by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which “has been going on for several months [ https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/4117 ]. ”
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 4, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin explicitly rejected Russian participation in any meaningful negotiations on a ceasefire agreement, instead demanding Ukraine’s “irreversible” “demilitarization” as a precondition for any ceasefire agreement. Putin is thus demanding that Ukraine effectively surrender in advance of any ceasefire.
Putin’s rejection of any ceasefire agreement short of Ukrainian capitulation further illustrates that he is confident in his assessment that Russia can pursue victory by continuing creeping advances in Ukraine, outlasting Western support for Ukraine, and winning a war of attrition against Ukrainian forces.
Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) officers reportedly detained the commander of the Russian 83rd Guards Airborne Assault (VDV) Brigade, Colonel Artyom Gorodilov, on fraud charges on July 3 following reports of the brigade suffering heavy losses in the Kharkiv direction in June 2024.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-july-4-2024
Agents of the "Atesh" movement successfully conducted the operation on the Trans-Siberian Railway near Yekaterinburg, resulting in the destruction of a part of the railway line.
https://x.com/NOELreports/status/1809123356840497185
Below is a picture of some NorK ammo being used in Ukraine.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/4219673/posts?page=3482#3482
Labour only got 35% of the vote in the UK.
As they say, it was a landslide of seats, not votes.
“Taken together the Conservatives and Reform won a higher proportion of the vote than Labour.”
This night, all 32 were shot down. Mostly by mobile air defense groups.
https://x.com/NOELreports/status/1809100096920797400
“Shaheds are losing their significance, as they are being shot down most of the time.”
As others have pointed out, it is now the glide bombs that are the big problem.
Forward deploying additional Patriot batteries are the solution.
We are talking about OJSC "NZNP Filia Rostovsky", which is located between Rostov and Bataysk on the Left Bank of the Don River.
https://x.com/jurgen_nauditt/status/1809085101558382711
15 more RuZZian tanks GONE.
Russia - 16706, of which: destroyed: 12083, damaged: 755, abandoned: 952, captured: 2916
Tanks (3197, of which destroyed: 2166, damaged: 158, abandoned: 355, captured: 518)
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