Posted on 07/02/2023 5:19:16 AM PDT 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: 300
RuZZian Tank losses Running Total: 2082
July 2023 – 8
June 2023 – 73
May 2023 – 90
April 2023 – 5
March 2023 - 127
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: 679
July 2023 – 3
June 2023 – 47
May 2023 – 43
April 2023 - 24
March 2023 - 37
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
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“Before/after of a Ukrainian counterbattery strike on a Russian 2A36 Giatsint-B towed 152mm field gun.”
https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1675380574666514433
“Destroyed Russian tank near Bakhmut. The work of the 93rd brigade.”
https://twitter.com/PaulJawin/status/1675383297302487041
“Destroyed RU BMP-3 somewhere on the front.”
https://twitter.com/lost_warinua/status/1675291368426463232
“HIMARS strikes on Russian hideouts during the night”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1675418956612370433
“The left bank of the Kherson region. A UAV hit a group of Russian soldiers in the occupied city of Oleshky.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1675415158938640384
“Marines from the 36th brigade destroyed a Msta-S 2S9 self propelled gun and a Strela-10 Air Defense system.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1675385476490952704
Kadyrov is missing.
Forte12 Global Hawk over the Black Sea right now, watching Kerch as well as eastern Crimea.
Russia’s 72-hour “Special Military Operation” is now in its 16th month, and there are signs that Putin’s war of conquest may be about to devour him instead of Ukraine. The repercussions of a Russian military collapse would be earth-shaking.
Click the link for the rest of the article.
Is it possible or reasonable for the USA to out-supply the Ukes with needed materiele enough to prevail here or force Russia to the bargaining table?
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1675178334735548417
Supposedly, the 10 km backup is cars trying to get into Crimea.
Ukraine: military situation update - July 1, 2023
Extras:
——> Ukraine Situation Report: Russian SAMs Can’t Stop This Storm Shadow <——
Russian air defenses are having a tough time dealing with Storm Shadow cruise missiles, even at close range.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ukraine-situation-report-russian-sams-cant-stop-this-storm-shadow
——> Ukrainian Leopard 2 Tank Seen Covered In Explosive Reactive Armor <——
Seeing explosive reactive armor that traces its roots to the Soviet era on a Leopard 2 main battle tank is certainly different.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ukrainian-leopard-2-tank-seen-covered-in-explosive-reactive-armor
[ Insane Night Operation | Against All Odds. 4 Ukrainian Fighters Pull Off an Unbelievable Operation ]
••Day 493: Jul 01
Today there is a lot of news from the Orikhiv direction.
Here, Ukrainians finally confirmed that they breached the last line of defense in front of Robotyne and that Russian forces now only have the settlement itself to rely on.
Today Ukrainian 47th Mechanized Brigade released combat footage that shows exactly how Ukrainians managed to push through despite immense Russian resistance.
Since the counteroffensive operation is still in the early stages, and Russians still have not burnt through their accumulated personnel and equipment, Ukrainians found out that the best tactic that ensures that even the freshest and most equipped Russian units break and retreat is continuous assaults.
So, Ukrainian assault units are preparing for at least 36 hours of virtually non-stop operations.
For now, Ukrainians also mostly rely on infantry, as it is harder to detect.
In fact, almost all featured assaults were successful because Ukrainians crawled into Russian positions undetected and ambushed Russians in their own trenches.
The first target of the assault unit became Russian defensive positions across the field.
The setting was the following: there were two strong points in front of each other - the Ukrainian and the Russian.
While both of them engaged in positional fights and Ukrainians distracted Russian soldiers with fire, the job of the assault unit was to sneak into the Russian flanks and destroy them.
After getting close to the Russian flanks, the Russians noticed something and started firing in their direction.
The commander of the assault unit quickly realized that the Russians still did not understand the exact positions of the Ukrainians and ordered everyone not to shoot, unless they could see and eliminate the target for sure.
The commander requested artillery support, Ukrainian artillery hit exactly where needed, Russians started panicking and making mistakes, the assault unit eliminated most of them without even getting close, and established control over the position.
Despite operating for 8 hours straight and successfully taking Russian positions, Ukrainian immediately started preparing to move further.
They coordinated with another unit in the region and created the following plan: establish 2 machinegun positions, create crossfire, and combine it with concentrated artillery fire while 3 units approach the next Russian position on the line.
However, the moment Ukrainians started implementing their plan, Russians launched a counterattack to recapture positions that they just lost.
Ukrainians quickly communicated the coordinates, and the second group of Ukrainians engaged in meeting the Russians.
The Russian mechanized assault was rebuffed, but the Russians did not stop pushing, which undermined Ukrainian plans.
Unable to move forward, the Ukrainian assault unit was forced to conduct defensive operations.
After sunset, the situation did not improve, gun fire and artillery strikes intensified, and it became clear that Russians were preparing for a night assault.
Ukrainians were not ready for a defensive operation.
The commander faced his soldiers and said: “If we stay here, we die - which is not an option.
So, we either have to retreat and lose what we gained today or eliminate the threat.
The offense is the best defense, so we open fire and use everything we have while 2 groups of 2 people leverage our strong right flank and crawl right to the Russian positions.
