Murica!
Posted on 12/17/2023 7:11:48 AM PST 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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So Sad...
“A Russian blogger with close ties to the 🇷🇺Russian Air Force reports the downing/fall of a Russian Su-25 attack aircraft. The pilot died”
https://twitter.com/front_ukrainian/status/1736436538135679229
“Looks like it was the friendly fire.
18:15
Two Majors: “In Mykolaiv Buk-M3 shot down a Ukrainian Su-25”
21:12
Fighterbomber: “Eternal flight, brother...””
https://twitter.com/TheDeadDistrict/status/1736439591312232464
Backup Fav video of the day
“Ukraine helps exhausted Russian troops get a more peaceful rest.”
https://twitter.com/NAFORaccoon/status/1736349327335862575
Ridiculous fantasy.
Perhaps, but Russia would deserve it. We can dream, can’t we?
“Why won’t the Kremlin agree to a compromise in Ukraine? The answer lies in Putin’s motives. Initially, it may have been imperialism and a desire to control Ukraine. That was bad enough, and difficult enough to stop. But after the full-scale invasion began, the motives changed.
The reason is that the Ukrainian military exposed the weakness of Putin’s regime. Russia was humiliated on the world stage. Since then, it is not about domination: Putin needs to destroy Ukraine and humiliate the West because they openly challenged him and exposed his weakness.
Putin can’t let Ukraine get away with this. Throughout his time in power, he has carefully cultivated a reputation for destroying and humiliating those who openly challenge him. Crucially, this destruction must be a spectacle, shocking and demoralizing. Saving face is not enough.
Long-time observers of Russian domestic politics know how important this reputation is to Putin’s grip on power. Navalny was supposed to die a spectacular and painful death on a plane, but survived through luck and FSB incompetence. Prigozhin’s execution was similarly theatrical.
This explains why almost all experts on Russian domestic politics don’t believe in the possibility of a negotiated settlement and are pushing for more support for Ukraine. They have become familiar with Putin’s trademark cruelty over the years.
Discussions of “negotiated settlements” are mostly conducted by international relations (or “geopolitics”) experts who don’t have a strong background in Russian domestic affairs. They focus on the first motive: Russia’s imperialism and desire to dominate Europe.
But since the Kremlin’s motives have evolved from domination to the complete destruction of Ukraine within days after 2/24/2022, there is no room for compromise. On the contrary: For Putin, it is crucial that there never be the slightest hint of compromise with Ukraine.
(PS: I haven’t mentioned the experts who still talk about Russian security interests in the context of the Ukraine war because I find it hard to take them seriously at this point.)”
https://twitter.com/jakluge/status/1736404060297699404
“Russians just shot down another one of their own Su-25s today.”
They are significant contributors to the war effort. Not only do they shoot down their own planes, and direct Artillery fire on their own troops, but they are also single biggest contributor of tanks to the Ukrainian Army.
So its a mixed bag.
Murica!
Murica!
From your link:
“Senator Lindsey Graham said “there is progress on asylum” in the talks on Capitol Hill, but cautioned that he doesn’t expect an agreement by Dec. 31.
“We’re not anywhere close to a deal,” the South Carolina Republican said on NBC’s Meet the Press. “It’ll go into next year.””
Darth Putin KGB
9h
Have warned Finland that seeing as they betrayed me & joined NATO, I will be forced to sink my ships off their coast as well.
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