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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Normally, artillery is located well behind the FEBA.
So, either ruzzia is forward deploying their artillery, or Ukraine has extended the range of their FPV drones.
Looks like the Kura Missile Test Range has gone hot. Cobra Ball aircraft launched to monitor.
Well, duh! That is the objective.
And, why is it the objective? Because the Ukraine and NATO refuse to stop attacking Russian Federation territory.
So, the Russians most certainly WILL create a buffer zone to protect their territory and citizens. Nothing will stop them from doing so except a Ukrainian surrender and promise that Ukraine will remain a neutral country.
This war was one we provoked by fomenting an illegal coup in 2014 and installing a puppet government hostile to Russia and the ethnic population in Ukraine.
It's a proxy war the Biden regime. It's been total a failure and biggest US foreign policy debacle since Vietnam.
Get this through your skull, you Zeeper baboon:
The war in Ukraine is 100% the result of our meddling in that country. We fomented an illegal coup in Ukraine in 2014, installed a puppet government hostile to both Russia and the the ethnic Russian population in Ukraine and that setoff a civil war.
We armed Ukraine with lethal weapons, built up and trained a 600,000 man army, we running biolabs with deadly pathogens in them there and teased NATO membership for Ukraine.
If Russia or China had done anything like that in Mexico, we, justifiably, would have invaded.
What Zeeper scum like are doing is defending our outrageous aggression toward Russian under Obama and Biden. And, all that has us closer to a hot war with Russia, WW III and nuclear war than we were during the Cold War.
Our meddling in Ukraine is 100% to blame for the present war in Ukraine.
WE invaded Iraq twice and Russia has far better reasons to be in Ukraine than we ever did in Iraq. And, I guarantee you supported both Iraq wars.
WE invaded Afghanistan, justifiably. There are valid reasons to invade a nation when another country threatens your national security.
“WE invaded Iraq twice and Russia has far better reasons”
Oh, did the UN pass a resolution for Russia to invade Ukraine, like they did for the USA and the International Coalition to Liberate Kuwait from Iraqi invasion?
I must have missed that. Because it didn’t happen.
No the reality is that Russia is simply engaging in an unlawful predatory theft, led by by a corrupt mafia clique that flaunts the norms of civilized behavior, to ruthlessly enrich their mob bosses, at the expense of everyone else (including everyone else in Russia).
Kyiv Post reports (lots of new details on Artillery shell production - Germany really doing their part, Turkey a big player, Greece has some old eight inch to party up - but France, not so much):
“Greece will become a key supplier of shells in a Czech Republic initiative to get emergency deliveries of artillery worth around $1.9 billion to Ukraine, news reports said on Tuesday.
The munitions will come from Greek army warehouses and their transfer to Ukraine, costing about $156 million, will be reimbursed by other nations...
...Currently, according to field reports, Russian artillery by quantities of shells fired out-shoots its Ukrainian counterpart by four or five to one...
...According to the Athens-headquartered iEidisies news agency, a key component of the Grecian bulk up to Ukraine will be shells for the 155mm NATO-standard cannon...
...Other ammo to be sold by Athens, and usable by systems known to be in operation by Kyiv’s forces, include Cold War-era 30mm and WW2-era 40mm anti-aircraft shells, Vietnam-era 203mm heavy artillery shells, and modern 105mm anti-tank and high explosive shells, the report says.
The US-manufactured 203mm munition, known in the Pentagon as 8-inch shell, dates back to the Vietnam era. Ukraine operates a similar caliber Soviet-era 2S7 Pion howitzer. Ukrainian gunners value the weapon for its long range and accuracy. According to Ukrainian news reports, US-made 203mm shells can be fired from the Ukrainian Pion howitzers.
The iEidiseis reports that Greek ammo dumps contain 175mm shells in “huge quantities” and that the munition would become part of the ammunition delivery to Ukraine, the report says...
...The total value of Greek ammunition and equipment to be transferred to Ukraine, idEdiseis reported, would be equivalent to $185 million, some $29 million more than the expected price of shells to be sold by Greece (some guns?)...
...By early April more than 15 countries had promised $1.9 billion, slightly more than double Prague’s initial request for $800 million to purchase 500,000 155-mm NATO-standard artillery shells and 300,000 Soviet-standard 122mm shells abroad...
...Germany is the largest contributor, with Berlin officials over April 1-2 announcing Berlin will fund 40 percent of all ammunition purchased by the Czech-led cooperative, and promising to donate 180,000 shells made by Germany’s Rheinmetall.
Other major supporters of the initiative having made public the value of planned contributions include Belgium ($215 million), the Netherlands ($165 million) and Norway ($153 million). France, Sweden, Portugal, Canada, and Lithuania also are participating but their announced contributions are a good deal smaller. Stockholm, for its part, has promised $30 million.
Czech weapons buyers are, according to Ukrainian news reports, planning, or have made major artillery shell purchases in South Korea, Turkey, and South Africa. Talks with large-scale manufacturers in Bulgaria and India have been reported.
While in Ukraine, Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur, in comments reported by the Postimees newspaper on March 24, said that under normal circumstances the time interval from purchase to delivery for shells from international markets was around two months.
The Russian military, also hit with shell deficits, is competing with Ukraine’s allies in international markets for Soviet-standard calibers, Pevkur said, particularly for the 122mm and 152mm artillery round and the 122mm artillery rocket. Rising demand combined with limited increased production capacity has spiked the price of a single 155mm artillery shell in world markets to about $2,200 each, he said.
Pevkur predicted that by the end of 2024 European production would grow to 1.4 million shells, and by the end of 2025 the figure would rise to two million shells a year, or about 80 percent of Ukraine’s annual battle needs.
