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 forces have defended against Russia's full-scale invasion for 1,000 days and continue to demonstrate incredible resilience against Russian aggression. Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022 under the incorrect assumption that Ukraine would fail to defend itself and that Russian forces would be able to seize Kyiv City and install a pro-Russian proxy government in three days.[1] One thousand days later, Ukrainian forces have successfully pushed Russian forces from their most forward points of advance in Zhytomyr, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson, Poltava, and Mykolaiv oblasts and continue their daily fight to liberate occupied territory in Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia, Mykolaiv, and Kherson oblasts and Crimea.[2] Russian forces are currently advancing throughout eastern Ukraine, and Ukrainian officials have recently warned about the possibility of an imminent Russian offensive operation in Zaporizhia Oblast.[3] Russian President Vladimir Putin is simultaneously waging an informational war against the West, Ukraine, and the Russian population aimed at convincing the world that Russian victory is inevitable, and that Ukraine stands no chance.[4] This informational effort is born out of Putin's fear and understanding that sustained Western military, economic, and diplomatic support for Ukraine will turn the tide of the war against Russia.
Russia has accumulated a significant amount of risk and a number of ever-increasing constraints on its warfighting capabilities over the last 1,000 days. Russia began the war with a poorly organized and understaffed military comprised of contract military personnel and limited number of conscripts due to his incorrect assumption that Ukraine would fold and fear that general mobilization could threaten the stability of his regime.[5] Russia largely relied on a combination of volunteer contract servicemembers, mobilized personnel, and irregular formations (such as the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republic Army Corps [DNR/LNR AC], the Wagner Group, and Russian Volunteer Corps) to wage Putin's war without general mobilization.[6] This system has provided the Kremlin the manpower necessary to support operations so far, but there are mounting indicators that this system is beginning to teeter. Recent Western estimates of Russian manpower losses suggest that Russian forces are currently losing more troops per month than Russia's ongoing crypto-mobilization efforts can sustain, and open-source evidence indicates that Russia may not be able to sustain its current rate of armored vehicle and tank losses in the medium term as Russia burns through its stockpiles of Soviet-era equipment.[7] The upcoming 2025 year will only increase the manpower and materiel constraints on the Russian military if Russia attempts to sustain its current offensive tempo, and Putin continues to appear averse to such measures given Russian society's growing disinterest in fighting in Russia's war, the Russian economy's limitations including a significant labor deficit and high inflation, and continual aversion to bearing the burden of additional wartime costs.[8] Russia cannot maintain its current tempo indefinitely. Putin will likely need to take disruptive and drastic measures - including another involuntary call up of the mobilization reserve - to overcome these growing limitations as the war protracts.
Ukraine, meanwhile, continues to improve its warfighting capabilities and prepare itself to be self-sustainable in the long term. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky presented Ukraine's “Internal Resilience Plan” to the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) on November 19.[9] The plan is comprised of 10 points that establish Ukraine's strategic objectives during and after the end of Russia's full-scale invasion.[10] The core points of the plan outline Ukraine's focus on maintaining unity and cooperation with its partners; specific measures to stabilize the frontline and increase Ukrainian military's technological efficiency; the expansion of Ukraine's domestic industrial base (DIB) production capabilities and joint DIB partnerships; the establishment of an economic policy to support Ukrainian industries and businesses; the protection of Ukraine's energy infrastructure; and the establishment of a new internal and border security system. The plan also outlines a vision to create effective local administrations, improve social and veteran policies, and strengthen Ukraine's cultural sovereignty both domestically and abroad. Zelensky emphasized in his speech to the Verkhovna Rada that Ukraine has taken many steps to improve its DIB and has already produced over 2.5 million mortar and artillery rounds in 2024.[11] Zelensky added that Ukraine plans to produce at least 3,000 cruise missiles and 30,000 long-range drones in 2025 and that Ukrainian brigades should raise their own funding to appropriately supply themselves with drones without bureaucratic limitations. Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced on November 19 that the Verkhovna Rada approved the 2025 defense and security budget of 2.23 trillion hryvnias (around $54 billion) and allocated a record-breaking 739 billion hryvnias (around $17.9 billion) for the Ukrainian DIB and weapon procurement.[12] ISW continues to assess that Ukraine has a chance to dramatically expand its DIB and stand on its own two feet in the future if its partners empower Ukraine now.[13]
more + maps https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-november-19-2024
As Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine hits the 1,000-day mark and North Korean troops take to the field to support the campaign, Iran International revisits the key role Iranian drones have played in the Russian war effort.
The first reports of Iran supplying drones to Russia emerged in July 2022. On July 11, US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan revealed intelligence saying Iran was preparing to send several hundred drones to Russia, including those with combat capabilities.
“Our information indicates that the Iranian government is preparing to provide Russia with up to several hundred UAVs, including weapons-capable UAVs on an expedited timeline,” he told reporters.
Read the report https://www.iranintl.com/en/202411197064
Residents of Gubkin reported loud explosions and witnessed thick black smoke rising in the area, accompanied by a strong smell.
A drone strike targeted the 13th GRAU arsenal near Kotovo in Russia's Novgorod region, approximately 680 kilometers from Ukraine's border, according to a report by Ukraine's Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD) on November 20.
The facility, a critical storage site for Russian military ordnance, houses a wide array of munitions, including Iskander ballistic missiles, North Korean KN-23 missiles, and rockets for multiple launch rocket systems such as Grad, Smerch, and Uragan. Additionally, it stores artillery shells, mortar mines, anti-aircraft missiles for S-300 and S-400 systems, and ammunition for Tor missile systems.
