https://twitter.com/Heroiam_Slava/status/1731680522928030117
Vodka?
Posted on 12/04/2023 9:40:27 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. Loitering munitions, drones used as unmanned bait, civilian vehicles 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 a vehicle is captured and then lost in service with its new owners, it is only added as a loss of the original operator to avoid double listings. When the origin of a piece of equipment can't be established, it's 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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Summarizing this war:
A tragedy for Ukraine.
A disaster for RuZZia.
A strategic win for the USA.
“Why Internet Trolls Do What They Do and How to Spot Russian Fakes”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLtBzvw0—0
“Here is the best-kept secret about U.S. military aid to Ukraine: Most of the money is being spent here in the United States. That’s right: Funds that lawmakers approve to arm Ukraine are not going directly to Ukraine but being used stateside to build new weapons or to replace weapons sent to replace weapons sent to Kyiv from U.S. stockpiles. Of the $68 billion in military and related assistance Congress has approved since Russia invaded Ukraine, almost 90 percent is going to Americans, one analysis found.”
https://twitter.com/TheDeadDistrict/status/1730119780873441750
“An oil depot in occupied Luhansk was attacked by UFO (Ukrainian flying objects) last night.”
https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1731590120845779200
“The 47th mechanized brigade destroys a Russian infantry group with a combination of FPV drone strikes and a Bradley IFV finishing the job near Stepove in the Avdiivka direction.“
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1731636424661684547
“Additional footage released by the 47th mechanized brigade, showing how the fields near Avdiivka are littered with corpses..”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1731638467044470945
“Governor of the Voronezh region Alexander Gusev confirmed the death of General Zavadsky in Ukraine. “Deputy Commander of the 14th Army Corps of the Northern Fleet, Major General Vladimir Zavadsky, died at a combat post in the special operation zone”, he reports.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1731607032317317619
“Bada Boom! Jagga Jagga! Compilation of recent destruction of Russian equipment on the occupied left bank by Magyar’s unit.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1731432526881702002
“Russian 203mm self-propelled artillery system 2S7 «Pion» and air defence system 9K33 «Osa» WAS ANNIHILATED by Ukrainian soldiers with US-supplied M142 «HIMARS» MLRS on the left bank of Kherson region.”
https://twitter.com/GloOouD/status/1731699943167918534
“In a press release published today, Rheinmetall increases its forecast for the annual production of artillery shells for 2024. The biggest German arms company is no longer talking about 600,000 artillery shells per year for 2024, but around 700,000 artillery shells per year!”
https://twitter.com/deaidua/status/1731600531557142989
“Ukrainian Airborne Forces successfully eliminated more than 100 invaders and dozens of units of enemy equipment The video shows the successful work and coordinated actions of several divisions | At least 2 Russian tanks and 3 IFVs (BMP-2, BMP-3) were abandoned by Russians.”
https://twitter.com/GloOouD/status/1731359489960378851
https://twitter.com/Heroiam_Slava/status/1731680522928030117
Vodka?
https://twitter.com/raging545/status/1731354117765837294
ISW reports (3 Dec):
“Ukrainian air defense coverage along the front line is reportedly incentivizing Russian forces to rely more heavily on remote strikes with glide bombs.
Ukrainian Tavriisk Group of Forces Spokesperson Colonel Oleksandr Shtupun stated on December 3 that Ukrainian forces shoot down Russian attack helicopters, such as Ka-52 and Mi-24 helicopters, as soon as they enter the range of Ukrainian air defense systems. Shtupun stated that this Ukrainian air defense capability has prompted Russian forces to use Su-35 and Su-34 attack aircraft to launch remote strikes with glide bombs from 50 to 70 kilometers behind the line of combat engagement.
Russian forces effectively used helicopters to defend against Ukrainian counteroffensive operations in western Zaporizhia Oblast in summer 2023 but decreased the use of rotary wing aircraft following the downing of Ka-52 helicopters in the area in mid-August 2023. Shtupun’s statements are consistent with these observations as well as with the increased Russian use of glide bombs throughout the frontline, particularly in southern Ukraine.
Ukrainian Air Force Spokesperson Colonel Yuriy Ihnat stated on December 3 that Ukrainian air defenses are similarly prompting Russian forces to increase their use of KAB glide bombs because FAB glide bombs require Russian aircraft to fly within range of Ukrainian air defenses.
Ihnat added that KAB bombs are inaccurate and that Russian forces therefore launch a large number of the glide bombs to strike Ukrainian targets. Ihnat stated that Russian aviation launches about 100 glide bombs on average at Ukrainian targets along the front line each day and stated that Ukraine needs long-range air defense systems and F-16 fighter jets to counter the current Russian aviation threat.
The United Kingdom Ministry of Defense (UK MoD) reported that Russian air defense systems are also constraining Ukrainian operations along the front, specifically Russian SA-15 TOR short-range surface-to-air missile systems (SAMs). The UK MoD reported that Russian forces use the SA-15 SAMs to provide cover for Russian ground forces at the front line and have effectively employed them to counter Ukrainian drone operations.”
