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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S-400. Hahaha. Hohoho.
“NYT: “Two Iranian officials familiar with the war planning, one a member of the Revolutionary Guards Corps, confirmed that #Iran has made the request and said #Russia has started delivering advanced radars and air-defense equipment.” Would note Tehran has long sought the S-400.”
Looks like blue bands on the missiles, so a training mission. Looks like AIM-120B with those pointy rear fins. Those and AIM-9L/M will work fine for cruise missiles and drones, and better than what they had if they find themselves in a fight. I wonder how many decoys they have. We could easily give them hundreds.
“Ukraine to be told it is too corrupt to join Nato”
.,,Was a story published before the NATO summit (2 July), about what NATO was “supposed” to say at the summit.
But what they “actually” said in the official communique from the summit, was that Ukraine is on an “irreversible path” to NATO membership and pledged to maintain a baseline of roughly $43 billion in annual support to Kyiv.
Ukraine - 7
RuZZia - 0
I believe that Moldova, Tajikistan, Kosovo and Cape Verde are also ahead of Russia in the medal count…
I caught the last part of a news report which I believe was saying Harris has chosen the guy from Kentuky for VP.
Concerning the low new jobs figure and slight rise in unemployment, I ran a resume writing service for a few years. Sept. is a big month for job hunting and employment, Aug. is used for getting resumes prepared to go out in Sept. Also, the weather has been extremely hot in a lot of places this past 30 days, and people are away on vacations during this time. I will nor worry unless the trend continues in Sept.
Regarding the world wide stock fall, I believe big money and their media have stirred up worry to get the FED to drop the interest rate, and to scare a fall in stock prices to catch a lot of bargains this month.
True Kingdom|Our Kingdom, 08/03/24
https://t.me/regnum_na/61141
SVO. The inconsistencies of the SVO “dragged on” for two and a half years and, in fact, “broke” both dominant views on it, providing everyone who wanted it and who didn’t want it with “irrefutable evidence” that relying on the systems of stereotypes familiar to people in this ...
SVO. Insight
You can’t be deceived forever. Constant discrepancies between the expected (based on one’s own stereotypes ) and the actual (which does not fit into the stereotypes even under pressure) lead a person to a crisis similar to neurosis: a state of unbearable anxiety, continuous frustration, constant emotional stress, all this is expressed in the accumulation of anger and aggression that is difficult to contain.
Since in our society most people are in a state of such a crisis, “social” ways of dealing with it are extremely difficult - people literally have no one to share their emotions with.
Ultimately, something like catharsis occurs: the system of ideas about the world and the stereotypes that determine perception is suddenly restructured so that all traumatic inconsistencies disappear. Anger and aggression spill out onto one’s own previous ideas about the world and their carriers. “Epiphany” comes.
Conditional “patriots” suddenly realize that:
➖ Russia as a great power has long been destroyed;
➖ Russia has not been sovereign for a long time, it is more like a colony: the ability to decide or produce anything independently has been eliminated;
➖ one can only remember freedom and independence;
➖ a great people does not exist as a single whole - it is divided by countless walls of misunderstanding: property, national, religious, regional and - most importantly - is perceived by those in power as serfs, without rights;
➖ unity and cohesion of the people is impossible because there is no basis for them;
➖ a split in the elite paralyzes any opportunities for qualitative change in the system;
➖ Russia - in the person of the current government - cannot win in the Northern Military District and does not want victory - those in power only want to agree with the hegemon on a colonial “treaty”, which - against the backdrop of demonstrated weakness - will certainly be worse than the previous one;
➖ Russia’s victory in the Northern Military District is impossible due to the weakness of management, which cannot be changed, and defeat is impossible, since it will obviously lead to catastrophic consequences.
Conventional “individualists” suddenly realize that:
➖ they are not “masters of the world” in which they just need to get comfortable, but slaves of some system hostile to them, in which almost all comfortable places are occupied;
➖ democracy, legality and human rights are just words, the phenomena themselves do not occur in nature;
➖ a meritocratic society is a utopia or a fantasy that does not exist anywhere in the world, including in Russia;
➖ personal abilities, hard work and creativity will not be useful for personal advancement if there is no “clan” or sufficient skill in demonstrating slavish obedience;
➖ the golden ticket to the best places in life - kinship with the powers that be or a willingness to do anything for the sake of the owner, regardless of personal ethical and aesthetic beliefs;
➖ “tightening the screws” is a unidirectional process stemming from the weakness of power, and it will never unfold;
➖ victory or defeat of Russia in the Northern Military District will not change the situation in any way, since the growth of tyrannical and inhumane tendencies is taking place everywhere and “individualists” are not needed anywhere.
With the growing awareness of the bankruptcy of their system of perception of SVO, the majority of the Russian population is rapidly falling into depression and apathy, trying to isolate itself from traumatic information and moving on to primitive survival practices.
It doesn’t matter what kind of practice it is - going into one’s own work, “internal emigration”, drunkenness, switching to everyday and family problems, or partying “like the last time” - the main thing is not to see, not to hear and not to think about the real situation affairs and those inconsistencies between the imaginary and the real that suddenly appeared and are creeping out of all the cracks.
But under this “cover” of protective practices, anger and aggression accumulates - both against oneself and one’s mistakes, and against those who are “to blame” for these mistakes. And one day this “cauldron” will explode.
But there is also a minority of the population who, as a result of insight and experienced catharsis, understand that “something needs to be done.” What exactly is not very clear, but they will try their best to think. And maybe by the time the boiler explodes they will come up with something. Or maybe not.
