Posted on 01/21/2023 7:49:01 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. Small arms, ATGMs, MANPADS, loitering munitions, drones used as unmanned bait, civilian vehicles, trailers 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 the origin of a piece of equipment can't be established, it is 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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188k + DPR/LNR + Convicts, so maybe 220-240k all inclusive.
That means RuZZia’s entire original invasion force of 200k has been disposed of.
“GRIM FIGURES”
“Russian casualties in Ukraine have hit an eye-watering 188,000, according to US intelligence“
“RUSSIAN casualties in Ukraine have hit an eye-watering 188,000 according to United States intelligence, The Sun can reveal.
The Americans also estimate that Vladimir Putin’s invading forces have seen 2,000 of their tanks destroyed or captured by the heroic Ukrainians in 331 days of war.”
“The massive new figure of those killed or injured in battle was shared with allies at yesterday’s Western summit to drum up support for Ukraine held at Ramstein Air Base in Southern Germany.
It is a significant increase on the publicly estimated 100,000 Russian soldiers killed, wounded, or deserted since last February’s invasion that the UK’s Defence Secretary Ben Wallace outlined at the end of last year.
Top US General Mark Milley said Russia has suffered a “tremendous amount of casualties” - but stopped short of revealing the exact figure publicly.
Asked about Russian losses he said the toll was now “significantly well over 100,000”.”
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/21115234/russia-war-deaths-ukraine-188000/
We do have this Jan 19 video from Zaporizhzhia of RuZZians trying to advance and taking a beating. Little evidence of much success.
“’ The offensive of the 58th army in the Zaporizhzhia direction, long announced by Russian propagandists, only reduces the number of its personnel and equipment.”
https://twitter.com/PaulJawin/status/1616078000914845696
https://twitter.com/PaulJawin/status/1616078000914845696
“A Russian BMD-4M airborne infantry fighting vehicle was destroyed by artillery fire of the Ukrainian 28th Mechanized Brigade in the vicinity of Bakhmut, #Donetsk Oblast.”
https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1616792046689189888
If not, they must be driven out.
“Moldovan foreign minister: Ukraine’s victory could lead to Russia’s exit from Transnistria. Moldova wants and expects Russia’s defeat in Ukraine for Russian troops to withdraw “through peaceful means” from occupied Transnistria, said Nicu Popescu, Moldova’s foreign minister.”
https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1616794322518609920
“Bakhmut: not a single occupier will hide from the watchful eyes of our defenders”
https://twitter.com/antiputler_news/status/1616807080635031552
RuZZian Babe takes a bullet. All for the glory of Little Pukin.
“Caught a bullet live The occupant (it turns out) near Soledar says that there are shooting battles in the city. Well, while she was telling this, she got a bullet ... You can listen to three things forever: how a log cracks in a fire, how water flows and how a non-combatant squeals...”
https://twitter.com/antiputler_news/status/1616799959369515008
“The USA will support the transfer of F-16 fighter jets by allies to Ukraine - the American ambassador to the OSCE. Michael Carpenter, confirmed that Washington will agree with the idea of partners to transfer F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1616718266537283584
“Reznikov: Ukrainian troops will train on German tanks in Poland”
“”Ukraine has agreed with some countries that own Leopard 2 tanks to train Ukrainian crews on them even before Germany makes a decision on their transfer.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1616593173249245184
POWs
https://twitter.com/antiputler_news/status/1616703890052845569
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1616737834790182912
“US pilot shot down four Soviet MiGs in 30 minutes – and kept it a secret for 50 years”
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/20/asia/korean-war-fighter-pilot-soviet-shootdown-intl-hnk-ml/index.html
Those Russian tank numbers are sure going up in the last week or so.
In 9 years and 1 month, we can call it even for Korea and Vietnam.
RuZZia has been keeping tanks behind the front line in an indirect fire role. To save them from destruction.
A Ukrainian offensive or a RuZZian offensive will lead to greater tank destruction.
US intelligence estimates 2000 RuZZian tanks have been destroyed.
Is it RuZZia, RuZZZZia l or Russia? So confusing.
Royce Williams a 97-year-old former naval aviator was presented with the Navy Cross, the service’s second-highest military honor at a ceremony in California.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/20/asia/korean-war-fighter-pilot-soviet-shootdown-intl-hnk-ml/index.html
All...please read the linked article above, it is very interesting.
