Posted on 01/10/2024 6:47:17 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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Previous day’s thread: https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4208829/posts
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
“With 2023 over now, how about we skip our mundane weekly update this time around and take a look back at the whole year behind instead, and what it felt like for 🇷🇺 in 🇺🇦?”
https://twitter.com/WarSpotting/status/1744757453743353888
“A Russian BMP destroyed in Krynky, occupied left bank of the Kherson region.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1745061558445613262
Boris, is that your leg? Boris can you hear me?
https://twitter.com/GloOouD/status/1745017113859834290
Let me text my mom, I died as a dog on Ukrainian land.
https://twitter.com/666_mancer/status/1745005678882660556
Speedy is slowing down….
Perhaps the motivation is solely financial, and like any “job”...
Kremlin snuff box
https://t.me/s/kremlin_secrets
Gerasimov wants to transfer more troops to Avdiivka. He is accused of “opening Crimea to the enemy”
Valery Gerasimov wants to take Avdiivka as quickly as possible and intends to increase the number of troops that will storm the city. He plans to transfer some of the military to this section of the front from the Kherson region.
“Avdiivka is now goal number one. Vladimir Vladimirovich no longer sets clear plans for taking the city (Putin previously set the goal of taking Avdiivka before the New Year, before that - before December 1, but the goal was not achieved in such a time frame - ed.).
“But he said that this victory “is necessary us as soon as possible.” That’s why we need all possible forces,” explained a general from the close circle of the Chief of the General Staff.
“Teplinsky still cannot do anything with the crests who have settled on the left bank of the Dnieper. It only loses people and equipment,” our interlocutor also believes.
At the same time, sources close to Mikhail Teplinsky and at the headquarters of the Dnepr group of troops are categorically against such plans.
“Gerasimov seems to want to engage in sabotage. Why open Crimea to the enemy?” - an officer close to Mikhail Yuryevich was indignant.
“We really can create a threat to Crimea with rash actions. It’s already difficult for us, and then there are these stupid ideas,” said another interlocutor, who is now fighting in the Kherson region.
People around Gerasimov reject the accusations. “If crests go to Crimea, they will simply remove Teplinsky, that’s all. And they will send a normal general to this direction of the front,” one of the comrades of the head of the General Staff is sure.
Kremlin snuff box
https://t.me/s/kremlin_secrets
Is Putin preparing demobilization? Four answers to the main questions
After publications were published about the preparations for the partial demobilization of the military who were mobilized in 2022, we receive many questions. Once again, we clarified everything with sources in the Kremlin, the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff and we are talking about the most important things.
⁉️ Question 1: Is it true that there will be demobilization?
Yes. Vladimir Putin personally ordered it to be carried out. Of course, it’s about the elections. It is clear that demobilization will add advantages to Vladimir Vladimirovich before the vote. But sources in the Kremlin claim that the president is also proceeding from humanistic considerations.
⁉️ Question 2: Can demobilization be disrupted?
We think not. But anything can happen. The military is categorically against it. And they can be understood - after all, along with demobilization, the President also demands victories at the front.
Our interlocutors at the General Staff and the Ministry of Defense say that the search for arguments that will convince Vladimir Vladimirovich to abandon his idea is ongoing. There are even public attempts to discredit demobilization, such as, for example, this statement by Andrei Kartapolov.
But at the moment there are no arguments that would convince Putin to change his mind. And he will publicly announce demobilization when the military develops all the necessary procedures for this. Relevant work is underway.
⁉️ Question 3: When will demobilization take place and how many people will be released from the army?
Most likely, demobilization will start in the second half of February, or at the latest in early March. At least 10,000 mobilized people will be released from the army.
This is a minimum figure and may be revised upward. Who exactly can be demobilized and according to what criteria is decided by the military.
⁉️ Question 4: Will there be a new wave of mobilization in our country?
Probably yes. Exactly after the Presidential elections.
And how many people can be recruited into the army and when exactly a new wave of mobilization can start, none of our sources says. Everyone suggests waiting for spring.
“Where in Kharkov, Comrade Colonel, did you see the Nazis, well, really?”
