It puts the lotion in the basket.
Posted on 03/02/2023 5:05:00 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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Ukrainian Artillery losses Running Total: 222
RuZZian Tank losses Running Total: 1782
March 2023 - 3
February 2023 – 118
January 2023 – 61
December 2022 – 76
November 2022 – 105
October 2022 – 212
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: 526
March 2023 - 1
February 2023 – 41
January 2023 – 31
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
I will be in Asia for the next 1.5 weeks. I plan to post a thread each day but could miss a day.
“Reuters: US seeks allies’ support for possible China sanctions. The U.S. is reaching out to allies about coordinating sanctions against China if it provides lethal aid to Russia for its war in Ukraine, Reuters reported, citing unnamed U.S. officials and other sources.”
https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1631074262181195778
“Slovakia is considering providing Ukraine with 10 of its 11 MiG-29 aircraft, which were decommissioned last year. The decision will be made within a few days or weeks”
https://twitter.com/WarMonitors/status/1631070038999310339
“Putin Can’t Win: New Western Insights Show Russia Won’t Claim Victory in Ukraine”
“A bold assessment from the Pentagon along with analysis that undermines conventional thinking about the Russian army presents a devastating bottom line for the would-be czar.”
“One of the military’s top officials on Tuesday offered the boldest assessment yet of the Kremlin’s dismal chances to succeed in its invasion of Ukraine ahead of a planned spring offensive that Russian President Vladimir Putin believes will break the stalemate there.
“Ukraine is not going to lose. There will be no loss of Ukraine,” Colin Kahl, the Defense Department’s undersecretary for policy and effectively the No. 3 civilian, told Congress on Tuesday morning. “Vladimir Putin hoped that would happen. It hasn’t happened. It’s not going to happen.”
Administration officials have previously asserted that, a year after the invasion, Putin has “already lost in Ukraine,” as President Joe Biden said earlier this month. But those assessments are based around the relative strengthening of Ukraine’s resistance and of the blocs that support it, chiefly NATO. And military officials have emphasized that, regardless of the outcome in Ukraine, Russia’s invasion has left it, as Kahl said Tuesday, “a shattered military power” requiring years of retrofitting to recover from the devastating effects of its invasion.
But the latest assessment from Kahl to a House Armed Services Committee inquiry into accountability for billions in U.S. assistance to Ukraine represented an evolution in those assessments. Not only has Russia created lasting damage for itself, but it no longer has the ability to succeed in any of the goals Putin has set for himself in Ukraine, he explained.
“Ukraine continues to maintain most of its territory. They’re fighting tenaciously. The Russians do not have the capacity, in my view, to take over Ukraine,” Kahl said in response to questioning from Michigan Republican Lisa McClain.”
“Parts of RU 155th Naval infantry brigade has been withdrawn to restore combat capability.”
https://twitter.com/DefMon3/status/1630991437599834112
“We couldn’t take #Ugledar with tanks, we decided to try with infantry, it’s cheap”
https://twitter.com/Feher_Junior/status/1631071199483633664
I used to like Monica Crowley. Now she just sounds wacko.
“There is no proof, just speculation, but I believe…” OMG.
“Watch Monica Crowley suggest that Covid-19 was created in a bio lab in Ukraine, shipped to China, and that the Biden administration is being blackmailed by Zelenskyy.”
https://twitter.com/DrEtiquette/status/1631071190444810240
“FPV-kamikaze attacks a Russian A-50 aircraft at the Machulyshchi (Belarus) air base”
https://twitter.com/GloOouD/status/1631278136502501376
It comments to itself and it will not be missed.
“Something rather bizarre is happening in Bryansk Oblast with Russian sources reporting a large group (±40) of Ukrainian military crossing the border. Minutes ago, a “Russian Volunteer Corps” telegram posted this video claiming to be behind the mission.”
https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1631242033791729667
“A Russian 2S4 Tyulpan 240mm self-propelled mortar was destroyed by the Ukrainian 72nd Brigade in #Donetsk Oblast. This is the 5th loss of this potent type.”
https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1631231049610010624
Not all boomers are blowhards and not all boomers are warmongers but FR is a magnet for blowhard boomer warmongers.
It’s where they come to die.
“According to the “Belarusian Gayun” group, the A-50 AWACS aircraft -which was reportedly damaged after an explosion some days ago- flew back to the Russian Federation, probably for repairs.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1631262325985484800
Ukraine: military situation update with maps - Mar 1, 2023
(’Orc’ is associated with the various hoards of 13th century Mongol invaders, as well as LOTR evil villains)
War in Ukraine Explained/Reporting from Ukraine:
https://www.youtube.com/@RFU
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)
••Denotes Transcribed Dialogue. The entirety of the analysis is from a Ukrainian guy named Reporting from Ukraine’s daily video - I only transcribe it. Extras are just that - from other sites, or my comments marked (Edit: .... ) or { } or [ ].
