Ukrainian Artillery losses Running Total: 223
RuZZian Tank losses Running Total: 1790
March 2023 - 11
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: 527
March 2023 - 2
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
The invaders lost 9 more tanks.
"KREMINNA AXIS /1400 UTC 4 MAR/ RU carried out 4 fire missions targeting the SW corner of Kreminna, indicating that UKR forces have maintained a lodgment south of the O-130514 HWY. UKR conducted out 16 aviation strike missions targeting RU troop concentrations."
Looks like a slow withdrawal in Bakhmut.
@ChuckPfarrer 17h
PUTIN’S CRIMINALS: Implicated in massacres in Africa, human and drug trafficking, and war crimes in Ukraine, Russia’s Wagner Group has been designated a Transnational Criminal Organization. Watch the Helsinki Commission’s (@HelsinkiComm) LIVE hearing on 9 MAR at 10:00 EST.
@ChuckPfarrer 17h
"PUTIN’S COMEDIAN: At the G20 Summit in New Delhi, RU Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that "the war in Ukraine was launched against us.” The room erupted in laughter. When he tried to continue, he was cut off by guffaws and shouts of “Oh, come on!""
@bayraktar_1love 9h
Rheinmetall is negotiating the construction of a tank factory on 🇺🇦 soil. “Plant can be set up in 🇺🇦 for around 200 million euros.” company boss Armin Papperger. Potentially it will be able to produce up to 400 Panther-type tanks annually.- Spiegel
https://spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/fuer-panther-produktion-rheinmetall-will-panzer-fabrik-in-der-ukraine-aufbauen-a-8c1a27cf-9be8-42ad-ba51-d0b526c05719
@visegrad24 20h
@PGZ_pl has announced that at least 500 K2PL Main Battle Tanks will be produced in Poznan for the Polish Army through a joint venture between Poland and South Korea.
@NOELreports 1h
Ukrainian Ambassador to the UK Vadym Prystaiko said that the UK would supply Ukraine not 14 Challenger 2 tanks, but 28, and also increase the number of Ukrainian personnel who will be trained in the country this year by 2.5 times.
Putin has killed the goose that laid the golden eggs. Russia will be a much poorer, and much more hated place, because of him.
Russia’s Oil Revenues Plunged By 48% In February (https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Russias-Oil-Revenues-Plunged-By-48-In-February.html)
“Russian tax revenue from crude oil and petroleum products plummeted by 48% in February from a year earlier due to the much lower price of Russia’s flagship crude grade after the EU banned imports of Russian oil, according to Bloomberg estimates based on official Russian data.
Total tax revenues from oil and natural gas dipped by 46% year over year to $6.9 billion (521 billion Russian rubles) in February, per data from the Russian Finance Ministry published on Friday.
Russia’s revenues from crude oil and oil products alone crumbled by 48% annually to $4.8 billion (361 billion rubles), according to Bloomberg’s calculations. Oil accounted for more than two-thirds of Russia’s energy tax revenue in February.
Russian natural gas revenues also plummeted last month compared to February 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine.”
Ukraine: military situation update with maps - Mar 3, 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:
-—> Former M60 Tanks Fitted With Folding Bridges Are Headed For Ukraine <——
M60-based Armored Vehicle Launched Bridges will give Ukrainian forces additional ways to cross certain waterways, trenches, and other obstacles.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/former-m60-tanks-fitted-with-folding-bridges-are-headed-for-ukraine
Excerpts:
M60 Armoured Vehicle-Launched Bridge (AVLB) in Action
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWMrY49qqDw
The most immediate difference between the M60 AVLB, which is operated by a crew of just two, and an M60 tank is the removal of the turret and its replacement with a hydraulic bridge-launching mechanism.
Less obvious are the substantial changes in the internal configuration of the bridge-laying vehicle compared to its parent tank. The front end of the hull, where the driver sits in an M60 tank, is now full of hydraulics. As a result, the ALVB’s driver sits together with the vehicle commander in a new position in the center of the hull where the turret ring had previously been.
The bridge itself is stored folded in half while the vehicle is on the move and then is unfolded by the bridge-launching mechanism when it is deployed. The original bridge design is around 60 feet long and some 12 and a half feet wide. Improved designs have been introduced over the years, defined primarily by increased weight ratings.
Exactly how much weight the bridge can sustain depends on how it is emplaced, with it being able to support heavier equipment if more of it is on stable ground. For instance, versions of the bridge used with the M60 AVLB can support the weight of a current generation M1A2 SEPv3 tank, which tips the scales at around 72 tons, but only when positioned across a gap no more than 48 feet wide, according to one unclassified Army manual.
It typically takes between two and five minutes for the ALVB’s crew to emplace the bridge and around 10 minutes for them to load it back onto the vehicle.
