Posted on 12/16/2022 7:18:58 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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RuZZian Artillery losses Running Total: 453
December 2022 – 19
November 2022 – 55
October 2022 – 64
September 2022 - 73
August 2022 – 21
July 2022 – 21
June 2022 – 18
May 2022 – 20
April 2022 – 52
Feb 24 - March 2022 – 110
“‘Wiped out’: War in Ukraine has decimated a once feared Russian brigade
The bloody fate of the 200th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade is emblematic of Vladimir Putin’s derailed invasion plans”
“HELSINKI — Nuclear-armed submarines slip in and out of the frigid waters along the coast of Russia’s Kola Peninsula at the northern edge of Europe. Missiles capable of destroying cities are stored by the dozens in bunkers burrowed into the inland hills.
Since the Cold War, this Arctic arsenal has been protected by a combat unit considered one of Russia’s most formidable — the 200th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade — until it sent its best fighters and weapons to Ukraine this year and was effectively destroyed.
The 200th was among the first units to plunge into Ukraine on Feb. 24, as part of a fearsome assault on the city of Kharkiv. By May, the unit was staggering back across the Russian border desperate to regroup, according to internal brigade documents reviewed by The Washington Post and to previously undisclosed details provided by Ukrainian and Western military and intelligence officials.
A document detailing a mid-war inventory of its ranks shows that by late May, fewer than 900 soldiers were left in two battalion tactical groups that, according to Western officials, had departed the brigade’s garrison in Russia with more than 1,400. The brigade’s commander was badly wounded. And some of those still being counted as part of the unit were listed as hospitalized, missing or “refuseniks” unwilling to fight, according to the document, part of a trove of internal Russian military files obtained by Ukraine’s security services and provided to The Post. “
“Russian morgues overflowing after Himars strikes in Melitopol”
“Morgues have become so overrun in the occupied city of Melitopol after Ukrainian missile strikes that Russians are being forced to send corpses 200 miles away to Crimea.
As many as 200 Russian troops were killed or wounded when a salvo of Ukrainian Himars missiles struck a makeshift Russian barracks in the city on Saturday evening, Ukrainian officials claimed.
Ivan Fedorov, the city’s exiled mayor, said the strike had overwhelmed the city’s hospitals, with casualties being ferried to Crimea.
A spokesman for the Ukrainian armed forces said: “Due to the overflow of medical institutions and morgues in the city of Melitopol, the Russian invaders are transporting corpses and evacuating wounded servicemen to the temporarily occupied Crimea.”
“Just like we have repeatedly seen in Syria, ATGMs which have large warheads are quite effective at taking out groups of infantry and other time-sensitive targets of opportunity at or slightly behind the frontline.”
“10 russians, 1 Stugna. Bakhmut. I believe this is one of the first videos we’ve seen of the Stugna-P being used in an anti-personnel role.”
https://twitter.com/Rebel44CZ/status/1603533983198896128
“The FSB branch in Russian-occupied Zalizhny Port at the Black Sea coast of Kherson Oblast had an invited guest, probably an Ukrainian GMLRS missile.”
https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1603432084340604928
Occupied Irmino hit.
“Different angle of the explosion in Irmino. It is clearly ammunition which got hit. Anything in immediate proximity is now ashes.”
https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1603487134203408385
“Mi-8 helicopter burned during landing at the Baikal airport in Ulan-Ude, Russia. It was a new helicopter manufactured by Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant, it had not even been handed over to the customer.”
https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1603671293479493632
“Air Force: 60 out 76 Russian missiles launched at Ukraine shot down. 60 Russian cruise missiles, including air-launched Kh-101 and Kh-55 and sea-based Kalibr missiles were shot down in Russia’s 7th mass missile attack on Ukraine on Dec. 16, the Ukrainian Air Force reported.”
https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1603733190602006534
“A Russian kamikaze drone falling down after being hit by the air defense in the sky above Kyiv on the morning of Dec. 16.”
https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1603696579311017984
“EU leaders agree on 18 billion euros aid package to Ukraine for next year. The European Council said on Dec. 15 that it agreed on the allocation of 18 billion euros of macro-financial assistance to Ukraine in 2023.”
https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1603558473840709634
Big deal, Not.
Zelensky was a multi-millionaire before he became President, as a popular film star, and owner of a production company.
@bayraktar_1love Dec 15
Tonight there was an explosion at one of the largest oil refineries in Russia, located in the city of Angarsk, Irkutsk region.
Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations says “that the cause could be the gas contamination of the systems of the technical installation.”
“Europe’s Economy, Likely Shrinking, Is Set to Avoid Worst-Case Scenario”
“Europe’s economy likely contracted at the end of 2022 but showed signs of resilience, suggesting the downturn could be milder than feared just a few months ago, business surveys released Friday showed.
While S&P Global’s composite output index for the eurozone—which includes services and manufacturing activity—remained below the 50 mark in December, indicating a contraction, it rose by one point to 48.8 from November, pointing to a smaller fall in activity than expected earlier.
The latest purchasing-manager data is consistent with economists’ evolving expectations about how Russia’s war in Ukraine and the rocketing energy prices it has caused will affect Europe’s economy next year.
Many have raised their outlooks for Europe, with a few even expecting Germany—Europe’s largest economy and one of the worst hit by the energy-price explosion—to post growth next year. “
ECB can raise rates because EU will be fine on energy.
“Europe Is Weathering Russia’s Energy Storm—and the ECB Knows It”
@visegrad24 Dec 15
In an interview with the Economist, Ukraine’s commander-in-chief, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, says he is certain that Russia will try to take Kyiv again.
He says that Russia is preparing 200 000 new troops and that the push for Kyiv could come as early as January or later in the spring...
...Ukraine’s commander-in-chief, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, says Ukraine currently doesn’t have the resources needed for another major offensive
To return to the Feb. 24 positions, he says UA needs:
300 tanks
700 IFVs
500 howitzers
OilPrice.com reports: “Russia is shipping crude oil to India under the price cap mechanism on tankers insured by Western companies, in an early sign that Russia is not cutting off crude supply that complies with the G7 price cap of $60 per barrel, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing its own analysis of insurance and shipping data.”
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