-—> Current to date and past MAPS: <——
https://militaryland.net/
-—> The True State of Russian Army <——
posted 2 months ago, 21.13 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KiII_2qabk
-—> Combined Arms Breach, what UA will have to master to smash Orc Lines <——
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ-sCT_maAQ
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Extras:
-—> Incredible Video Of Soldier In Ukrainian Trench Totally Unfazed By Withering Fire <——
A video shows an soldier with superhuman composure milling about in a trench unfazed by automatic cannon fire and explosions all around them.
Excerpts:
The BTR-82A is seen firing its 30mm cannon, but it’s unclear if its crew is also employing the 7.62x54mm machine gun. In the course of the footage, there are at least three explosions around the dugout. However, it’s not clear if these are from the 30mm cannon’s high-explosive rounds or some other weapon, such as a shoulder-fired rocket launcher, being wielded by other forces nearby. At various points in the clip, an individual is seen on top of the BTR-82A behind the turret, but it’s not clear if they are also firing on the defenders.
On the other side of the firefight, one of the defenders is seen throughout the footage moving in the dugout in a calm and deliberate manner, apparently unfazed by the withering barrage impacting all around him. They barely flinch, if they do at all, when the explosions rock the trench and seem to just ignore a glowing red tracer round ricocheting and falling behind them at one point. Other ricochets can be seen going almost right over their head prompting similar indifference.
It’s not clear what they are doing out in the trench, but they do not appear to be attempting to return fire and could be trying to retrieve items from outside. What looks to be another individual gesturing to them from an adjacent alcove, which could be attached to a larger trench network, can be seen briefly at one point in the clip.
We don’t know what the outcome of this particular firefight was in the end or what happened to the defenders in the trench.
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-—> Ukraine Is Using Guided Rockets With More Range Than HIMARS-Launched Ones <——
Though produced in small numbers, the Vilkha-M can reach targets 68-miles away with a much larger warhead than the M31s fired by HIMARS.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ukraine-is-using-guided-rockets-with-more-range-than-himars-launched-ones
Excerpts:
With little fanfare, Ukraine has developed and used a guided artillery rocket in combat with a longer range and heavier warhead than the vaunted Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (GMLRS) munitions provided by the U.S. and allies.
Called the Vilkha-M, it is a modified 7.6m (25-foot) long Soviet BM-30 Smerch multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) artillery rocket.
The Vilkha-M has a range of 110km (68 miles) and a 300mm, 485-pound warhead that can hit targets with great accuracy, Ivan Vinnyk, first deputy head of the National Association of Ukrainian Defense Industries, told The War Zone Tuesday.
By comparison, the GMLRS munitions - fired by the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS and the M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) provided to Ukraine - have a range of up to about 80km (about 50 miles) and a 227mm, 200-pound warhead.
“Yes, the Vilkha has been used in combat,” Vinnyk said ... Vinnyk told The War Zone that the Vilkha-M modification program began in 2018 and that about 100 units have been produced. They were first used in combat in May, 2022, he added.
Their precision, he said, is boosted by so-called “gas rudders” - scores of small holes emitting propellant - used to direct the missile on the target via GPS. While the Vilkha-M is said to be quite accurate and a precision munition, just how accurate isn’t disclosed at this time.
And there are plans underway, said Vinnyk, to modify the Vilkha-M to boost the range to 150km (about 93 miles). Vinnyk declined to specify exactly when the longer-range variants might be ready or how many will be produced. “Let’s say, hopefully just in time for the widely estimated date of counter-offensive on the south towards Azov Sea,
Trying to ascertain just how active Ukraine is when it comes to developing and fielding longer-range precision weapons of its own has been a murky proposition at best. There has been speculation that they could have revived their at one time fairly mature home-grown ballistic missile program, for instance. Regardless, Vilkha-M is a rare piece of evidence that Ukraine is very much capable and actively working on - while under constant assault - of bringing its own long-range, hard-hitting weapons to the fight, even if in limited numbers.
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Reporting from Ukraine:
https://www.youtube.com/@RFU
•Day 371.
Today the Russians are experiencing the second wave of the biggest drone attack combined with a cyber-attack that they have seen.
Ukrainians are reportedly attacking objects from St. Petersburg to Krasnodar, which is a 2 thousand-kilometer front line in the air.
The first target of the drone attack became Russian objects in Belgorod, most likely the oil refinery plant.
The attack happened at night, so there is no footage of the flying drones, but Russians claimed that all drones were successfully neutralized by means of Electronic Warfare systems.
Russian sources reported that they successfully hijacked drones’ geolocation which caused the drones to crush on the residential area in Belgorod.
It looks like the implementation of such measures was expected, which is why the Ukrainians reportedly used a very sophisticated tactic.
