Posted on 04/24/2023 8:21:48 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 ...
Previous day’s thread: https://freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/4147732/posts
“Iran Ships Ammunition to Russia by Caspian Sea to Aid Invasion of Ukraine”
“Russian ships are ferrying large quantities of Iranian artillery shells and other ammunition across the Caspian Sea to resupply troops fighting in Ukraine, Middle East officials said, posing a growing challenge for the U.S. and its allies as they try to disrupt cooperation between Moscow and Tehran.
Over the past six months, cargo ships have carried more than 300,000 artillery shells and a million rounds of ammunition from Iran to Russia, according to the officials and documents viewed by The Wall Street Journal. Intelligence about the shipments has been shared with the U.S., people familiar with the matter said.
Iran’s delegation at the United Nations and the Russian Defense Ministry didn’t respond to requests for comment. The White House National Security Council declined to comment.”
“Russian officials in occupied Crimea said there was a drone attack in Sevastopol at 3:30am. Footage shows Russian air defenses firing into the air.”
https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1650321193516269569
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1650503681131913220
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1650503684034375681
“Hard to tell without daylight, but some of the photos I’ve seen suggest that something moored on one of the dry dock peers was targeted in #Sevastopol tonight...”
https://twitter.com/IntelCrab/status/1650340515026485248
Hahaha. Hohoho.
I guess the million RuZZian Boys who fled overseas to avoid the draft aren’t ‘real men’.
“Be ‘a real man,’ Russia tells potential recruits as it looks to bolster armed forces”
“Russia’s Ministry of Defense stepped up efforts to recruit men to fight in Ukraine, launching an emotive ad campaign appealing to Russian manhood as it looks to bolster troop numbers for what could be a very protracted conflict.
Advertising promoting the Russian armed forces have abounded on Russian social media sites, billboards and TV in recent days with campaign slogans such as “You’re a real man. Be one” and “a man’s life is a choice” as the ministry looks to recruit hundreds of thousands of troops.
The Ministry of Defense is pushing the message hard on its Telegram channel. On Sunday, it posted a video promoting “contract military service” which showed images of a child becoming a man, studying, watching a soccer match, getting married then before morphing into images of recruits signing up, training and going to war.”
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/24/be-a-real-man-russia-looks-to-recruit-fighters-for-ukraine-war.html
Second Army of the World has been fighting for 8 months to take a small, tiny village. What a joke.
“Ukrainians still holding ‘strategic lines’ in Bakhmut”
“The head of Ukraine’s ground forces, Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrskyi, said Monday that his forces continue to hold strategic positions in the town of Bakhmut in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine.”
Erdogan going to lose the first round vote (May 14).
Can Kılıçdaroğlu pass 50% to avoid a runoff?
Erdogan loses, Sweden going to join NATO.
“Türkiye, ORC poll:
Presidential election
Kılıçdaroğlu (CHP-S&D): 49%
Erdoğan (AKP~NI): 42%
İnce (MP-*): 6% (-1)
Oğan (*): 2%
+/- vs. 7-11 April 2023”
https://twitter.com/oryxspioenkop?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
“The tweet titled “Alevi” of Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu who is a candidate of Turkey’s president against Erdogan has been the most watched video in Twitter history, surpassing Lionel Messi’s 2022 World Cup video with 25.8 million views.”
https://twitter.com/nurdogandiyorki/status/1650152518591168514
“What Happens When a Turkish President Loses an Election? No One Knows.”
“Erdogan has few role models for how to peacefully concede power.”
“Turkey holds presidential and parliamentary elections on May 14. They could unseat President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP), who have governed for the past 20 years. In that time, Erdogan and the AKP have left a deep mark on the country—expanding the role of Islam in the traditionally secular state and growing Turkey’s influence abroad. But years of unorthodox economic policy and a deadly February earthquake have undermined confidence in the government, leading many voters to question the reputation for competent administration that has traditionally been central to the AKP’s appeal.”