Were the United States to assist, then nations supporting Ukraine would be reasonably capable in twelve months of not only eliminating the Ukrainian army’s current yawning artillery ammunition deficit, but of giving Kyiv a possibly decisive artillery advantage over Moscow, he said.
According to the Ukrainian military information publication armyrecognition.com, hard-pressed Pentagon logistics commanders charged to maintain US stocks, provide artillery ammunition to Israel, and keep a White House promise to support Ukraine “as long as it takes” in the face of Congressional refusal to pay for it, have turned to manufacturers in Türkiye to forestall looming American 155mm shell deficits.
The article names the Turkish state company Roketsan and the Turkish government research agency Tubitak as Ankara’s main producers currently filling American shell orders.
The United States in recent months has already purchased 116,000 artillery shells “from a Turkish company, with prospects for additional purchases,” as well as trinitrotoluene (TNT) and nitroguanidine, the key chemicals for shell explosives and propellant, the report says.
The US-Turkish ammunition collaboration project will see heavy Turkish investment in American shell manufacturing, and the Turkish company Rekon will, by 2025, have built three new production lines in Texas, manufacturing about 30 percent of all 155mm artillery shells produced in the United States, the report says.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his American counterpart Joe Biden are scheduled to meet at the White House on May 9. Details of the US-Turkey joint ammunition production project are likely to be announced then, the article says.
In Europe, the German defense giant Rheinmetall has announced plans to produce 700,00 shells annually by the end of 2024 and – with the start-up of new factories planned in Germany, Ukraine and Lithuania – to produce more than a million artillery shells annually by 2027. Governments in Denmark, Finland, Sweden, and Norway also have announced the intention to expand artillery shell production.”
Were the United States to assist, then nations supporting Ukraine would be reasonably capable in twelve months of not only eliminating the Ukrainian army’s current yawning artillery ammunition deficit, but of giving Kyiv a possibly decisive artillery advantage over Moscow, he said.
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No way the House GOP will permit such an affront to their religious positions supporting Russia and Hamas.
Kyiv Independent reports (3 April):
(Ukrainian) Military Intelligence: Russia has about 200 Su-34, Su-35 fighter jets, 7 A-50 planes
“Russia has about 100 Su-35 fighter jets, more than 100 Su-34 fighter bombers, and seven A-50 early warning and control aircraft as of March, ArmyInform reported on April 3, citing data provided by Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR)...
...Three of the seven Russian A-50s are undergoing repairs and modernization, according to the HUR.
“Two (planes) are at the Beriev Aircraft Company plant in Taganrog, and one at the Ulyanovsk airfield, at the Aviastar aircraft factory,” ArmyInform reported.
Yurii Ihnat, the former Air Force’s spokesman, attributed the uptick in the number of downed aircraft to air defense systems supplied by Ukraine’s allies, which reportedly can be moved closer to the border or the front line after a decision of the military leadership.
Russia’s total losses during the all-out war amount to about 672 aircraft — 347 planes and 325 helicopters, according to Ukraine’s General Staff.
The General Staff’s figure could not be independently verified.”
Also, Separately reported on 3 April:
“Russia used over 4,000 missiles, Shahed drones, and guided aerial bombs against Ukraine in March, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on April 3.
Russian forces reportedly launched over 400 missiles of various types, 600 Shahed drones, and 3,000 guided aerial bombs.”
I remain hopeful that the Ukraine aid will make it out of Congress, but admit that I thought it would be sooner.
But if/when it does, it will be a significant impact on the battlefield.
You misunderstood see whatever Russia uses as a reason is correct, valid, and Christian, Russian mir is a fascinating place
Bin Laden did a little bit more than get the Russian mir in a tight wad
“Blithering baboon “ I see you have been watching more American TV
Getting better
Pooh river update?
Nice justification, you attacked, Ukraine is fighting back and it’s Ukraines fault this is happening
Russian mir, amazing thought
process
Guess Ukraine should stop hitting Russias fist with their face😂
Russia REPEATEDLY sought peace -- with the Minsk Accords and with a deal that had been worked out in Turkey in March of 2022 that was killed by Boris Johnson.
You're defending the heinous actions of Queen Neocon Victoria Nuland and the Obama and Biden regimes.
You're another Zeeptard joke.
Comrade, take a deep breath. Your English grammar suffers when you post too hastily.
Ethnic Russians who moved in after Stalin starved existing ukranians and deported millions, so not moved
Ps
And you are defending putins heinous actions
“Ukraine would be reasonably capable in twelve months of not only eliminating the Ukrainian army’s current yawning artillery ammunition deficit, but of giving Kyiv a possibly decisive artillery advantage over Moscow”
That is on the Ukrainian supply side.
The possibility exists that the shift in Artillery firepower could be magnified, by Russian shortages - like when the supply of howitzers and spare barrels from their boneyards starts sputtering out later this year.
ISW (3 April): reports:
“Ukraine and Finland signed a 10-year bilateral security agreement on April 3.
Finland also announced a new military aid package to Ukraine worth 188 million euros (about $204 million) that includes air defense materiel and large-caliber artillery ammunition.”
Also, ISW reports that Russia is generally picking up the pace of its ground assaults, throwing more armor into them, and has reconstituted with more recruited bodies. They are likely trying to take advantage in the slowdown of Western aid, and make progress before the Spring Mud Season.
After the mud season, Russia is expected to throw a big push against Ukrainian lines. They have been massing equipment, troops and supplies.
Generally speaking, in southern Ukraine, the soil will be dry from around mid-April, then two weeks later in the Donetsk region, and from mid-May in the Russian-occupied Luhansk region further north.
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