Posted on 05/22/2023 7:04:42 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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100,000 RuZZian casualties to take a small, tiny, little, minute Ukrainian village.
“President Biden says Russia has lost over 100,000 casualties in Bakhmut.”
https://twitter.com/YWNReporter/status/1660360977529839617
“Near Vuhledar, #Donetsk Oblast a damaged Russian T-80BVM tank was finished off by an improvised munition dropped from a Ukrainian drone right through an opened hatch- resulting in the catastrophic detonation of the ammo onboard.”
https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1660593445864390656
“The Ukrainian Air Force says Russia launched 4 Kh-101/Kh-555, 5 Kh-22, 2 Iskander-M (presumably 9M723), and 5 S-300 missiles as well as 20 Shahed/ Geran-2 drones. They say they shot down all Kh-101/555 and Shaheds. They also say Russia lost a Su-35S.”
https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1660534076036599808
“Ukrainian officials are stating that the operations carried out in Belgorod region are exclusively by Russian citizens.”
“Grayvoron checkpoint inside Russia from above.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1660597709353492480
“This is said to be the border control building in Grayvoron, Russia. Although I think there is absolutely no question of a Ukrainian offensive in this region, there do seem to be some serious local skirmishes, possibly initiated by the Freedom of Russia Legion.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1660585909270487042
“Russian Freedom Legion appealed to residents of Russian border villages. “Residents of border regions! Stay at home, do not resist and do not be afraid: we are not your enemies. Unlike Putin’s zombies, we do not touch civilians and do not use them for our own purposes. Freedom is near!””
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1660559898587873280
Remember the hijacked plane?
Now, will Belarus allow him to leave the country?
“The court of Belarus pardoned Roman Protasevich, one of the founders of the opposition Telegram channel Nexta. Earlier he was sentenced to 8 years in prison after his flight was hijacked to arrest him.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1660594329142829057
Ukraine: military situation update with maps - May 21, 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/
-—> Daily Battle Maps by Date and Region, Showing Troop Dispositions and Movements: <——
https://deepstatemap.live/
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-—> The True State of Russian Army, The 2nd Best Army in Ukraine <——
posted 2 months ago, 21.13 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KiII_2qabk
The Russian military, the second largest military in the world, may not be what it looks like. Lies and systematic corruptions may in fact have dragged Russia into this war with Ukraine, which has been heavily backed up by the US and NATO. We will present the evidence, you make your own decision, because the Russian Army, is not what you think.
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-—> Understanding Combined Arms Warfare <——
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZOGdKANL5s
Designed to support the U.S. Army Captains Career Course, “Understanding Combined Arms Warfare” defines and outlines the important aspects of modern combined arms operations. This is not a complete history of combined arms warfare. It is intended to highlight the most important aspects of the subject.
The beginning of the documentary establishes a common understanding of combined arms warfare by discussing doctrinal and equipment developments in World War I. The second part compares the development of French and German Army mechanization during the interwar period and describes how each country fared during the Battle of France in 1940. The film concludes by showing how the United States applied combined arms operations in the European Theater in World War II.
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-—> Combined Arms Breach, 1990 <——
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ-sCT_maAQ
What UA will have to master to smash Orc Lines. This visualization was developed for the Maneuver Center of Excellence and is closely based upon the National Training Center Breach and Assault exercise executed circa 1990. This visualization demonstrates viable Techniques, and Procedures as discussed in Army Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures March 3, 1990 for the conduct of the combined arms breach against a hypothetical enemy.
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-—> How Many of Each Type of Tank Does Russia Have In Storage? <——
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PHUK6zkbpc
Type Good 2023
T-54/55 270
T-62 560
T-64 248
T-72 1841
T-80 942
T-90 50
~3,911 operational tanks in storage as of ~04/07/2023 | Ball park tank number.
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-—> Contrast & Compare: the T-14 Armada [The AliExpress Tank]: The Best Russian Tank Ever! [very funny] <——
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-opSlCGLGQ4
[ New Suicide Tactic | They Are Evolving, Just Backwards | Russians Set a New Bar For The Most Disastrous Attack ]
••Day 452: May 21
Today there are a lot of updates from the Avdiivka direction.
Here, over the last week, Russian forces conducted a series of massive assaults. They used a huge number of tanks and armored fighting vehicles to reinforce up to 4 full assault squads.
Russians concentrated most of their efforts in the southern direction, and their main goal was to widen the bridgehead simultaneously in 2 directions: towards Pervomaiske and Nevelske.
Ukrainians started noticing the accumulation of forces and gradual intensification of actions already 10 days ago. Russians were relocating their equipment through Pisky via a very convenient highway.
