https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1681187060378419200
So, 5 Shahed drones made it through. Not good for RU.
Posted on 07/18/2023 6:36:30 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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Calling someone a RuZZian on FR is considered an insult.
Calling someone a Comrade on FR is considered an insult.
“Looks Like Ukraine Is Going on the Offensive With Huge Soviet Air Defense Missiles”
“As Russia began burning through its inventory of land-attack Kh-101 and Kalibr cruise missiles last year to indiscriminately bombard Ukrainian cities, it increasingly began turning to its inventory of S-300 missiles. Russia had lots of missiles designed for the system, as it was in the process of replacing its older S-300 batteries with the more capable S-400 system.
And when a funny-looking missile plunged into what was reportedly a sawmill near the town of Bytosh in Russia’s Bryansk oblast—over 100 miles north of the border with Ukraine—it looked like Ukraine may have taken a page out of Russia’s playbook by using air defenses in a very offensive way.”
“Stopped Russian column of 2xTanks and 2xBMP. Two tanks and one BMP claimed to be destroyed as a result. Video by the 23rd brigade of Ukraine.”
https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1681031944560078850
It was loaded with RuZZian Boys
“Damaged 🇷🇺 BMP-1 “Z” near the settlement of Berestove, Donetsk region.”
https://twitter.com/lost_warinua/status/1681004612898156546
“Two Russian T-72 tanks and a Russian BMP disguised as a pile of garbage, knocked out and abandoned near Krasnogorivka, Donetsk region.”
https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1681228804214145026
“The destruction of the Russian 203-mm self-propelled guns 2S7 Pion near the village of Stepovе, Donetsk region.”
https://twitter.com/AlexRaptor94/status/1681179028185665536
“The Poltava TRO brigade destroys the occupier’s equipment“
https://twitter.com/antiputler_news/status/1681252438743851008
“Russians continue their meltdown over the footage of a Su-25 that crashed into the sea yesterday. Apparently, the pilot died after drowning - he was in the water for 8 minutes, and no one on the beach bothered trying to help him, instead preferring to swim and drink beer.”
https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1681291844053880832
“FPV drones destroyed two Russian supply trucks. Work by the 501st separate marine batallion.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1681221032277860352
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1681187060378419200
So, 5 Shahed drones made it through. Not good for RU.
Ukraine: military situation update - July 17, 2023
••Denotes Transcribed Dialogue. Extras are just that - from other sites, or my comments marked (Edit: .... ) or { } or [ ].
Excerpts:
“In the Lyman and Kupiansk direction, the enemy has concentrated a very powerful force - more than 100,000 personnel, more than 900 tanks, more than 555 artillery systems, 370 self-propelled guns,” Serhii Cherevatyi, spokesperson for the Eastern Grouping of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, said during the nightly official newscast, the official state Ukrinform news agency reported Monday.
The 100,000 troop number is bewilderingly large. While we cannot confirm it, even a significant portion of that figure would be highly concerning.
The Russians “are concentrating everything in order to break through our defenses” the spokesman said. “Our soldiers are on the defensive. They don’t allow the enemy to finally seize the initiative. That’s why they hit them constantly.”
“The operational situation in the Eastern direction remains difficult,” Commander of the Ground Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrskyi, said Monday, according to the Military Media Center Telegram channel.
“In order to stop the offensive actions of our troops in the area of Bakhmut, the enemy is actively transferring additional forces and means to this direction, [including some] airborne troops.”
The Russians, she said, have two tasks. Recovering territory they lost and forcing Ukraine to “transfer reserves there from other directions.”
Ukrainian troops “are on the defensive, putting up strong resistance,” said Maliar. “The situation is complicated. Hot battles are going on now.”
Overall, Ukraine has freed more than 210 square kilometers in its counteroffensive so far, said Maliar, including about 18 square kilometers in the south and east this week.
It is unclear at the moment just how much combat power Russia can both mass and sustain in the east as Ukraine continues to make incremental progress in its counteroffensive.
But a real Russian breakthrough back through Kharkiv Oblast could derail Kyiv’s plans.
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The ZALA Aero Group - part of the Kalashnikov company - said it is finalizing development of the next generation of Lancet 3 suicide drones, according to Aviacionline.
The new drone, known as the “Izdeliye-53,” offers several improvements over the Lancet, the Zala Aero Group claimed.
The Izdeliye-53 “comes encased in a sealed tube, which is used for storage, transport and from which it is launched,” the company claimed, according to Aviaconline.
