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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ORYX does not count a Patriot system lost by UKR yet.
“ORYX does not count a Patriot system lost by UKR yet.”
Janovsky said IDing a Patriot was not possible from the video released.
I think he’s right - not much left to ID.
OT:
Israel just announced its total casualties since 10/7 - 03/10 is 589.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2Gym-BcrwU
https://twitter.com/PStyle0ne1/status/1767222046616949050
Promoted to cosmonaut it appears.
Time will tell, but I think Russia is choosing poorly … again.
Update: Russian propaganda blogger “thirteenth” was shot to death by angry Chechens. Not blown up on the ship being used as Teplinskys command post.
I believe that “thirteenth” had a reputation for telling the truth even if the truth hurt. That obviously couldn’t be tolerated.
Chechens are releasing photos of the dead “13th”. Rumors he was beheaded by the Kadyrovites after he was killed. Not confirmed.
Ukraine claiming TWO A-50s damaged in recent Taganrog attack.
I believe that would be 4 A-50s destroyed/damaged in total.
“Ukrainian officials...told the FT that an attack by Ukraine at the weekend had critically damaged two Russian A-50 long-range radar detection planes at an aircraft repair facility in the southern port city of Taganrog.”
https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1767293992423834057
Newsweek reports:
“F-35A stealth jets operated by many NATO countries have been certified to carry nuclear weapons, becoming the first fifth-generation aircraft to be cleared for the fitting of such bombs.
The Lockheed Martin-made F-35A Joint Strike Fighter jet has been approved to carry B61-12 thermonuclear bombs, Russ Goemaere, a spokesperson for the F-35 Joint Program Office, told Breaking Defense. The move will mean that the stealth multirole jets will be officially “dual-capable,” able to carry both conventional and nuclear weapons, the digital magazine reported.
This makes the F-35A the first of fifth-generation aircraft to be nuclear-capable, Goemaere said. It received nuclear certification in mid-October, months ahead of schedule, and will give the “U.S. and NATO with a critical capability that supports U.S. extended deterrence commitments earlier than anticipated,” he added.
The end state of the war in Ukraine, will be Ukraine in the EU and NATO
Kyiv Independent reports:
“Ukraine has fulfilled all four recommendations set forth by the European Commission to approve the framework for Ukraine’s EU accession negotiations, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olha Stefanishyna told reporters at an anti-corruption event in Kyiv on March 11.
Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada gave its final approval on a lobbying bill on Monday that establishes definitions and rules for lobbying and involved subjects, bringing it closer in line with EU standards.
The bill also provides for the creation of a new transparency register run by the National Agency on Corruption Prevention and creates new mechanisms for lobbying monitoring.
In its November 2023 report, the European Commission - the EU’s executive arm - recommended the launch of accession talks with Kyiv but noted that several reforms are still needed, including an additional four reforms Ukraine would have to undertake to complete all the criteria.
Kyiv previously completed three other recommendations provided by the Commission, including a staff increase of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau, reopening the assets declaration registry, and implementing changes to national minorities law.
Ukraine is expecting the European Commission to present a negotiation framework for Kyiv’s accession to the EU in the coming days.
Strike on the ship being used as a command post, just off the Northern Coast of Crimea, near the mouth of the Dnieper River:
"The resulting smoke does not pose any danger and is a consequence of the work of the fire departments. There are no casualties. The situation is under full control," the local governor wrote.
Meanwhile, residents of Oryol published a video of the burning oil depot on social media. They write that it has been burning since night.
The situation is similar in Russian Nizhny Novgorod region.
https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1767487515865256303
Zelenskyy: Ukraine building 2,000 kilometers of fortifications, 03/11/24
“The defense in 3 lines with a length of 2000 kilometers is a large-scale task, but the pace is good now,” Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy said following a meeting with military commanders.
https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/03/11/zelenskyy-ukraine-building-2000-kilometers-of-fortifications/
Reporting From Ukraine:
Note: other versions of this report are found elsewhere on FR, but this is guaranteed to be the complete transcript - unlike the others.
https://www.youtube.com/@RFU
[ Ukrainians Ambush & Destroy Helpless Russian Units ]
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Day 747: Mar 11
Today, there is a lot of news from the Bakhmut direction.
