Posted on 01/12/2024 7:03:08 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
Chechen Boy
“A Chechen fighter talks about the state of affairs at the front. He says that they are starving, drinking the water from puddles and suffering huge losses. Multiple casualties can be seen. He also says they are simply sitting in dugouts and are afraid to stick their heads out.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1745772821110825121
“British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will visit Kyiv today and sign an agreement on security guarantees. Britain will also provide Ukraine with a £2.5 billion aid package that includes long-range missiles, air defence, artillery ammunition & naval security.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1745721013520744742
“Ecuador and The US concluded an agreement on the exchange of Soviet weapons worth $200 million for modern equipment. The deal should be completed by the end of this month. Ecuador doesn’t know for which purpose the US is receiving them.. could be Ukraine.“
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1745775320114790664
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-january-11-2024
Russia (Moscovy) setting the stage for for future escalations against Latvia.
More terrible Moscovy losses:
Kremlin snuff box
https://t.me/s/kremlin_secrets
At least three Russians could have died as a result of the US and British strike on Yemen
The United States and Great Britain notified Russia that they were preparing a strike against Houthi positions in Yemen. Official notes were sent approximately 1 hour before the strikes. The Russian side did not have time to notify London and Washington about the protest.
“Contact with three of our instructors was lost. They were probably killed. Unfortunately, they did not have time to warn them (about the impending strike - Ed.),” said our source, closely associated with the military.
Our interlocutor did not say what tasks the instructors from Russia performed in Yemen. But he noted that many countries are studying the experience of the Northern Military District and using the services of PMCs with Russians. It is worth clarifying that the channel’s interlocutor is not an official, but has access to important military information.
Its all going strictly according to plan.
“Russia is devising a legal challenge to snarl any efforts by the US or Europe to confiscate some of its $300 billion in frozen central bank assets in favor of Ukraine, according to people familiar with the matter.
Officials in Moscow, who are studying the possibility of the funds being seized, have concluded such an outcome is unlikely, they said, asking not to be identified because the information isn’t public. The Bank of Russia is currently nearing an agreement with international law firms to represent the country’s interests in case of a court showdown.
Authorities also commissioned expert views analyzing the relevant legislation abroad and precedents in other countries, the people said.”
https://twitter.com/UaCoins/status/1745778662463406341
The drone is firing tracer rounds at an enemy position.
https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1745816335815209374
She noted that Moscow’s fears were confirmed - the Anglo-Saxons used UN Security Council Resolution 2722 on safe navigation in the Red Sea as a pretext for a missile attack.
Also, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry emphasized that strikes by the United States and its allies threaten to destabilize the situation throughout the Middle East. - FRWL reports
https://twitter.com/djuric_zlatko/status/1745725828967596330
Nothing Biden has done in Ukraine has been a “A strategic win for the USA.” The sanctions have resulted in a huge acceleration of the BRICS economic alliance. BRICS is now holding 32 percent of the world's GDP compared to 30 percent held by the G7 countries. In the not too distant future the US dollar will no longer be the reserve currency for the world. The repercussions from this alone will be far more devastating than the actual amount of money wasted.
“Of the $68 billion in military and related assistance Congress has approved”
The US spent over $100 Billion in 2022 alone which resulted in no actual benefit to the United States. Reliable totals for 2023 are not yet available.
We and our allies have given up our big economic stick along with squandering $100s of Billions, and wasted 100s of thousands of lives, and destroyed a country over what in reality was a failed power play by NATO. Anyone who had been following the situation in Eastern Europe for even just a few years knows that you have completely mischaracterized this situation.
This entire fiasco is close to collapsing. Zelensky is a corrupt NATO puppet who has been a traitor to his fellow citizens. He will be despised by future generations of Ukrainians, after he and his cronies escape to Ecuador or some other non-extradition country with who knows how many $Billions in ill-gotten gain.
Russian National debt was $271 Billion in October. That is a decrease of approximately $60 Billion from the year before, a decrease of approximately 20%. Our own National Debt went up around $2 Trillion in the same time period.
Russian National Debt
No matter how you try to frame it... Ukraine has been an economic, diplomatic, humanitarian, and military disaster for the USA. Your efforts to put lipstick on a pig are so ridiculous that it continues to damage your credibility.“Why Internet Trolls Do What They Do and How to Spot Russian Fakes” You label everyone who disagrees with you a "Russian Troll". I have been here over twenty years and do not remember ever posting a positive comment about Putin, communists or Russia. The closest that I have come has been to say that the community that my wife and I live in has been a dumping ground for Russians and Ukrainians that have come to this country for economic gain. The majority are good people, although I would not buy a used car from either group.