“This represents a substantial advantage over the current Lancet launch system, which must first be assembled and then mounted on a pneumatic rail for launch.”
In addition, this “new generation of suicide drones will be the ability to form swarms of several units, capable of coordinated attacks on multiple targets on the battlefield,” the company claimed, according to Aviacionline.
“Many Izdeliye-53s will be able to be launched over the battlefield simultaneously, flying in ‘swarms’ and sweeping the territory with their optronic sensors,” ZALA said.
“Once one of the loitering munitions locates a target, it communicates this to the rest of the swarm via a data link, before diving on it. This capability will allow each target to be attacked by a single drone, while the rest continue their exploration in search of more targets to destroy.”
It is unclear how far along this project really is and larges doses of skepticism are warranted here. The ability to effectively swarm drones on the battlefield would represent a great advantage and a leap compared to existing capabilities.
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——> Russian Su-25 Frogfoot Filmed Crashing Into The Sea Of Azov <——
Footage taken by beach goers near Yeysk shows the Su-25 hurtling towards the sea and its pilot ejecting before impact.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/russiansu-25-frogfoot-filmed-crashing-into-the-sea-of-azov
https://www.youtube.com/@RFU
[ Counter Offensive Stage 2 | Ukrainians Incapacitated The Russian Army in1 Move ]
••Day 509: Jul 17
Today, the biggest news comes from Crimea.
Early in the morning, Russian sources claimed that Ukrainians conducted a massive attack on the Kerch Bridge and successfully destroyed several sections.
The movement on all bridges was immediately closed, and inspectors arrived at the site for evaluation of the damage.
The inspectors found out that the first lane of the road bridge was badly damaged, and the section could neither be used nor restored.
The second lane’s respective section sagged and required complete replacement due to the damage, while the railroad bridge sustained mild damage.
Judging by the available footage, many analysts concluded that the damage was inflicted by the explosion under the bridge, which threw the sections up in the air, causing them to slide to the sides.
The inspectors said that optimistically, the first lane will be fixed by 15th September, making the road bridge partially operable, while the second lane will be fixed by November.
In the meantime, thousands of cars accumulated from both sides, causing massive traffic jams.
Local authorities asked everyone to seek alternative routes and invited them to travel via the Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk regions.
After yesterday’s Storm Shadow raid precisely along this alternative line, Russians became rather reluctant to get anywhere near these places.
Nonetheless, the railroad bridge was opened the same day.
But this is not surprising because it was clearly not the main target of this attack.
The attack was reportedly conducted by at least 2 marine kamikaze drones.
Judging by the footage, Russian forces tried to shoot them down with machine guns, but the target proved to be too challenging, and the drones reached their destination.
The inspectors who reportedly found the remnants of these drones on the bridge claimed that Ukrainians used regular water scooters as a base for the vessels, then removed the top and put a lot of explosives, which is why the scooter almost completely submerges under the water and is virtually invisible.
Many Russian sources claim that Ukrainians launched these marine drones from Snake Island.
Interestingly, several days ago, Russians conducted an airstrike on Ukrainian objects on this island, but it looks like it was unsuccessful.
Russian sources published satellite footage, claiming that several hours before the explosions, 4 high-speed marine objects were seen traveling along the coast of Crimea.
Russian analysts aggressively expressed their discontent with the level of security and asked the Russian Ministry of Defense how the widely publicized 20 layers of protection could not handle several scooters.
Soon, more information became available, and it turned out that at least one drone was launched from the Azov Sea.
Such developments left the Russian military analysts speechless as Ukrainians do not have direct access to the Azov Sea.
The most likely scenario is that a ship with marine drones was allowed to pass through, where it later deployed a kamikaze drone, suggesting that the level of security is more pitiful than expected.
President Putin stated that he is already discussing with the Ministry of Defense new possible ways of improving the security of the Kerch Bridge to prevent the same thing from happening for the third time.
Ukrainian Intelligence commented on the situation, and even though they neither confirmed nor denied their involvement, they added that the Kerch Bridge was built illegally and, from their point of view, it is a redundant structure.
The importance of the destruction of the Kerch Bridge is hard to overestimate - this bridge had a strategic significance for the Russian Armed Forces because it was the most established and safest supply line to the Russian southern group of forces.
Even though Russians can and do deliver supplies via Mariupol and Berdyansk, since Ukrainians obtained Storm Shadow missiles, a substantial portion of these supplies has always been destroyed, further increasing dependence on the Crimean supply line.
Without the Kerch Bridge, Russian forces will slowly start experiencing shortages of everything - from food to equipment, resembling what we already saw during the previous counteroffensive operations.
