Posted on 08/31/2023 7:42:54 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.”
RuZZian artillery losses for August 2023 at 67 was the highest since Sep 2022.
Demilitarization, desatanization and denazification of RuZZia continues.
‘U.S.-supplied cluster bombs are having a significant impact, soldiers said.’
“Ukrainian Counteroffensive Pierces Main Russian Defensive Line in Southeast”
“After three months of grinding advances in Western-backed operation, Kyiv accelerates advances along main line of attack”
“Ukrainian forces have penetrated the main Russian defensive line in their country’s southeast, raising hopes of a breakthrough that would reinvigorate the slow-moving counteroffensive.
Ukrainian paratroopers are fighting through entrenched Russian positions on the edge of the village of Verbove, a Ukrainian officer in the area said. Ukrainian forces have also reached the main defensive line to the south of nearby Robotyne village, he said. Ukraine’s military confirmed advances toward Verbove and south of Robotyne, without giving details.
Describing the advance, the Ukrainian officer held up three fingers representing lines of attack through entrenched Russian positions on the western flank of Verbove, an agricultural village of some 1,000 residents before the war. The significance of the advance is that it marks the first time Ukraine has penetrated the main Russian defensive line, an extensive system of minefields, trenches and antitank obstacles covered by artillery.
Ukrainian forces are now working to expand the cracks in the line to create a hole large enough for Western-provided armored vehicles to push through with sufficient logistical support.”
The aid keeps pouring in.
“Ukraine Gets ‘Vampire’ Rockets From US to Combat Russian Drones”
“Weapons contracted in January now in operation, Pentagon says”
“Kyiv to get 14 of the truck-mounted units by year-end”
“Ukraine’s troops are now using a US rocket system known as the Vampire to destroy Russian drones, according to the Pentagon.
Produced by L3Harris Technologies Inc., the weapons are carried on trucks and allow Ukraine to defeat Russian strikes, the Pentagon’s Acquisition and Sustainment Office told Bloomberg News.
“Initial Vampire systems have been delivered and are in operation by Ukrainian Armed Forces,” it said. “
“GENOCIDE OF 🇷🇺 ARTILLERY SYSTEMS
The Defense Forces of Southern Ukraine successfully destroyed the Russian 152mm «Msta-B» artillery system on the left bank of the Dnieper
Destroyed by GMLRS launched by MLRS «HIMARS»”
https://twitter.com/GloOouD/status/1697189448289505314
“NEPTUNEEE”
“A video of a rocket launch of a new Ukrainian development
💬 The missile program of the President of Ukraine is in action. The tests are successful, the implementation is effective. Sevastopol is waiting, Kamchatka is waiting, Kronstadt is waiting...”
https://twitter.com/GloOouD/status/1697235220682960969
Its MIND blowing.
“I have received exclusive drone footage recorded by the 124th battalion of the 113th TDF brigade. It’s…mind-blowing.”
https://twitter.com/bigSAC10/status/1696961179640311961
“Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian forces from the 72nd Mechanized Brigade hit the fuel tank of a Russian Ural-4320 with an FPV loitering munition.”
https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1697004598576222627
“The Japanese MoD on August 31 requested $52.9 billion (7.7 trillion yen) for fiscal year 2024, its largest ever defense budget request”
https://twitter.com/navalnewscom/status/1697151378068516933
“An FPV drone of the Presidential Brigade Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytskyi destroyed a Russian T-90 just south of Urozhaine.“
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1697250343971934212
“Mykil’s’ke, Ukrainian forces from the 72nd Mechanized Brigade hit a Russian artillery position with a DPICM cluster munition strike.”
https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1697088498581274723
“Outside of Zavitne Bazhannya, Ukrainian forces from the “Omega” Special Forces Anti-terrorism Detachment targeted a Russian BMP-3 with an FPV loitering munition, causing a fire and eventual catastrophic ammunition detonation.”
https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1697044632670970082
Humor…
“Due to supply issues for the RU 205th Brigade in the Dnipro delta, the the brigade decided to change the recruitment criteria and are now looking for personnel with high resistance to starvation.”
https://twitter.com/DefMon3/status/1697254936676049373
Good RuZZians
https://twitter.com/666_mancer/status/1696885570352345323
https://twitter.com/666_mancer/status/1696956818654691676
https://twitter.com/666_mancer/status/1696986762596204610
https://twitter.com/666_mancer/status/1697182341586727332
https://twitter.com/666_mancer/status/1697129582825005284
"The missile program of the President of Ukraine in action. The tests are successful, the implementation is effective. Sevastopol is waiting, Kamchatka is waiting, Kronstadt is waiting," he said.
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1697232390211461166
Here's a graphic of the R-360 Neptune missile. Note the rocket boost section that is supposed to propel the missile to flight altitude.
In the video, it appears that the rocket boost section only burns for 1 to 2 seconds.
My guess is that Ukraine is developing a larger rocket booster to significantly increase the range of the missile.
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