When they are ready, I give a signal, we throw grenades, and immediately after the explosion, enter the trenches and take the positions.
I am going to be 1 of these 4 people, I need 3 volunteers, who will come with me?”
Everyone was silent. The idea of crawling into the dark towards enemy positions under constant machine gun and artillery fire and successfully ambushing Russians with just 4 people seemed insane.
However, the fact that their commander was willing to go first and lead them gave them confidence that they would succeed.
The units advanced and assumed the necessary positions, with Russians still unaware of their presence.
The commander gave the sign, grenades exploded, and whole hell broke loose.
In the morning, the commander reported that the operation was successful, Ukrainians wrecked Russian plans and took the positions that they initially planned to take.
By the way, the commander that led his troops into battle that night is Valerii Markus, who is actually the commander of the 47th Mechanized Brigade.
Despite such a high position, he participates in the most difficult operations and understands exactly what his troops are dealing with.
Despite visible exhaustion on his face, he said that they were already set to storm the next Russian positions on the line.
36 hours of continuous assaults under his command proved to be extremely successful, and his unit cleared multiple km of tree lines and opened access to the main Russian stronghold.
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Counterattack | The 47th brigade “Magura” breaks through the defense of the Russians in the south - 43.36 minutes, MARKUS@MarkusUA, English subs.
Badly wounded Russian prisoner learns some hard to swallow truths. This is the battle referenced earlier with Valerii Markus, the commander of the 47th Mechanized Brigade, narrating.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bk5OG6JYmfI
••Bakhmut:
UA takes more ground in the Klishchiivka direction, two days ago.
Kherson:
Southern area, Russians continue to use air strikes. UA continues to send more troops into the area which is about 3.7km from Oleshky. UA unable to cross the Dnipro with heavy vehicles, so it only infantry crossing.
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Russia continues to send reinforcing troops and supplies into the Southern region using the Kersh Bridge as their main supply line because it’s faster. Chungar Bridge has been repaired.
UA only used on Storm Shadow missile to hit the bridge, like to check how easy it would be to repair. And since the UA does not have a lot of those missiles and few planes able to launch them, no massive attack is possible.
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Denys now complains about the slowness of the counter attack, after weeks of cautioning patience.
Its become clear that to achieve the goal of the counter attack operation, its impossible to achieve without F-16s. They can’t bridge all of the Russian defense lines to get to Melitopol, for instance.
There were many questions about the ongoing Ukrainian counterattack. Well in general without aviation it is hard to achieve the main goal.
That what is our officials including Zaluzhny started to say. We may launch everything we have just now but in that case there is a risk to lose the big part of our army.
Honestly without the big number of the long range missiles and western made jets with the current Russian defence there will be no main goal reached in 2023.
The war may last for long time Ukrainian Army just can’t afford to lose military personnel as the Russian side.
Soviet-era planes are outdated and not enough to achieve a successful mission. Without the F-16s, the goal of this operation cannot take place until after they arrive in the winter - so it will be next summer when the UA has a chance to finish the operation.
[ Something Denys dies not mention, USAF planes are integrated with an AWACS plane giving them situational awareness beyond the radar and sensors they carry. They also carry sensor pods as another aid. None of these things are coming Ukraine way. Without them, the F-16s they get later will be at the mercy of the LR radar in Russian SU-35s, and potentially shot down by the Russian LR BVR missiles. Feel free to correct this point. ]
Other Western gear, like the tanks and Bradley, will just be wasted and destroyed without air cover.
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Kadyrov is in real bad shape - he is so sick, he cannot talk; he’s in a hospital in a “terrible state”. May be fake news, a hoax. 3 million subscribe to his Telegram Channel.
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Putin has flown from St Petersburg to Minsk again.
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Belarus Wagner Camp can hold 9,000 troops - the other 2 will be about the same size - so 25,000-27,000 Wagners in all.
Recruiting center remain open except for the main one in St Petersburg which was closed today.
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Meanwhile Russia sells SU-35 fighter jets to Uganda. War or no war their military officials need money. Russia cannot get new Western parts for these and other planes. Now they use spare parts they were able to accumulate before sanctions. The more of these they make and export, the fewer the UA has to face. The SU-35 has the most powerful radar of any fighter in the world. And are able to spot F-16s easily before they are spotted.
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Ukraine is placing Contact One armored on the Leopard 2s. This protection is only useful against Lancelot and FPV drones.
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Russian Propaganda Madmen sing about a nuclear attack on Washington.
Denys shows video of a very expensive Russian car emerging from a secure location ( car is on par with Yugos ). The car is carrying a fake rocket labeled “Target Washington”.
This is followed by a hoard of people singing, marching and carrying signs; they launch the rocket with the enter button on a very old PC.
Next, a bunch of people marching behind with brooms sweeping the letters USA away, then comes a chess board with White taking Black and the banner Check Mate & Game Over sign with the lowest possible quality CGI.
How do they say? Russians have two dreams:
1) Destroy the USA
2) Get a green card
If every one was told they could go to the US, they all would go, but they would still support Putin. Mindless, thoughtless, any action has no consequences to worry about, people.
