Posted on 11/24/2022 9:26:54 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. 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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The ninth round of sanctions is now being assembled, it was announced today, by the head of the European Commission.
Meanwhile, on the battlefield:
Also, except for HIMARs, the equipment being provided is not the latest and greatest. For example:
HARM...1980s
HAWK...1970s
Javelin...1990s
Aim-120 (missiles for NASAMs)...1990s
Various MANPADs...1980s
Also, NATO is gaining a wealth of information on the effectiveness and mostly ineffectiveness of Russian and Iranian weapon systems.
It is most telling that Russia won't fly bomber missions into Ukrainian airspace.
“Iranian instructors who taught Russian military to pilot the Shahed-136 kamikaze drones were killed in Crimea.”
“This might be old news.”
The strike was a couple of weeks ago, but the official confirmation is new.
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