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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Putin claimed that Russia must ensure that there are “no barriers” to the movement of Russian citizens between mainland Russia and Kaliningrad Oblast.[24] Putin claimed during a meeting with recently elected heads of Russian federal subjects (regions) and occupied Crimea on September 19 that Kaliningrad Oblast is Russia's “western outpost” and that Russia must strive to ensure that Kaliningrad Oblast is not only an “outpost” or a “fortress” on Russia's western borders but is also well integrated into Russian society and the Russian economy. Putin stated that Russia will never “forget” about Kaliningrad Oblast and that Kaliningrad Oblast must continue to develop in accordance with Russia's social and cultural values. Kaliningrad Oblast is a Russian federal subject situated between Lithuania and Poland on the coast of the Baltic Sea, and some Russians travel between mainland Russia and Kaliningrad by train or car via Belarus and NATO member states Latvia and Lithuania.[25] The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) proposed in May 2024 that the Russian government should reassess Russia's maritime borders in the Baltic Sea, including around Kaliningrad Oblast, so that these borders “correspond to the modern geographical situation,” and Russian authorities repeatedly threatened NATO member states, including Finland and the Baltic States, in late 2023 and early 2024. [26] Putin's comments about maintaining Kaliningrad’s cultural and social ties to Russia are likely aimed at his domestic audience, although Putin may be setting conditions for future Russian aggression against the Baltic States under the guise of defending Kaliningrad Oblast.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-september-19-2024
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaliningrad
Russian authorities were reportedly aware of the threat of a future Ukrainian incursion into Kursk Oblast in the months leading up to August 2024 but failed to take adequate steps to address such a threat. The Guardian, citing Russian government and military documents that Ukrainian forces seized in Kursk Oblast, reported on September 20 that Russian forces stationed in Kursk Oblast repeatedly warned the Russian military command about the possibility of a Ukrainian incursion into Kursk Oblast beginning in late 2023.[5] The documents, which The Guardian reviewed but could not independently verify, show that local military commanders repeatedly ordered additional training exercises for Russian military personnel serving in Kursk Oblast, the construction of additional fortifications, and the preparation of decoy trenches and military equipment in preparation for a future Ukrainian incursion. One of the documents noted that Russian military units stationed along the international border were only staffed at between 60 and 70 percent of their intended end strength on average and were primarily staffed by poorly trained reservists as of June 2024. Russian authorities do not appear to have made any substantive efforts to improve the preparedness of the Russian military units serving in border areas of Kursk Oblast or construct additional fortifications along the international border prior to the incursion, and Russian authorities may have decided to ignore these requests due to a miscalculation of Ukraine's ability to advance deep into Kursk Oblast.
These documents support ISW’s recent assessment that Ukrainian forces achieved operational surprise during the incursion into Kursk Oblast despite Russian authorities’ reported awareness of the possibility of an incursion.[6] The American doctrinal definition of surprise is to “attack the enemy in a time or place or in a manner for which he is unprepared.”[7] Although Russian forces were likely aware of various points along the international border at which Ukraine could conduct an incursion, Ukrainian forces were able to leverage ambiguity around their operational intent and capabilities to maintain operational surprise. Ukrainian forces also reportedly experimented with innovative techniques integrating ground activity and unmanned systems that ISW will not cover in-depth to maintain Ukrainian operational security. ISW has previously noted that both Russian and Ukrainian forces have struggled to achieve operational surprise over the past year and a half due to the partially transparent battlefield in Ukraine.[8] Ukraine's campaign in Kursk Oblast demonstrates that surprise is still possible even on a partially transparent battlefield where an adversary can observe force concentrations but not reliably discern an enemy's operational intent and capabilities.
YEA BABY! Falling debris hits second large RuZZian depot.
“Russia Evacuates 1,200 After Drone Ignites Weapons Site Blaze”
“Fire from downed drone spread to ‘explosive objects’”
“Second hit this week on a large Russian weapons cache””
“About 1,200 people were evacuated in the Krasnodar region of southern Russia after what local officials described as debris from a downed Ukrainian drone ignited a large blaze at an ammunition depot.
The fire spread to “explosive objects” and set off detonations, governor Veniamin Kondratyev said on his Telegram channel.
Ukrainian official sources and military so far haven’t commented on the incident.”
“Ukrainian Forces 🇺🇦 have struck a large Russian ammo depot in the Tikhoretsky District of Krasnodar Krai in Russia over 300km from the frontline causing massive explosions tonight”
https://x.com/ukraine_map/status/1837335783960719550
https://x.com/ukraine_map/status/1837335783960719550/video/1
“Several large Russian weapons depots destroyed in Ukrainian drone swarm strikes a few hours ago.
This video shows the weapons depot storing North Korean artillery shells exploding in Tikhoretsk, in the Krasnodar region nearly 500 km from the frontlines.”
https://x.com/visegrad24/status/1837394631136354701
“Spectacular explosion of the Tikhoretsk ammunition facility, Krasnodar region, in Russia. The ammunition site is totally ablaze.
