Posted on 03/06/2023 5:13:56 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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Ukrainian Artillery losses Running Total: 223
RuZZian Tank losses Running Total: 1787
March 2023 - 8
February 2023 – 118
January 2023 – 61
December 2022 – 76
November 2022 – 105
October 2022 – 212
September 2022 - 217
August 2022 – 74
July 2022 – 108
June 2022 – 67
May 2022 – 148
April 2022 – 243
Feb 24 - March 2022 – 350
RuZZian Artillery losses Running Total: 533
March 2023 - 8
February 2023 – 41
January 2023 – 31
December 2022 – 19
November 2022 – 55
October 2022 – 64
September 2022 - 73
August 2022 – 21
July 2022 – 21
June 2022 – 18
May 2022 – 20
April 2022 – 52
Feb 24 - March 2022 – 110
8 months and the RuZZians have STILL not taken Bakhmut. What a joke of an army.
“Ukrainian Soldiers, Nearly Encircled, Push Russians Back”
“The battle for Bakhmut is not over — at least not yet. Ukrainian assault brigades offered Moscow a bloody reminder of that over the weekend.”
“Lined up in the dark in civilian vehicles, lights dimmed, a company of soldiers waited silently at the side of a road. Farther behind, a second company was parked, an occasional light inside a car revealing the face of a soldier. Still farther back, a third company was moving into place.
After months of epic struggle, the fight over the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut had seemed in recent days to be reaching a climax, with Russian forces close to encircling the city and some Ukrainian units pulling out.
Then, early Saturday, Ukrainian assault brigades went on the attack. Over the weekend, hundreds of troops joined the counteroffensive, mounting assaults from the ground and pounding Russian positions with artillery from the surrounding hills.”
“Russia may be close to capturing Bakhmut. But a victory could come at a heavy cost”
“For the first time in eight months, the Russians are on the cusp of taking a Ukrainian city, albeit a small one already abandoned by more than 90% of its prewar population.
Ukrainian defenses in and around the eastern city of Bakhmut are being squeezed by a combination of intense artillery, mortar fire, and airstrikes and a substantial commitment of ground forces, both Russian regulars and fighters of the Wagner private military company.
If and when Bakhmut falls, it may be tempting to ask whether Russian forces are improving, learning from the catalog of mistakes they have made so far in this conflict and finally exploiting their superiority in numbers and firepower.
The answer: probably not.”
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/06/europe/russia-ukraine-bakhmut-analysis-intl/index.html
” Russian victory in Bakhmut would not change tide of war, U.S. says”
“As the months-long battle for Bakhmut rages on, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said a victory for Russia there would offer the Kremlin a symbolic victory but not turn the tide of the broader war. Ukrainian officials say Russian forces have not seized full control of the eastern Ukrainian city.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky indicated that officials are preparing for the wider war against Russia to continue into its second year. Work is already underway to shore up heating for next winter, Zelensky said in his nightly address, after Ukrainians suffered through a frigid season without reliable power.”
“In #Donetsk Oblast, an abandoned Russian T-80BV tank was destroyed by another drone-dropped munition, dropped inside the drivers’ hatch.”
https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1632679147242659840
“A story from Russian military doctors, working in Vuhledar and Mar’inka evacuating and treating their wounded. Frostbite, lying on ice cold ground, constantly hunted by Ukrainian drones and barely being able to get out alive.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1632647818077782016
“And the Oscar goes to, this Russian soldier. Suddenly he became affected by an alleged chemical bomb dropped by Ukrainian forces. It was only him that attracted the substance, the rest lived happily besides him”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1632636431146311680
MOSCOW, March 6. /TASS/. Russian forces destroyed a Ukrainian Buk-M1 anti-aircraft missile system, an S-300 radar and a US-made counter-battery radar station over the past day during the special military operation in Ukraine, Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov reported on Monday.
“In the area of the settlement of Troitskoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic, a Ukrainian Buk-M1 self-propelled anti-aircraft missile system was destroyed. In the area of the community of Andreyevka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, a guidance radar of a Ukrainian S-300 surface-to-air missile system was obliterated. In addition, a US-manufactured AN/TPQ-37 counter-battery radar station was destroyed near the settlement of Gulyaipole in the Zaporozhye Region,” the spokesman said.
“In the past 24 hours, operational/tactical and army aviation, missile troops and artillery of the Russian group of forces struck 86 Ukrainian artillery units at firing positions, manpower and equipment in 117 areas,” the general said.
