Posted on 04/05/2023 7:36:05 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.
(Excerpt) Read more at oryxspioenkop.com ...
Closing in on 10,000 total RuZZian losses counting all equipment. A military disaster indeed.
Russia - 9976, of which: destroyed: 6446, damaged: 303, abandoned: 389, captured: 2838
“Remember Oryx’s methodology is documenting visually confirmed losses ie. those that have been published. The true figure is almost certainly more and we have crossed the 10,000 mark as we are still seeing new losses from the Kherson and Kharkiv offensives today”
“Oryx’s documented Russian equipment loss figures are now just 24 short of the 10,000 loss mark. If we apply a 1.5-3.0 loss multiplier we are clearly in military disaster territory. ”
https://twitter.com/TheBaseLeg/status/1643585020614025216
“China’s Ambassador to the E.U. Tries to Distance Beijing From Moscow”
“The ambassador, Fu Cong, said China was not on Russia’s side in the war in Ukraine. “‘No limit’ is nothing but rhetoric,” he said, referring to a statement from last year about the countries’ relationship.”
“China does not recognize Crimea as Russian, as well as other territories of Ukraine “included” in the Russian Federation, - Chinese Ambassador to the EU - The statement about “boundless friendship” between Beijing and Moscow is a rhetorical device, nothing more. - Beijing does not support “SVO” in Ukraine.”
https://twitter.com/antiputler_news/status/1643553743651373059
“Russia is struggling to attract more military manpower and provide them with sufficient training, unnamed western officials told CNN on April 5.
According to CNN, Western officials say it remains unclear how Russia plans to acquire the 400,000 new troops it admittedly needs not only to fight in Ukraine but to be stationed along the border with NATO and Finland.
“Whether the population can sustain another round of mobilization and whether the Kremlin actually wants to test the population’s resilience to that is unclear at the moment,” the officials said, as quoted by CNN.
However, the fact that they haven’t launched another round of mobilization points to concerns in the Kremlin over the potential backlash, the officials added.“
https://news.yahoo.com/cnn-kremlin-likely-struggling-increase-125650518.html
China’s attitude is “Let you and him fight”, then China sweeps up the remains.
“A unique robot-miner serves in the ranks of the Third Assault Brigade. He remotely plants explosive “gifts” near the positions of the Russians and creates an unexpected “bada-boom”. Soldiers of the 2nd Assault Battalion show how it works.”
https://twitter.com/antiputler_news/status/1643555250853257220
“More than 10 destroyed occupiers are the result of SSO sniper pairs in the Bakhmut area during the last few days. At night, the enemy tries to advance and storm the positions of the Defense Forces in the indicated direction.”
https://twitter.com/antiputler_news/status/1643510762386649088
“Former US President Bill Clinton expressed regret over his role in persuading Ukraine to give up nuclear weapons in 1994.”
https://twitter.com/antiputler_news/status/1643333917385150465
“The “Sokil” crew of the K-2 battalion of the 54th OMBr confidently destroys the invaders. The enemy tried to hit Sokol with anti-tank means, but missed.”
https://twitter.com/antiputler_news/status/1643280034403065865
“A group of 3 Russian soldiers comes under aimed fire from an AGS-17 grenade launcher in the eastern direction“
https://twitter.com/antiputler_news/status/1643334448778190852
“Russian Mavic Pro 3 drone downed by Ukrainian drone in air-to-air battle.”
https://twitter.com/Arslon_Xudosi/status/1643577303362879488
POWs
https://twitter.com/antiputler_news/status/1643303377143488519
https://twitter.com/antiputler_news/status/1643279633322762241
Droned
https://twitter.com/antiputler_news/status/1643339377622278147
https://twitter.com/antiputler_news/status/1643354067266043905
“China’s attitude is “Let you and him fight”, then China sweeps up the remains.”
There isn’t much to sweep up between RuZZia and Ukraine.
NATO isn’t fighting. That is the beauty of it. No NATO troops are dying yet RuZZia has 220,000 casualties and counting.
The latest episode from Speedy’s globalist stooge disinfo clearinghouse. More stooge click bait. Little cog, little cog.
Ukraine: military situation update with maps - April 4, 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/
Daily Battle Maps by Date and Region, Showing Troop Dispositions and Movements
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-—> The True State of Russian Army <——
posted 2 months ago, 21.13 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KiII_2qabk
The Russian military, the second largest military in the world, may not be what it looks like. Lies and systematic corruptions may in fact have dragged Russia into this war with Ukraine, which has been heavily backed up by the US and NATO. We will present the evidence, you make your own decision, because the Russian Army, is not what you think.
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-—> Understanding Combined Arms Warfare <——
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZOGdKANL5s
Designed to support the U.S. Army Captains Career Course, “Understanding Combined Arms Warfare” defines and outlines the important aspects of modern combined arms operations. This is not a complete history of combined arms warfare. It is intended to highlight the most important aspects of the subject.