Looks like Russia is losing its primary logistics hubs, one by one.”
https://x.com/Tendar/status/1837377140901167282
“Russian munitions depots in the Krasnodar region.
This is the way Russia will be forced to stop its war on Ukraine.
Not with begging, or thinking about “saving Putin’s face,” or “giving him another chance,” or twisting Ukraine’s arms for “compromises for peace,” or protecting the Russian airbases from Ukrainian attacks, or surrendering to Putin’s endless nuclear extortion, or with absurd exercises in “escalation management” or “not wanting to spoil future relations with the Kremlin”.
This is the only way, and Ukraine is doing it right now.”
https://x.com/IAPonomarenko/status/1837392858787000528
“Ammunition was stored in the open air at the attacked warehouse in Krasnodar Krai, satellite images show
OSINT-analysts drew attention to this. It is assumed that this is how the ammunition was being prepared for shipment - the footage also shows trucks.
The video shows a smoke mushroom above an exploded ammunition depot in the Krasnodar region seen by residents of Tikhoretsk (10 kilometers from the site of the attack).”
https://x.com/nexta_tv/status/1837391395063050348
MAYBE 3 DEPOTS hit over past few days.
23RD GRAU
107TH Arsenal
Tikhoretsk
“Additionally, the 23rd GRAU arsenal, located 16 km from the recently destroyed 107th arsenal in Tver Oblast, was reportedly also attacked. Russia’s defense ministry claimed to have shot down 101 drones overnight.”
https://x.com/NOELreports/status/1837423831939518756
“In Krasnodar Krai, it’s not just the ammo depot and airfield in Tikhoretsk that are up in flames. Molkino base, once home to Wagner mercenaries and used by the African Corps, is also seeing action. Looks like they might be relocating soon”
https://x.com/maria_avdv/status/1837455037380837879
“Two major Russian ammunition depots caught fire after a series of drone strikes today, one in the Tver region, another in Krasnodar krai.
In the Tikhoretsky district north-west of Krasnodar, a fire started due to falling debris and ‘escalated to explosive objects’ that are now detonating, the governor said. Authorities have announced the evacuation of 1,200 people from a nearby village.
In the Tver region, the 23rd arsenal of the Main Missile and Artillery Directorate in the village of Oktyabrsky caught fire, @agents_media writes with reference to NASA satellite data. Judging by them, the fire spread to the entire territory of the arsenal, which is located 10 miles from the town of Toropets, where another ammunition depot was attacked earlier in the week. “
https://x.com/mediazona_en/status/1837427454253600862
“Ukraines strikes another ammunition depot with North Korean Ammunition
Evacuations are underway in #Tikhoretsk, #Krasnodar Krai, #Russia, after a Ukrainian strike on the ammunition depot (see NASA FIRMS imagery). Social media reports indicate that the facility was modernized about a year ago and is used to store both Russian and North Korean munitions. Exploding rockets and other ammunition are causing fires to spread around the community including at the airfield.
The airfield, which was primarily used as a military flight training school, has had Su-35’s stationed there in the past and they were potentially still there as seen in the Sentinel-2 imagery from Sept. 16, 2024.”
https://x.com/UKikaski/status/1837432736849465730
“Meanhwile in Tikhoretsk (Krasnodar region) russians are enjoying the results of importing North Korean missiles.
“I have never seen such a layer of ash. The air is very heavy now, it is hard to breathe to the point that my head is spinning. And thick smog has settled everywhere””
https://x.com/LvivJournal/status/1837442025035042843
Indicted War Criminal Little PUkin may ‘take the gloves off’ and bomb some more hospitals in Ukraine.
Shocked.
“House Republicans are overwhelmingly dismissing former President Trump’s calls for a government shutdown in the absence of a proof-of-citizenship voting bill being signed into law, a public break from the GOP presidential nominee in the lead-up to the November election.
A group of Republicans this week rejected a bill that combined a six-month continuing resolution (CR) with the Trump-backed voting bill, tanking the legislation in a move that thwarted Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) funding strategy.
Now, as the Speaker prepares to defy Trump’s wishes and stage a vote on a “clean” three-month stopgap, rank-and-file Republicans are expected to back it — balking at the former president’s request. Republicans almost universally support the voting bill, but they say pushing the issue so intensely that it results in a shutdown would backfire on the party.
“Everybody wants to go home and campaign, and there are some, particularly that want to go home and campaign, because they’re in really tough races,” Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Ala.) said.”
Almost to 18,000 and 3400!
Russia - 17986, of which: destroyed: 13199, damaged: 806, abandoned: 1010, captured: 2971
Tanks (3390, of which destroyed: 2334, damaged: 157, abandoned: 367, captured: 532)
When will RuZZia learn? Maybe in 7 years and 5 months.
“Video from Ukraine’s 46th Airmobile Brigade of Russian armored assaults reportedly involving 52 vehicles and UMPK strikes. The footage shows FPV, mines, possibly RPG, and DPICM strikes and an FPV with thermite. “
https://x.com/RALee85/status/1837385728403149010
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