Posted on 03/20/2023 8:20:24 AM PDT 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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18 more invader tanks lost!
The truth comes out.
“Check out this video again. At 0:29 you can hear a woman shouting that it is all fake. In Russian news this part was cut out.”
“In one video showing Vladimir Putin’s visit to occupied Mariupol, a woman can be heard shouting “It’s all lies, it’s all just for show!” After this, Putin’s security detail can be seen desperately looking around, presumably trying to see where the shouting came from…“
https://twitter.com/BBCWillVernon/status/1637704204985815042
“The “local residents” meeting with Putin in temporarily occupied Mariupol. As expected, most of them (if not all) are the Federal Protective Service (FSO) officers.”
https://twitter.com/saintjavelin/status/1637732904317906944
NEVER believe RuZZian MOD numbers. I just ignore them.
“Russian claims v approximate prewar strength
MiG29- 101 (70)
Su27- 31 (50)
Su24- 47 (12)
Su25- 151 (25)
Mi24- 33 (35)
Mi8/17- 102 (50)”
https://twitter.com/pegge49/status/1637823597015183360
“Russian KamAZ-63968 “Typhoon-K” worth 1.5 million usd somewhere in the swamps. As said - The driver unsuccessfully entered the turn and flew off the bridge”
https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1637508657981140993
“China changed the names of 9 Russian places for “historic names” in Chinese. There’s a directive to this effect signed on February 6, 2023. The Russian @mfa_russia that usually suffers word diarrhea didn’t even comment on it for fear of upsetting the Chinese. So much for Putin’s “there’s no leader and no follower in the China-Russia relationship.””
https://twitter.com/ruinwanderer/status/1637681590779215872
“China lost the Amur/Primorye regions in the 19th century against imperial Russia. It is the only territory still under control by a foreign imperial power which formerly belonged to Qing-China. The names of (current) Russian cities in Chinese are also interesting.”
https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1637777199846572032
“The Chinese government has condemned the killing of nine Chinese nationals at a mining site in the Central African Republic (CAR), where a civil war is raging, and the president of China, Xi Jinping, called on Monday for the perpetrators to be “severely punished”.
Gunmen stormed a Chinese-operated gold mining site that had recently been launched in Central African Republic, killing nine Chinese nationals and wounding two others Sunday, authorities said.“
https://www.africanews.com/2023/03/20/gunmen-kill-9-chinese-at-mine-in-central-african-republic/
“Gruesome pictures from the Central African Republic (CAR). 9 Chinese nationals were killed. CAR blames it was rebels but they claim it was Russian Wagner mercenaries. Wagner mercs have been involved in numerous and similar murders across several African countries.”
https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1637781255033958401
Little Pukin doesn’t want to risk being embarrassed by boos…
“Chinese President Xi Jinping is welcomed by…. the Deputy Prime Minister Chernyshenko. He is the minister for tourism, sport, culture and communication. The deputy? The tourist minister? Ok.. Putin didn’t want to be in a predetermined place outside.”
https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1637770986920574978
“More from K2 batallion, destroying a mine barrier.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1637795970430689283
On the booze again.
“Dmitry Medvedev threathened with a missile attack on the International Court of Justice in The Hague with an Onyx missile. Dmitry has become a little suicidal.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1637725119639433217
“In Crimea, four schoolchildren were detained for tearing up the Russian flag and trampling on it.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1637716938326417409
“The 93rd mechanized brigade attacked a field base with Russian infantry in the village of Yahidne, just north of Bakhmut.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1637697970140266496
“The United States announced a new $350 million aid package for #Ukraine, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced. The package includes more #HIMARS and #howitzer ammo, as well as #Bradley ammo, #HARM missiles, anti-tank weapons, riverboats and other equipment.”
https://twitter.com/komadovsky/status/1637836584606154753
“Russia Struggles to Regain Offensive on Battlefield as It Grapples for Fresh Troops”
“Ukrainian officials say Moscow is drawing from units that are in poor condition to backfill heavy losses in the east”
“Ukraine said Russia was struggling to regain the initiative in the war as Moscow’s offensives were taking little ground and resulting in heavy losses, forcing it to call on a hodgepodge of reserves.
Russia has sought to advance in a handful of directions in the east of Ukraine in recent weeks, but hasn’t seized a significant Ukrainian city since last summer.
Ukraine’s military said that the eastern city of Bakhmut, which Russia is seeking to encircle and capture, remained the focus of Moscow’s attacks on Monday.
Officials said Russian attacks elsewhere were foundering. The intensity of attacks on the town of Vuhledar, to the southwest of the occupied regional capital of Donetsk, has decreased because of the huge losses Russia has suffered, said Col. Oleksiy Dmytrashkivskiy, a Ukrainian military spokesman. That was forcing Russia to backfill severely depleted forces there with reserves from other units that were in poor condition, Ukraine’s military said.”