Let me repeat for the learning disabled in the U.S. National Security community — Putin has two objectives. First, demilitarize Ukraine. That is taking place through attrition and, as an unexpected benefit, he also is demilitarizing NATO, who is unable to produce air defense missiles and artillery shells that Ukraine would need to mount a credible defense. Second, de-nazify Ukraine. Putin and his Generals are not going to stop until the filth of Nazi scum prevalent in Ukrainian ranks are wiped away. Real clear. Real simple. Don’t make this more complicated than it is.
This is the problem. The so-called foreign policy experts that populate think tanks and Congressional committees in Washington, DC do not know a damn thing about Russia. They are obsessed with a 1980s vision of Russia and are refusing to take a fresh look at Russia as a nation, as an industrial power and as a legitimate military force. These dummies do not realize that if Putin suddenly disappears that Russia is not going to crumple into a fetal position and beg for the West to love it. Ain’t going to happen. Russia understands one thing that the United States does not — it will defend the motherland at any cost. Russians are proud of their country and its history. It has rejected the legacy of the Soviet era and embraced Orthodox Christianity. The United States? Its borders are being flooded with a tsunami of migrants, its major cities are filled with homeless drug addicts and crime, its politicians are busy enriching themselves at the expense of their countrymen and the government is promoting and protecting sexual deviance.
Russians, unlike Americans, understand science and know that men cannot have babies and that women cannot grow a penis. It is this grasp on reality that gives Russia the confidence that it will prevail in preventing the West from turning Ukraine into Jeffrey Epstein land.
Ukraine used American Cluster Bombs deliverd by missiles on the city of Belgrade, RU approximatly 50km NW of Ukrainian lines facing Russian Forces.
Russia retaliated with the largest and most devasting 3-day Missile attack on Ukraine since the war started.
Ukrainian officials, to include, Pres Zelinski, are now stating that the missile defense provided by the US/NATO is now ineffective.
The ramifications of these pronouncements are that the Air Defense Artillery the US Army uses, and exports to allies, in ineffective.
Was this the reason for visit by SecDef to Kiev? The damage to the US military sales would be a disaster for the Military Industrial Complex. They know these hypersonic missiles cannot be stopped with what we have sent to Ukraine in it’s current version. Our Navy has the best ADA and missile defense arrays which probably could work but untested to date.
US Foreign Policy pronouncements are that “NO NATO OFFICERS or OFFICIALS are in Kiev/Ukraine”.
The US and Russia have a protocol whereby notification of high ranking officials are made and Russia will know not to target these specific locations for the duration of each visit.
This was a secret meeting.
The Biden Administration and DOD circumvented Congress by failure to notify them. They also failed to notify Russia.
Immediately after Ukraine used Cluster Bombs on the city of Belgrade, Russia vowed to return the favor. They announced that they would immediatly deploy the 2S43 Malva self-propelled howitzer w/cluster munitions to the front. https://www.newsweek.com/russia-military-2s43-malva-howitzer-ukraine-himars-artillery-1820411
Engaging in a secret rendezvous was probably an American attempt to get Ukraine to immediatly stop the escalation in the war from using the Cluster Munitions on a Civilian target.
Ukraine was hoping to cause Putin to lose the upcoming election by making him seem unable to defend his civilian population.
As a result of the Belgrade attack, the three day missile offensive which may have killed the Ukrainian Sec Def seems to point to that Austion traveled from Kiev, to Germany, then to the States, immediatly after this attack.
Russia is now preparing to ensure it can protect Belgrade by extending their front 50-120km SE and at the same time put their Himars cluster artillery against any target within 70-80km of their front lines to break the Ukrainian positions. This new version of the cluster bomb artillery is primarily designed to take out hard targets like factorys, bunkers, and less so for killing the infantrymen.
Russia fired 51 missiles of various types, as well as eight Shahed drones, at Ukraine, and the Ukrainian Air Force intercepted 18 of the cruise missiles and all the drones, he said.
This is the first time in the war that Ukraine did not intercept 90% of the missiles.
Ukraine’s Soviet Era Air Defense held up until May 22, then it was replaced by the same stuff the US Army uses and DOD exports to allies.
Reports from Ukraine military, political and civilians are now openly admitting the US provided umbrealla is non-functional and cannot be depended upon. This sent shock waves thru Washington, DC. Military Sales and Third Country Military Sales are the lifeblood the Mitilary Indistrial Complex. If US systems no longer provide effective defense, then like the Germans with Tank Engineering, the product will be seen as a bust.
Biden Admin will either escalate or seek peace, before Russia can definitely provide the world proof the US hardware does not work.
Looks like the amatures in the White Hut miscalculated.
Kazan is the name of a city in RuZZia.
Is that where you live?
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