I would note that the only air to air armament in the Korean war was guns. No air to air missiles. The F9F, which Mr. Williams flew had 4 20mm cannons.
Well done Mr. Williams. A true American hero!
Ukraine: military situation update with maps, Jan 20, 2023
(’Orc’ is associated with the various hoards of 13th century Mongol invaders, as well as LOTR evil villains)
War in Ukraine Explained/Reporting from Ukraine:
https://www.youtube.com/@RFU
Artillery (key to success in this war), Fuller explanation of Orc military structure, Other Bonus articles - see previous postings in “Attack on Europe” (FR title search).
(Numbered printed material below - Some of the items below may be out of date, and not updated yet)
••Denotes Transcribed Dialogue. The entirety of the analysis is from a Ukrainian guy named Reporting from Ukraine’s daily video - I only transcribe it. Extras are just that - from other sites, or my comments marked (Edit: .... ) or { } or [ ].
-—> Current to date and past MAPS: <——
https://militaryland.net/
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Extras:
-—> Ukraine Situation Report: Russian Casualties “Significantly Well Over 100k” Says Top U.S. General <——
General Milley said the losses on both sides are horrendous and that it will only end via negotiation once Russia has left Ukraine.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ukraine-situation-report-russian-casualties-significantly-well-over-100k-says-top-u-s-general
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-—> Dutch Open To Transferring F-16 Jets To Ukraine (Updated) <——
Ukrainian pleas for modern Western fighter jets have so far come to nothing, but the Dutch now say they’re open to giving them F-16s.
Excerpts:
“In the case of the F-16, you have a lot of options for different training programs, different electronic countermeasures, different engines, different everything - it’s like Lego!” the Ukrainian MiG-29 pilot known only by his callsign “Juice,” told The War Zone last December. “In general, I don’t say that the F-16 is better as an aircraft itself, but it may be the most realistic choice for Ukraine, considering capability, availability, affordability, and most importantly sustainability.”
Just as important as the jets themselves is the training for the Ukrainian pilots and maintainers who would operate them.
Col. Ignat has said it would likely take around six months for pilots to convert to new fighters, with the bulk of this being related to tactics and the use of new weapons. However, other estimations put the training time as much longer, based on the fact that transitioning a foreign air arm to the F-16 typically takes many months, if not years, to accomplish — even without a war raging at home.
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-—> No Western Tanks For Ukraine Announced After Allies Meet In Germany <——
While tanks were not on the list of donations, top U.S. general says Ukraine has the armor it needs to go on the offensive.
Excerpts:
But despite the lack of tanks announced today, Army Gen. Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters there is plenty of firepower for Ukraine to go on the offensive against Russia.
“This package, combined with our previous ones, includes combined arms maneuver capabilities with supporting artillery, equivalent to at least two combined arms maneuver brigades or six mech infantry battalions, 10 motorized infantry battalions and four artillery battalions along with a lot of other equipment,” he said. “This U.S. package, along with the Allied donations that are indicated today, signifies our collective resolve and our commitment to Ukraine to protect their population from the indiscriminate Russian attacks and to provide the armor necessary to on the offensive.”
The front lines in Ukraine are huge, Milley said, likening them to the distance “from Washington, D.C., to Atlanta.”
“So that is a significant amount of territory, and in that territory, are still remaining a lot of Russian forces in Russian occupied Ukraine,” he said. “So from a military standpoint, I still maintain that this year it would be very, very difficult to militarily eject the Russian forces from every inch of Russian-occupied Ukraine. That doesn’t mean it can’t happen, doesn’t mean it won’t happen, but it’d be very, very difficult.”
Given the amount of equipment the U.S. and allies have committed, along with training, Milley said “it’s very, very possible to for the Ukrainians to run a significant tactical or even operational level offensive operation to liberate as much Ukrainian territory as possible.”
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••Day 331.
Today there is a lot of news from the Luhansk region.
Over the last several days, the Ukrainians have conducted an extensive attack here, which resulted in a lot of changes to the front line.
The changes to the status quo happened in the central part of the Luhansk region.
Last time we covered this area, I told you that the Russians launched an unstoppable series of assaults on Novoselivke because, without it, they would not be able to maintain their positions in Kuzemivka.
