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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“Considering the performance of Russian air defense vs Ukraine, it would be an absolute circus against a modern air force with stealth fighters”
There was a post earlier, that Israel recently flew some F-35 sorties through Russian Air Defenses in Syria, undetected. F-35As are now certified to carry B61-12 nuclear weapons as well.
If Ukraine aid gets approved through Congress soon, Russia might not have much Air Defense at all left standing, when this show is over.
“Ukraine destroyed (!) 10% of Russia’s oil refining capacity in two days”
The week is not over yet.
I am hoping this goes all the way up to Sunday’s election, with a big crescendo on Saturday.
I have been thinking that they would want to do something high profile before the election. This may be it.
“Seeing reports that Sweden will invite NATO to join them in fortifying Gotland, an island in the Baltic Sea that will allow NATO almost complete Area Denial capability on, over and under the Baltic.”
Sweden shares the same three big security concerns as Finland - Russia, Russia and Russia. Both of them have long prepared to fight Russia on their own, and both will bring to NATO extremely hawkish views against Russia. Sweden may be socially liberal, but they are hard core hawks against the Russian Military threat. Reportedly, Sweden plans to take a leadership role within NATO, to mobilize the bloc to counter the Russian threat.
While Finland fields the largest Active Duty Artillery Force in all of Europe (over 700 howitzers and loads of MLRS), and has enough nuclear fallout shelters for their entire population; Sweden’s particular Military strength (among many), is as a Baltic Sea power (focused entirely on the Russian Navy).
Fortress Gotland is a dream come true for them, if they can make it happen.
“I wonder if this has anything to do with Ukraine’s successes. (Palantir AI)”
It is a fascinating prospect, and certainly a possible application for such big data crunching.
Mapping out every bit of Russia’s Air Defense, and predicting how every mobile asset might react (or does, real time); might enable drone swarms to penetrate through to their targets.
“Ukraine destroyed (!) 10% of Russia’s oil refining capacity in two days”
“Seeing reports that Sweden will invite NATO to join them in fortifying Gotland, an island in the Baltic Sea that will allow NATO almost complete Area Denial capability on, over and under the Baltic.”
How about this scenario: Blow up most of Russia’s refinery capacity, and then blockade their Baltic and Black Sea ports from importing any refined products, while a hundred drones per night cut their domestic rail links.
“Russian Shahed-136 With Camera, Cellular Modem Could Be A Big Problem For Ukraine”
There was a post earlier, that Israel recently flew some F-35 sorties through Russian Air Defenses in Syria, undetected
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There were many many sorties - maybe several a week attacking various Hezbollah and IRG targets.
Interesting Article:
Russian Shahed-136 With Camera, Cellular Modem Could Be A Big Problem For Ukraine
Giving Shaheds the ability to provide real-time visual intel deep inside Ukrainian territory would plug a notorious gap for Russian forces.
“Zelensky’s phone call to Macron to inform him that the invasion started.”
Starship IFT - 3
T-45 minutes
Boats down range delay, now T-1 hour
See Russia election: Stage-managed vote will give Putin another term
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4224101/posts#4
and follow - you and RevMom are mentioned - good for a laugh
“Johnson signals shift on Ukraine to GOP senators”
“Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told Republican senators Wednesday to expect the House to send them legislation to help Ukraine, but cautioned that what comes out of the House will look substantially different than the $95 billion foreign aid package the Senate passed last month.
Johnson tried to reassure frustrated GOP senators who asked him about funding for Ukraine during a question-and-answer session at the annual Senate Republican retreat, which was held at the Library of Congress.
Johnson told senators that the House will send a Ukraine aid package to the Senate but floated the idea of making it a loan or lend-lease program, so that U.S. taxpayers would not be shelling out tens of billions of dollars without any expectation of getting a return, according to senators who participated in the discussion.
The Speaker also talked about including something similar to the REPO for Ukrainians Act, sponsored by Rep. Mike McCaul (R-Texas), which would authorize the confiscation of Russian sovereign assets and deposit the proceeds of liquidated property into a Ukraine Support Fund, senators said.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4530355-johnson-signals-shift-on-ukraine-to-gop-senators/
but cautioned that what comes out of the House will look substantially different than the $95 billion foreign aid package the Senate passed last month.
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$95 billion shrinks to $ 95 million.
Starship in space, engine shut down nominal. Booster lost on descent.
40 minutes to reentry and splash down
May not have survived reentry.
Official.
Did not survive reentry.
Lost tracking and receiving sat at same time as Starlink lost - but was a huge success. The largest single object ever put in space. Neither booster or ship were meant to be recovered, in any case.
Congratulation to the team foe getting into space and a semi-orbit on the 3rd try.
There was some footage before the signal was lost where black flakes were sailing off the ship. Heat tiles shredding?
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