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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Kremlin snuff box
https://t.me/s/kremlin_secrets
Macron invited Putin to finish the Northern Military District?
French President Emmanuel Macron has made a number of statements of varying tones in recent weeks regarding the future of the war in Ukraine. Initially, statements appeared that France was allegedly preparing to send military personnel to Ukraine.
Then it was clarified that we were not talking about the land component. Insiders were also thrown into the Western media that Macron allegedly almost promised to end the war with a victory for Ukraine and was ready to send troops to defend Odessa in the coming year.
What is behind all these statements? A source in the Foreign Ministry says that Macron, apparently, is thus inviting the Kremlin to leave the SVO regime and end the war. At the same time, the French president does this with the help of threats, which, admittedly, is quite bold and unexpected.
However, the interlocutor hinted that negotiations on the appearance of foreign military personnel in Ukraine are indeed underway.
Several interlocutors immediately hinted that Macron was simply confusing his tracks, and in the meantime was negotiating the appearance of NATO troops in Ukraine ( we wrote about what the appearance of even 50,000 NATO troops there would change here ).
Thus, opinions in Moscow were divided. Some see Macron’s words as an attempt at threats, the purpose of which is negotiations with the Kremlin. Others suspect a subtle game, the purpose of which is to delay time to coordinate a political decision in the West (on sending troops).
However, the Ministry of Defense directly says that there are NATO troops on the territory of Ukraine, but now they are not performing tasks in the line of direct combat, but provide consultations and study the experience of the current war to prepare their armies.
Kremlin snuff box, 03/22/24
https://t.me/s/kremlin_secrets
Already 52 dead. What happened in Crocus?
Shooting and explosions in Crocus City Hall are a terrorist act. There is no doubt about it. As of the time of publication, 52 deaths are already known, at least 80 more people may be in the building itself, their fate is unknown. The huge concert hall is on fire, which only complicates the search and elimination of all the attackers.
Two important points in connection with this tragedy. The first is that three days ago the FSB received information from the FSO about the preparation of an attack. Without specifying the location, but with a very specific description.
For some reason this data was ignored. After the concert on Red Square with the participation of the president, many of our interlocutors in the security services openly exhaled and, so to speak, relaxed. Security Council Secretary Patrushev knows that the FSB has this data and will definitely raise this issue at an emergency meeting of the Security Council, which will be held soon.
The second point is that I don’t want to say that we warned about this, but in fact it is so. In early March, the Americans published information about the preparation of terrorist attacks. The embassy’s letter also spoke about possible massacres at concerts.
Our sources then carefully hinted that they had been transferred to an enhanced work regime, but connected this with the elections. 5 days have passed since the end of voting - and here we are.
Who exactly committed the terrorist attack? It doesn’t matter at all. Obviously, such a massive terrorist attack should be the subject of investigation by the competent authorities.
It is known that the first group of Russian Guard special forces arrived at Crocus City Hall only 17 minutes after the shooting began. Considering that the FSB was aware of the preparation of the terrorist attack, such slowness also raises questions.
Did Bortnikov really not notify Zolotov of the approach of such a serious threat? Or did Bortnikov not know either? There are still more questions than answers.
However, it is known that in Moscow and the region, immediately after the shooting began, there were interruptions in the work of Telegram and VKontakte. The investigation will show whether these events are connected.
Just as with everything else bad in the world, anti-American freepers desperately want to blame this attack on America.
Still think false flag is a distinct possibility, but the idea of Muslims starting to get more “active” on Russian federation land esp Moscow or St. Petersburg would be a new kind of hell for Putin.
Seems lately he had been trying the western tact of catering to these types, hasn’t worked for us and is not going to work for him
Lots of Muslims have been killed by this regime, and typically they don’t work and play well with others no matter how much you miss their *****. In fact that usually emboldens them
Lots of Muslims have been killed by this regime, and typically they don’t work and play well with others no matter how much you miss their *****. In fact that usually emboldens them
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Any time these people can find a way to kill and become a martyr, they jump at it. They worship death. “You love life, we love death” - long dead AQ fighter.