Unfortunately for Russians, it was still within the range of Ukrainian anti-tank weaponry. Ukrainian 59th Motorized Rifle Brigade released a video showing how they hunted down a Russian tank with Javelin.
This was a near-impossible shot because the Russian tank was using the road approximately 4.6 km from the nearest Ukrainian firing point, while the effective range of the missile is 4.7 km. However, the missile successfully reached the target, and yet another tank was destroyed.
Shortly after that, Russian forces conducted a probing attack south of Nevelse to see whether Ukrainians improved their defense in this region.
As you remember, previously, Russian forces managed to conduct a successful attack here and move along the tree line.
However, the Russian tank was destroyed already on the approach by getting hit by anti-tank missiles from two sides.
The double explosion did not give a chance to the crew to survive. Judging by the trajectory, both missiles came somewhere from Nevelse.
This small settlement and fortifications around it are located on a hill, which gives Ukrainian fighters the ability to control the whole region, including the distant flanks. So, any armored vehicle that gets within the range of 5 km immediately becomes a possible target.
That is why recently, Russians decided to make a frontal tank assault precisely on the Ukrainian position on the hill. The biggest problem for Russians was that all Ukrainian units in this region had all sorts of anti-tank weaponry.
It didn’t take long for the first tank to be taken out. Judging by the horizontal trajectory of the missile, it looks like Ukrainians destroyed this tank with ATGM Stuhna-P. Less than a minute later, the second tank got destroyed as well, and this time clearly with Javelin that was launched from a very short distance.
All tanks had a protective net on top of their turrets, but even though it could help against kamikaze drones, it did not help against anti-tank missiles.
After making sure that frontal attacks continued not to work, Russians decided to develop a new tactic. Two days ago, Russians started using the local geography to their advantage.
This time, Russian forces sent their tanks through the gully, meaning that they were out of sight of most, if not all, Ukrainian ATMG crews. The goal of the attack was to clear the tree line south of Pervomaiske and set conditions for a much easier advancement through the settlement. However, other aspects of the plan were very strange.
Russians decided to send at least 20 troops to approach the first target by foot along the tree lines; 1 tank and 3 armored vehicles to simultaneously attack the second Ukrainian position from the gully; and at least 1 tank was left in the rear to provide cover. The attack went terribly wrong.
Ukrainian drone operators quickly passed the coordinates of the tank in the rear to the ATGM crews around Nevelske. The ATGM crews responded extremely timely and destroyed the Russian tank before the assault units even reached their targets.
Without the cover from the tank, Ukrainian fighters on the first line of defense could easily target the assault units that consisted entirely of troops and very quickly killed everyone from machine guns and artillery.
By the time the Russian armor emerged from the gully and started approaching the second Ukrainian position, the fighters in the first position were fully available. As a result, the Russian armored assault unit got caught in the cross fire and destroyed before it even reached their target as well.
Such an attack cost Russians at least 5 pieces of heavy equipment and up to 40 troops. It is unclear whether such a disastrous attack was a result of poor planning or misunderstanding of the plan.
The timing was extremely off, and the troops that got stuck in the middle of the field were doomed the moment they lost cover. The heavy losses of tanks and armored vehicles in this direction that continue to accumulate month after month are significantly degrading Russian forces.
This is an extremely good sign for Ukrainians because, as the Ukrainian Eastern Grouping of Forces Spokesperson recently reiterated, the main objective of the Ukrainian defensive operation in the east is to exhaust Russian forces in the area, and, so far, Ukrainians are very successful in achieving this goal.
••Bakhmut:
UA troops have left Bakhmut for positions in Ivanivske. Ignore any official statement that Ukraine still holds Bakhmut. An assault by UA troops, in an unconfirmed report, liberated 700 meters on the southern flank. The 3rd Assault Brigade said the continue to fight against the Russian 72nd Brigade based in Klischiivka.
On the northern flank, the UA has not been able to gain the heights and so no progress.
Bakhmut will go down in military history as one of the most useless assaults ever.
The situation is beginning to look like it could be a huge rat trap for Wagners who took the cheese. As the door for the future counter attack opens, according UA officials.
The UA problem is they only advance very slowly - probably because they are not using any new equipment. However, a UA spokesman conformed they are in an operation to encircle the city.
There are now only 8 UA units/battalions remaining near the city. All the others have moved elsewhere.
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An SU-35, in the process of dropping Russian-style glide bombs, had an accident over the Black Sea. Crew did not make it. SU-35s use microchips from refrigerators!
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US officially recognizes that Crimea is Ukrainian, and Western weapons can be used on Russians in Crimea.
