Posted on 10/07/2022 7:09:01 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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Ukrainian Artillery losses Running Total: 109
RuZZian Tank losses RunningTotal: 1292
October 2022 - 85
September 2022 - 217
August 2022 – 74
July 2022 – 108
June 2022 – 67
May 2022 – 148
April 2022 – 243
Feb 24 - March 2022 – 350
RuZZian Artillery losses Running Total: 324
October 2022 - 9
September 2022 - 73
August 2022 – 21
July 2022 – 21
June 2022 – 18
May 2022 – 20
April 2022 – 52
Feb 24 - March 2022 – 110
Lights are still on in Italy. Everything seems normal.
“Russian MT-LB was ambushed by Ukrainian soldiers and crashed into a house. The leg of a Russian soldier is squeezed by a collapsed wall. When a Ukrainian fighter tries to help a Russian asks to finish him off, to which he receives an answer - we are not you.”
https://twitter.com/PaulJawin/status/1578130675751944198?cxt=HHwWjIC8laDf0uYrAAAA
Another HIMARS destroyed, oh wait, NOT.
“Phoenix TV reporter Lu Yuguang (china) 卢宇光 posted a video on Douyin on Sep 29 showing “debris” of Ukrainian HIMARS destroyed by Russian army (00:35-00:49). It turns out the footage was lifted fromJump Boost Garage” channel on YouTube/TikTok and spliced into Lu’s clip.”
https://twitter.com/Byron_Wan/status/1578026548879245314?cxt=HHwWhICqwaKyo-YrAAAA
“Russia has supplied more weapons to Ukraine than any other Western country. Ukraine has captured 460 Russian main battle tanks, 92 self-propelled howitzers, 448 infantry fighting vehicles, 195 armored fighting vehicles and 44 multiple-launch rocket systems, according to Oryx.”
https://twitter.com/clashreport/status/1578281757505425409?cxt=HHwWgsC4-a65l-crAAAA
“A member of Vladimir Putin’s inner circle has voiced disagreement directly to the Russian president in recent weeks over his handling of the war in Ukraine, according to information obtained by U.S. intelligence.”
https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1578277289376174080?cxt=HHwWgMCq5aS1lecrAAAA
“Ukrainian force destroyed a Russian T-72B3 tank somewhere on the front- possibly with a precision artillery strike.”
https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1578108766004084736?cxt=HHwWgIDU6ffjyOYrAAAA
“Russia has supplied more weapons to Ukraine than any other Western country.”
According to the WSJ as well.
CCP influencers openly coming to Pootie’s rescue.
“Lights are still on in Italy.”
How about hot, or at least lukewarm showers?
Is any solid food whatsoever available? Being forced to subsist on espresso, gelato and wine?
https://sonar21.com/americans-better-wake-up-and-realize-the-russians-are-genuinely-pissed-off/
Put yourself in the shoes of the Russian leaders and people. Here is what they have seen over the last 8 years since the democratically elected President of Ukraine was ousted by a western backed coup:
*While professing a deep commitment to democracy, America and Europe ignored the voters of Ukraine and helped orchestrate the unlawful removal of President Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych on the 22 of February 2014.
*In the aftermath of that coup, the newly installed Ukrainian government embarked on a war against Russian speaking Ukrainians. Ukraine wantonly killed civilians and the west remained silent.
*Despite repeated warnings from Russia that it would not tolerate western efforts to bring Ukraine into NATO, the United States and Europe conducted annual military exercises with Ukraine and provided military training and assistance.
*Russia’s attempt to negotiate in December 2021 with the United States over the status of Ukraine was rebuffed.
*In response to Russia’s Special Military Operation, the United States and Europe imposed “draconian” sanctions and embarked on a full scale attempt to punish not just the political leaders of Russia, but all Russians, including denouncing Russia’s rich cultural heritage.
*The United States and Europe continue to supply Ukraine with weapons and ammunition that is being used to kill the newly incorporated citizens of Russia that reside in the Donbas, Kherson and Zaporhyzhia.
*Russia’s effort to negotiate a peace with Ukraine was shutdown by the U.K.’s Prime Minister, Boris Johnson. The United Kingdom, Poland and Ukraine announced a trilateral pact to promote Ukraine’s defense and independence in February 2022.
*The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe and leading U.S. officials are calling for “decolonizing Russia”–i.e., breaking up Russia into geographic regions. Russia’s Nordstream gas pipelines were sabotaged.
“*Despite repeated warnings from Russia that it would not tolerate”...
We bitch slapped the Russian military, took their tanks away from them, and made heaps of dead bodies from their young men.
Because Putin is an out of touch bastard who doesn’t care how many Russians get killed, so that he can skim off more money from Ukrainian oil and gas deposits.