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-—> Ukraine Situation Report: Russian Su-34 Fullback Goes Down In Flames Over Donetsk <——
Ukraine says it shot down the Su-34 Fullback jet over Donetsk while Russian sources suggest it could have been downed by friendly fire.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ukraine-situation-report-russian-su-34-fullback-goes-down-in-flames-over-donetsk
Excerpts:
Not all weapons used by Ukraine are as sophisticated. Australia has sent Ukraine at least 100 drones made out of wax-coated cardboard and rubber bands, conveniently flat-packed for easy transportation and assembly, according to 7News Australia:
Australian company supplying Ukraine with cardboard drones to fight Russia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_djKZ4m7iQ
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Russia introduced the Arena-E active defense system designed to protect armored vehicles from anti-tank grenades and rockets as well as ground-launched and helicopter-launched anti-tank guided missiles attacking both directly and from above.”
However, “there is no evidence” of Arena-E being installed on Russian armor in Ukraine, the U.K Defense Intelligence Directorate said.
Russia has been unable to replace its lost armor because the Russian Federation is unable to establish the production of high-tech defense systems on an industrial scale, according to the U.K. Defense Intelligence Directorate.
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Russia may not be providing its most up-to-date armor on the battlefield, but it’s apparently fielded a Frankensteinian concoction that places a 25mm 2M-3 naval turret on the body of an MT-LB multipurpose tracked armored vehicle.
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Reporting from Ukraine:
https://www.youtube.com/@RFU
••Day 373.
Today there are a lot of interesting updates from the Donetsk region.
Here, Russians found out that Ukrainians were too focused on the southern part of Avdiivka and assaulted Ukrainian defenses to the east of Avdiivka.
Ukrainians left their positions, abandoning a piece of seemingly functional equipment, but as it turned out, it was a Trojan horse, so once the vehicle exploded and killed a third of the squad, Ukrainians got a perfect opportunity for a counterattack.
Last time I told you that Russians increased the intensity of attacks to the northeast of Avdiivka in order to disperse Ukrainian troops and give Russians to the south an opportunity to finally establish control over the hills.
However, it seems like Ukrainians refused to play by their rules and continued to prioritize the defense of the highlands in front of Vodiane at the expense of their positions in the lowlands.
It seems like Russians started adapting by slowly turning their spoiling attacks into intense assaults. The main direction of these assaults became the small village of Vesele.
Usually, it is very hard to cross highways in open spaces, especially if the highway is located on a small embankment, like in this case.
The reason why Russians decided to penetrate Ukrainian defenses and cross the road at this particular point is simple.
If we look at the topographic map, we can see that this section is located in the lowlands and right in front of the village that they control. This means that they can rapidly assault, giving Ukrainians very little time to detect and respond.
Around a week ago, Russians managed to make a breakthrough and establish their positions in front of Vesele. Instead of taking control of this village, Russians made a prudent move and immediately assaulted Ukrainian positions on the hills in front of Krasnohorivka.
In doing so, they were trying to cut supplies and reinforcements to the Ukrainian village in the lowlands. Ukrainians, in turn, assumed an active position in Vesele and tried to undercut Russians.
Judging by the available footage, in the first days, Ukrainians heavily used artillery and drones and later started conducting mechanized assaults.
During this time, one Russian commander of detachments deployed near Avdiivka said that they managed to capture a trophy western armored vehicle, but he said that later this vehicle exploded and killed Russian soldiers.
Other military-affiliated people commented on this situation and said that this is how Ukrainians started making use of the broken equipment.
They get it to an enemy position in a fake assault, leave it in front of these positions and imitate a retreat, and once the vehicle explodes and kills up to a third of the squad, they assault this enemy position once again and establish control over it.
It looks like this is exactly what happened here because later, it was reported that Russians lost control over positions in front of Vesele and also had to retreat from the hill because Ukrainians effectively undercut them, leaving no room for supplies and reinforcements.
The freshest reports say that Russians have finished regrouping and conducted a series of assaults to recapture what they lost.
The footage shows that Ukrainians destroy with artillery fire one mini convoy of armored vehicles after another.
So far, Ukrainians maintain control over the area in front of Vesele, although it looks like they cannot get to the highway itself because Russians have established tighter fire control.
Overall, the high mobility of Ukrainian forces allowed Ukrainians to rapidly save the situation and eliminate the bridgehead that Russians formed in front of Krasnohorivka.
A change of location is a very effective tool to confuse the enemy because, in intense fights, it is taken at face value.
If you had been faced with an overwhelming fire, lost an armored vehicle, and retreated, then it is likely because your attack failed.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPpYQuLW8T0
Denys says:
••Bakhmut: Northern & southern assaults continue. Sniper to sniper actions. Central portion still controlled by UA, supply road open, but under Orc mortar control.