The beginning of the documentary establishes a common understanding of combined arms warfare by discussing doctrinal and equipment developments in World War I. The second part compares the development of French and German Army mechanization during the interwar period and describes how each country fared during the Battle of France in 1940. The film concludes by showing how the United States applied combined arms operations in the European Theater in World War II.
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-—> Combined Arms Breach, 1990 <——
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ-sCT_maAQ
What UA will have to master to smash Orc Lines. This visualization was developed for the Maneuver Center of Excellence and is closely based upon the National Training Center Breach and Assault exercise executed circa 1990. This visualization demonstrates viable Techniques, and Procedures as discussed in Army Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures March 3, 1990 for the conduct of the combined arms breach against a hypothetical enemy.
Excerpts:
The latest package, which includes $500 million in Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA) funding and $2.1 billion under DoD’s Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) funding, “includes important capabilities for air defense and to counter Russian unmanned aerial systems,” a senior U.S. defense official told reporters, including from The War Zone, Tuesday.
“This includes additional interceptors for both Patriots and [National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missiles Systems] NASAMS air defense systems. And it also includes new counter-UAS capabilities, like a 30mm gun truck to detect and intercept drones, such as the Iranian-built Shaheds.”
In addition, the package includes 10 mobile counter-UAS laser-guided rocket systems that “will enable Ukraine to fire precision rockets from mobile positions.”
Those systems will be new to Ukraine, but “they will use the APKWS advanced precision kill weapon system, laser-guided munitions, to counter the drone threat” that the U.S. has previously provided, the official said.
The counter-UAS 30mm gun trucks “are literally what it sounds like - a 30mm gun mounted on a truck,” the official told The War Zone. “Because that’s a procurement, it’s going to take several months to be able to actually provide that to Ukraine.”
In addition to helping Ukraine bolster its drone defenses, the aid package was designed around two other lines of effort, the official said.
“In the category of fires, the package includes a range of items to help Ukraine sustain its fight. This includes additional Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems [munitions] or as we call them GMLRS as well as 155-millimeter artillery rounds, including Excalibur precision-guided rounds.
It also includes additional mortar rounds, which continue to help ensure Ukraine has a layered indirect fire capability, including to support that close fight as its forces maneuver to push back the Russian line.”
The package also “includes several capabilities to support U.S. provided armor,” the official said. “That includes 120mm ammunition, which will support Ukraine’s newly formed armored tank battalions as well as the Abrams tanks that the United States has committed; 25mm ammunition which can be used on the Bradley Fighting Vehicles that the United States previously committed, and also recovery vehicles and refuelers to keep the armor in the fight.”
The Pentagon is not concerned about whether Ukraine using any of the donated weapons in its seven-month defense of Bakhmut will affect the much-anticipated counteroffensive, the official told The War Zone.
“As you know, we are in very close communication with the Ukrainian leadership team, the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Ukrainian political leadership, and we understand the strategies that they have decided to pursue,” the official said.
In addition to including an unspecified amount of artillery ammunition, the package also includes equipment to keep Ukraine’s donated howitzers - which have been under extremely heavy use - operational.
“We want to make sure that those howitzers can be kept in the fight and so that’s why you see us focusing also on things like barrel replacement,” said the official. “These howitzers are getting a lot of use. So we have redoubled our efforts on making sure that they are capable and then on maintenance.”
The U.S. has instituted a tele-maintenance program that will allow Ukrainian troops in the field to repair their equipment “and not necessarily have to actually take that capability offline,” the official said.
Capabilities in the $500 million PDA package, the 35th such drawdown, include:
Additional munitions for Patriot air defense systems;
Additional ammunition for M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS);
155mm and 105mm artillery rounds;
120mm mortar rounds;
120mm and 105mm tank ammunition;
25mm ammunition;
Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) missiles;
Approximately 400 grenade launchers and 200,000 rounds of ammunition;
11 tactical vehicles to recover equipment;
61 heavy fuel tankers;
10 trucks and 10 trailers to transport heavy equipment;
Testing and diagnostic equipment to support vehicle maintenance and repair;
Spare parts and other field equipment.
Under USAI [Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative], the DoD will provide Ukraine with:
Additional munitions for National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS);
9 counter-Unmanned Aerial System 30mm gun trucks;
10 mobile c-UAS laser-guided rocket systems;
3 air surveillance radars;
30mm and 23mm anti-aircraft ammunition;
130mm and 122mm artillery rounds;
122mm GRAD rockets;
Rocket launchers and ammunition;
120mm and 81mm mortar systems;
120mm, 81mm, and 60mm mortar rounds;
120mm tank ammunition;
Javelin anti-armor systems;
Anti-armor rockets;
Precision aerial munitions;
Approximately 3,600 small arms and more than 23,000,000 rounds of small arms ammunition;
7 tactical vehicles to recover equipment;
8 heavy fuel tankers and 105 fuel trailers;
Armored bridging systems;
4 logistics support vehicles;
Trucks and 10 trailers to transport heavy equipment;
Secure communications equipment;
SATCOM terminals and services;
Funding for training, maintenance, and sustainment.
