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.
“The US, Allies See Opportunity and Risk in China’s Slowing Economy”
“China’s march to dominance looks to be stalling alongside its economy.”
“In China’s current economic travails, US and other Group of Seven nations increasingly see evidence of deep-seated structural problems that ultimately will strengthen the West’s hand against a weakening geopolitical competitor.
The view emerging from officials in Washington, Rome, Tokyo and other capitals, who spoke with Bloomberg News mostly on condition of anonymity in recent days, is that the dominant economic narrative that has guided the flows of capital around the globe for decades is flipping fast.
If China once seemed on an inevitable path to overtaking a declining America as the world’s leading economic power, that’s no longer the case. The calculations in Washington and beyond are increasingly about how to deal with a China that, even if it is not yet in absolute decline, may well be approaching a peak in power.
President Joe Biden betrayed that growing sentiment at a campaign event earlier this summer when he called China’s economy a “ticking time bomb” because of long-term challenges from debt to demographics. Aboard a high-speed train from Beijing to Shanghai on Tuesday, US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said American companies had told her China had become increasingly “uninvestible.”
“The conventional wisdom seems to be flipping from a concern with the unstoppable rise of Chinese power to a worry about the irrevocable decline of China’s economy and population,” says Richard Fontaine, chief executive officer of the Center for a New American Security in Washington.“
https://archive.ph/03ExB
Section 1 of 8 - Ukraine: Military Situation Update - Sept 1, 2023.
••Denotes Transcribed Dialogue. Extras are just that - from other sites, or my comments marked (Edit: .... ) or { } or [ ].
Section 2:
Section 2A: Extra:
——> Ukraine Situation Report: Wild Video Shows Bradley Blasting Another In Training <——
A soldier is lucky to be alive after the Ukrainian Bradley he was standing next to caught a round from another Bradley during training.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ukraine-situation-report-wild-video-shows-bradley-blasting-another-in-training
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Section 2B: Extra:
——> Russia Sets Up Civilian Patrols To Protect Base After Drone Attack Destroyed Jets <——
Rattled by the fact Kresty Air Base was hit by drones launched nearby, the local governor is gathering residents to patrol the area.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/russia-sets-up-civilian-patrols-to-protect-base-after-drone-attack-destroyed-jets
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Section 2C: Extra:
——> First Ukrainian M1 Abrams Tank Crews Complete Training <——
Ukraine’s M1 Abrams tanks are set to arrive in the next few weeks and they are likely to be rushed to the front before the rains hit.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/first-ukrainian-m1-abrams-tank-crews-complete-training
Section 3:
Reporting From Ukraine:
Note: other versions of this report are found elsewhere on FR, but this is guaranteed to be the complete transcript - unlike the others.
https://www.youtube.com/@RFU
[ Russians in Big Trouble. Ukrainians Created a Secret Base Inside Russia!!! ]
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Reporting From Ukraine, Section 3A:
Day 555: Sep 01
Today, there are some groundbreaking developments.
First of all, more information became available about the Ukrainian strike on the Russian strategic airfield in Pskov.
Last time, we confirmed the complete destruction of 2 aircraft and possible damage to 2 more, but further evaluation was complicated due to the cloudy weather.
However, today, it was reported that those 5 aircraft that were previously invisible highly likely received some damage as well, increasing the number of damaged aircraft from 4 to 9.
And this makes sense because even Russian initial figures after the 2nd out of 3 waves of attacks claimed that only 4 aircraft were damaged.
But the biggest news is not about the inflicted damage, but about how Ukrainians actually did it.
As you remember, there were 3 theories:
that Ukrainians launched their drones from Ukraine, of which Russian analysts were skeptical;
that Ukrainians launched it through Belarus;
and that Baltic states helped Ukraine to conduct this strike.
As it turned out, none of these versions are correct.
Some Russian analysts also recalled how two weeks ago, Ukrainian saboteurs operating on the territory of the Russian Federation launched quadcopters from the nearby settlements and damaged 2 Russian strategic bombers Tu-22M3 on 2 different airfields.
These analysts made a suggestion that maybe this drone strike was also launched from the Russian territory, but other analysts claimed that this was too crazy.
The sheer scale of the strike would suggest that Ukrainians established a large-scale production of assault drones inside Russia, created launch pads, and a complicated system of surveillance and coordination, which, as they concluded, would be simply impossible to hide from the Russian Federal Security Services.
