Posted on 05/04/2023 7:44:38 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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@Osinttechnical 12h
The Ukrainian Air Force claims to have downed 18 Russian Shahed-136/131s overnight.
“What is it with these Russian tankers leaving their hatches open?”
Fresh air. No showers in the field, and they stink like dead fish.
BeauBo: Fresh air. No showers in the field, and they stink like dead fish.
And now they are dead like dead fish.
In the vast majority of cases, they have been disabled and abandoned. I suspect they leave the hatches open intentionally, since a recoverable tank means someone, maybe THEM, has to go recover it. Leaving the hatches open almost guarantees a drone will finish the job and there is nothing to recover.
“I suspect they leave the hatches open intentionally”
Very good point.
If you can get your tank destroyed while you are not in it (e.g. leave the hatches open while you sleep elsewhere), then you don’t have to be in the tank when it is destroyed.
they stink like dead fish.
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Open hatch, become rotting fish. Magic.
PS: Dead fish do not stink until they begin rotting.
“Dead fish do not stink until they begin rotting.”
Tankers begin stinking in earnest the second day without showers or a change of clothes.
Former deputy prime minister and Roscosmos state space agency director Dmitry Rogozin says Russia should use tactical nukes to “destroy” Ukraine’s counter-offensive because “at the present moment there is no other option”
https://twitter.com/francis_scarr/status/1654089966836695043
“Russia should use tactical nukes”
The International reaction to that would likely be huge. It would have to be. First use of nukes by an aggressor.
Cool videos of 2 Russian drones being shot down just now over Kyiv with Ukrainians cheering after the hits. Will post links later.
Putin is a Master Strategist:
Why Turkmenistan is Emerging from the Shadows
Like Coffey Apr 29, 2023 Arab News
https://www.hudson.org/foreign-policy/why-turkmenistan-emerging-shadows
“The normally reclusive Central Asian state of Turkmenistan has been having an unusually busy time on the international stage. First, Eli Cohen became the first Israeli Foreign Minister to visit since 1994 when he opened a new Israeli embassy in the capital, Ashgabat.
The following week, Turkmenistan’s Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov was in Washington for talks with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. At the same time, the head of US Central Command in the Middle East, Gen. Michael Kurilla, was in Ashgabat meeting high level Turkmen officials to discuss regional security issues.
Turkmenistan leans toward isolationism and pursues a policy of self-described “permanent neutrality.” However, this cautious approach does not diminish Ashgabat’s importance in the region. Turkmenistan sits in the heart of the Eurasian landmass, has the world’s fourth largest natural gas reserves and shares a 1,150 km border with Iran and an 800 km border with Afghanistan.
Turkmenistan maintains great relations with Turkiye, mainly due to cultural and linguistic ties but also growing energy cooperation. Turkmenistan was once part of the Soviet Union, and Moscow’s presence is never far away. Meanwhile China is showing more interest in Turkmenistan’s energy resources. Consequently, Ashgabat probably welcomes more attention from the US and the Middle East. This is why recent Israeli and American engagement is noteworthy.”
I’ve done a lot of stuff with helicopters but never flew one, does anyone have any input on this pilot’s skills?
55 second video of rescue.
Shot down Russian drones were circling the Presidential palace in Kyiv.
Filled for future reference ...
“Filed for future reference ...”
Hopefully, that cup will pass from your lips, and you will never need be concerned with that foul issue in the future.
You know who does crazy stuff with helicopters?
The Coast Guard. In the worst weather. Hat tip for those life savers.
ISW, 3 May 2023:
“Key Takeaways
Russia accused Ukraine of conducting a drone strike against the Kremlin.
Russia likely staged this attack in an attempt to bring the war home to a Russian domestic audience and set conditions for a wider societal mobilization.
The rapid and coherent presentation of an official Russian narrative around the strike suggests that Russia staged this attack in close proximity to the May 9th Victory Day holiday in order to frame the war as existential to its domestic audience.
Some Russian nationalist milbloggers seized on the Kremlin drone strike to call for Russian escalation in the war despite the fact that Russia currently lacks the military capability to do so.
The Kremlin may be planning to conduct other false flag operations and to increase disinformation ahead of a Ukrainian counteroffensive in order to increase domestic support for the war.
Wagner Group financier Yevgeny Prigozhin baselessly claimed on May 3 that the Ukrainian counteroffensive has already begun, likely in order to exploit information space anxieties and call for increased Russian military support for Wagner’s Bakhmut offensive.
Russian forces conducted a Shahed-131/136 drone strike on the night of May 2 to 3.
Russian forces continued limited ground attacks near Kreminna.
Russian forces continued to make gains in and around Bakhmut and continued to conduct ground attacks on the Avdiivka-Donetsk City line.
Russian forces conducted heavy air and artillery strikes against west (right) bank Kherson Oblast.
Russian officials continue to incentivize military service by providing social benefits to families of participants in the war.
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) claimed that it prevented a “terrorist” attack against three Crimean officials.”
West Texas Intermediate grade crude oil is back down below $70 today. Reuters reports that Russians are loading out strong volumes from their Western ports.
Why Oil Prices Are Plunging Despite Falling Inventories
By Alex Kimani - May 03, 2023, 6:00 PM CDT
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Oil-Prices/Why-Oil-Prices-Are-Plunging-Despite-Falling-Inventories.html
“Normally, U.S. inventories and oil prices have a strong inverse relationship. Currently, crude inventories are drawing, but oil futures seeing little support. Standard Chartered: OPEC+ cuts will eventually eliminate the surplus that had built up in the global oil markets (by November).”
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