"Putin 2 days ago at the Russian security council meeting and "Putin" tonight in Baku. It's just getting hilarious."
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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“Ukrainian soldiers captured three more Russian soldiers from the 200th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade in the Kursk direction, adding them to the “exchange fund.””
https://x.com/NOELreports/status/1825283772813549940
Burn, Baby, Burn
“A satellite image captured the aftermath of a fire at the “Rosrezerv” oil depot in Russia’s Rostov region, caused by a Ukrainian drone strike. The incident occurred near the city of Proletarsk, with reports stating that a second drone exploded while firefighters were dealing with the initial damage. This marks the second Ukrainian drone attack on “Rosrezerv” bases in the Rostov region within 15 days, with a previous attack causing a fire that affected at least four fuel tanks.”
https://x.com/NOELreports/status/1825259550267847075
RuZZia needs to give up land for peace.
“The 79th Brigade destroyed one armored vehicle, killed 11 enemy soldiers, and injured eight more in recent attacks. Additionally, Ukrainian scouts located an enemy 120-mm mortar position, which was then precisely targeted by drone strikes. The brigade’s air defense also shot down a Russian reconnaissance drone.”
https://x.com/NOELreports/status/1825255041999241262
“GOOD CATCH ‼️ The captured Kadyrovite in the video below is 46-year-old Magomed Zarakhmatov . Once the head of the administration of the village of Valargtle (Valerik).
Ishkerian channels report that he is a personal acquaintance of Kadyrov.
Let’s see how much he is worth”
https://x.com/PStyle0ne1/status/1825280900105375768
Wildberry watches RT, when he is not correcting spelling lol
Wildberry loves to quote Russian media and Russian MOD, I don’t respond to him anymore so as not to give him any more clicks.
Feel free to engage him but it is pointless
I call JP wildberry because as the wildberry warehouse burned he posted that he was literally outside the warehouse. American he may be, but his allegiance is with Russia
Here is what wildberry watches. So his posts make great sense, to him and the rest of the usuals
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GA5wp9p7V5s
I’d also like to extend a warm welcome to you, to add to that of the other regulars.
Of course, we also have our share of irregulars here as well, who drop in only to disrupt, insult, and shill for Putin and his KGB front outlets - don’t let their ravings bother you. We know them for what they are.
Berlin backs use of German weapons in Ukrainian offensive on Russian territory
MSN reports:
“For the Ministry of Defense, the matter is simple: “It’s Ukrainian weaponry,” says spokesperson Wolfgang Büchner. This means that, according to their interpretation, the German government has nothing further to do with it once the weapons are delivered to Ukraine. From then on, Ukraine is responsible for their use, writes DW (Deutsche Welle)...
...”legally speaking, Germany is quite clearly not a participant in this military operation by Ukrainian armed forces on Russian territory,” said Rafael Loss from the European Council on Foreign Relations in Berlin to DW.
As long as Ukraine adheres to humanitarian legal provisions, it is allowed to conduct such military operations. For instance, civilian targets must not be attacked, and prisoners of war must be treated fairly. Ukraine has adhered to this so far—unlike Russia.
German politics see no issue
Politicians from various government and opposition parties have also made it clear that such use would not be a legal problem. “Of course, a country that is attacked has the right to defend itself.
This includes the right to operate on Russian territory as long as all rules are respected according to international law,” said Lars Klingbeil, deputy chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), the same party as Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
This position from the SPD deputy, a party often seen as pacifist, is relatively new. Politicians from two coalition partners, the Greens and the FDP, had already supported and defended the use of German weapons in Russia even before the Kursk offensive.
Roderich Kiesewetter, a security policy expert from the largest opposition party, the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), had already stated to DW at the beginning of the year: “Ukraine’s attacks on military targets on Russian territory are not only legally permissible but also militarily and strategically justified and absolutely reasonable.”
Thank you
Conflict with “Akhmat” in Kursk Region Ends in Beating of Store Owner
Unfortunately, the unexpected cutting off of Glushkovsky District from the rest of Kursk Region has led not only to growing panic, but also to the first conflicts with the military. The previous morning, a car with military personnel drove up to a local store to stock up on provisions. According to our information, they were “Akhmat” fighters who wanted to get food and water from local residents.