Zelensky held a meeting about the front lines and the situation around the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant. Planing was made to conduct drills and the evacuation of villages and cities when the Russians blow the plant.
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Today, a nuclear sniffer plane landed in Spain, a modified 707, listed as VC-135 Constant Phoenix. Its job is to sample the air and surveil areas with nuclear exercises.
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Russians accuse Ukraine of planning an attack on the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant.
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The Russian Federation will remotely blow up the ZNPP immediately after the station comes under the control of Ukraine in order to blame us for this - Zelensky
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Evacuation of civilian personnel at Zaporizhia nuclear power plant to be completed by July 5th.
He addressed world leaders [ yesterday ] with a warning that Russia is preparing to undermine [ destroy ] the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant.
“Our intelligence received information that Russia is considering a scenario of a terrorist attack at the ZNPP with a release of radiation.
They have prepared everything for this.
Unfortunately, I have repeatedly had occasion to remind that radiation does not know state borders, and who it hits, is determined only by the direction of the wind.
We pass on all available information to our partners, all evidence - Europe, America, China, Brazil, India, Africa, the Arab world - all countries and international organizations should know this.
This time it should not be like with Kakhovskaya [ Nova Kakhovka ]. The world has been warned.”
==
[ Think of this disaster as Chernobyl times 6, only worse as the reactor explosions will be deliberate. This is not hyperbole, over reaction or anything of the sort. Why mine something like this if one does not, at some point, plan to detonate the mines?
Maps of the Chernobyl effected Zones:
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/commonwealth/chornobyl_radiation96.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e0/7d/73/e07d7397c6d629c6f1c6a8e294c31085.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster
##•• It bears repeating: if the Russians and Putin go through with this plan, the release will render Ukraine and several surrounding countries uninhabitable, and if the cloud moves over Europe, it too will become uninhabitable. This will be the worst crisis in all of human history, bar the Mt. Toba eruption 74,000 years ago. ••## ]
••Now there is NO understanding when Ukraine will be able to get the F-16 - Zelensky.
According to the president, it has already been possible to form a coalition of countries involved in training Ukrainian pilots. But there is still no training schedule. It is not known why some partners are dragging this out.
==
From Wagner channel:
The “cancellation” of PMC Wagner by the government authorities performed by the federal media looks disgusting. It’s just a shame.
I know for sure that the guys from PMCs now see this shame and just in awe. Well, that is, no one had any illusions in relation to the government, but probably, it was possible to behave not so swinely. However, what am I talking about.
I remember the 90s, the guys who returned from Chechnya and watched on the old liberal NTV, what kind of rapists and murderers they turned out to be. You can’t cancel a soldier who fought for your country. Simply, bleeped, you can’t. Otherwise the country is bleeped up.
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Ukraine will be ready for negotiations with Russia only after the Armed Forces of Ukraine reach the borders of 1991, Zelensky said
“We emphasize once again: Ukraine will be ready for this or that format of diplomacy when we are really on our borders. On our real borders in accordance with international law,” he said.
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Former Deputy Russian Prosecutor of Crimea Andrey Fomin drowned while swimming in the Volga, according to Russian Telegram channels.
According to the Baza edition, Fomin participated in the traditional swim in Cheboksary. The prosecutor swam a distance of 2 kilometers and 200 meters.
About half way through he lost consciousness and drowned. We need more that kind of sport activity for Russian officials
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New units of Russian troops arrive in the temporarily occupied Melitopol and Henichesk. The Russian army is also moving its equipment towards the Zaporizhzhia region through the Arabatsky land line.
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Explosions are reported in the temporarily occupied Melitopol, Zaporizhia region Probably they already have arrived
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Explosions are reported in temporarily occupied Luhansk. The invaders are hot today!
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Russia launched drone and missile attack on Ukraine again. Explosions reported in capital city of Kyiv…
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Russian officials said everything is going according to the Plan & Prigozhin agrees.
Russia is a 14th century feudal empire running a gas station with nukes in the backroom.
Kadyrov is missing.
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He’s supposedly in a hospital and can’t talk - take with whole salt shaker as maybe a hoax.
VC-135 Constant Phoenix arrived in Spain yesterday.
Is it possible or reasonable for the USA to out-supply the Ukes with needed materiele enough to prevail here or force Russia to the bargaining table?
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Yes possible, but its not going to happen.
They need several hundred F-16s, F-18d and sensor pods for them, plus the latest BVR missiles and an AWACS or 2. They also need 1000 Storm Shadows and 1000 ATACMs.
The Russian SU-35 can see F16s long before the F-16 can see the 35, and the Su-35 can get missile lock on the F-16 long before the F-16 with its relatively short range missiles gets a shot off.
Short of all of that the UA will not reach its goals until, at least, the F-16s arrive and can be used in next summer’s offensive.
Without air cover, Western Tanks and other equipment will be wasted. More people will die than need to.
Possible answer is that the Russian are using the Kersh bridge to rapidly bring in more troops and supplies and need both lanes.
I wonder if Kadyrov was a collaborator in Prigo’s coup.
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