In addition to military aid, the U.S. has also committed more than $91 million to help Ukraine cope with the vast amounts of mines that have been laid all over the nation.
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Russian Defense Minister and General of the Army Sergei Shoigu made some more wild claims:
“Since the beginning of this year alone, 59 M-777 artillery systems, 13 Paladin self-propelled artillery systems, 14 American-made HIMARS launchers, as well as 30 self-propelled artillery systems from Poland, Germany, France, and the Czech Republic have been hit,” Shoigu claimed without offering proof.
If you add up previous Russian claims about HIMARS, they have now taken out about 40, which is at least two more than the 38 the U.S. has promised Ukraine.
Asked if any of the items Shoigu mentioned had been destroyed, the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive issues, said the information was “confidential,” adding “but I can definitely note that his data are 10 times higher than the real ones.”
[Western Artillery in Action | The Russians Hated It | Ukrainians Unleash Western Artillery in Bakhmut]
••Day 405: April 04
Today there are a lot of updates from the east.
Here, the Russians devoted almost all of the artillery systems to Bakhmut to suppress Ukrainian firing points in the high-rise buildings. But because Russian artillery is not precise, they were forced to move it very close to the front line to avoid hitting their own people due to error. Ukrainians deployed 5 artillery brigades with long-range Western weapons and started hunting them down.
Last time I told you that due to the weather conditions, the activity in the fields decreased and all the fights moved into the city center, Russians concentrated their artillery fire on the city center and managed to push Ukrainians out of the City Hall.
The freshest reports suggest that the City Hall was destroyed after Russians captured it. Recently released footage shows that Wagner forces entered the building and took some photos inside, however, it turned out that this was yet another building that Ukrainians completely mined, so by the time Russians prepared to raise their flag, the building exploded and turned to rubble.
Russian forces inside Bakhmut became paranoid about pushing Ukrainians out of their positions because they know that the moment Ukrainians leave, there is a high chance that it will explode. The implementation of such a tactic serves as a powerful deterrent.
When it comes to the Ukrainian positions along the river, today, it was confirmed that Ukrainians withdrew towards the main street. As mentioned previously, after Wagner forces established control over the market, this group started suffering from crossfire, and it became inefficient to fight from a disadvantageous position.
But intense fights continue. Footage released by the Ukrainian 1st Border Detachment, which is responsible for the northern part of the line, indicates that the fights are taking place in the residential area with small houses next to the AZOM industrial complex. Footage by the Ukrainian 93rd Mechanized Brigade, which is responsible for the southern part of the line, indicates that they assumed firing positions in the city center and used grenade throwers to complicate Russian advances.
As noted last time, Russian artillery is increasingly targeting such Ukrainian positions. A week-old footage published by Wagner forces revealed that Russian artillery is located only 10 km away from the city center. Judging by the direction of fire, Russians have concentrated their artillery systems around Pokrovske, which is not surprising because from here, they can also cover the whole northern flank, which was very active up until recently. Ukrainians are conducting intense counterbattery fire.
In fact, Ukrainians have accumulated at least 5 artillery brigades around Bakhmut and around the same number of artillery battalions. Ukrainian 112th Brigade showed how they spotted and destroyed Russian artillery hiding between small houses. Another footage shows how Ukrainians are using an Excalibur to destroy Russian artillery hidden in a tree line. The increased presence and use of western artillery systems in the Bakhmut direction makes a huge difference and may indicate that Ukrainians are practicing before the counteroffensive operation.
However, smaller artillery detachments from Mechanized or Assault Brigades have less sophisticated machinery at their disposal. Nonetheless, as recently revealed, they are making very good use of what they have. An artillery crew from Presidential Brigade showed how they took tubes from the Grad system and used them on the cars to fire one rocket at a time.
Such an approach proved to be useful when they didn’t want to destroy the whole building. For example, one Ukrainian soldier published a video showing how he got trapped inside the house because there was a Russian sniper in front of his position. He gave the coordinates to the artillery, and after several tries, they hit the right window and cleared the place.
Overall, artillery proved to be the most important asset on the front lines, and given that almost half of the fights every day take place in Bakhmut, Ukrainians have relocated a lot of artillery to the region. They are using it to conduct counterbattery fire, help to suppress enemy fire, and destroy firing positions, but most importantly, these 5 Artillery Brigades are practicing to use Western artillery systems before the coming counteroffensive operation.
••Repeat of yesterday’s video.
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