Anastasia Chumakova, ASTRA April 13, 2023
The story of an officer of the Russian Armed Forces who refused to go to war in Ukraine.
“I was born in Russia, but grew up in Ukraine - I lived in the Lugansk region until I was 15 years old. Mom is Ukrainian, father is Russian.
At school we studied Ukrainian and Russian; we had the same number of hours. We always communicated with each other in Russian. There was no harassment of Russian speakers; I have never seen anything like that.
I grew up there and understand that all those who started it (the war) are far from understanding what is happening, and they certainly did not live in Ukraine. At the age of 15, I moved with my grandmother to Russia, after school I entered a military school. Then he served, quit and served again.
January, February and March 2022.
“Before the supposed exercises with Belarus, I was transferred to another battalion. Because of this, I did not go there in January 2022.
-—> But, in any case, I would refuse. <-—
Colleagues say: “the district commander gathered everyone, you should have tried to refuse, of course.” And I answer them: “In any case, as they say now, I would not have crossed the ribbon. Not under any pretext.”
-—> On February 24th I was in shock. Until recently I didn’t believe that this was possible. I just realized that the people in power are inadequate - the people who made such decisions. <-—
At the beginning of March, a combat order came to me. I immediately said: “I’m not going.” They called me to the army commander and went for a conversation in an informal setting. The following dialogue took place:
- Well, would you, well, go?
- I grew up there, I won’t go there.
“So I grew up there too.”
— Where are you from, if it’s not a secret?
— I’m from Kharkov.
— Moreover, where in Kharkov, Comrade Colonel, did you see the Nazis, really?
After this phrase, he looked at me so carefully and carefully. I don’t know, it seems to me that he understands everything, of course. Either due to the fact that he is a colonel, he pretends, or maybe he really doesn’t understand.
-—> Although... it’s unlikely, if he grew up there, he should understand, what kind of Nazis are there? <-—
And that’s it, he immediately stopped talking and said: everything is clear with you. He called the head of the HR department and said - write me a refusal. I wrote the refusal in writing. He indicated that I refused to go for health reasons.
He immediately called the head of the medical service, together with him we went to the hospital, my blood pressure rose to 180. They put me on an IVC. Category “B” was assigned - “limitedly suitable”. After that, the army had a certification commission.
Waiting to be fired.
The commission passed, all documents were sent for dismissal. This was in April. Well, that’s it, I reported to the military unit every week and waited for dismissal due to violation of the terms of the contract. They continued to persuade me all this time. I repeated: “I definitely refuse to participate in this.”
So it came to July, I waited for my minimum length of service. I went to ask why you don’t fire me? They started checking and said: again you need to go through a new commission, those documents were returned back.
I went again every time and reminded them to fire me and conduct a commission. As a result, the commission was held at the end of August. Then I immediately submitted my resignation letter, it was signed taking into account that I would take all my vacation.
Mobilization.
During vacation, mobilization occurs. In October, I returned from leave and was also waiting for dismissal; a day later I showed up at my unit. I started getting sick, and that was until January. In January they called me and said: “I have to go to a post in the military commandant’s office in <...>(a city in Ukraine occupied by Russia).
“Like a good position, with further transfer there. I say: “no, I refuse to go.” They called a personnel officer with a camera and let me read out the official order to go there under the camera. I listened and said: “Yes, that’s right.” They’re like, “how come, you just said you weren’t going?”
I say: “Well, you didn’t convey the order to me? And after listening to the order, according to the regulations, the serviceman answers: “Yes.”
I did this so as not to make their work easier: so that they would not regard it as sabotage. Well, that’s it, he told them: “I’m going to prepare for a business trip, there are no problems, I’m going there.” And I immediately went to the hospital, my back was severely seized.
Later, when they stopped filming, the unit commander said to me: “How long can you fool us, you’ve been receiving a salary all this time?”
I say: “Look, I’ve said since March that I won’t go. I agreed to quit, without a pension, without anything at all. You didn’t fire me - it’s your negligence. What do I have to do with it that you didn’t fire me on time?”
