Posted on 08/23/2023 7:50:23 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. Loitering munitions, drones used as unmanned bait, civilian vehicles 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 a vehicle is captured and then lost in service with its new owners, it is only added as a loss of the original operator to avoid double listings. When the origin of a piece of equipment can't be established, it's 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.
Summarizing this war:
A tragedy for Ukraine.
A disaster for RuZZia.
A strategic win for the USA. The biggest winner of the war.
“More than three decades after Reagan left office, most Republicans still believe that America is a force for good.”
Invaders lost 7 more tanks and 7 more artillery pieces.
Artillery losses this month the most since October 2022.
Demilitarization, desatanization and denazification of RuZZia continues.
“A Russian Mi-8AMTSh helicopter (62 Red, RF-92780) was captured by Ukrainian forces as a result of a GUR special operation.
According to 🇺🇦 media the pilot decided to surrender and landed in Kharkiv Oblast- with two crewmembers who were taken unawares later killed.”
https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1694325435490828627
The pilot and his family are in Ukraine, the family was taken out of the Russian Federation early. The Mi-8 remained in Ukraine along with parts for the fighter jets it was supposed to deliver to the Russians. There was also an interesting cargo there - parts for Su-27 and Su-30SM fighters. IT‘S THE FIRST CAPTURED RUSSIAN MI-8 helicopter!
https://twitter.com/GloOouD/status/1694323393816916450
Thanks for posting!
“A Russian S-400 air defense battery was targeted by Ukrainian forces in Cape Tarkhankut, Crimea- at least one TEL was hit and detonated, with other elements of the system nearby likely suffering damage.”
https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1694294328317743123
“How do you explain to your boss that a drone was flying over your “super high tech air defense system”, filming it as it was hit by a missile it’s supposed to be able to shoot down?”
https://twitter.com/DefMon3/status/1694296780488216627
“A Russian 2S4 Tyulpan 240mm self-propelled mortar was destroyed by a FPV loitering munition strike of the Ukrainian 92nd Assault Brigade in the area of Bakhmut, #Donetsk Oblast.”
https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1694075333379600564
“Soldiers of «BUAR» unit of 110th Mechanised Brigade destroys 🇷🇺 #Russian MT-LB in Avdiivka direction, Donetsk region”
https://twitter.com/GloOouD/status/1694286945797513507
8 years, 6 months to go...
In before the same obessessed creepy troll, who feels compelled to make the same personal insult every day
Ukraine: military situation update - Aug 22, 2023
••Denotes Transcribed Dialogue. Extras are just that - from other sites, or my comments marked (Edit: .... ) or { } or [ ].
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——> Destroyed Tu-22M Seen At Now Empty Russian Airbase <——
New satellite imagery shows the burned-out hulk of a Tu-22M Backfire bomber destroyed by a drone attack deep in Russian territory.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/destroyed-tu-22m-seen-at-now-empty-russian-airbase
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——> Air Force Tight-Lipped On Canceled Hypersonic Missile’s Latest Test <——
The Air Force no longer plans to field the once highly promising AGM-183 missile, but says continued tests are helping with other programs.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/air-force-tight-lipped-on-canceled-hypersonic-missiles-latest-test
https://www.youtube.com/@RFU
[ Ukrainian Bradleys Demolish Russian Tanks ]
••Day 545: Aug 22
Today there is a lot of good news.
First of all, more information became available about the recent sabotage outbreak on the territory of the Russian Federation.
Recently released satellite footage gave some more insight into the drone attack on the Russian strategic bombers Tu-22M3 in the Novgorod region.
As can be seen from the imagery, there is a black trace characteristic of a fire precisely where several days ago were the bombers.
As you can also notice, Russians promptly evacuated their bombers to other airfields because the Russian Federal Security Service failed to catch the saboteurs, which means that they are still possibly operating in the region and are capable of destroying more aircraft.
Ukrainian Intelligence revealed more information about the strikes as well, and claimed that over the last 3 days, Ukrainians destroyed 5 Russian aircraft, including the bombers that were launching missiles at Ukrainian cities..
When it comes to the front, the biggest news comes from the Orikhiv direction.
Last time I told you that after Ukrainians secured their flanks, they conducted a powerful attack from the north and finally entered Robotnye.
Nonetheless, the battle was not over, and the Russians refused to abandon the southern part of the village easily.
Ukrainian forces, therefore, had to double the pressure and create unfavorable conditions for the Russians.
In order to leverage the key advantage of Western equipment, which is night vision, Ukrainians conducted most of their operations at night.