Russian fighter aircraft shot down a Ukrainian Su-27 fighter jet and a Mi-8 helicopter while Russian air defenses downed a Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter over the past day, Konashenkov reported.
“Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Ukrainian Air Force Su-27 plane in an aerial battle near the community of Trudoolenovka in the Zaporozhye Region. In addition, a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter was downed near the settlement of Novopavlovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic,” the spokesman said.
Also, Russian air defense forces shot down a Ukrainian Air Force MiG-29 fighter jet near the city of Krasnoarmeysk in the Donetsk People’s Republic, the general added.
Russian forces struck Ukrainian army units in the Kupyansk area, eliminating over 40 Ukrainian troops in the past day, Konashenkov reported.
“In the Kupyansk direction, assault and army aviation aircraft and artillery of the western battlegroup struck the enemy’s units in areas near the settlements of Timkovka in the Kharkov Region and Novosyolovskoye in the Lugansk People’s Republic,” the spokesman said.
The strikes eliminated enemy manpower and equipment, the general said.
“As many as 45 Ukrainian personnel, two armored combat vehicles and three pickup trucks were destroyed,” Konashenkov reported.
Russian forces struck Ukrainian manpower and equipment in the Krasny Liman area, eliminating over 160 enemy troops, a tank and a Grad multiple rocket launcher over the past day, he said.
“In the Krasny Liman direction, units of the battlegroup Center and artillery inflicted damage on the enemy’s manpower and equipment in areas near the settlements of Yampolovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic and Chervonaya Dibrova in the Lugansk People’s Republic as a result of their active operations,” the spokesman said.
The enemy lost over 160 troops, a tank, three infantry fighting vehicles, five armored combat vehicles, three motor vehicles and a Grad multiple rocket launcher in that area in the past 24 hours, the general specified.
Russian forces eliminated about 225 Ukrainian troops in their advance in the Donetsk area over the past day, Konashenkov reported.
“In the Donetsk direction, as many as 225 Ukrainian personnel, five infantry fighting vehicles, nine armored combat vehicles, five pickup trucks, four motor vehicles, an Uragan multiple launch rocket system and a D-30 howitzer were destroyed as a result of the continued active operations by units of the southern battlegroup and artillery fire,” the spokesman said.
In addition, Russian forces obliterated an ammunition depot of the Ukrainian army’s 55th artillery brigade in the area of the settlement of Dachnoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic and a US-made AN/TPQ-37 counter-battery radar near the community of Chasov Yar in the Donetsk People’s Republic,” the general said.
Russian forces destroyed about 65 Ukrainian troops in the southern Donetsk and Zaporozhye areas in the past day, Konashenkov reported.
In the southern Donetsk and Zaporozhye areas, artillery of the battlegroup East struck the Ukrainian army units in areas near the settlements of Ugledar, Prechistovka and Novosyolka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, the spokesman said.
“As many as 65 [Ukrainian] personnel, two armored combat vehicles, two pickup trucks and Uragan and Grad multiple rocket launchers were destroyed in those areas in the past 24 hours,” the general specified.
Russian forces destroyed three Ukrainian armored combat vehicles and an Akatsiya self-propelled howitzer in the Kherson area over the past day, Konashenkov reported.
“In the Kherson direction, artillery fire eliminated three armored combat vehicles, eight motor vehicles and an Akatsiya self-propelled howitzer,” the spokesman said.
Russian air defenses destroyed nine Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles and shot down 15 HIMARS and Uragan rockets over the past day, Konashenkov reported.
“In the past 24 hours, air defense capabilities intercepted 15 rockets of the HIMARS and Uragan multiple launch rocket systems and destroyed nine unmanned aerial vehicles in areas near the settlements of Berestovoye in the Kharkov Region, Karmazinovka in the Lugansk People’s Republic, Blagodatnoye, Novoandreyevka, Kirillovka and Verkhnetoretskoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Chubarevka and Magedovo in the Zaporozhye Region and Lesnoye in the Sumy Region,” the spokesman said.
In all, the Russian Armed Forces have destroyed 396 Ukrainian warplanes, 217 helicopters, 3,345 unmanned aerial vehicles, 410 surface-to-air missile systems, 8,192 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,054 multiple rocket launchers, 4,284 field artillery guns and mortars and 8,771 special military motor vehicles since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, Konashenkov reported.