Boom goes the BMP.
“A Russian BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicle was destroyed by two ATGM strikes from Ukrainian forces in the vicinity of Vodyane, #Donetsk Oblast. Another damaged BMP-2 nearby was also destroyed by an ATGM.”
https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1650432797666836482
“A Russian 2S4 Tyulpan 240mm self-propelled mortar was destroyed by the Ukrainian 79th Air Assault Brigade and 55th Artillery Brigade in Marinka, #Donetsk Oblast.”
https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1650432523128696838
Nice targeting
“The 45th artillery brigade destroyed a Russian tank in the Bakhmut direction.”
https://twitter.com/PaulJawin/status/1650261723394211840
“Video of two Ukrainian FPV loitering munition strikes on Russian tanks (both look like T-72B3). Looks like the first FPV flew into the tank’s roof screen.”
https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1650473159798185984
“Video of that counter-thermal blanket posted by a Russian channel.”
https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1650405626466508800
Smoking with (dead) RuZZian Boys
https://twitter.com/antiputler_news/status/1650504219676274688
https://twitter.com/antiputler_news/status/1650385744802848768
Headline is misleading. It’s not an attack on Europe.
“Our defenders negated the enemy’s APC”
https://twitter.com/antiputler_news/status/1650477080176480256
“Destroying EW systems is a special pleasure”
https://twitter.com/antiputler_news/status/1650378315989917696
Ukraine: military situation update with maps - April 23, 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: <——
https://deepstatemap.live/
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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.
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-—> How Many of Each Type of Tank Does Russia Have In Storage? <——
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PHUK6zkbpc
Type Good 2023
T-54/55 270
T-62 560
T-64 248
T-72 1841
T-80 942
T-90 50
~3,911 operational tanks in storage as of ~04/07/2023 | Ball park tank number.
[ Insane Trench Warfare | Ukrainian Special Ops Decimate Russian Positions ]
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Day 424: April 23
Today there are a lot of updates from the East.
Here, Russians forces tried to capitalize on their recent gains in front of the main supply road to Bakhmut, conducted an extensive assault on the remaining trenches, and managed to push Ukrainians from the road. However, Ukrainians cut Russian supplies with fire, let Russians stay under constant drone and artillery strikes, and launched an unblocking operation, clearing half of the field.
Last time I told you that Russians managed to breach one of the lines of fortifications in front of the Khromove highway and cut off a huge portion of supplies. I also told you that the situation remained unstable because Ukrainian-held trenches surrounded Russian positions, and since they are around 50 meters apart, the clashes here continued.
The freshest reports indicate that Russians got trapped. That is why the Russian command quickly prepared another wave of attack and stormed the outer two lines once again.
Russian attack was very successful, and they managed to push Ukrainians all the way to the trenches south of the road.
But intense clashes did not end here. Ukrainians immediately started preparing for a counterattack and in the meantime, assigned the most skilled drone operators to drop grenades on Russians in the trenches non-stop.
The fighters from the 92nd Mechanized Brigade reported that only their drone operators managed to eliminate more than 40 Russian troops here over the last two days.
After undermining Russian defense capabilities, Ukrainians conducted a short mechanized assault to pave the way for their infantry. Russian sources reported that Ukrainian used several tanks and armored vehicles, although they used the equipment carefully and provided fire support at a distance.
Combat footage revealed that while Russian positions in the eastern trench were under fire, special operators from the National Guard of Ukraine crossed the road and engaged in close combat fighting. This was the first major step in recapturing the trench network.
The latest footage features fighters from the famous 3rd Assault Brigade. Judging by the footage, they successfully breached Russian defense and completely cleared the closest to the road line.
A fighter from the Aidar Battalion reported that Russians do not hold positions closer than 200 meters from the road, which means that Ukrainians established total control over the trenches between the highway and the field road. From here, Ukrainians will likely attack the western line first because it is the most vulnerable to Ukrainian attacks.