It is never enough for that greedy bastard.
Crackpot
Ukraine: military situation update with maps, Oct 6, 2022
(’Orc’ is associated with the various hoards of 13th century Mongol invaders, as well as LOTR evil villains)
War in Ukraine
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP2QApi8G2TKc8NZmeDWSUg/videos
Artillery (key to success in this war), Fuller explanation of Orc military structure, Other Bonus articles - see previous postings in “Attack on Europe” (FR title search).
(Numbered printed material below - Some of the items below may be out of date, and not updated yet)
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-—> Current to date and past MAPS: <——
https://militaryland.net/
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Extras:
-—> Pakistan, Ukraine, And The Race For Third-Party Ammunition <——
In the rush to source artillery rounds, Ukraine and its allies turned to Pakistan and an air bridge provided by military cargo planes.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/pakistan-ukraine-and-the-race-for-third-party-ammunition
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-—> Ukraine Situation Report: Russian Forces Flee Offensive In Kherson <——
Ukraine’s offensive in Kherson is really accelerating as increasingly large swathes of territory are regained from retreating Russian troops.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ukraine-situation-report-russian-forces-flee-offensive-in-kherson
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-—> Our First Look At The Army’s Upgraded M1A2 SEPv4 Abrams Tank <——
The US Army is testing a prototype M1A2 SEPv4 Abrams tank in Arizona and hopes to field the first operational examples in Fiscal Year 2025.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/our-first-look-at-the-armys-upgraded-m1a2-sepv4-abrams-tank
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Summary:
Quiet day as Ukrainian troops are in contact again with new Russian frontline on Kherson bridgehead and attempting to put pressure on it.
Key areas:
- Oskil river area: no changes.
- North Donbass area: no changes.
- Central Donbass (Donetsk West): no changes.
- Zaporizhya: no changes.
- Kherson bridgehead:
Ukrainian troops are starting to put pressure on newly established Russian defensive line.
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••Military Overview:
its fairly quiet on the front line, not much offensive action by Ukrainian side. Most likely Ukrainian command is still regrouping, preparing for the next strikes. Ukrainian troops are approaching Russian defensive positions, which as I said is a big mistake, but that’s how its being done. Probably the action will renew in a day two or three as the opportunities grow; there is significant pressure in the Ukraine political top on military top to show results to Ukrainian society to the most important like stakeholder.
Corruption:
Today I just want a little bit talk about endemic systemic corruption in Ukraine. There two people, the former heads on the Central Bank of Ukraine; and in my opinion, this is just opinion; I just don’t know it, because I understand that this could lead to some legal action. I would say this is an opinion, everything that said here is an opinion.
The first person Valeriya Gontareva, she was head of the central Ukraine Central Bank from 2014; then she was squeezed out in 2017, fled to London, where she lives right now. She was, in my opinion again, laundering money first for President Yanukovych which who a Russian puppet, if everybody remembers, which was the trigger for the Ukrainian revolution in February 2014, and then the Russian invasion in Ukraine and annexation of Crimea.
She was helping his administration to launder money they looted from public finances. She helped to clean up the money and put it into bank accounts. She was appointed head of the Central Bank after the Revolution by the newly elected Ukrainian President Poroshenko, and she was his partner in crime, and the irony of all of that Poroshenko was working for Yanukovych.
Poroshenko was a Minister of the Economy in his government, so the fruits from the revolution are not used by those who actually were active in doing it, but all negative people. This is exactly the case of that so then she was helping the President Poroshenko to do what she knows best - white collar crime. Then, because of the internal fighting there was a lot of factions inside; some of these corrupt people got unhappy because they got less, she got pushed out, and she was scared for her own life, because when we talk about big money being stolen, your life is on the line. She fled to London where she she lives right now; this is just one example of top level white color crime and corruption.
There’s the recent head of Central Bank, Kiril Shevchenko who was appointed by the Zelenski, totally his creature. Shevchenko resigned - he’s a little bit more intelligent, knows better how to deal with, how to exit the scene of the crime in the most efficient way. He put in his resignation notice, it was voted on in Parliament about two three days ago. Then he left the country, and now then the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine they just woke up and said we’re alleging he stole some significant amount of money: laundering, kickbacks, schemes, and all that fun stuff - white collar crime.
What I’m trying to explain is the problem is not a person, people come and go, but the whole incentives, the system for corruption remains, and it doesn’t matter whether its going to be person ABC or XYZ, as long as the system that incentivizes corruption is there, then there will be corruption.
I got email from people from the West, thinking somehow that the West can make miracles and cure corruption by capturing person ABC or XYZ - no, that’s very delusional and very misguided, because the West helps corruption to flourish in Ukraine by supporting this broken system of incentives for corruption.