The main idea behind these attacks was that offense is the best defense.
In we look at the topographic map, we can see that Kuzemivka is located in the lowlands, surrounded by Ukrainian positions a few hundred meters away from it.
This means that there is simply no way to hold defense inside the village, so the Russians were constantly pushing and successfully preventing the Ukrainians from getting too close and endangering this group.
The biggest problem with this tactic is that it is extremely costly, as attackers usually lose more men than the defenders, and in this case, where the Russians were attacking from a tactically disadvantageous position, the losses were even higher.
The Ukrainians tried to burn Russian reserves with artillery strikes, but the situation only noticeably changed when the Russians started reinforcing Kreminna.
This put a huge strain on Russian reserves in this particular region, and the Ukrainians took the initiative.
Due to the constant attacks, the Ukrainians opted for an unusual solution.
They abandoned Novoselivke but conducted combat reconnaissance very frequently.
This way, they did not need to stay under artillery fire in this very small village, and they also did not allow the Russians to establish full control over it.
But as the weakness of the Russian group became more evident, the Ukrainians prepared an attack fist to push the Russians from this region completely.
One group consisting of up to 20 troops attacked the village from Berestove, similarly to how it was done previously.
During the engagement, the Ukrainians exploited the fact that their attention was fixed on the first attack group and opened the second line of attack.
The Ukrainians formed an attack fist in Stelmakhivka that consisted of around 100 people and several tanks and assaulted the southwestern outskirts.
As a result, the Russians were rapidly pushed behind the railways and soon started retreating. The Ukrainians reinforced this group even more with around 150 troops and half a dozen armored vehicles and developed their offensive in the direction of Kuzemivka.
As a result, the Russians left the Kuzemivka area completely.
Nonetheless, the Russians continued to concentrate their artillery fire on these two settlements. Their goal was to inflict losses on this big attack group and also not allow it to clear the settlement.
The latest news suggests that the Ukrainians did not clear Kuzemivka, so it is considered a grey zone, but they do maintain full control over Novoselivske, which is even more important than Kuzemivka.
After losing control over Kuzemivka, the Russians basically have only three settlements standing in the way of the Ukrainians and preventing them from storming Svatove.
What is interesting, over the last month, there were a lot of engagements around these settlements.
For example, as noted in my previous report on this region, the Ukrainian General Staff, for the first time, started mentioning Kryvoshyivka and Pikuychansk, which indicates that the Ukrainians have been gradually improving their tactical position around these settlements.
Also, a lot of heavy clashes happened between Stelmakhivka and Kolomyichikha because these are the main bases in the region.
Even though the Ukrainians are still far away from attacking Svatove in a serious way, getting as close to it as possible can force the Russians to deploy their reserves in this city instead of Bakhmut and Kreminna, which can alleviate a lot of issues that the Ukrainians are experiencing right now.
The Svatove area is mainly the area of responsibility of mobilized soldiers, which the Russian command does not trust a lot, and may be forced to relocate their professional troops from the south.
And no wonder, as these units lack military discipline, which translates to very poor coordination on the battlefield.
This poor coordination often results in defensive positions being abandoned prematurely, which to a degree, happened in Novoselivske because the Russians failed to request artillery support timely and quickly withdrew.
The Russian Ministry of Defense is trying to improve professionalism within the Russian forces by ordering commanders to impose discipline at least on the smallest level, such as stricter guidelines for the grooming standards, but this did not work out very well, and they received a huge backlash.
They received an even bigger backlash for restricting the use of personal electronic devices in the combat zone.
Russian Ministry of Defense continues to blame poor operational security practices for the Ukrainian strikes that kill hundreds of troops every day.
The inability to acknowledge the poor organizational skills of the higher level command and the impositions of these pseudo-measures threatens to undermine Russian performance even more.
The prohibition of personal electronics will impede soldiers’ ability to control quadcopters and store terrain maps, which in current realities is indispensable.
This only means that the Ukrainians will have a greater advantage and sharper skills when it comes to weaponizing personal devices and using them to get an edge on the enemy.
I wonder how long it takes to properly train a RU tank crew?
Forward, Reverse, Left, Right, you're good to go!
Don't worry, if your tank is hit by artillery, we will respond with our highly accurate counter-battery fire.
Your mom or spouse will get a delicious cake.
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