Posted on 02/23/2023 7:45:46 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.
(Excerpt) Read more at oryxspioenkop.com ...
Another nice bump in tank kills.
Demilitarization, desatanization and denazification of RuZZia continues.
“Why Can’t Russia Figure Out How to Win?”
“U kraine continues to defy the slim odds almost everyone gave it when Russia invaded a year ago this week. But the country’s plight won’t be ending anytime soon. As a bloody Russian offensive gets going in the east and south, Vladimir Putin has vowed to keep up his disastrous fight indefinitely — and he may soon have more help from a hugely powerful ally. Ukraine and the U.S., meanwhile, have signaled that they’re prepared for a conflict that may last many years. I spoke with Michael Kofman, the director of Russian studies at the research institute CNA, about why Russia continues to struggle on the battlefield, the chances of a Ukrainian breakthrough, and the futility of searching for a military silver bullet.
Russia’s new offensive has so far consisted of attacks on multiple fronts in the south and east of the Donbas. Much of this territory has already been disputed throughout the war, and Russia is only making incremental gains while sacrificing a huge number of soldiers in the process. What does it say about Russia’s place in the war that this drive is so territorially constrained?
I think this tells us a few things: first, that Russia is still very much focused on capturing the Donbas; second, that the Russian military’s offensive potential is rather limited. The reason for that is they’ve taken significant losses over the course of last year. They replaced losses with mobilized personnel, and that helped them stabilize the front lines. But the replacements, even with several months of training, are no substitute for the regulars and experienced troops they lost in 2022. They also took significant casualties among junior officers, which raises the question: Who is leading these troops? There are undoubtedly many cases where officers themselves have been mobilized.”
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/02/why-cant-russia-figure-out-how-to-win-in-ukraine.html
“Here’s How Ukraine Could Retake Crimea”
“Just over a year ago, most western commentators and policymakers had effectively written off Ukraine ever regaining control of Crimea, the peninsula which Russia invaded and annexed in early 2014. Sure, it was still officially considered Ukrainian territory, and U.S. and European governments had denounced the invasion as unacceptable. But while Russia’s claims to the province may not, in western eyes, have been legal, Ukraine’s allies appeared to acquiesce to the idea that Crimea holds a supposedly special place in Russian mythology and they weren’t sure it was worth a fight.
That view is now changing. A year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his disastrous war — which not only saw Russia annex further chunks of Ukraine, but which has already cost Russia more casualties than the U.S. saw in Vietnam — the geopolitical tides have shifted measurably. And in the past few months, with Ukrainian forces continuing to reclaim regions from Russian forces, western voices have begun revisiting a topic they’d long brushed off: Crimea.
Rather than viewing the peninsula as a Russian appendage, an increasing number of experts and policymakers have begun arguing that restoring Ukrainian control of Crimea may be the key ingredient for any lasting peace — and that, increasingly, only Ukrainian sovereignty over the region will guarantee stability not only in Ukraine, but in Europe overall.”
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/02/22/ukraine-crimea-russia-putin-red-line-00083857
“U.S. Considers Release of Intelligence on China’s Potential Arms Transfer to Russia”
“The Biden administration is considering releasing intelligence it believes shows that China is weighing whether to supply weapons to support Russia’s war in Ukraine, U.S. officials said.
The discussions on public disclosure come ahead of Friday’s United Nations Security Council meeting marking one year since Russia invaded Ukraine. It follows a number of closed-door appeals to China—coordinated among North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies—that culminated in a formal warning delivered over the weekend in Munich to Wang Yi, China’s senior foreign-policy official, by a number of western officials, including Secretary of State Antony Blinken and British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly.
Mr. Blinken went public with his warning after the meeting, saying in an interview with CBS News that China is seriously exploring supplying arms to Russia.”
“A Russian Su-25 close air support jet returning from a combat mission crashed in #Belgorod Oblast. It appears that this was RF-95143 (Yellow 37). The pilot was killed.”
https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1628694821345935360
Vuhledar, the gift that keeps on giving.
“Two Russian T-80BV tanks and an uncommon BMP-1AM Basurmanin infantry fighting vehicle were damaged and abandoned with another AFV destroyed by the Ukrainian 72nd Mechanized Brigade near Vuhledar, #Donetsk Oblast.”
https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1628467332648411137
“Switchblade 300 kamikaze drones killed the invaders attacking the Ukrainian positions“
https://twitter.com/antiputler_news/status/1628436173839269888
It was first produced in the 1950s.
“BTR-50 were spotted in the occupied territory of #Ukraine.”
https://twitter.com/oryxspioenkop/status/1628730696138166272
Them inflatable decoys
“Decoys of HIMARS MRLS and M777 howitzers. Pay attention to the work of the decorator who even scattered spent shell casings and other rubbish around to make the target seem more realistic, a real artistic approach”
https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1628507997910585346
“A Russian T-64BV tank was destroyed by the Ukrainian 36th Marine Brigade using a FGM-148 Javelin near Avdiivka, #Donetsk Oblast. A Russian MT-LB armored personnel carrier was also destroyed nearby.“
https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1628727710729048064
“Finland to transfer three Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. Finland will send three Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine and train soldiers how to use and maintain them, the Finnish Defense Ministry confirmed on Feb. 23.”
https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1628727108548673536
Lets get this party started! Or Continue it.
“UK Defense Ministry: Russian forces might be preparing offensive near Vuhledar.”
“”Vuhledar is under heavy artillery fire and will likely be stormed by Russia again. General Muradov is under great political pressure, and will clearly go for it, despite the fact that he does not have enough strength for a breakthrough”, says the UK Ministry of Defence”
https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1628689751086702599
“The Rasians had a night walk through the minefields. You can see the result with your own eyes”
https://twitter.com/antiputler_news/status/1628714314671562753
“Rusnia published a photo of shells that are supplied to the armed forces of the Russian Federation and the Wagnerites.”
https://twitter.com/antiputler_news/status/1628532115934437380
Droned
https://twitter.com/GirkinGirkin/status/1628423235325816832
https://twitter.com/antiputler_news/status/1628684417500676098
“Hungary to start debating NATO accession of Sweden, Finland next week”
“The Hungarian parliament will begin debating the NATO accession of Sweden and Finland next week, according to its provisional schedule.
It shows that Hungary’s parliament could vote on the issue during the week of Mar. 6. Hungary and Turkey are the only two NATO members that have so far withheld their approvals to integrate the Nordic countries into the military alliance.
Finland and Sweden jointly applied to enter the coalition in May, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine forced a departure from their long-standing policy of military non-alignment. Ankara objects in particular to the bid of Sweden, whom it accuses of harboring alleged members of the Kurdish Workers’ Party, which both countries designate as a terrorist organization.
Ongoing delays have raised questions over whether Sweden and Finland’s application processes will be delinked. But Sweden’s Foreign Minister Tobias Billström told CNBC earlier this week that Stockholm and Helsinki’s admission into NATO was “just a matter of time.””
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