For now, the Khromove highway still remains inoperable because Russians are too close. The road is in their line of sight, which means that they can conduct direct fire at the vehicles. Once they are pushed behind the tree line, Russians will only be able to rely on indirect fire, which means surveilling the area with drones and coordinating with artillery and mortar crews.
Conducting indirect fire is extremely difficult, as drones can be shot down or run out of battery, and artillery needs to react timely. The road is only 5 km long, which means that Russians have only 3 minutes to reach it, if the average speed is 100 km per hour [62mph].
Nonetheless, at this time, Ukrainians are receiving supplies via the Ivanivske highway, and today’s footage shows how Ukrainians successfully enter the city.
When it comes to the city itself, Ukrainian fighters reported that most of the fights continue to take place along Krainia Street. A fighter from the 24th Assault Brigade reported that Russian snipers assumed positions in the high-rise buildings on Levanevskoho Street. Later, Ukrainians rolled out their tanks and decimated Russian positions in these buildings, which allowed Ukrainians to move in the region more freely.
When it comes to the center, recent geolocated footage suggests that Russians managed to take the first street west of the rails. The footage shows how Russians are firing at Ukrainian positions in the high-rise building. The fighting along the central and southern lines remains intense, although this axis is still secondary for Russians, as their main efforts are directed towards the outer edge of the city.
Overall, the Battle for Bakhmut continues to buy Ukrainians time to receive the pledged tanks and equipment for the main phase of the counteroffensive operation because many countries organized the deliveries just this week, and many still plan to do it next week.
The Head of the Wagner forces, Prigozhin, said that Ukrainians need at least 10 days of relatively hot and dry weather for the ground to become suitable for broad mechanized assaults.
By holding Bakhmut, Ukrainians are forcing Russians to deploy at least 3 times as many troops just to maintain progress inside the city, but more importantly, Ukrainians do not allow Russians to redeploy from Bakhmut tens of thousands of troops because as long as Ukrainians are inside the city, Russians are afraid of the unblocking operation and continue to reinforce Bakhmut’s flanks at the expense of other directions.
••Confirmed. Russian mil-bloggers had written that it was only a small camp near the Antonivka Bridge. But, the UA took lots of tat area, but the terrain is difficult because of the many swamps and lakes. [This is on the edge of Highway E38.]
Fighting continues between there Russians and the UA around Oleshky. The problem is there is another wide river to cross to get to Oleshky.
Without supplies, the UA cannot hold the ground, and supplying them would be very difficult; for that reason, Denys does not think it is connected to the coming offensive. Supply is the big issue in this region.
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Bakhmut:
Denys expects Bakhmut to fall in around 2 weeks. Prigozhin admits neither his forces not the regular army has the resources to encircle the city, further, taking the city will not be strategic win for Russia. They’re simply not enough men in the army or in Russia to take the next 3-4 Ukrainian defense lines around the next cities, given the strength of the resistance.
Russian soldiers complain about the UA’s bad tactics of mining buildings which ,when they enter, get blown up. Prigozhin is very disappointed also and declares PMC will not take prisoners.
Prigozhin cannot understand why he cannot get new convicts and blames the RGF. He feels the RGF and the Russian officials don’t take the war as serious as he does. Prigozhin thinks his forces have better commanders etc, but MoD Shoigu disagrees.
RGF, Wagners, & FSB all hate each other. The more successful the UA offensive becomes, the more the three will argue.
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Belgorod:
Pilot of the SU-34 thought the bombs installed were gliding bombs ...
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Latvian Defence Minister said the UA offensive will begin in around one month hence, when the soil has dried out.
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Denys’s intelligence folks say the Russians will try again to assault Vuhledar. Because it is so flat and open with nowhere to hide, the results may be the same heavy losses.
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Russia is building more rockets to use on Uranian infrastructure in late Autumn and winter. Denys thinks that even with increased production, they will have only around 1/3rd of what they had last year.
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