The way its happening is through financing all of these corrupt Ukrainian governments who were receiving money from the IMF, which even if you are corrupt, you cannot steal forever or the system will collapse. The only way to continue stealing over a long periods of time is to get external finances, external supports which you steal.
This is what’s been happening since late 1990s, when Ukraine got hooked on the international monetary fund, which hasn’t resolved single problem in Ukraine, and actually made things worse, de-industrialized Ukraine, creating this whole political class that’s completely rotten and corrupt. In that class, there’s really no healthy part; that’s all completely rotten; that’s what Russian KGB/FSB Russian political top are seeing; they have all of their agents reporting: everything is so corrupted, we can buy anyone.
There is a saying it was actually a joke: there was a question asked of Russian some FSB or KGB General:
Do you need more agents in Europe?
Yes, we definitely need more agents in Europe.
Do we need more agents in the US?
Definitely, we need more.
Do we need more agents in Ukraine?
No, we have way too many.
This is an example, just a joke, but there is a kernel of truth in it. That’s part of the reason why Russian leadership decided to attack Ukraine: because they saw that the State is completely failing, completely corrupt, and not capable of anything. That was the bigger part of the final decision. Where the Russian leadership and government miscalculated is Ukrainian people; they didn’t think the Ukrainian people had any say in their future, or want to have any say in their future, and that they wanted to keep Ukraine that way. Ukrainian people want Ukraine to work for them, that’s their property, right.
That’s what they didn’t understand, and that’s where Ukrainian citizens are sacrificing because that’s their vital personal interest, not because then Russian propaganda that portrays all these sacrifices the Ukrainian people: they are fighting for the interest of the West, or for Industry, or the Democratic party of the US, for the interests of globalists. That is absolutely far from the truth: Ukrainian people fight for their own vital economic interest, and they want to control and own their country, which they’re being prevented for the past 30 years.
That’s what’s really happening in terms of perspective of Ukraine or Ukrainian citizens and that’s why there is two different worlds one is the corrupt Ukrainian top, where there is no healthy part at all, and then the other is the Ukrainian population that’s fighting for its own future - two parallel worlds. I hope this explains the true Ukrainian perspective, not what Russian propaganda is trying to portray Ukraine or Ukrainian people which has nothing to do with what they say.
The problem with Ukrainian population or citizens is that they have had a long history of not having their own country, State. There is a problem with understanding how to create a system, how to think in a system, how to be systemic, and that’s the very big weakness in the Ukrainian society itself, and why Ukrainian society, when they tried to create state in the past 100 years ago and it failed, because this is not the first time Ukraine used to have its own state. It was destroyed, and they tried again, they failed. This has been a long struggle to actually have its own destiny in its own hands. This is another attempt in that series.
Going back to all of this corruption: the corruption is is always a systemic problem; its not a problem of person ABC or XYZ. That means that there are incentives for which draw and new people to do corrupt things. Until you remove those incentives, things will not change: putting people in jail does not change, because the spoils of corruption are so big, so great, and many of them got away successful, because the spoils are so big, you can pay off pretty much everyone you want. There will be always draw of people who want to do that. (Edit: This is the problem with elected politicains and mega-corporations in the US.)
Russian Society:
There is some interesting open discussion which is very unusual for the Russian society where a member of Russian Parliament, who is head of Defense Committee in Russian Parliament openly accused Russian Minister of Defense and head of Russian Minister of Defense saying please stop telling us lies about what’s going on on the front line, what’s going on the ground because its all lies. There’s a lot of other prominent Russian public figures saying openly stop lying to us, we’re fed up with your lies because they were saying in 1941 when the Soviet Union was losing the war and losing huge amount of territories. At least that propaganda machine was honest and openness just would say today we lost town XYZ, the next day we lost town ABC so and that’s again not happening so you can see how much more the system degenerated even from the pretty terrible Soviet system. so this is also goes back to those people who take at the face value reports from the Russian Ministry of Defense; sometimes I also get email saying: did you see that like Russian Minister of Defense said they captured this ABC town?
This was like few months ago, when the Russian troops were making advances. In many cases, they were like exaggerated and not true advances, but people would take it at the face value or there were questions about how Ukraine lost 400 airplanes in the reports of the Russian Ministry of Defense or that Ukraine lost a hundred thousand soldiers meaning that per reports of Russian Ministry of Defense its all false bogus lies. Now hopefully for the Russian side there is a clear answer and hopefully you understand this and and we will be not taking things at the face value. The same is true for Ukraine, to be fair, where Ukrainian Minister of Defense and Command is also lying about the losses in the past: it was lying about the lost territories, so it wouldn’t report. Even now they are very terrible at reporting what was liberated, as well. They are twins in many ways; this whole system came from the old Soviet system - it become even worse and degenerated even more relative to to the Soviet system
Grain Export (Skipped):
Energy Situation in Europe (Skipped):
I want to highlight a couple of things: the Russian Command actively reshuffled the troops. They pulled from Northern Donbas Group two units here 61st Naval Infantry Brigade and the 90th Tank Division which is only remnants; this is just the shadow of itself, I don’t think there’s even more than 20% of its original strength so this is just consolidated units,
Nevertheless it was its been pulled there from there and it was moved to Kherson Bridgehead. there was also another unit that was pulled from the Zaporizhya Group was the 810th Naval Infantry Brigade; it was moved also to Kherson Bridgehead.
