Attack On Europe: Documenting Russian Equipment Losses During The 2022 Russian Invasion Of Ukraine

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[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.

[familyop]

Investigation: Where does Russian disinformation incubate in US?
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4116423/posts

[FtrPilot]

In Ukraine, the Patriot air defense system would face threats unlike any it’s faced before, but they would still be a very tough target.

The article linked below is an excellent synopsis of the Patriot system and the issues the UKR military will face using the system. Recommended reading for all.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/patriot-missile-batteries-in-ukraine-would-be-top-targets-for-russia

Here's some excerpts:

FTA: The Patriot system would very likely be high on any Russian target list, given that even with older types of interceptors, it would be a major boon for Ukraine, which currently has little ballistic missile defense capability. Acquiring such an anti-ballistic missile capability will become dire if Iran ships hundreds of short-range ballistic missiles to Russia.

FTA: Patriot would be a huge upgrade specifically to Ukraine's long-range aerial surveillance and air defense capabilities

FTA: One Patriot battery with a full complement of launchers (six or more) requires 50 to 60 soldiers to emplace and then 25 to 30 soldiers to operate and maintain

FTA: Anti-radiation missiles targeting the Patriot radar,” would likely be the main vector of attack.

PIF...thanks for posting!

[FtrPilot]

One of Russia’s largest oil refineries is on fire in the Irkutsk, region.

For those who are geographically challenged the link below shows where Irkutsk is.

Google Maps at Irkutsk

[gloryblaze]

I don’t do reddit, but that opening quote in your post is some serious music to my ears!

[Kazan]

https://www.newsweek.com/nato-arms-shortage-ukraine-war-ambassador-julianne-smith-comments-1766862

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) arms stockpile is dwindling due to the Russia-Ukraine war, according to a U.S. ambassador.

Ambassador Julianne Smith, permanent U.S. representative to NATO, made the comments during an interview Tuesday with Dr. Kathleen McInnis, a senior fellow in the Center for Strategic and International Studies' International Security Program.

"This is a very serious challenge, both for NATO allies that are giving serious commitment, significant military assistance/lethal assistance to the Ukrainian military forces, but it is a significant challenge for the Ukrainian military forces themselves that are facing shortfalls and declining stockpiles," said Smith, who was appointed in November 2021.

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"NATO doesn't really plan to fight wars like this, and by that I mean wars with a super intensive use of artillery systems and lots of tank and gun rounds," Frederick Kagan, a senior fellow with the American Enterprise Institute, told the publication. "We were never stocked for this kind of war to begin with."

[SpeedyInTexas]

Where do you live in RuZZia?

[SpeedyInTexas]

“France’s Restart of Nuclear Reactors Eases Blackout Fears”

“Five reactors brought online in past week nudge country clear of threshold for risk of power cuts”

“PARIS—France has restarted five nuclear reactors over the past week and cut electricity consumption sharply, easing fears the country will have to resort to rolling blackouts this winter.

French officials have been racing to restart the reactors after a rash of outages pushed the country’s nuclear generation to the lowest level in decades, compounding the energy crisis facing Europe after Russia slashed natural-gas deliveries in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine. The government of President Emmanuel Macron warned last month that it might have to impose targeted power cuts during periods of peak demand this winter to avoid widespread blackouts.

The discovery of corrosion on pipes near some of the reactor cores led authorities to take 30 of France’s 56 reactors offline earlier this year. Now 41 of them are online. “

https://www.wsj.com/articles/frances-restart-of-nuclear-reactors-eases-blackout-fears-11671102996?mod=lead_feature_below_a_pos1

[tlozo]

The Italian Parliament has approved PM Giorgia Meloni’s plan to keep providing military aid to Ukraine throughout 2023.

The vote means that Meloni will be authorized to continue providing weapons without having to seek support from Parliament for every shipment.

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[PIF]

“France’s Restart of Nuclear Reactors Eases Blackout Fears”
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Meanwhile, the Wagner Group has cornered France’s uranium supplies in North Africa for Russia.

[PIF]

No problem, your welcome.

[Kazan]

You’re pro-LGBT, Never Trump, low-IQ turd, Speedy.

[crz]

Besides being a member of the Dirlewanger brigade.

[lodi90]

It is reported an Iran designed drone factory will be built in Kazan, Tatarstan. I wonder if our local contact will be working there?

[FtrPilot]

The accuracy of the 120mm mortar is impressive.

The trench is too shallow. The mortar shell landed just outside the trench. The mobik probably took shrapnel to the neck and face.

No ambulance or medical care...he probably died a painful death.

The mobik union needs to demand deeper trenches.

[SpeedyInTexas]

“The Infrared Hunt for Russian Troops in the Battle for Bakhmut”

“On a frigid December night, The New York Times accompanied members of a surveillance team for the Ukrainian Army as they used a thermal sight to find enemy positions miles away.”

“BAKHMUT, Ukraine — Wind howled through leafless trees and through the windows of the blown-out apartment building as the surveillance team marched up flights of stairs covered with broken glass. The cold numbed their fingers as they set up their equipment: a laptop-size thermal imaging sight, its tripod and a Starlink satellite dish and battery.

The job was straightforward: The small team of several men, led by an American known as Wolf, would be Ukraine’s eyes on their battle for Bakhmut that night, huddling in the Soviet-style apartment and staring at the white-and-black glow of infrared images as it tried to identify Russian positions.

In front of them was a panoramic view of Bakhmut, a city in Ukraine’s east, mostly without power and devastated by six months of concerted shelling. Russian artillery strikes in the distance sent white flashes into the sky under a blood red moon. Rockets arced on the horizon.

One of the team members powered on the thermal sight and it whirred to life. He turned to his colleague who was fiddling with the satellite dish, trying to connect to the internet. “Comms green?” he asked.”

https://archive.ph/4TPmX

[SpeedyInTexas]

Where do you live in RuZZia?

[SpeedyInTexas]

Working there or better yet, get drafted in the next round of mobilization.

[SpeedyInTexas]

RuZZians are dying by the thousands every month.

Celebrate. Sing and Dance.

[SpeedyInTexas]

“What unfolded over the next half-dozen hours was a routine but essential part of the daily rhythm of the war — part drudgery and part urgent calculation as the team ascertained the coordinates for enemy positions, relaying them to the Ukrainian artillery battery miles away.

This type of mission, observed over the course of two days this month by reporters for The New York Times, was a window into how the war is being fought — a battle that is relentlessly violent but also technically sophisticated.

At its core, the fighting for Bakhmut looks little different from a battle in the Eastern European steppes of World War II: armies committing troops, tanks and massive artillery barrages to capture ground.

But Wolf’s team, armed with a satellite hookup and a thermal optic that can see a person up to five miles away, quickly showed how much war had changed in the last 80 years.”

[SpeedyInTexas]

“Wolf, a 29-year-old former U.S. Marine, went to Ukraine because, as he put it, “I’m a good Christian and it was the right thing to do.””