••East:
Russian 27th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade took village of Novoselivske, taking more of the important road going to Kupyansk. Between July 10th & 13th.
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Ahmed Brigade operating east of Klischiivka, and also near Enerhodar Ahmed-South and Ahmed-Center Brigades.
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The big Russian build-up in the Luhansk and Kharkiv Oblasts are meant to go to Kupyansk and Lyman.
Most of the troops are in the Kreminna direction. Trying to go from Dibrova to Zarichne.
100,000 troops, 900 tanks, artillery, rocket forces, and many more vehicles [ Size-wise, its like a Soviet Army during the 1960s ]
However, Russia is lacking in counterbattery radars, like its modern Zoopark-1M. Only a few remain operational. This is a very unique system that Russia cannot produce a lot of.
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More about Ukraine’s counter-offensive in numbers:
According to Oryx, military equipment losses in July are as follows:
July 1-3: 38:15 in favor of Ukraine,
July 4-8: 75:28 in favor of Ukraine,
July 9: 27:28 actually parity,
July 10-11: 64:37 in favor of Ukraine,
July 12-13: 50:16 in favor of Ukraine,
July 14-16: 66:13 in favor of Ukraine.
Judging by the last three days, the ratio of losses is 5 to 1. And this is considering that the Armed Forces of Ukraine is advancing, and the attacking side, as a rule, has more losses.
••As for the statements of the Russian Foreign Ministry about the suspension of the grain deal. Let me remind you how it was last time.
October 29: Russia announces it is pulling out of a grain deal after a surface drone attack on Black Sea Fleet ships.
October 31: Ignoring the statements of the Russian Foreign Ministry, a convoy with Ukrainian grain moves out of the Odessa ports along the Black Sea towards the Bosphorus.
November 1: A Ukrainian grain convoy reaches the shores of the Bosphorus without incident.
November 2: Ruzzia officially resumes participation in the grain deal.
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The DPR cancels the curfew to ensure 24-hour travel of the Russian tourists through the “alternative” land corridor to Crimea - Pushylin. Crimea, Fury Road.
https://t.me/pilotblog/5404?single
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“I gave the order to prepare official signals to the UN and Turkey, so that they would answer me that they are ready to continue our initiative. Even without the Russian Federation, everything must be done so that we can use this Black Sea corridor.
We are not afraid. We were approached by ship owners. They said they are ready. If Ukraine lets go, and Turkey allows [ships] to pass, everyone is ready to continue grain supplies.” Volodymyr Zelensky quote.
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Ukrainian CAT surveillance system.
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“I will close the deal in a day,” Trump spoke about how he intends to end the war in Ukraine
“I would say to Zelensky: that’s enough, you will have to negotiate.”
“And to Putin, I would say: if you don’t come to an agreement, we will give [Zelensky] more than he has ever received before.”
Zelensky said recently that Biden could have finished it in 5 minutes, but he intended to help Ukraine in UN recognized borders. Ukrainians will never accept trading our territory and people for unstable temporary “peace agreement “.
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Russian troops launched an offensive in the Kupyansk direction of the Kharkov region - General Syrsky
The main goal of the Russians is to defeat the Ukrainian Forces in the Kupyansk region and continue the offensive deep into the Ukrainian battle formations.
Not a great news. We will see how we cope with that.
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In Kislovodsk, Russia: a Spanish tank Leopard 2A6E was shown on a billboard as a Russian one. Propaganda is dreaming.
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Made in Ireland”: the photo shows the wreckage of a Drone that attacked Mykolaiv at night.
Yes, most likely it is not a direct delivery. This leads to the re-export of sanctioned goods through third countries. And partners should do everything to stop it.
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According to Turkish resources, Kazakhstan plans to purchase 834 ARMA 8x8 armored fighting vehicles from the Turkish company OTOKAR for $4.4 billion (!)
Some Russian military bloggers are shocked because Kazakhstan may use those in the war with Russian federation.
https://t.me/pilotblog/5432
You three gimps need to get out more, maybe go out on a date.
“maybe go out on a date”
My wife would get upset if I dated someone else.
Welcome
100K troops and 900 tanks? Where did they come from?
That’s not good for Ukraine.
Very likely the sum total of troops already deployed north of Bakhmut.
You three gimps need to get out more, maybe go out on a date.
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You need to stop trying to hijack the thread.
100K troops and 900 tanks? Where did they come from?
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Big targets. perfect for cluster munitions.
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