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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A representative of the Russian Federation in Ankara during the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Parliamentary Assembly tried to disrespect the Ukrainian flag.
People’s Deputy from the Servant of the People party, Oleksandr Marikovsky, immediately reacted.
America hating Chomsky is a hero for Kremlin loving Post Modern “Conservatives”.
@NOELreports 17m
“First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska arrived in London today for a visit. There she will attend the coronation of Charles III, media report. Olena Zelenska has already met with the wife of the Prime Minister of Great Britain, Akshata Murthy.”
(Zelensky himself will address the Hague today)
@NOELreports 17m
In Moscow, Tsaritsyno District it is reported that an administrative building is on fire.
Moment Russian drone shot down over Kyiv
https://twitter.com/kiranjoshi235/status/1654188574068342784
Excellent video, the first time I’ve seen that angle.
From NOEL reports:
The Ukrainian General Staff reports that in Kyiv, during a scheduled flight, a Bayraktar TB-2 lost control due to malfunction and was destroyed.
Apparently, it was not a ruzzian drone.
Ukraine says they had lost comms with the TB2, but shooting down over central Kyiv seems like a bad idea. Maybe they were concerned someone else was controlling it. Or it was a mistake, though pretty hard to misidentify it. It was unarmed when shot down, so either returning from a mission or just a recon flight.
“People’s Deputy from the Servant of the People party, Oleksandr Marikovsky, immediately reacted.”
Great video.
RuZZians act like DEMs do in the US.
I’m guessing that it was a NASAMs Aim-120 that took it out.
https://kyivindependent.com/bloomberg-eu-seeks-to-target-countries-helping-russia-evade-sanctions/
“The European Union is discussing a new sanctions mechanism aimed at third countries that are not doing enough to prevent Russia from bypassing restrictions already in place, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the issue...
In its upcoming sanctions package, the EU also reportedly plans to expand several existing export control measures and ban many goods transiting through Russia.
The 11th package since February 2022 will mainly concentrate on closing loopholes in imposed measures used by Russia to evade restrictions, in particular to import banned goods through third countries.
According to Bloomberg, Russian imports of goods such as semiconductors and integrated circuits from countries like Kazakhstan, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, and China have increased dramatically since the start of the full-scale war in Ukraine.”
Zelensky in The Hague calls for special tribunal
“Russian President Vladimir Putin must be held accountable for his country’s brutal war against Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in The Hague on May 4, calling for a special tribunal to prosecute Russian officials for the crime of aggression.
During his speech titled “No Peace Without Justice for Ukraine” in the Dutch city that hosts the International Criminal Court (ICC), Zelensky expressed confidence that Putin will face an international trial when Ukraine wins the war...
During his visit to the Netherlands, where he arrived late on May 3, Zelensky met Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and addressed the Dutch Parliament.
The President’s Office later published a joint statement that said Ukraine and the Netherlands commit to the “establishment of an ad-hoc special tribunal for the (Russian) crime of aggression.”
“We strongly believe that The Hague, as the city of Peace and Justice, is the place to host the special tribunal,” the statement reads.
US intelligence chief: Russia unlikely to launch ‘significant offensive’ in Ukraine this year
“Russia will unlikely be able to launch a “significant offensive operation this year” in Ukraine as it lacks ammunition and troops, Director of U.S. National Intelligence Avril Haines said on May 4 (during a hearing with the Senate Armed Services Committee), adding that it doesn’t depend on the outcome of the Ukrainian counteroffensive.
“In fact, if Russia does not initiate a mandatory mobilization and secure substantial third-party ammunition supplies beyond existing deliveries from Iran and others, it will be increasingly challenging for them to sustain even modest offensive operations,” Haines told the Senate Armed Services Committee, as quoted by CNN.
According to the U.S. intelligence chief, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has likely scaled back his short-term ambitions in Ukraine to consider a victory “to consolidate control of the occupied territory in eastern and southern Ukraine, and ensuring that Ukraine will never become a NATO ally.”
However, Haines considers it unlikely that Putin will agree to pause the war this year unless political factors “alter his thinking.””
Speaking of smelly guys naturally tankers are smelly, even on leave, but what about pilots?
How Two Pilots Flew For More Than 64 Consecutive Days Without Landing
In 1958 two men in a Cessna took off on a nonstop 150,000-mile flight around the desert outside Las Vegas and set a record that still stands.
https://simpleflying.com/robert-timm-john-cook-endurace-record-cessna-172/
Incredible Destruction Seen At Ukrainian Rocket Storage Site That Detonated After Russian Strike
The image shows the epicenter of a huge explosion in Ukraine, which may have been a building full of Soviet-era ICBM rockets motors.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/incredible-destruction-at-ukrainian-rocket-storage-site-that-detonated-from-russian-strike?utm_source=spotim&utm_medium=spotim_recirculation&spot_im_redirect_source=pitc
prigozhin had an epic meltdown today. Wild.
Video of Prigozhin’s meltdown with subtitles at the link. Crazy stuff.
https://twitter.com/NatalkaKyiv/status/1654266075968684032
This probably isn’t authentic but it is entertaining.
https://twitter.com/RussEmbSwe/status/1653983651250552833?s=20
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