AS-23a Kodiak = Kh-101
AS-24 Killjoy = Kh-47M2 Kinzhal
Spent a lot of time in ME, studied koran and Islam and can say most have no idea. People tend to project their values in others and that is a dangerous position
One example that had an impact on me
A husband asked his imam if his recently deceased wife was going to heaven, she was a good mother, wife…. And the imam said I don’t know
Basically except for dying as a martyr there is no guarantee of going to heaven like there is in Christianity.
This helps explain much
Basically except for dying as a martyr there is no guarantee of going to heaven like there is in Christianity.
https://twitter.com/front_ukrainian/status/1771477432521891963
Revelation, what the Imam really said:
A husband asked his imam if his recently deceased wife was going to heaven, she was a good mother, wife…. And the imam said, “She when to the Al-Asaba mosque, is that correct?”
The husband replied,”Yes she had been going there since she was a child.”
The Imam became angry and said, “Since it was not our temple, she’s an apostate and will go to hell”.
That’s down more than 400,000 barrels a day from the average for the first 13 days of the month...
https://twitter.com/TOGAjano21/status/1771478743447437642
Biden Admin wants Ukraine to halt attacks on Russian refineries, to keep gasoline prices lower in the US ahead of elections. Ukrainian attacks took about ten percent of Russian refining offline in recent weeks.
Might be prudent to Shoot and look, before potentially overshooting, and incurring some unexpected disruptions.
Might be useful to have the credible threat of major destruction of refining for leverage.
OilPrice.com reports:
“The United States has repeatedly urged Ukraine to halt its drone attacks on Russian oil refineries due to Washington’s assessment that the strikes could led to Russian retaliation and push up global oil prices, the Financial Times reported on Friday...
...The attacks have reduced Russia’s refining capacity and driven oil prices higher this month. Early on Friday, Brent Crude prices traded at above $85 per barrel, while the U.S. benchmark, WTI Crude, was at $81 per barrel, which is set to further raise U.S. gasoline prices amid rising demand, refinery maintenance, and falling stocks.
With gasoline demand rising, U.S. gasoline prices increased last week for a third week in a row, GasBuddy data showed earlier this week.
This doesn’t look good at all for the U.S. Administration in an election year in which President Joe Biden is expected to seek re-election in November.
Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian refineries in recent weeks have taken out as much as 600,000 barrels in daily processing capacity in Russia, according to commodity trading major Gunvor. (about 10% of the long term average (normal) throughput, of around 6 million bpd)
“It is significant because obviously this is gonna hit the distillate exports straight away,” Gunvor chief executive Torbjörn Törnqvist told Bloomberg on the sidelines of CERAWeek.
“So that will probably take down exports by a couple of hundred thousand barrels, so to me it’s a distillate problem,” the executive added.
Lower refining capacity in the second quarter, due to refinery maintenance and emergency repairs following the attacks, could be one of the reasons why Russia said it would focus on cuts to oil production instead of exports in its voluntary supply reduction as part of OPEC+ in the second quarter, analysts say.”
Air Raid ongoing in Sevastopol, Crimea. Explosions reported
https://twitter.com/CovertShores/status/1771628760179118532
Crimea situation near the Belbek airfield.
https://twitter.com/Feher_Junior/status/1771631836822720515
Temporarily occupied Sevastopol - significant demilitarisation operation right now.
https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1771633999795872067
Explosions in Sevastopol. Air raid sirens are sounding in the city.
The Kerch Bridge has been closed for traffic.
“Several aerial targets were shot down in Sevastopol,” the so-called “governor” Razvozhayev said.
Crimean Telegram channels report hits in the headquarters of 810 navy brigade.
Local media also report hits on ships in Sevastopol.
https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1771635665106505905
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