“Ukrainians Work Through Blackouts, Internet Outages as Russia Targets Power Grid”
“With flashlights ready and devices charged, Ukrainians have acclimated to rolling power outages as Russia targets Ukraine’s energy grid with missiles and drones. But the damage caused by the attacks has made working and communicating online increasingly difficult.
Anastasia Kvitka works remotely from Dnipro as a marketing manager for Bordio, a productivity and time management platform. When she hears the now-frequent sounds of explosions, she retreats to an improvised shelter: her pantry.
“I have a blanket on the floor there and fairy lights on batteries so that there is lighting,” Ms. Kvitka says. “It looks romantic, but I wish I’d never had to experience that.” Not knowing when she may lose power and internet, she completes workday tasks that require the internet first.
With Russia continuing its strikes, many Ukrainians are suffering instability in their power and internet service, which is vital in keeping communication lines open with loved ones and receiving the latest news about the conflict. Rolling blackouts have become a regular feature of life. Ukrainians have adapted, importing generators and making grid repairs during blackouts.”
Instead of Posting TASS BS, maybe just post from Disney.com
It comments to its other FR handle.
” China, Like Russia, Is Pressured by Reinvigorated U.S. Alliances”
“Russia’s invasion of Ukraine produced the opposite of what Moscow’s foreign policy had long sought by driving its neighbors into NATO. After boosting its military, China is now seeing a similar strengthening of U.S.-led alliances in the Pacific.
The rapprochement between Seoul and Tokyo, reflected in a plan released Monday by Seoul to compensate South Koreans forced to work in Japan during World War II, marks the latest example of U.S. friends and allies in Asia building a network of ties in a way that is unwelcome in Beijing.
The Philippines under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is giving U.S. forces more access to its bases. Taiwan has brought in more U.S. forces to its territory to help with training. Australia allied with the U.S. and U.K. to obtain nuclear submarines. And Japan is nearly doubling defense spending and linking its military operations closer to the U.S., calling China its biggest security challenge.”
Why are the Russians so intent on capturing Bakhmut? It is not clear.
Why are the Ukrainians so intent on keeping Bakmut? It is not clear.
Both sides claim to be inflicting heavy, disproportionate losses on the other side in Bakhmut.
The war appears to be a "cabinet war" (war of choice) for Russia, and a war of national survival for Ukraine.
The Russian "cabinet war" has clearly devolved into an expensive "regime survival/embarassment" war for Russia.
The Ukrainian war for survival has become a terrible stalemate for Ukraine.
As I’ve said from the beginning, the USA is the biggest winner from this war.
“Ukraine war has made it easier for US to isolate China in the Pacific”
“A year after Russia invaded Ukraine, Xi Jinping’s backing of Vladimir Putin has opened the door for the United States and partners in the Pacific to shore up sometimes frayed relationships to the detriment of Beijing.
In the past few months alone, Japan has pledged to double defense spending and acquire long-range weapons from the US; South Korea has acknowledged that stability in the Taiwan Strait is essential to its security; the Philippines has announced new US base access rights and is talking about joint patrols of the South China Sea with Australia, Japan and the United States.”
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/05/asia/ukraine-war-us-pacific-alliances-intl-hnk/index.html
You really want to go there!?! That’s rich! Look at your sources! You’ve got to be kidding. TASS is a much, much, much more credible source than the government/media conglomerate of which you reach tiny cog status by constantly posting these BS lies. Lies, proven wrong day after day. Stoogin’, stoogin’, stoogin.
Ukraine: military situation update with maps - Mar 5, 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/
-—> The True State of Russian Army <——
posted 2 months ago, 21.13 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KiII_2qabk
-—> Combined Arms Breach, what UA will have to master to smash Orc Lines <——
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ-sCT_maAQ
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Reporting from Ukraine:
https://www.youtube.com/@RFU
••Day 375.
Today the biggest news is coming from the east. [This is the attack mentioned by Denys yesterday.]
Here, in an attempt to breach Ukrainian defenses north of Avdiivka, Russians tried to conduct a new attack and put Ukrainians in Novobakhmutivka into a pocket.
They prepared a huge assault unit consisting of tanks and armored vehicles, got to their positions, but
when they were ready to launch the assault, they suffered a devastating flank attack and got completely demolished.
Last time I told you that Russians decided to shift their focus to the area of lower tactical value because Ukrainians seemed to be protecting high-value positions too tightly.
I also told you that despite initial success, Russians were quickly pushed back towards the highway.
After several unsuccessful attempts to recapture these positions back, Russians realized that breaking through the same Ukrainian defenses would not be as easy because now Ukrainians are fully focused on this area.