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Storm Shadow and HIMARS: Berdyansk Command center and ammo dump hit, also ammo dump at Mospyne, near Donetsk, was hit. Still another ammo dump hit in the Kherson region.
Ukraine missile/rocket attacks on the southern region ( 8 hits ), Kherson region ( 5 hits ), Donets region ( 4 hits ), Luhansk region ( 1 hit ), and northern region ( 2 hits ).
Ukraine has lots of boats and the fast-deploying Anton Bridging Equipment to cross the Dnipro River.
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The G7 meeting saw the symbolic replacement of Russia with Ukraine for a new possible G8. And Russia is mad about it.
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UA Air Force Commander, Ignatz said they will get 12-18 F-16s at first. The latest versions of the plane are hugely different from the early versions.
••Russia has launched missiles from Tu-95. Again.
Air sirens all over Ukrainian territory. Explosions were reported in Dnipro and Kharkiv. Dnipro 15 explosions. Air defence works.
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Report about the destroyed checkpoint in the Belgorod region (Russia). Waiting for official information.
Border villages and several checkpoints on Russian territory under fire, Russian media
Meanwhile, footage with Ukrainian equipment appeared on the network, which allegedly stands near the border with the Russian Federation (some write that the border has already been crossed). There is no official information about this at the moment. But Russia is worried.
A video appeared on the network, in which, allegedly, tanks enter the territory of the Russian Federation at the Grayvoron checkpoint
Meanwhile, the Russian media report: “Right now, there is a fierce battle with the Ukrainian DRG on the border of the Belgorod region near the village of Dronovka. Military equipment has been brought in from both sides, several drones have been seen in the sky. Air defense is working.”
The Legion of Freedom “took the responsibility for today’s Special Military Operation” those are not Ukrainian soldiers but Russians who decided to fight against the Russian regime. So it is not a Ukrainian counterattack. The military equipment they could have bought in the local fire arm shop
It is hard to confirm some of the videos. But what we know that there is shooting in Belgorod region and explosions reported.
The Russian military nuclear facility is not very far away from the expected place of assault. Will the “Russian Freedom legion” get some nukes?
Legion and RDK have completely liberated Kozynka village, Belgorod region. Advanced units entered Greyvoron. “We are moving on” - Legion “Freedom of Russia”. Russia sent aviation to the place. Air defence is ready.
The local authorities in the “BNR” are holding an emergency meeting. They have “alarming news from the military unit” there. Meanwhile, an air raid alert is sounding in Belgorod, according to local publics.
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The training of Ukrainian pilots on the F-16 has already begun - the head of EU diplomacy.
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Russia creates “elite air group” for attacks on Ukraine. The new strike group, code-named Storm, will include at least one squadron of Su-24 and Su-34 bombers, as well as a squadron of attack helicopters, according to British Defense Ministry intelligence.
This composition suggests that the main role of the group will be in strikes against ground targets, analysts say. According to intelligence, Moscow believes that the regular air force squadrons are far behind in their main task - conducting air strikes on Ukraine.
Ukraine is currently showing a kill ratio of between 3 to 4 to 1. To win, a kill ratio will need to be above 5 to 1. It is going to end in either a stalemate or a loss if Ukraine does
not increase their kill ratio.
Most of the russian wounded died a painful death. russian medical treatment was nonexistent.
Supposedly, 90,000 russians died in the battle to take Berlin in WWII.
Ukraine is currently showing a kill ratio of between 3 to 4 to 1.
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So you have the official numbers of dead from both sides to make that statement, right?
It is simple math. Compare tank and artillery losses from the article.
That is a bogus measurement to compute KIA, as there is no way to differentiate vehicles and pieces that were abandoned or crews escaped or were captured from actual full crew killed nor does it account for infantry losses.
Just bogus Russian propaganda.
Are you making the case that Russian cut and run more than Ukrainians do? The number of Russian vehicles captured intact would support your observation.
I’m not making any case, except to refute the bogus number KIA ratio
In truth, that number is 90,000 SOVIETS.
Many were Ukrainian, Kazakhs and other people from the various SSRs.
You are correct. Thanks.
taxcontrol: Ukraine is killing 3 to 4 Russians for every one they lose, but it needs to be at least 5 to ensure the war doesn’t end in a stalemate or a loss.
PIF: “bogus Russian propaganda”
???
Honestly, standards for propaganda must have fallen if you think Russia would settle for promoting “3 to 4 Russians are KIA for every Ukrainian KIA.”
Video: It’s raining helicopters in Belgorod. A Special Landing Operation.
https://twitter.com/bilyk_alex/status/1660654555422392325
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