Running total
5/10 - 645
5/9 - 643
5/8 - 631
5/7 - 625
5/6 - 622
5.5 - 607
5/4 - 605
5/3 - 600
5/2 – 599
5/1 – 595
4/30 – 593
4/29 – 587
4/28 – 580
4/27 – 571
4/26 – 562
4/25 – 553
4/24 – 543
4/23 – 531
4/22 – 531
4/21 – 528
4/20 – 523
4/19 – 519
4/18 – 510
4/17 – 505
4/16 – 508
4/15 – 507
4/14 - 505
4/13 - 499
4/12 – 479
4/11 - 471
4/10 - 462
4/9 - 450
4/8 - 449
4/7 - 450
4/6 - 440
4/5 - 425
4/4 - 422
4/3 - 401
4/2 - 389
4/1 - 362
3/31 - 350
3/30 - 342
3/29 - 331
3/28 - 316
3/27 - 307
3/26 - 297
3/25 - 289
3/24 - 280
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.
Russian MOD just reported the 3,000th Ukie armored vehicle/ tank has been destroyed.
www.riafan.ru
Ukraine: military situation update with maps, May 9, 2022
(’Orc ‘is associated with the various hoards of Mongol invaders, as well as LOTR evil villains)
War in Ukraine
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP2QApi8G2TKc8NZmeDWSUg/videos
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Bonus:
1) Someone actually made a hilarious voiceover-video of a destroyed Russian tanks
https://twitter.com/ItsBorys/status/1523664324950036480
2) On the frontline with a Ukrainian militia artillery unit as it targets Russian forces | ITV News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v1vrxbk9EE
3) Battle for the South of Ukraine (bloody, difficult for some to watch). Mykolaiv.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhBfNDVs-PY
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**Ongoing shortages of gasoline and diesel:
Ukraine civilian part of the economy completely suffocated, and in coming months, there will not be any productive part of their economy.
This action was made worse by inept and unprofessional actions of the Ukrainian government (specifically the Economic Minister who may have done this as sabotage) that tried to regulate and dictate the price of fuel to fuel traders.
As a result, no one wants to import because it is a money losing proposition. Most of the fuel goes to their military and nothing left is for the civilians.
**Next Crisis, Financial:
Ukraine using up its cash reserves (both government and civilians) and will go to zero in a few months. It will need quite a bit of financial help in a month or two.
**Orcs using Uragan 9M27K Cluster Munitions on civilian targets in Mykolaiv and 3 other towns.
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Summary:
Key areas:
- Izyum bridgehead - no expansion today.
- Russian troops are slowly mopping up corner between Oskil and Siverskiy Donets rivers controlled by Ukrainian side before. No changes today or yesterday.
- Zaporizhya frontline - no changes today.
- Ukrainian army has lost control over Popasna
- Russian troops are squeezing line around Severodonetsk and attempting to establish bridgeheads near Bilogorivka and Pryvillya. Russian side has established bridgehead near Bilogorivka, but the pontoon bridge was destroyed by Ukrainian artillery which led to a loss of the bridgehead, as small Russian force was mopped by Ukrainian forces.
1. Kharkiv: Ukrainian troops are slowly pushing Russian side out - they captured village of Lyptsi, Vesele. Russian is withdrawing its battle-worn troops from here to Russian territory.
**Orcs not enough power to capture Kharkiv. Shelling continues
2. Izyum bridgehead (or Hell on Earth): No major Russian progress today. It is extremely dangerous penetration by Russian troops that potentially could lead to large pocket for Ukrainian troops west of Donetsk.
**Orcs regrouping or throwing troops in willy-nilly trying to make a difference.
3. Lyman bridgehead. No changes today.
4. Popasna, Rubizhne and Severodonetsk. Russian troops captured all of Rubizhne. Russian mercenaries - Wagner Group operates in Popasna, also Russian 57 brigade operates there as well. Confirmed capture of Popasna by Russian troops.
**Orc pontoon bridge west of Severodonetsk, destroyed by UA artillery. Small amount of Orc troops that crossed where trapped and destroyed.
**This is the area near Yampil’ were a few days ago Orc troops were advising each other to destroy their own tanks, some units having only one tank remaining.
**Critical for Orcs to take Severodonetsk to force UA to withdraw to the west. Will be more bloody fighting like the captures of Rubizhne & Popasna where bath sides had heavy losses. Capture of Severodonetsk will be more bloody that both combined as is much much larger. Orcs want to avoid this outcome.
**UA abandoned the 40% of Popasna they held because Orc constant shelling on supply road made reinforcements and supply impossible. Now there is an Orc salient forming due northward. UA needed to stop the bleeding.
5. West of Donetsk: Avidyivka and Maryinka. Avdiyivaka - never ending attempts of the Russian side to break-through there. Russian forces captured village called Troitske, attacking towards Novobakhmutivka.
6. Vugledar is in Ukrainian hands.
7. Velyka Novosilka - Gulyapole stretch of frontline. Ukrainian strongholds are towns of Gulyaypole and village of Velyka Novosilka. Russian 19D is operating there. Russian troops are consolidating their gains. Also, 42D has been spotted in the area.
Russian troops captured village Vremivka attached to Velyka Novosilka from west and separate by small river. The most northern group of Russian troops has been stopped before village of Vilne Pole. Ukranian side brought its 128 brigade and regiment Azov-Kyiv Rgt to stop Russian advance there. No Russian progress here today.
8. No new attacks on Orikhiv.
9. Mariupol: opportunity to do a breakout attempt by the Ukrainian forces might have been lost as density of Russian troops increased due to smaller perimeter. Based on other sources, opportunity to break out is still viable.
10. Mykolayiv: No major changes.
**This area no contagious front line, fighting is about strongholds that support each other and crossed fields of fire. Very very flat area. Advantages to large forces, tank ops, air support and artillery. Sparsely populated.
**Transnistria: Things are quiet but brewing up there.