“Vodka?”
Is the Pope Catholic?
Why Russia now has to use its A-50U (AWACS equivalent) closer to the fight in Ukraine
https://breakingdefense.com/2023/12/why-russia-now-has-to-use-its-a-50u-closer-to-the-fight-in-ukraine/
“UK MoD Defence Intelligence reported Nov. 17 that Russia’s Aerospace Forces (VKS) are increasingly risking their most advanced Airborne Early Warning (AEW) aircraft, the Beriev A-50U, to identify enemy airborne targets in Ukraine airspace...
...The heart of the A-50U upgrade replaces previous-generation analogue electronics with a modern, digital avionics suite that speeds data processing and enhances both signal tracking and target detection. Spokesmen for the RosElectronica consortium that produces the on-board hardware state the A-50U configuration can detect more types of aircraft and simultaneously track a larger number of targets and guided missiles than the previous-generation variant....
...While over 40 A-50s have been produced, there are only eight of this most advanced version of the aircraft, and any lost in action would be difficult if not impossible to replace....
...That Russia would be willing to move the planes forward is a tacit acknowledgement of the ongoing issues with the VKS (Russian Air Force), but there are three specific reasons for the move now: Russian air losses, the need to maximize the S-400 air defense system, and preparing for an influx of Western-made fighter jets in 2024...
...a detailed assessment from RAND expert Michael Bohnert calculates as few as 84 and up to as many as 130 fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft have been lost by Russia. That includes losses due to Ukrainian air-to-air kills, shoot downs by Ukraine’s air defense units and crashes due to training or other accidents.
Bohnert also calculates “imputed” losses of between 27 to 57 aircraft, due to the VKS flying aircraft for a far greater number of hours and at op-tempo far above the normal wear-and-tear that Russian platforms are designed to endure. (In his analysis, Bohnert also notes imputed losses are likely higher.)...
...“When it [the VKS] first started out, they were flying right into the surface-to-air missile engagement zones of the Ukrainians,” he (US Air Forces Europe/Africa head Gen. James B. Hecker) said in an interview with Air & Space Forces Magazine. “So, they now don’t fly in those rings, or if they do, it is for low altitude for very quick moments and then they go back out...
...A Nov. 28 Newsweek report cited a Ukrainian spokesperson saying that “after the [Russian] loss of eight Sukhoi Su-25 subsonic [close air support] attack aircraft near Avdiivka, the use of front-line aircraft and attack helicopters was significantly reduced.”...
...“The Russian Air Force tend to take a beating and then pull back well out of range. Then – one step at a time – they inch back towards the front lines, until they suffer another ‘bloody nose’ incident of some nature...
...it seems the A-50U is breaking the mold and actually creeping closer to the front lines...
...A second role the A-50U has been pressed into is sharing the air data picture data from its SATCOM radar via datalink to Moscow’s most modern air defense system, the Almaz-Antei S-400 (SA-21). This creates a more integrated air defense network effective at greater ranges...
...(the A-50U can provide mid-course corrections to S-400 missiles) Notably, the S-400 equipped with the kind of active-homing seeker needed for this pairing to work was only deployed to Ukraine in early November, which may be a signal of challenges in building up an active seeker arsenal...
...The third rationale for increased use of the A-50U, according to MoD Intelligence reports, are concerns about the pending introduction of western fighter aircraft into Ukrainian Air Force (PSU) service. Not only would Ukraine receiving the US F-16 and/or the Swedish Saab JAS-39 Gripen constitute the threat of more VKS aircraft losses, but any S-400s being deployed to neutralize those western aircraft would be increasingly vulnerable to attacks from the air.
The number of S-400s lost to air and missile attacks has, in some ways, become a more serious problem for the Russian military than the number of aircraft shot down...
...Units lost in combat to date cannot be replaced with new production anytime soon due to shortages of modern, electronic components, and Moscow now seemingly has fewer S-400s than it needs to protect its airbases, command centers and what is left of the Black Sea Fleet. The evidence? Russia’s forces have now resorted to re-deploying batteries that had been based in the western enclave of Kaliningrad.”
Prepping the infospace for Turkey to ratify Swedish accession into NATO this month:
‘Russian intelligence services planned a series of disruptive activities to try to prevent, or at least hinder, Sweden and Finland’s accession to NATO, the Finnish media outlet YLE reported on Dec. 4, citing leaked Russian intelligence documents.” https://news.yahoo.com/media-russia-planned-interference-campaigns-162429117.html
Look what Putin has wrought:
“The European Union needs to get its own nuclear arsenal to better deter Russia, a former Foreign Minister of Germany, Joschka Fischer (who played a key role in founding the German Green Party)... in an interview with Die Zeit, published on Sunday.”
That a Greenie talking.
Putin is a Master Strategist.
Poland to provide Ukraine with 54 more of their excellent Krab Self Propelled 155mm howitzers.
Looks like they are back on good terms.
Because Putin.
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