Posted on 12/18/2023 6:56:45 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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Summarizing this war:
A tragedy for Ukraine.
A disaster for RuZZia.
A strategic win for the USA.
“Why Internet Trolls Do What They Do and How to Spot Russian Fakes”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLtBzvw0—0
“Here is the best-kept secret about U.S. military aid to Ukraine: Most of the money is being spent here in the United States. That’s right: Funds that lawmakers approve to arm Ukraine are not going directly to Ukraine but being used stateside to build new weapons or to replace weapons sent to replace weapons sent to Kyiv from U.S. stockpiles. Of the $68 billion in military and related assistance Congress has approved since Russia invaded Ukraine, almost 90 percent is going to Americans, one analysis found.”
https://twitter.com/TheDeadDistrict/status/1730119780873441750
This could be big
“EU officials have considered reactivating the Article 7 punishment procedure for rule of law breaches, which can result in the suspension of Hungary’s voting rights. It can be blocked by another member state, but Poland is not seen as a protector anymore.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1736643177317031981
“In the Krynky area, the GRIFFON unit destroyed a Russian T-90 with FPV drones.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1736725594790834224
“Left bank of Kherson region, reportedly near Krynky, SSO units together with Ukrainian Marines and SBU forces destroyed a Russian TOS-1A.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1736682392599867651
“KURT unit, part of the 28th Mechanized Brigade, striking Russian infantry with FPV drones.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1736504740140249392
“47th Mechanised Brigade “Bozha Sprava” air recon unit shows footage from Stepove, homeland of Russian fear, featuring Bradley, artillery and grenade launcher work.”
https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1736707539985723452
“Denmark and Sweden will transfer CV90 IFV to 🇺🇦Ukraine for $263 million, the Swedish government said.”
https://twitter.com/GloOouD/status/1736751147900142001
Russian Military airfield in Rostov on Don struck by drones, some aircraft damaged.
The first shots of the test flight of the new Ukrainian kamikaze drone AQ 400 "Scythe" have appeared.
The price of the drone is from $15,000, it has a body made of plywood made at a furniture factory. The bird can carry 32 kg of explosives. The declared range is 750-950 km.
https://twitter.com/DevanaUkraine/status/1736515109348884928
New attack UAV Cobra, developed by #Ukrainian engineers.
The Cobra drone has a three-meter wingspan and a length of two meters, with a take-off weight of 40 kg, of which 15 kg is payload. The drone is launched from a catapult.
The main task of the drone is to destroy enemy targets; for this purpose it is equipped with a powerful engine capable of carrying ammunition over a distance of over 300 km. The drone speed reaches 150 km/h.
https://twitter.com/anno1540/status/1736757828952474077
I expect these new drones will be very effective against ruzzian electric substations and parked aircraft.
New drones, and possibly more of them.
The drone war (and the politics for funding) looks like the most interesting development this Winter.
Come Spring however, new F-16 pilots will be on hand.
Yes, but I am concerned about the "restrictions" that will be put on the F-16s. Most likely, they won't be allowed to launch weapons into ruzzian territory.
IMHO, these new drones are critical to taking the war to ruzzian infrastructure and logistics in ruzzian territory.
Newsweek reports:
“As Russia prepares to shift some of its forces eastward in the Black Sea, the move away from Ukraine’s coast may not be enough to protect the Black Sea fleet from the looming threat of Ukrainian F-16s.
Satellite imagery has suggested that Russia could be preparing for a new Black Sea naval base in a breakaway region largely recognized as being part of Georgia. Construction work and dredging is visible in images of the Ochamchire port in Abkhazia, photographs obtained by the BBC show...
...News of the new base in Abkhazia has raised concerns that Moscow could widen the war in Ukraine, pulling Georgia into the conflict. Tbilisi is hoping to join the European Union, which has supported Kyiv’s resistance effort against the Kremlin.
The Kremlin has already relocated some assets from Crimea to its Novorossiysk base, in Russia’s Krasnodar region. A naval base at Ochamchire would put Russia’s fleet much further from Ukrainian shores and less vulnerable to attack...
...Ochamchire is “as far removed from Ukraine as is possible within the confines of the Black Sea,” agreed Frederik Mertens, a strategic analyst with the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies.
“That this strategic retreat has become inevitable for the Russian Black Sea fleet is both a testament to the present Ukrainian operations and a clear indication of the danger posed by the impending arrival of F-16 fighters,” he told Newsweek...
...Ukraine has been using older, Soviet-era Su-24 jets, kitted out with British-supplied Storm Shadow cruise missiles... “The threat from F-16 aircraft will be far more severe, as these American aircraft have the correct interfaces to utilize Western weapons to their full potential,” including Harpoon missiles, Mertens said...
...Retreating to Ochamchire... Moscow may be able to reload its Kalibr cruise missiles onto its vessels... “The inability to use Sevastopol to perform this mission is hamstringing the Russian strategic missile campaign for now.””
“the “restrictions” that will be put on the F-16s. Most likely, they won’t be allowed to launch weapons into ruzzian territory.”
That seems likely.
Some ships might stay in port, and just launch Kalibr cruise missiles.
But probably at least one will have to learn the hard way, about taking to sea, in the South NATO Sea, with F-16’s patrolling, weapons hot.
Poland repairs 20 - 30 damaged Ukrainian tanks every month. Ukrainian IFVs and howitzers are also repaired in Poland. Video in Polish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeFSSzJcmAA
The "Republic of Abkhazia", another fake country made up by Russia to create a "frozen conflict" and occupy the land of a sovereign state. Some of FR's resident russophiles would cheer Putin for declaring the Novo Respublika Alyaska as Russian soil.
Maybe Georgian patriots can contribute Intelligence for sabotage and drone attacks on the Russian Military in occupied Abkhazia.
Rumor has it that dolphins escaped from Russian captivity in Sevastopol, are now working undercover for NATO in Georgia..
“ Poland repairs 20 - 30 damaged Ukrainian tanks every month”
Poland has been a hero in this conflict.
May God bless them.
May God bless them.
+1
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