First, they used at least 4 drones, launching them from different directions to increase the chance that they spot an unprotected area.
Second, they programmed them to fly at a very low altitude to avoid being detected.
Third, as revealed later, these drones were manually assembled from different parts, which means that they likely used different frequencies in order to complicate hijacking if the drones get detected.
Lastly, Ukrainians have also reportedly accompanied the drone attack with a cyberattack on the Russian regional missile detection system. The second target became the oil refinery plant in Tuapse.
The tactic was the same: they launched at least 3 drones from different directions, the drones were different, and the attack was also accompanied by a cyberattack on the Russian regional missile detection system. One drone never reached the target and crushed dozens of kilometers away from the target.
Two drones managed to reach the oil refinery but missed the oil tanks and hit the infrastructure nearby. This is unfortunate but not surprising because these vehicles are not very precise.
The third target became the gas-compressing station near Moscow. Russian sources reported that there was only 1 drone of a unique model that was not used in other strikes.
The Russians have also closed the sky near St. Petersburg. After Russian detection systems were set off, Russians reportedly used interceptor jets to eliminate the threat.
The action took place far from the city, so there was no footage, and the local authorities just said that they conducted some training.
The fact that Ukrainian Forces are not promoting any attacks and Russians are trying to hide everything that was not spotted by the public means that the drone attack had a much greater scale.
Today, Ukrainians reportedly launched a second wave of drones, mostly targeting Crimea but also Belgorod.
In Belgorod, Ukrainians reportedly launched at least 4 drones. 3 of them successfully hit the communication tower.
In Crimea, Ukrainians reportedly launched at least 15 drones from different locations and mostly targeted Russian airfields.
The drones had different trajectories, so each of them landed in different places. Those that headed through the center were shot down, confirming that Russians are still concentrating their air defense in this region. Other drones reached Saky and the main transportation route to Kherson.
It was discovered that Russians have greatly improved their Electronic Warfare because usually, these drones were shot down, but this time at least 8 of them were highjacked, introducing a new challenge. As you can see, the scale of the attack is massive.
The opinions regarding these attacks differ. Some analysts are saying that Ukrainians are just testing Russian air and electronic defense systems and are creating an elaborate map for building more sophisticated trajectories.
After they finish, these analysts are predicting a much larger scale attack, which would cause a lot of destruction of the airfields as well as oil refineries and factories producing military equipment.
The second camp of analysts is saying that the goal of these attacks is to disperse Russian air defense that has been greatly concentrated on the fronts. By dispersing Russian air defense, Ukrainians would be weakening certain fronts and slowly setting conditions for a counteroffensive operation.
Ukrainians are effectively presenting Russians with a dilemma - either they keep their air defense on the front and allow the Ukrainian drones to continuously hit Russian objects and cause enormous social discontent and panic, or they pull their air defense away from the front to keep their public less distressed and increase the chance that the Ukrainian counteroffensive will be successful.
So, if the Kremlin does not protect the public, it may lose its power or even suffer a coup.
And if the Kremlin does not protect the front, then one day, Ukrainians will conduct massive strikes on Russian headquarters, communication centers, and warehouses, cause panic in the rear, and set perfect conditions for launching a large-scale attack.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPpYQuLW8T0
Denys says:
Bakhmut is not surrounded but is close to having no supplies.
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Moldova:
Heating up
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Yesk airfield, Russia attacked by drone [on the Sea of Asov]. Used to attack Ukraine.
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China sending battlefield images to Wagner.
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Serbia seems to be moving away from Russia and toward Europe, sent 3500 Grad 500 MLRS unannounced.
Serbs who fight for Russia will be prosecuted when they return to Serbia. Is against Serbian law to fight in illegal military formations like Wagner.
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Denys says his ex-CEO was removed from his position, indicted for corruption when he was in charge of Barista airport in Ukraine, sentenced to 5 years. The nan gave Denys his first break by allowing his to film in cockpit and so started his YTube blog.
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Explosion reported in Crimea at Bakhchysaria. There is a military base nearby. Yalta also hit - can only be hit from the sea because of the intervening mountains.
It puts the lotion in the basket.
Many of you have probably asked yourselves, 'Why is this thread here every day?'. The answer is simple. It was ordered up by the Deep State from the very toppermost of the poppermost....
This has been brought to you by patriots everywhere and the letter Q.
The Vilkha-M has a range of 110km (68 miles) and a 300mm, 485-pound warhead that can hit targets with great accuracy
As shown in the picture below...large rocket with a large warhead.
Precision is boosted by so-called “gas rudders” - scores of small holes emitting propellant - used to direct the missile on the target via GPS.
The picture below shows the rocket container/loader (complete with rust):
Obviously, the technical challenge is adding GPS guidance.
PIF...Thanks for the info. Mystery solved.
I have not read where RU is using these rockets.
I would guess they are a logistics nightmare.
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