-—> I didn’t run, I said: I won’t go there, because I grew up there, I have relatives there, and in general I won’t go there with weapons. <-—
He’s like, “Well, we sent the documents, the district didn’t fire us. You will not go to the front, but to the rear. We don’t cheat.” I answer: “Yes, you don’t understand, I’m not afraid to go to the front or anything like that, I just won’t go that way in any military status. All”.
He said this without a camera. Again, so as not to simplify their work and not add more articles to themselves.
Do your fellow soldiers support the war?
Now from our unit there are only 4 such people, along with me, who refused to go to Ukraine. Few people refuse to go, I’m actually surprised, to be honest. At the same time, some refused, having already been there.
One of these somehow got out of Ukraine and said: “I won’t go there again, no matter what you judge, no matter what you do with me.” I answered him: “And for this you had to go there to understand this?”
-—> Many of our colleagues died. My good comrade, an officer, and three children died. Another died - his child had just been born. When something like this happens, of course, I feel sorry as a human being. But I understand: what were they doing there? Everyone has a choice. As a human being, I feel sorry, but everyone had a choice. <-—
I don’t think people come because they really believe in this propaganda. It seems to me that the soldiers just got used to it - an order is an order, plus many are very afraid of prison.
-—> But I don’t understand why people choose to die or remain disabled rather than go to prison. <-—
Nevertheless, propaganda, it turns out, played a big role. I didn’t think it all worked like that. I haven’t watched TV for many years, but it turns out it worked. Among my distant relatives in Russia, I also have active Z-“patriots”.
We don’t communicate with them. Thank God my wife fully supports me, otherwise I don’t know what would have happened. Parents, of course, are also supportive.
My mom, dad and I managed to live in both Ukraine and Russia, so we understand the difference. The difference, it seems to me, is still in freethinking, in the fact that people there are freer than here. This is generally visible at all levels.
I’m ready to go to jail.
The investigation materials against me were sent to the prosecutor’s office. The case has not yet been opened, but an investigation is being carried out on the grounds of a crime provided for in Article 332 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - “refusal to carry out an order”, where the term is from 2 to 3 years (according to Part 2.1 of this article of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).
I was already in the mood right away, since I decided so, I’ll probably have to sit down. In my case, no matter how paradoxical it may sound, you have to get a real sentence in order to leave the army. Because if they give you a suspended sentence, then, according to the law, you are obliged to continue to serve.
-—> Therefore, my plans are to get a prison term, serve time, quit and leave here. In any case, we have to leave. I have children, they need to make a future. And for myself too.” <-—
https://telegra.ph/Gde-vy-v-Harkove-tovarishch-polkovnik-nacistov-videli-nu-realno-04-13
>Speedy is slowing down….<
>Perhaps the motivation is solely financial, and like any “job”...<
Maybe he finally woke up and smelled the coffee.
Ukraine’s land losses are what’s important.
https://twitter.com/GloOouD/status/1745017113859834290<
I don't care whose side your on, only evil people get off on watching people dying.
Jan 10, 2024
Why Ukraine’s 2024 Strategy Will Fail
- Ukrainian President Vlodymr Zelensky laid out Ukraine’s 2024 strategy in a recent interview with The Economist;
- The focus will be on “isolating” Crimea;
- Crimea can be supplied entirely by sea and air, with any single port exceeding the capacity Russia required to sustain combat operations in Syria for 2015;
- Without enough long-range missiles to attack all or at least most of Crimea’s ports and airfields and do so regularly, Russia will be able to maintain the flow of supplies for both the civilian population and Russia’s military presence on the peninsula;
- Another popular strategy of “digging in” and “building” throughout 2024 is also disconnected from the realities of the conflict and both Ukraine’s and its Western sponsors’ capabilities;
- Ukraine has already “dug in” since 2014 in frontline cities which Russia has nonetheless been able to displace Ukrainian forces and take these heavily fortified cities;
Kazan is the name of a city in RuZZia.
Is that where you live?
“Units of the 73rd Marine Special Operations Center destroyed a Russian 2S19 Msta-S self propelled howitzer and a Tornado-G MLRS system.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1745122942332137629
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