Comments #8497 to #8499, an interesting trio of Russia information. Russia is failing with an incredibly low unemployment rate in the 2% zone. I guess the Russian cure for unemployment is meat waves and military work.
But no, the next two comments make clear women have caused and must solve the problem. Who knew women had so much power? Russia’s anti immigrant policies are working, so now women must hatch electricians, welders, roofers, painters, etc. Be patient Russians, it only takes 18 years for these hatchlings to grow to maturity and pick a trade. I predict many leaking roofs the next score of years. By the way, what is the % now of homes without toilets and washing machines.
In addition, a state official believes the war started because women had abortions. They want to live for themselves rather than for the State. This must stop. If they live for themselves, they live in a coffin as explained on Pravda radio. Of course maternity will be very hard living in homes with leaking roofs, failing electrical service, flaking and dirty walls, and failures in all the other basics of modern living, like toilets and washing machines, while the planned children are growing up to be 18 and chose those careers. What happens if when the boys grow up they don’t want to do those jobs. Maybe they would like to be teachers, scientists, doctors, businessmen, etc. What then, oh master planners of Russia??? Maybe the problem is poor handling of immigrations policy?
Are there lessons here for America? We have labor problems because we decided everyone should go to college and most schools have dropped vocational education as part of the scholastic offering. When I need construction work done on property I own, it is easiest to find a willing Hispanic worker. If the massive deportations are actually carried out, and the Dept. of Education is abolished, what will be the result? Are robots the solution?
FtrPilot: I hope this is true...Personally, I am skeptical."
Electronic warfare is a huge part of the war, increasingly so in the past year.
Russians have used it effectively to jam western GPS guided missiles, artillery & drones.
Ukrainians also use it to disable Russian drones & missiles.
So there is constant work on each side to upgrade their systems to better defend against opponent's EW and overcome their opponent's EW defenses.
This Russian "turtle tank" clearly shows the anti-EW device on its roof.
Kerch bridge shut down right now.
“Are robots the solution?”
Robots are nearing roughly human equivalent mobility, dexterity and strength.
Projections are that general purpose household robots will be developed by 2030, with mass manufacturing of them to follow.
So they will likely be available in force, before newborns reach 18.
“ Kerch bridge shut down right now.”
Within ATACMS range…
Rumors that Russia will attack Kyiv with RS-26 Rubezh ICBM.
Russian Air Force Tu-214PU flying command post now airborne and circling northeast of Moscow.
RS-26 Rubezh
The missile has been criticized by western defense observers for indirectly breaching the INF Treaty. The missile demonstrated, with a light or no payload, the ability to reach above the agreed 5500 km limit of the treaty. However all further testing have been flights with significantly shorter ranges. The RS-26 was twice tested at a distance of about 2000 km. While the RS-26 is technically an ICBM, its range falls just barely inside the ICBM category. According to a US magazine article, the RS-26 is exactly the same concept and a direct replacement for the RSD-10 Pioneer—known to NATO as the SS-20 Saber—which was banned under the INF treaty
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RS-26_Rubezh
November 20, 2024 14:29
It will not necessary to use the RS-26 Rubezh is a Russian solid-fueled, road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) currently in development😅
About 30 Tu-95MS and Tu-160M bombers of the Russian Aerospace Forces are in a state of high combat readiness;
they can deliver an unprecedented air strike on Ukraine and kyiv in particular, Ukrainian resources report. This can be confirmed by the suspension of work in the embassies of Western countries in kyiv. This information is disseminated in the Ukrainian information space on the basis of recent satellite images.
It is reported that at the Olenya air base there are 12 Tu-95MS and 8 Tu-160M missile carriers, at the Engels-2 base there are 4 Tu-95MS and 2 Tu-160, and at the Dyagilevo base there are 3. Tu -95MS aircraft.
Western diplomats have never interrupted the work of their embassies before, which may indicate a warning from Moscow through direct or indirect channels of communication about its intentions. It is noteworthy that Britain, France, Germany and Poland have been informed by US intelligence services about an allegedly imminent airstrike on kyiv.
The United States believes that Moscow could launch an unprecedented missile strike in the next 48 hours. The embassies of the United States, Britain, Spain, Italy and Greece have already closed their doors in kyiv.
Recall that Ukrainian information sources do not exclude the use of the experimental RS-26 Rubezh intercontinental ballistic missile. in a combined strike. Preparatory actions are reportedly already underway at the Kapustin Yar training ground in the Astrakhan region. It is noteworthy that the project of this missile system was officially closed in 2018.
https://x.com/SPREX64/status/1859219328870330844
Measures, countermeasure and counter- countermeasures…. Is how it always works
Look at tanks and aircraft that started ww2 and what was fielded just 4 short years later.
The advance of drones and electronic warfare from the beginning of this conflict to now has been by leaps and bounds and so it will continue
Interesting to see how everyone around the world is adapting to the new environment
Shot down:
0/1 S-300 ballistic missile
2/5 Kh-59/69 cruise missiles
114/122 Shahed drones (56 shot down, 58 electronic warfare)
https://x.com/NOELreports/status/1859164931444125710
https://x.com/Maks_NAFO_FELLA/status/1859243163254235143
Storm Shadows would indicate more than a comm center. Perhaps it was also a command center.
Rumors Norks were storm shadowed in Kursk.
Russian cruise missile launches from Engels by 4 Tu-95s just reported.
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