Ahead of a new mobilisation law, exhausted soldiers on the frontline complain of low morale
Ukraine - 7
RuZZia - 0
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Gee Whiz Mr Lucky, Russia isn't participating in this Olympics.
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 Blow up a Huge Russian Column on The Highway ]
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Today [ Aug 6 ], there are a lot of updates from the Kurakhove direction.
Recently, the Russian forces have launched a series of probing attacks around Kostiantynivka, each attempt failing to breach the resilient Ukrainian defenses.
However, one of the most significant and intense mechanized assaults of the war took place recently, featuring a massive flank attack from the north of Kostiantynivka that promised to change the dynamics on the battlefield dramatically.
North of Kostiantynivka lies the small village of Pobieda, which fell into Russian hands a month ago. Exploiting its proximity to Marinka, Russian forces have determined that advancing beyond Pobieda should become their primary objective. This move aims to boost their northern advance and cripple Ukrainian supply routes in the area.
If successful, this audacious strategy would place Ukrainian forces in Kostiantynivka under pressure from the north, east, and south, while also allowing the Russians to preserve personnel and equipment by avoiding costly frontal assaults from Novomykhailivka.
Central to this offensive operation is the utilization of the local road from Marinka to Kostiantynivka, providing the Russians with a crucial tactical advantage for rapid mechanized assaults.
The most significant obstacles to their advance are the fortified Ukrainian defensive positions within the tree lines and the vineyard located next to the road.
Military bloggers reported that to undermine them, apart from using regular artillery, Russian forces engaged Ukrainian tanks located around the vineyard. The defenders used them not only to suppress any enemy advancement attempts with their powerful cannons, but also to conduct counterattacks.
Geolocated footage released by Russian sources shows how a Ukrainian Leopard tank is attacked with an FPV drone in a tree line, which leads to fire and detonation of the vehicle. After conducting various such preparations, the Russians started launching mechanized assaults through the village of Pobieda.
The Russian plan consisted of two critical steps.
First, they aimed to overwhelm the local defense with a sufficiently strong assault group, swiftly taking control of the vineyard and the nearby fortifications. This initial phase was crucial for securing a foothold in the area.
Second, they intended to capitalize on this momentum to gain more territory southwest of Pobieda. This move aimed to fortify their positions against potential Ukrainian counterattacks, which would likely be launched to prevent the Russians from entrenching themselves further south of the village.
By executing these steps, the Russians hoped to create a stable front line and reduce the risk of losing newly acquired ground.
Ukrainian forces responsible for the defense of this section of the frontline released a video showing how they reacted to the first step in the Russian plan, namely the frontal storm operation using various armored vehicles on the highway from Marinka.
Once again, the video gives a good overview of not only the large force that the Russians used in this operation but also how prepared the Ukrainian defense was. Even with weakened support due to the Russian preparation attacks against defensive assets just before the assault, Ukrainian artillery and drone operator units unleashed all their firepower against the enemy armored column.
Several Russian infantry fighting vehicles can be seen getting damaged by mines, artillery shells, and kamikaze drones even before being able to pass through Pobieda. Others were destroyed just before the vineyard and the disembarked surviving Russian troops were quickly engaged by the Ukrainians with grenades dropped by drones.
Despite the fierce Ukrainian resistance and the failure of the first step of the Russian plan, which aimed to gain control over the vineyard, Russian forces managed to partially achieve the secondary objective. They executed a successful westward assault from Pobieda, advancing by a few hundred meters into the field.
This maneuver allowed them to slightly increase a buffer zone, thereby protecting themselves against potential Ukrainian flank maneuvers.
Overall, the unsuccessful Russian flank attack from the north of Kostiantynivka underscores a
critical miscalculation in their planning.
Despite their formidable force and extensive preparations, the Russian troops were unable to penetrate the robust Ukrainian defenses and a multi-layer defensive tactic which led to the gradual elimination of the Russian forces on the move, leaving only a handful of soldiers by the time they reached the vineyards.
This failure not only thwarted their immediate tactical objectives but also further restrained their resources, especially after the previous massive mechanized assault the repulsion of this attack reaffirms Ukraine’s defensive positions north of Kostiantynivka in crucial time to fortify their positions further.
It is almost comical
Anton Gerashchenko@Gerashchenko_en
https://x.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1820357411149910035
A video appeared online of a Russian pilot who was shot down but managed to eject. He filmed his and his aircraft’s fall on his phone.
As the ejection occurred above the clouds and at a considerable altitude, it could either be the pilot of a Su-30/Su-35 fighter or a Su-34 bomber. Judging by the calm behavior of the pilot, the plane was shot down deep in the Russian rear.
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Details here:
Russian Pilot Films His Flanker Falling Away After Ejecting During Combat Mission
The Russian pilot used a selfie video while parachuting to the ground to explain his jet had fallen victim to some kind of surprise attack.
https://www.twz.com/air/russian-pilot-films-his-flanker-falling-away-after-ejecting-during-combat-mission
Armenia is considering seeking EU membership, foreign minister says
I guess everyone does truly want their fifteen minutes of “fame”
“his jet had fallen victim to some kind of surprise attack”
Allow me to start the F-16 with a cloak of invisibility rumor.
https://x.com/front_ukrainian/status/1820782667333357703
Putin assassination attempt:
Ukraine was preparing to assassinate Putin at a parade in St. Petersburg on July 28th on Russian Navy Day.
This prompted the previously mentioned call by Moscow to Lloyd Austin on this matter.
Clearly it worked.
That was a wise move given if…— The Sirius Report (@thesiriusreport) August 6, 2024
https://x.com/NOELreports/status/1820762450653769837
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