The most interesting updates come from the southern flank.
Here, Ukrainian forces continued undermining the Russian offensive effort by maintaining total fire control of the key Russian logistical routes.
The continued inability of Russian forces to secure the key supply lines by conducting counterbattery missions to suppress Ukrainian artillery exposes a crucial weakness of Russian forces.
The reason why Russians are failing to provide cover for the moving units is twofold.
First of all, there is a scarcity of artillery systems in this area, without which Russians cannot suppress Ukrainian artillery fire like in other areas of the frontline.
Secondly, most artillery systems that were present in this area have been relocated to Ivanivske, where they are used to support Russian offensive efforts.
Ukrainians are not wasting time and exploit this weakness to the fullest extent. New updates show us that at least 10 Russian vehicles, including tanks, armored personnel carriers, and supply trucks were destroyed around the village.
Not only that, but many Russian soldiers were killed during the strikes on the vehicles. Besides these losses, Russians had also lost a prized T-90-M tank to an FPV drone. T-90-M is considered the most protected tank in Russian service and there are less than 200 of them, so they are more sensitive to losses with respect to these tanks than other tank variants.
When it comes to Ivanivske itself, the situation here is very complex. Latest reports suggest that Russian forces made some advances inside the village. Recently released geolocated combat footage indicates that Russians are operating in the central part of the settlement, namely, on Tereshkova Street.
Ahead of each wave of assaults, Russians conducted extensive artillery preparations, after which they initiated bombardments with guided FAB bombs that left the whole village destroyed. The current focus of bombardment is the southern part of the village. As we can see from combat footage, not a single building is spared from Russian bombings.
Despite utilizing the scorched-earth policy, Russian progress in the village still comes at a great cost, as indicated by multiple destroyed tanks on the streets. Ukrainian fighters report that the situation in Ivanivske is dynamic and complex.
To the north of the village, Russians made small gains and took a few prisoners of war, while that portion of the front was mostly in the gray zone. Ukrainian control of the forest on the hill makes it harder for Russians to advance because they are observing and striking Russian positions in Ivanivske, and threatening flanks by a potential flank attack.
For this reason, Russians engaged their aviation and conducted aerial bombardment of Ukrainian positions, indicating that there is no Russian soldiers anywhere in the vicinity of the forest, and so far, all infantry assault have failed to get a foothold within the trees.
When it comes to the northern flank of Chasiv Yar, the situation is more difficult. Aerial bombardments seem to have become the most common in this part of the frontline. This was confirmed by Russian sources, which stated that after the fall of Avdiivka, the focus of Russian aviation shifted to Chasiv Yar.
Russians are bombing Chasiv Yar every day because they want to try to weaken Ukrainian forces in the town and destroy their defensive positions before initiating urban fighting.
This approach helped Russians take Avdiivka, so they plan to utilize the same approach here as well. For this purpose, Russians also started the mass production of a guided variant of FAB-1500 bomb, which has over 600 kilograms of explosive charge. According to Ukrainian fighters on the ground, the part of the town that suffered the most from airstrikes is the Kanal district.
The fighters also recorded large bomb craters, which show us the density of Russian bombardments. This clearly indicates that Russians are not only bombing Ukrainian troops that are rotating from Ivanivske, but also setting the conditions for launching the storming operation of Chasiv Yar.
Ukrainians anticipated the course of events to unfold in this manner and, according to the Spokesman for the Eastern Group of Forces Captain Ilya Yevlash, the Ukrainian forces have established significant defensive positions in and around Chasiv Yar in a ring-shaped defense around the town. He also stated that fortifications and firing positions have been set up within Chasiv Yar itself, likely in the area of high-rise buildings.
On top of that, Ukrainians have also created minefields and other defense obstacles in the vicinity of Chasiv Yar. By the looks of it, Chasiv Yar will be the next town to become the main focus of the Russian offensive. Its high elevation and its favorable geographic position compared to other parts of Donbas to the west of the town could give Russians a major advantage on a larger strategic scale.
This makes Chasiv Yar extremely important for the future course of war operations on both sides. In the meantime, in order to take advantage of the fact that Ukrainians moved their reserves towards Chasiv Yar, Russian forces ramped up the intensity of their operations along the southern line.
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