Unfortunately for Russians, this is exactly what happened.
Interestingly, right after the strike, the spokesman for Ukrainian Intelligence Yuriy Butusov, released a video of one of the initial tests of a new type of drone that could be assembled from simple cardboard.
He also claimed that they already used these drones in a small-scale attack on the Russian airfields in Kursk on 27 August and destroyed 4 fighter jets Su-30, and 1 jet MiG-29.
Given that Ukrainians are literally using paper planes with explosives, they are very easy to create and assemble and very hard to detect by radars.
Judging by the video, the drones also explode above the target and cover a large area with shrapnel that is capable of penetrating fuselage, fuel tanks, badly damaging an entire aircraft, and easily causing a fire.
Such a teaser obviously raised a lot of discussions inside the Russian media space and gave rise to speculations about the usage of these drones during the large-scale strike on Pskov.
Two days later, the Head of the Ukrainian Intelligence, Kyrylo Budanov officially confirmed in an interview that the strike on Pskov was indeed launched from the territory of the Russian Federation.
Simultaneously, Ukrainians released a video of the moment of the strike and destruction of one of the Russian strategic air-lifters IL-76.
What this means is that Ukrainians did not just launch drones based on some information, but based on real-time intelligence that they were receiving via a flying drone.
That is why Ukrainians could dynamically correct the trajectories, ensuring a much higher success rate.
The fact that this was organized and conducted 700 km from Ukraine, deep inside Russia, is simply mind-boggling.
British Intelligence recently released a report about all known Ukrainian drone strikes on Crimea and Russia in 2023, and it turned out that in less than 240 days, Ukrainians conducted 190 known strikes.
Once again, this does not include those conducted near the contact line, just Crimea and Russia.
And as you can also notice from the map, the reach of these drone strikes is very impressive - a lot of bases in the Moscow and Tula regions suffered over these months.
And even if we just take the last month, August, based only on the confirmed destruction of Russian equipment from videos that happened on the territory of the Russian Federation, Ukrainians destroyed 1.2 billion dollars worth of equipment, which is a substantial proportion of the Russian annual military budget, and is incomparable to how little Ukrainians spent on cheap Chinese drones and lately paper planes with explosives for these strikes.
Section 4:
Denys Says:
https://www.youtube.com/@DenysDavydov
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[ Ukraine Hit Russian Tanks Hard in The East | Abrams Will be Soon ]
Denys Says, Section 4A:
Most of the Bradleys and Leopard 2 tanks that were damaged are now recovered and in maintenance & repair.
Denys may have said that Russia no longer has the capability to remove UA IFVs and tanks - but his actual words were a bit garbled.
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Denys Says, Section 4B:
In the Donets area, one of Russia’s biggest armor fuel dumps was hit. Major logistics hit - tons of fuel gone.
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Denys says, Section 4C:
Major items Destroyed in 1 Month
2 TU-22M3 - $588 million;
1 S-400 - $69 million;
1 PLC
Predel-E Radar - $200 million;
4 IL-76s - $344 million;
$1.2 billion
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Denys Says, Section 4D:
UA Bradleys with aiming pods can light up targets 20km away for artillery units.
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Denys Says, Section 4E:
Russian Officer Losses for 31 Aug - 2,751
Section 5:
Denys Davydov Telegram Channel
https://t.me/s/pilotblog
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Pilot blog Section 5A:
Brief overview as of the night of September 1-2 from DeepState + map update.
1. The Ukrainian Defense Forces moved south a little more along the first position of the main line of defense of the RF Armed Forces (approximately 1.5 km).
2. Near Robotnye, the first Russian paratroopers from the 104th regiment of the 76th Airborne Division (the one who arrived for reinforcements from Kremennaya) are already being captured.
3. The 234th and 237th regiments of this 76th division are also going for reinforcements from Kremennaya, still in the process of moving.
https://t.me/pilotblog/6484
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Pilot blog Section 5B:
Russians have deployed a reserve army to transfer additional forces to the south of Ukraine - ISW
With the help of additional forces, the occupiers hope to contain the Ukrainian counteroffensive.
However, analysts believe that the “new” 25th combined-arms army is unlikely to become combat-ready enough, given the pace of its deployment.
https://t.me/pilotblog/6483