Even though some Russian equipment and forces do have night vision, it is still rather scarce, which allows to dominate Russian detachments at night.
Ukrainian fighters from the 47th Brigade mostly conducted their night operations with Bradleys.
The assault units we quickly transported to the front line, and then the infantry dissipated and assaulted the village from the flanks.
In order to complicate detection even by those Russian units that have the necessary equipment, Ukrainians frequently used smokescreens.
The tactic worked extremely well, and Ukrainians quickly pushed Russians from the outer edge of the village.
Later, Russian sources published footage that confirmed that Ukrainians are not just present in the central part of the village, but conduct clearing operations, meaning that most of the village became under firm Ukrainian control.
Ukrainian fighters also released videos of clearing operations that show how they are moving from house to house, making sure that everything is under control.
Sometimes, Ukrainian infantry found it too challenging to clear certain Russian positions, such as isolated houses that required crossing open spaces to clear them.
In this case, Ukrainians requested support from mechanized units, which quickly entered Robotnye and fired with machine guns at the main and all supporting Russian fortifications.
In under two minutes, the sector was cleared, and the Bradleys fired defensive smoke grenades to cover up their exit from the village before the Russian artillery could react.
Very soon, the control of the Russian forces over the village shrank even more, and the remaining units decided to abandon the southern part of the village.
Nonetheless, Russian sources reported that this was a regular back and forth and that the village is mostly in the grey zone because the Russian artillery does not allow Ukrainians to enter the southern part of the village.
And this is partially true, as Ukrainians indeed could not clear the southern part of the village, from which they were kept away by the constant shelling.
The reason why Russian forces maintained such a high intensity of shelling is simple - they were preparing for a counterattack, so ensuring that they could re-enter the village with no hurdles was essential.
The counterattack was conducted with the help of the best Russian tanks - T-90M.
The counterattack was quite powerful, and the Russians even reached the northern part of the village.
However, soon, Ukrainian reinforcements arrived, and Russian momentum was stopped.
The help came in just in time, as some groups of Ukrainian fighters got cut off and couldn’t do anything because they were suppressed by the enemy fire.
One Bradley, under the cover of a tank, entered the region and repelled the attack of the Russian infantry.
Russian sources also reported that Ukrainians even used aviation in the vicinity of Robotnye, so Ukrainians were determined to hold the newly gained positions.
Later, some Russian sources released footage of how a Russian drone destroyed a tank in the central part of the village.
However, it turned out that it was an abandoned Russian tank, T-90M.
As the Russian counterattack was completely rebuffed and Russians lost hopes of recapturing Robotnye, Russians understood that they would not be able to evacuate their tanks.
In order to ensure that Ukrainians didn’t capture it, they had to destroy their tanks themselves.
Some Russian sources mentioned that due to the number of Bradleys in the region, the tank was likely initially damaged by an anti-tank guided missile.
Overall, Ukrainians managed to penetrate Russian defenses deeper and retain control over the liberated positions in spite of the powerful Russian counterattack.
In total, Ukrainians advanced by up to 8 km in this direction, and Ukrainian drone operators that are flying above Robotnye say that they can already see Tokmak right in front of them.
••Robotnye:
UA must take out Russian artillery before moving forward.
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NYT: Allies insist the UA concentrate it forces on the southern front and drive toward Tokmak and Mariupol.
The UA ‘multiple vector strategy’ is no longer effective fore the long term, since it has been difficult to find a real weak spot in Russian defenses.
Eventhough the UA keeps pushing the Russians back, the Russians continue to destroy precious equipment.
Denys says its best to leave the rest of the front in defense and use everything else to punch though the southern front, dividing the Russian army in two & opening up the way to Crimea.
This is the offensive variant presented by the Allies.
Denys said that due to the many mistakes made by UA commanders, the Allies should intervene more - he sites the convoy lost at the start of the offensive.
More advice from western allies could show the proper use of equipment, at the proper time, with less losses.
==
Video of the testing of the UA’s underwater drone with a range of 1,000km. This drone is capable of going under guard ships and barricades to target the pillars of the Kersh Bridge. Video was filmed at night. It looks more like a torpedo than a submarine. 6m long, called Marichka.
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Russians claim the UA used another S-200 missile against the Kersh Bridge but they shot it down.
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F-16s need GASSM cruise missile, said the UA.
==
When Xi Jinping’s plane arrived in SA, he was greater by the SA President and others; when Russia’s Lavrov’s plane landed he was greeted by a security guard and a woman in a yellow safety vest.
Then, the very disappointed Lavrov was treated with a bunch of ethnic dancers, and he tried to dance with them; of course, he failed miserably. Xi was not greeted by ethic dancers.