“How Ukraine Survived Russia’s Mission to Turn Off the Lights. ‘Winter Is Over and We’re Still Here.’”
“Before dawn on March 9, a Russian Kinzhal hypersonic missile smashed into a power station. The explosion woke people across the capital city as black smoke rose above the sky.
The night of missile and drone strikes across Ukraine was the latest massive salvo in Russia’s campaign to destroy Ukraine’s electricity, heating, communications and water infrastructure, thereby rendering its cities uninhabitable and forcing capitulation to the invasion.
But by 8:30 a.m., less than an hour after a follow-up barrage of cruise missiles that air defenses largely intercepted, Kyiv’s streets were busy with people going to work. Coffee bars opened to serve croissants and cappuccinos. Most of Ukraine still had power. Local disruptions were fixed quickly.
Temperatures now are warming, days are getting longer and demand for heating and lighting is falling. Ukraine has stopped the rolling blackouts it adopted to save electricity when strikes began pummeling the power infrastructure. The Russian attempt to engineer a humanitarian crisis has failed.”
Archived version still in queue.
Medvedev: “C’mon, NATO, put up your dukes.”
Ukraine: military situation update with maps - Mar 19, 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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Reporting from Ukraine:
https://www.youtube.com/@RFU
Via Telegram: He was wounded in the leg and was evacuated from the front.
••Day 389: March 19
Today there are a lot of updates from the Donetsk region. Here, Russian forces attempted to resume their attacks on Vuhledar. They prepared an assault unit and launched an attack to get a foothold in the village in front of the city, but because Ukrainians extensively used RAAM projectiles to mine the area, Russian armor exploded, never reaching the predetermined destination, exposing the infantry to fire.
Last time I told you that the Russian command decided to replace the marine brigade due to extensive combat losses and poor morale and started relocating forces through Volnovakha and Mariupol. I also told you that Ukrainians conducted a series of HIMARS strikes, targeting the means of transportation as well as areas of forces concentrations.
The freshest reports suggest that these preventative actions gave results because Russian forces are still engaging the degraded marine detachments for conducting assaults in the Vuhledar area. Simultaneously, some Russian sources started circulating a staged video featuring the marines, who basically said that they would continue to fight until they achieved their objectives.
When it comes to the unstaged war footage, it shows that Russian marines from the 155th Naval Infantry Brigade suffer another defeat in yet another assault on the eastern hamlet. Their main objective was to breach the primary line of defense and reestablish positions in the first several blocks.
The ability of Russians to maintain their positions in these ruins is highly doubtful because both parties shelled this region so heavily that there are only ashes left. In any case, the marines didn’t even get close to the village because they got on a mine.
British Intelligence reported that Russian advances in this region have slowed down significantly because Ukrainians have successfully adopted Remote Anti-Armor Mine systems or RAAM. RAAM is a specialist artillery shell that scatters anti-armor mines up 17 km away from the firing unit.
They noted that Ukrainians are not only launching mines in front of the attackers but also behind them, which causes disarray when they retreat or just move through the areas that they control.
It looks like the marines in the video tripped exactly this type of mine because they were still far away from Ukrainian positions and were spotted by a Russian drone operator who requested support. Russian military analysts critiqued the inadequate preparation for the assaults.
They said that almost all unsuccessful Russian attacks here have been caused by explosions of mines, so a continuous lack of engineer reconnaissance in the Vuhledar area is unthinkable.
As a result, the Russian attack failed. The infantry that the vehicle was providing cover had to retreat, and everyone inside the vehicle immediately died, apart from the gunner who managed to get out of the burning vehicle and get to several troops that decided to hide in the trenches.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense recently posted an image reportedly of a Russian diary found near Vuhledar that shows huge losses during Russian assaults in the area. The diary details that during assaults over the course of four days, only 57 of the 434 Russian soldiers sent into battles survived, which is just over a 13% survival rate.
The latest reports from Ukrainian Intelligence suggest that Russian forces started summoning recently wounded soldiers and telling them that they would refill the separate 37th motorized infantry brigade for unspecified offensive actions during the last week of March.
Overall, the Ukrainian emphasis on mining the approaches to Vuhledar, combined with the continuous failure of Russian forces to implement sound mine-clearing practices, led to extensive losses and an inadvertent culmination of the Russian offensive operation.
Timely HIMARS strikes on the crucial areas of forces concentrations ensured amplification of the problems with replenishment of the reserves to the extent that Russians started calling up wounded personnel to plug holes in the front.
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RGF forces are really slow and waste their resources, especially their human resources. So they will be slow to respond to any UA counter attack. Any Russian advice will happen after recent mobniks are trained up and that could be in the late summer.
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Polish ambassador to France said if Ukraine loses the war, Poland will fight the Russians, as they have no other choice. But he is a low ranking guy so not official policy as his statements have been walked back.
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US spokesman J. Kirby said the US will give Ukraine something that is crucial and ‘life’ important for the UA in the next few weeks or months. [Speculate away!]
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