Two UA commanders met in the city HQ yesterday: Ukrainian Col-Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi, commander of his nation’s Eastern Group of Ground Forces and the local commander.
Team Magyar’s unit ordered to leave city. Encirclement not far away, the opening his 3.86 km wide at present.
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Drone attack: Moscow region at Kolmna with many military facilities were precise missiles are made for Iskander and Kalibre missiles. “Quite huge explosion” reported by locals, while officially nothing much happened.
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Germany wants to buy 96 Pz-87 Leopard 2 tanks from Switzerland. If sold then Germany can transship them to Ukraine without violating Swiss neutrality.
[The Pz 87 Leopard 2 differed from the Leopard 2A4 in that it uses AN/VCR 12 radio sets, has x2 7.5mm Machine Guns (coaxial and Cupola Mounted) and has additional snow grouses on the turrets side. Another interesting addition to the vehicle is the large circular tubes mounted across the hull rear.
These are actually muffler to reduce engine noise in built-up area’s. The Pz 87 WE Leopard 2 (Werterhaltung) is the most modern version of the Pz 87. In 2013 the final Pz 87 WE of the 134 upgraded was delivered to the Swiss Army.
In 2013 the final Pz 87 WE of the 134 upgraded was delivered to the Swiss Army. Of the remaining original Pz 87, a number have been sold to Canada and Germany. Others have been converted in to Combat Engineer Vehicles and others placed into storage <— storage is where the 96 are coming from.
http://fighting-vehicles.com/pz-87-leopard-2/]
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Don’t place much faith in the “Kaderov is sick” reports. He could have just been eating a lot of junk food.
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Preliminary laws in Russia passed to implement martial law & close their borders. Companies ordered to produce war material and people. Full scale war footing.
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Group of Russian mobnicks complained three times they were being sent to fight without any training - they were punished by sending them to fight without training.
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Vuhledar battle stats: 137 vehicles lost, captured, destroyed - Onyx. 169 tanks destroyed, 33 damaged. 6 mine clearing vehicles destroyed.
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Russia could have mobilized 528,000 people. Mobnicks can marry girlfriends remotely so they can collect a death benefit.
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Must have bridging vehicles provided by US and by Germany.
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Hot summer coming up for Orcs.
I wonder if Kadyrov may have fried his own metabolism and kidneys, by using drugs - including performance enhancing drugs, like Com-Block athletes have long been famous for abusing.
His machismo and interest in mixed martial arts (including the high position of his “right hand man” Abdul-Kerim Edilov, an MMA fighter who had been cited for illegal use of such drugs), indicate that he would have awareness and access to all those types of drugs.
Oryx thinking about cutting over to a new way of tracking - what Russia has left to destroy, rather than what has been destroyed so far.
Counting Down: List Of Russian Army Equipment Not Yet Destroyed In Ukraine,March 2, 2023 (https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2023/03/counting-down-list-of-russian-army.html )
We are likely nearing, or starting to see, the point where Russia can no longer maintain the same pace of Operations with their remaining fleets of combat systems, as they enjoyed initially.
Cruise missile attacks just don’t seem to be what they once were. The 1st Guards Tank (Guard of Moscow) still is not fully reconstituted from its losses in Kharkiv last September. Artillery and Aviation assets continue to be expended and attritted much faster than they can be produced (if at all).
I think that we are into the lesser half of what can be made operational out of the old stockpiles, and their combat power will start to sputter over the coming months, as long as Western support stays firm.
Prigozhin just had another meltdown at at Russian MOD and is threatening to pull his Wagner troops from the Bakhmut area.
Bakhmut is of course of strategic value. It is covering the crossing of three major train lines and four major roads (M-03, M-32, T-13-02, T-05-13). As such it is the linchpin of the whole Donbas region. Besides that it also has some valuable mineral mines.
That is why the Ukrainian government has send ten thousands of its troops to fight and die for that city.
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Russian source report death per week at a lower rate than Ukrainian death per day. The ratio is again about 10 Ukrainians for 1 Russian.
I have said for a while that Bakhmut was in operational encirclement. Russian artillery could reach its last roads in and out. Since three days ago Bakhmut is in tactical encirclement. Russian direct fire, i.e. tank guns and hand held anti-tank missiles, can now cover all of Bakhmut's supply routes. They will shot at any car that attempts to drive there. Its one reason why the reported deaths have harshly increased.
Should the Ukraine decide to order its soldiers to stay in Bakhmut the city will be physically encircled. All roads will be blocked not only by fire but by heavily armed Russian checkpoints. The Ukrainian soldiers in Bakhmut, several thousands still seem to be there, will then be left with only two options: surrender or die.