Russian command decided to build up quite of list of the units, which is probably the good way to say that there is impressive list of the units, that’s not as impressive on the ground in terms of the number of boots on the ground and number of equipment, but it also signifies resolved by Russian command to hold on to Kherson Bridgehead as much as they can.
I would like to explain why this is happening. There are two reasons: the major one is they need to protect this fresh water channel that takes water from the Dnpiro River and makes life possible on Crimea Peninsula because its pretty waterless, with the exception of their the most southern part of Crimean peninsula, where there is water from the mountains, but that’s not totally not enough relative to the population and demands and economy. That water can probably sustain 600,000-700,000 people. The population in Crimea is probably 2,500,000 because this is a very popular destination location in the former Soviet Union, like California in the US.
That is not a perfect analogy, but just so people who are not very familiar with that area can understand better because it has very nice climate, its not quite California, but its very close and has a pretty good nature there in exactly that southern part that’s protected by the mountains. The northern part is semi-desert step, extremely flat, even flatter than southern Ukraine, and it has salt water underground, there’s a lot of problems there.
The second reason is this bridgehead preserves the opportunity for Russian command to renew attacks into Ukraine, because they did not achieve the goals they wanted: the immediate goals is this Odessa, and a nuclear power plant in this area - which is the second one second largest one in Ukraine after the Zaporizhya one, then there is a really big industrial hub Kryvyi Rih, another large industrial city. This whole area is to an extend the industrial heart or Ukraine.
If you take the western part of the Dnipro region and including the Zaporizhya too; if Russian command troops capture this area, thiey would put the stake in the heart of Ukrainian economy. It is important to keep this bridgehead because that allows a springboard to all directions , not to mention, that it blocks all of the seaport facilities. Its a many prong like tool that helps a Russian leadership undermine Ukraine and Ukraine’s ability to continue the fight.
What’s going on here the Russian command has also moved troops to this North Luhansk’ section of the front line is mentioned as a 61st Naval Infantry Brigade. There are some reports that some of the those reserve units or conscripted soldiers - the first wave has been pushed to north Luhansk’ and also to Kherson Bridgehead, which again shows that there is a resolve not to lose more territory there.
What is important to notice is how quickly and Russian Command reacts to the situation, and how quickly they are able to quickly accumulate the number of the units, even though this is not huge number of people, because those units are weakened significantly.
Nevertheless, they they managed to shuffle units pretty quickly. What happened here is, if you remember, a Russian command was expecting imminent attack here near Vogladar that would go in directional Mauriopl’, so they built up extremely quickly all of the four Naval Infantry Brigades, which is one of the type of the Russian units that have strong fighting spirit. They brought them in to prevent that future attack, but as soon as they saw nothing is happening in Zaporizhya, they started throwing them in other threat areas on the front line.
North Luhansk’:
North section of the front line this was on October 3rd Russian troops were in full retreat borderline panic retreat then right now they like regain control and
There is no movement by Ukrainian troops at this point, so Russian sources report that Ukrainian command is creating the Iron Fists to to continue attacks, but the key point goes to what I said before: that the time was lost and the inability of Ukrainian units to pursue Russian units on their own, creates this opportunity to create to re-establish the front line even this is temporarily and is broken in some of the areas.
So the the writing is still on on the wall that Svatove and Kremina are gonna to be lost, but what Russian Command wants to do is they want to buy time. They want to lose it in a slow a fashion as possible because they are expecting those reinforcements relatively soon in large numbers - some not like 2000-3000 soldiers - but more like 50,000-100,000 which will change the situation, even if its temporarily into a more balanced situation. Right now the initiative is completely in Ukrainian Command’s hand. Otherwise, the situation is pretty stable, and there’s no major attempts by Ukrainian troops to continue exploiting this whole situation on this front line. At the same time this is area where there are opportunities, so its pretty sure that Ukraine command will continue attacks in this area.
“Crackpot”
So concise!
The bomblet shown at the start of the video is not the bomblet that was dropped. Also, there appears to be an explosion at the end of the video...most likely an artillery shell.
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