Posted on 09/03/2022 8:00:09 AM PDT 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. Small arms, ATGMs, MANPADS, loitering munitions, drones used as unmanned bait, civilian vehicles, trailers 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 the origin of a piece of equipment can't be established, it is 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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Artillery (Towed + Self-Propelled) Kills per Month
September 2022, 1, Running Total: 243
August 2022 – 21, Running Total: 242
July 2022 – 21, Running Total: 221
June 2022 – 18, Running Total: 200
May 2022 – 20, Running Total: 182
April 2022 – 52, Running Total: 162
Feb 24 - March 2022 – 110, Running Total: 110
Rob Lee
https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1565771980720279554
“Thanks to @yapparova_lilya for this interview. One thing I want to emphasize is that defense analysis depends on the quality of the data. I don’t have a great understanding of the force ratios in Kherson, which means it is difficult to make a high confidence prediction. 1/”
“There are important tangible (e.g. quantity and quality of forces/equipment) and intangible factors (e.g. leadership and morale). I think the intangible factors favor Ukraine, and but many of the tangible factors are harder to assess (at least from my vantage point). 2/”
“Ukraine now has very good NATO artillery with PGMs and HIMARS/M270, and has a greater quantity of tubes and ammunition than in early summer. It has enough 155mm ammunition to conduct an offensive and its crews are proficient with these systems. 3/”
“But it is less clear if Ukraine has sufficient tanks, IFVs, and other system, which are critical to for any offensive. And you need well-trained forces (with armor) to conduct offensive operations well and to rapidly exploit breakthroughs. 4/”
“In order to mass sufficient forces that are well-trained for an offensive in Kherson, Ukraine may have to pull units or reserves away from other parts of the front. That means Russia may be able to take terrain elsewhere as a result. 5/”
“So any analysis of whether Ukraine will have success in Kherson depends on making estimates about a number of critical tangible factors (other people may have a better estimate/understanding). When you add several uncertain estimates together, you have weak data. 6/”
“So I can’t make a high-confidence prediction, but Ukraine has a number of advantages pursuing a campaign in Kherson. It may not have an overall advantage in artillery and armor, but it likely does in Kherson and certainly in tactical engagements when it masses them. 7/”
“Russia depended on a significant advantage in artillery rounds fired in the Donbas. Russia can resupply its forces across the Dnipro with ferries, but it likely can’t deliver enough artillery ammunition and other heavy equipment if Ukrainian leans heavily on artillery. 8/”
“Russia will also have difficulty deploying reserves across the river. Kyiv has advantages in Kherson and will likely achieve successes, but without a solid understanding of force ratios, equipment, # of well-trained Ukrainian units, etc., it is hard to predict how much or when.9/”
“So I don’t know how much terrain Ukraine will be able to take back this month, but, when we look at the medium-to-long-term, I think manpower issues will become a greater problem for Russia and Ukraine can make Russia’s occupation efforts more costly and less sustainable. 10/”
“Russia’s force in Ukraine depends on volunteers who signed 3 or 6 month contracts. Will they sign another contract? Can Russia keep meeting its manpower needs without mobilization? I don’t know, but I have a feeling many volunteers won’t want to spend the winter in a trench. 11/”
“The 3rd Army Corps deployment will give Russia new forces to occupy frontage. It is more likely its deployment will make a Ukrainian offensive more difficult than facilitating a Russian offensive. But will its battalions with 6 month contract volunteers exist by February? 12/”
“So I think there are a number of military factors that favor Ukraine in Kherson and elsewhere, particularly over the medium-term. How and when will these advantages translate into gains on the battlefield? I can’t say with a high-level of confidence. 13/”
“Ukrainian COTS drones dropping improvised munitions are still operating; here we see a Russian BMP-2 IFV destroyed near the Zaporizhzhia-Donetsk Oblast border. Even a small munition can penetrate the thin armour on the top of the vehicle, and set off amunition/fuel.”
https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1565735113203367936
“A Russian Pantsir-S1 SAM system was taken out by a Ukrainian strike, said to be in Oleshky, #Kherson Oblast. The loss of these potent systems enable the Bayraktar TB-2 drone to operate with more freedom, hence the footage we could show of recent use.”
https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1565973083651031045
“A Russian T-72B-series tank was taken out by a Ukrainian Bayraktar TB-2 drone strike as part of the #Kherson Offensive.
This is claimed to be one of eight tanks, among other hardware, destroyed by TB-2 in recent days.”
https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1565977656306409473
“Ukrainian forces conducted a raid 1.25km into Russian territory (Near Repyakhovka, #Belgorod Oblast) from Sumy, destroying a Russian MDK-3 trench digging vehicle.”
https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1565984811478548480
Yep, Vodka.
“Assault infantry z-nazi in the Izyum direction”
https://twitter.com/GirkinGirkin/status/1565728603035279361
“30 separate mechanized brigade named after Prince Konstantin Ostrozhsky - the infantry knows how to roast the occupier. Minus BMP-2”
https://mobile.twitter.com/antiputler_news/status/1565775160338268160
“The Katsap tank was burned today. Kherson region”
https://mobile.twitter.com/antiputler_news/status/1565774956411199490
Went from RuZZian prison to Ukrainian prison.
“The Ukrainian military captured a Russian prisoner - a fighter of the private military company “Liga”, sentenced to 9 years in prison in the Russian Federation. The work of soldiers of the 53rd brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Donbas”
https://mobile.twitter.com/antiputler_news/status/1565772237151551488
“Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Russia’s Chechnya region, said on Telegram on September 3 that he plans to take an “indefinite and long” break from his post.”
https://twitter.com/RFERL/status/1566067616434765826
“Finland will raise its military spending by 20% in 2023, increasing it to 2.25% of GDP.”
https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1565794580905205762
“A Russian T-72B-series tank that probed Ukrainian positions in #Donetsk Oblast was destroyed by Ukrainian artillery fire.”
https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1566047409481949186
“Video of a strike by Ukraine’s 93rd Mechanized Brigade on a Russian tank or armored vehicle in the Soledar area. Possibly a Javelin strike.”
https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1565928072423038976
“The 79th Air Assault Brigade of Ukraine hit more Russian armour; at least two Russian T-72B-series tanks were destroyed, with another two damaged.”
https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1566072209642340352
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