The seller (who was also the owner) refused to provide food to the military without any documents. Frankly speaking, this is a strange position, but nevertheless. The dialogue escalated into a conflict, which ended with a serious beating of the store owner. The military still took the food, and, according to local residents, they also took the cash register that was in the store.
We understand everything - war. But we would like the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Internal Affairs to conduct an investigation into this incident. Our military personnel are not looters! We would like to address Apti Alaudinov separately - bring order to your ranks! It may happen that your resignation will happen even faster than many think.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko continues to claim that Belarus will strengthen its force concentrations along the border with Ukraine amid the Ukrainian incursion into Russia and following Belarusian accusations that Ukraine violated Belarusian airspace. Lukashenko stated that he plans for over 20 Belarusian battalion tactical groups to operate along the border with Ukraine by an unspecified date and claimed that Ukrainian provocations forced Belarus to transfer a third of its army to the southern border.[61] ISW has yet to observe this alleged significant Belarusian deployment to the border with Ukraine, however. Lukashenko reiterated rhetoric meant to support Kremlin information operations threatening escalation after Ukraine's incursion into Kursk Oblast while attempting to posture Belarus as a sovereign state.[62] Russian and Belarusian officials have previously conducted information operations suggesting that Belarusian forces might escalate along the border with Ukraine in order to draw and fix Ukrainian forces to the Belarusian border, but Belarus will almost certainly not directly enter the war in Ukraine.[63]
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-august-18-2024
earlier https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4042550/posts?page=6951#6951
600,000 in losses (dead and injured). Estimate an average of 1.8 parents, 0.4 siblings (average 1.42 children/woman) 0.4 children, 1.3 grandparents, 4 cousins, 3.7 cousins grandparents, i.e. about 12 close relatives for each of them. Thus, about 7 million persons are related to the “losses”. If we assume (a conservative figure) that 15 other people know each of them (= 9 million), then about 16 million Russians have a personal relationship with the “losses”.
Russia has a population of 144 million, but more than 1.5 million have left the country, i.e. a population of 142 million. 16 out of 142 = at least 11 % of the Russian population have a relationship with the “losses”.
It should have a big impact on society. If there is mobilization, we can guess that there will be protests.
3rd bridge struck in Kursk. 700 sq Km pocket formed for Russian troops there.
Kiev Independent reports:
“Ukrainian forces hit the third bridge over the Seim River in Russia’s Kursk Oblast, an official of the Russian Investigative Committee claimed in a video published on Aug. 19.
If confirmed, this would be a successful strike against the last stationary bridge over the river in the Glushkovsky border district, which lies on the border of Ukraine’s Sumy Oblast.
Similar statements were made by Russian milbloggers Vladimir Romanov and Yuri Podolyaka. The Kyiv Independent could not verify the claims, and no evidence was provided at the time of publication.
The Air Force declined to comment on the reports. Previously, Air Force Commander Mykola Oleschchuk said that two bridges in Kursk Oblast were destroyed by Ukraine, hindering Russia’s ability to supply troops fighting off the cross-border incursion. One of those bridges was located in the village of Zvannoe.
The Investigative Committee official, whose video statement was shared on the Telegram channel of Russian propagandist Vladimir Solovyov, claimed that Ukraine struck the bridge with rocket fire and artillery in the village of Karyzh on Aug. 18.
Karyzh lies roughly 8 kilometers (5 miles) east of the Ukrainian border and 60 kilometers (37 miles) west of Sudzha, a Kursk Oblast town under Kyiv’s control.
The full extent of the damage following the alleged attack remains unclear.
Russian milbloggers believe that the destruction of the bridge will not have a significant impact as Russian forces are already being supplied via a pontoon crossing.
Conversely, the Ukrainian news outlet Censor.net writes that if confirmed, the destruction of the bridge could trap Russian troops further south in a pocket of roughly 700 square kilometers.”
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