The humiliation continues. Lavrov was then driven to the meeting in a BMW, not a Russian made vehicle.
==
Denys shows the video of the Putin double playing with his watch [ as detailed below in General SVR. Denys does not know the man in the video is the double, and speculate about Putins’ health problems. ]
The Russian flag day was yesterday ... That is what Russians do with their flags after payed events.
https://t.me/pilotblog/6188
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Radar stations were hit in [ Olenevka ], Crimea. Heard at least 7 explosions
Preliminarily, we are talking about 48Ya6-K1 “Approaching”.
This three-coordinate radar is designed to detect air targets at low and extremely low altitudes in a difficult jamming environment. She issued target designations for Russian air defense systems - S-300, S-400, etc.
https://t.me/pilotblog/6184
https://t.me/pilotblog/6185 [ video of S-400 Kaboom ]
Putin ‘lured’ Erdogan to Russia: Turkey was promised two things
Contrary to forecasts, Vladimir Putin’s meeting with Recep Tayyip Erdogan should take place in Russia, not in Turkey.
According to our source in the Foreign Ministry, “Vladimir Vladimirovich decided not to fly abroad for security reasons.”
What exactly the president was afraid of, the interlocutor did not specify.
At the same time, Erdogan is ready to come to Russia for a reason.
According to two of our sources in the Kremlin, first, Putin promised his colleague “serious concessions.”
They will concern either a grain deal or some actions regarding the transfer of Crimea to Turkish control, which we wrote about earlier.
Details have not yet been reported even to people from the president’s inner circle.
Secondly, according to two of our diplomats with whom we spoke, Putin promised not to ask Erdogan uncomfortable questions.
In particular, the Turkish president received guarantees that he would not be asked about released to Ukraine, the leaders of Azov, banned in Russia,
According to our sources in Turkish politics, Erdogan will go to Russia “with great hopes.”
What exactly, the interlocutors promised to tell after the meeting of their president with ours.
At the same time, they said that one of the topics of conversation would definitely be NWO.
More precisely, “under what conditions and when” it can be completed.
==
Heavy rain in Moscow kills 43 people
A terrible tragedy occurred the other day after heavy rain. 43 people died during the excursion in the sewers.
Only two of the guides managed to escape. One of them went crazy from what he saw. The second is in the hospital.
The authorities decided to remain silent about the tragedy as much as possible, but the information leaked out. Then it was decided to minimize the data on the victims.
Of course, Sobyanin does not need 43 corpses on the eve of the elections.
All this is terrible and inhumane.
No one will be held responsible again, blaming everything on the elements and an accident.
==
Shoigu “finished” Surovikin and wants to deal with two more generals
Sergei Shoigu achieved the resignation of Sergei Surovikin from the post of commander of the Russian Aerospace Forces.
According to our source in the Ministry of Defense, the minister persuaded Vladimir Putin to make such a decision “with the help of tough arguments.”
“Sergey Kuzhugetovich told Vladimir Vladimirovich that Surovikin not only sympathized with Yevgeny Prigozhin, but he himself was preparing a serious rebellion, as a result of which all of Moscow could be covered in blood.
Vladimir Vladimirovich believed and fired the general,” our interlocutor said.
According to him, Surovikin is now under some kind of house arrest.
It is interesting that, despite the severity of the accusations, Putin did not give any instructions about drastic actions against the general.
Shoigu, inspired by his success with Surovikin, intends to organize repressions against two of his ardent critics - Ivan Popov and Mikhail Teplinsky. But here everything is not so simple.
If, according to our source in the General Staff, Putin “doesn’t give a damn” about Popov, moreover, the president was dissatisfied with his statements that fell into the public space, then everything is more difficult with Teplinsky.
We wrote that Putin had recently met with the general, and also that Mikhail Yuryevich was seriously considered as a candidate for the post of Minister of Defense.
“Vladimir Vladimirovich recently had a very productive conversation with General Teplinsky in Rostov. I was impressed by his plans for the SVO,” says our source close to the president.
Therefore, it will be difficult for Shoigu to win here.
What actions can the Minister of Defense take?
A military man from Teplinsky’s entourage suggested that plans for the assassination of the general could be updated ( we wrote about them ).
But he assured that “Mikhail Yurievich is not afraid of anything.”
Reuters:
Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar, in an interview with Reuters, dismissed suggestions that Kyiv is moving too slowly.
Ukraine actually challenged military doctrine by attacking an enemy that has a numerical superiority in manpower and weapons.
“It is not correct to measure this progress in meters or kilometers.