That is why Russians decided to capitalize on their recent advancements around Novobakhmutivka, develop their success further, and attack Krasnohorivka from the north.
If we look at the topographic map, we can see that by attacking from this direction, they would be essentially fighting at the same elevation, as opposed to trying to storm the hills from the lowlands.
But if Russians were to carry out this attack right now, they would be shot in the back because Ukrainians are controlling the western part of Novobakhmutivka and the tree belts around it.
Ukrainians in the tree belts are holding a perfect position for countering this type of attack.
That is why in order to continue encircling Avdiivka, Russians needed to establish control over the last 30% of the village.
Based on the available footage from February, it is clear that Russians control the hill between Novoselivka and Novobakhmutivka.
The next logical step would be to engulf Ukrainians by attacking them from the north.
And this is exactly what Russians attempted to do: they prepared a large assault unit consisting of 5 tanks and 10 armored vehicles, they rapidly moved along this huge tree line and tried to assault Ukrainian positions from the flank.
Unfortunately for Russians, it looks like they took no measures to secure their own flanks. As you can see, Ukrainians are controlling the hills around Oleksandropil.
The positions on these hills give a direct view of everything that is happening on this side of Novobakhmutivka.
Geolocated footage confirmed that Ukrainians spotted a Russian assault unit during the relocation process.
Ukrainians responded extremely quickly and attacked Russians assault unit before they got ready for their assault.
The video shows that Ukrainians opened intense artillery fire.
Russians tried to save their infantry by creating a line with their armor in front of the tree area, but it did not help much.
The armor got quickly destroyed, and Ukrainian infantry entered the region.
Russians reportedly lost 3 tanks, 5 armored vehicles, dozens killed, and half a dozen were taken captive.
Overall, Russians made a big mistake by counting too much on the fog.
Judging by the video, the fog inhibited visual control over the area, but the fog was not too dense, leaving their flanks extremely vulnerable.
The risk did not pay off, the moving column was quickly spotted by the drone, and Russian assault unit was almost entirely destroyed.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPpYQuLW8T0
Denys says:
••Bakhmut holds. Successful UA counter attack in the southern area. Maybe more to come. Russian artillery advantage here is 7:1.
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Russia propagandist in Vuhledar narrowly missed by UA shell. Could be fake shelling to show how brave he is.
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More than 2,000 [CNN says 4,000-5,000] civilians remain in Bakhmut - refusing to leave their homes and go into the unknown with nothing. People who do not leave immediately from cities that are under attack, create more defensive obstacles for the UA.
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Big conflict says UA intel within Russian military command about the general, Muradov, who was recently promoted, after having suffered horrendous losses at Vuhledar.
MoD wants him to take Vuhledar, but local commanders do not want him because their troops will die or the troops will refuse to fight.
For the Russian general, win or lose on the front is immaterial, as the most important thing is keeping one’s career growing.
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Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant negotiations are stalled - no way to resolve it now.
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Serbia denies they supplied Grad rockets to Ukraine or any weapons to either side. However, The Turks who shipped the rockets to Ukraine said they were delivered from Serbia.
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New UA “I Want To Leave” campaign to get Russian soldier to surrender includes meals: turkey or fish dinner, bread, tea, borsch, salads. Some minor work daily, TV time, sport time, church hours, Chess, reading groups.
Getting 50-100 calls per day, currently at 9,836 defectors. UA soldier gets financial reward for capturing Russian troop - amount depends on type of soldier taken.
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UA helicopter pilots complain they do do have precision rockets to fire at armor - Russians have same complaint.
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Putin’s favorite band singer taken ill and flown to Germany for health care. Showing how poor Russian health care is.
Speaking of Taiwan - they paid the US $19 billion for arms along time back, but have received nothing. Biden getting his cut from Xi.
Who to believe? ANY of your Western sources or Putin/Tass on these issues?
Trump, Biden, Clinton, Soros, Obama, Trump “impeachment”, New Green Deal, the whole panoply of woke perversions forced on the world, US elections, Vindman, Nordstream, yellow cake uranium, climate change, the Saudis, Russia, Russia, Russia, FBI, CIA, Barr, BLM, Christians. Look, I’m doing this on a phone and my thumb is getting tired. Other than the Gospel coming out Kiev, EVERYTHING else your sources are saying is BS! Give me another example of honest news from your sources. East Palestine? That list above, show me the Tass lies. Yeah, right.
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