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Real time update on equipment losses from both sides based on videos/photos. The invaders lost 5 additional tanks in the past 24 hours for a total of 275. US estimated 1200 total tanks at the onset of war.

Running total

3/23 - 275

3/22 - 270

3/21 - 263

3/20 - 257

3/19 - 251

3/18 - 244

3/17 - 235

3/16 - 229

3/15 - 217

3/14 - 209

3/13 - 204

3/12 - 193

3/11 - 187

3/10 - 164

3/9 - 156

3/8 - 149

3/7 - 140

3/6 - 120

3/5 - 108

As noted on the website: "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.

Dead Invaders:

“Askar Konarbaev was a 2011 RVVDKU graduate and was killed in Ukraine. He presumably served with the Black Sea Fleet’s 810th Naval Infantry Brigade.”
https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1506380730208768011?cxt=HHwWlsCyieDS3ucpAAAA

“Lieutenant Yaroslav Ponomarenko, a Novosibirsk Higher Military Command School graduate, was killed in Ukraine.”
https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1506385297914929164?cxt=HHwWmIC5kdDc4OcpAAAA

“Major Alexey Osokin, the commander of the VDV’s 31st Air Assault Brigade’s 1st battalion, was killed in Ukraine.”
https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1506387882512166925?cxt=HHwWmsC58Yjz4ecpAAAA

“Major Dmitry Toptun was a motorized rifle battalion commander reportedly killed near Izyum on March 14 when his BMP was struck by an anti-tank munition.”
https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1506429445376299019

“Captain Vladimir Bardin, a Chelyabinsk Higher Military Aviation School for Navigators graduate and pilot, was killed in Ukraine.”
https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1506395830005153796?cxt=HHwWiICyqdbB5ecpAAAA

“Vladislav Sekhin, a soldier in the 28th Motorized Rifle Brigade’s reconnaissance company, was killed in Ukraine on March 10.”
https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1506415398442483717?cxt=HHwWioC-xdq07ucpAAAA

“Yefreytors Maxim Zanin, Nurlan Kubzhasarov, and Vyacheslav Sultanov of Rosgvardia’s 23rd Obereg Spetsnaz Detachment from Chelyabinsk were killed in Ukraine.”
https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1506418098353676299?cxt=HHwWloC5ue7R7-cpAAAA

“Major Ruslan Petrukhin, a graduate of the Kazan Higher Military Command School and a deputy battalion commander in the 38th Motorized Rifle Brigade, was killed in Ukraine.”
https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1506420748382048265?cxt=HHwWksC42Y7s8OcpAAAA

“Paratrooper Praporshchik Sergei Masterov from Orenburg was killed in Ukraine.”
https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1506422643758714886?cxt=HHwWjMC-rbja8ecpAAAA

Here’s an interesting video on Russia and a plausible explanation on why they are performing so badly. In essence, they did not build a military to do this particular job. They invested heavily in prestige projects that can play no part in Ukraine, like submarines and nuclear tipped missiles. The presenter has so very well-founded views. Worth your time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJkmcNjh_bg&t=4s

I expect Ukrainian losses to go higher as they counterattack. The Russians seem to be digging in north of Kiev, although the Ukrainians seem to be trying to outflank them and have supposedly trapped a battalion sized group in Bucha.

The Russians also seem to be trying to consolidate their gains in the east and especially a land bridge to Russia from Crimea on the north side of the Azov Sea.

The siege of Mariopul is curiously stalled despite the passing of one deadline and issuance of another today. Some of the more recent footage I've seen were videos of Ukrainian tanks and IFVs fighting in the center Mariupol. I suspect the Ukrainians kept a lot of reserves waiting rather than overextending them trying to hold a bigger perimeter. The destruction of the city gives them lots of places to hide and will make the Russians pay a very high price to take it.

The disappearance of Shoigu is also rather curious.