“What is important is the very fact that, despite everything, we are moving forward, although we have fewer people and fewer weapons,” she said.
She said she was unaware of any Western pressure on the Ukrainian military to speed up operations, and challenged the idea of a universal ‘right’ pace.
Russian troops can fire 400,000-500,000 artillery shells a week, she said.
This is about 10 times more than Ukraine.
[ Clues to the Double vs. the real Putin ]
Yesterday, a man who looks like Russian President Vladimir Putin had a very eventful and difficult day.
The double recorded several video messages on behalf of the President of Russia the day before, and during the day he took part in a video conference in a meeting of the Council for Strategic Development and National Projects, and, also in video conference mode, in an informal meeting of the leaders of the BRICS countries.
Everything would be fine, but during the meeting of the Council for Strategic Development and National Projects, the president’s understudy became very embarrassed and once again involuntarily showed that he is not who they are trying to pass him off as.
We have already said that the double usually worries before participating in events with representatives of the Government, even if these are meetings via videoconference, although recently he has practically ceased to be nervous and behaved quite freely while being in the image of the president.
For some reason, yesterday’s meeting unsettled the double and he frankly ‘floated’.
Before the start of the event, the understudy’s left eyelid once again “collapsed” (the result of a plastic surgeon’s mistake, the left eyelid, like the cheekbones, cannot be fixed for a long time), the double, upset by this, already without mood, appeared at the beginning of the event.
Having read out a voluminous speech at the beginning, the understudy frankly got bored, however, trying to create the appearance of active work, diligently wielding a pen, writing down some nonsense in the papers on the table and marking lines in random order with squiggles, while not forgetting to cough and grunt imitating the president.
But at about 55 minutes, the understudy had an embarrassment, the double completely forgot that Putin wears a watch on his right hand, out of habit raised his left hand to see the time and, not finding a watch there, embarrassedly lowered it, and this is under the cameras and is on the official website Kremlin, but that’s not all.
At the end of the meeting, the understudy removed the watch from his right hand and began to put it on his left, but he was quickly laid down in the earpiece and, holding the watch with his left hand, closed the meeting.
The real Putin would NEVER try to look at the time on the hand where he does not wear a watch and would not be surprised at the absence of a watch on his left hand, since he always wears them on his right hand and of course he would not attempt to remove the watch from the right and move it to the left.
The president has been wearing a watch on his right hand for many years, and his double has always been worn on his left, and only portraying the president wears a watch on his right.
This is not the first time that the understudy has ‘failed’, but the majority of Russian citizens make simply not human efforts on themselves so as not to notice this.
We repeat, but today Putin is the most famous illusionist in the world, no one has ever had such tricks with doubles.
Yesterday, Russian President Vladimir Putin was presented with a report from which it follows that the ‘latest’ means (mobile and stationary) of electronic warfare (EW) to suppress attacks by unmanned aerial vehicles used in Russia, including in Moscow, cause enormous damage to health. At risk are not only those who operate these funds, but also those around them.
Among the already identified health problems with an established connection with the use of electronic warfare: oncology, impotence in men, reproductive health disorders in women, and so on.
The President is informed that due to the mass installation of stationary electronic warfare equipment in Moscow and the region, hundreds of thousands of people are at risk, including residents of elite villages where they live, including representatives of the country’s leadership, and in Moscow City, the authors of the report do not recommend be at all.
Putin, having read the report, said that as long as there are no other opportunities to suppress drone attacks, everything will be as it is.
Our combat crew of the reconnaissance “wing” is working on the Orekhov tactical direction. “We can see everything from above, you know that”
https://t.me/rogozin_do/4669?single
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Nothing like starting my morning with deluded propaganda.
I think that after the Ukraine has lost and is partitioned the neocon clowns will have a daily terrorism booster thread where they try and cheer on partisans and bombings. Zelenskyy will probably be dead and neocons will all be reporting sightings of him in Argentina or Chile.
“8 years, 6 months to go..”
The financial reserves and old Soviet stocks should crap out next year.
How long can Putin make it?
Out in the open with roads leading to the equipment.
Reminiscent of the SA-2 sites in North Vietnam.
My guess is the site was hit by the same type drone that is hitting Moscow.
Remember the same type of daily threads during covid? It’s a religion, like a zealous daily mass that takes on a life of its own. Weird behavior IMO.
Remember the same type of daily threads during covid? It’s a religion, like a zealous daily mass that takes on a life of its own. Weird behavior IMO.
Here's a picture of the western Russian natural gas pipeline infrastructure that cost trillions of dollars to build...not paid for and now going to waste.
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