re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

That or he’s really been living high on the hog hitting the bottle hard. Alcohol can cause that redness in his face but as for the 100 or more lbs he’s put on who knows? I actually get and understand risking the high casualties to hold Bakhmut if it’s for a legitimate reason. If they really believe this will hold up the entire Russian offensive then you do what you have to do. But in the meantime I’m also realizing the end has all but been determined by now. Essential equipment needs to be either evacuated now or pulled back so that it can be done quickly. This is everything from tanks to JAVELINS/NLAWs/Stugna-p. For this reason I don’t see them holding more than another week and that’s ok because as soon as you pull out and they come forward into the town the Ukrainians need to make it rain artillery and heavy mortar fire.

I just came across this list of confirmed kills by Russian Loitering Munitions written by Oryx back in late November 22.

All of these kills are confirmed with photographic or video evidence.

From an overall perspective, total losses for each system would be higher as this listing only includes hits by the Russian Lancet and Kub loitering drone systems.

Of interest, Ukraine has lost 15 M777's and 7 M109's to loitering munition strikes.

https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/11/hit-or-miss-russian-loitering-munition.html

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The use of Iranian-designed loitering munitions by Russia has received a large share of international media attention. Though they are a menace to Ukraine's civilian infrastructure, Russia has so far largely refrained from using them against Ukrainian military targets. A more serious development to Ukraine's Armed Forces comes in the form of the indigenously-designed Kub and Lancet-3(M) loitering munitions that Russia has increasingly been deploying to strike Ukrainian artillery, radars and surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems out of reach from Russia's ground-based assets.

The increasing use of loitering munitions comes as Russia's fleet of attack helicopters has suffered extensive losses. [1] The situation is hardly better with the country's inventory of UCAVs, with heavy losses only prevented by a dearth of UCAVs in the first place. [2] Rather than purchasing additional Iranian loitering munition types to make up for this lack of aerial fire support, Russia has sought to massively expand the production of an improved version of the Lancet-3 (referred to as the Lancet-3M in this article), which was already tested in Syria in 2020. [3] These have seen increasing use since October 2022, although the less effective Kub loitering munition continues to see use as well.

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Confirmed Losses

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Tanks (11)
1 T-62M: (1, destroyed by Lancet-3M) (Captured from Russia by Ukraine, then destroyed by Russia)
4 T-64BV: (1, destroyed by Kub) (1, struck by Lancet-3M) (2, struck by Lancet-3M) (3, struck by Lancet-3M)
1 T-72M/M1(R): (1, struck by Lancet-3M)
1 T-80BV: (1, destroyed by Lancet-3M)
1 T-84U: (1, struck by Lancet-3M)
3 Unknown tank: (1, struck by Lancet-3M) (2, struck by Lancet-3) (3, struck by Lancet-3M)

Armoured Fighting Vehicles (9)
1 MT-LB AFV: (1, destroyed by Lancet-3M)
1 BRM-1K AFV: (1, destroyed by Lancet-3M)
1 BMP-2 IFV: (1, destroyed by Lancet-3M)
1 BTR-4: (1, destroyed by Lancet-3M)
1 Kozak-2 IMV: (1, destroyed by Lancet-3M)
1 M1151 HMMWV IMV: (1, destroyed by Lancet-3M)
1 Unknown AFV: (1, destroyed by Lancet-3)
1 Unknown BTR: (1, destroyed by Lancet-3M)

Engineering Vehicles And Equipment (2)
1 MT-T heavy tracked cargo carrier vehicle: (1, damaged by Lancet-3M)
1 BMK-460 towing and motor boat: (1, damaged by Lancet-3M)

Towed Artillery (21)
1 152mm D-20 howitzer: (1, damaged by Lancet-3M)
2 152mm 2A65 Msta-B howitzer: (1, destroyed by Lancet-3M) (1, damaged by Lancet-3M)
2 155mm FH-70: (1, destroyed by Lancet-3M) (1, damaged by Lancet-3M)
15 155mm M777A2 howitzer: (1 and 2, destroyed by Lancet-3M) (3, destroyed by Lancet-3M) (4, destroyed by Lancet-3M) (5, destroyed by Lancet-3M) (6, destroyed by Lancet-3M) (7, destroyed by Lancet-3M) (8, destroyed by Lancet-3M) (9, destroyed by Lancet-3M) (10, destroyed by Lancet-3M) (1, damaged by Lancet-3M) (2, damaged by Lancet-3M) (3, damaged by Lancet-3M) (4, damaged by Lancet-3M) (5, damaged by Lancet-3M) (6, damaged by Lancet-3M)

Self-Propelled Artillery (20)
3 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika: (1, destroyed by Lancet-3M) (2, destroyed by Lancet-3M) (1, damaged by Lancet-3M)
4 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya: (1, destroyed by Lancet-3M) (2, destroyed by Lancet-3M) (3, destroyed by Lancet-3M) (1, damaged by Lancet-3M)
2 152mm 2S19 Msta-S: (1, destroyed by Lancet-3M) (2, destroyed by Lancet-3M)
7 155mm M109A3/A4/A5: (1 and 2, destroyed by Lancet-3M) (3, destroyed by Lancet-3M) (4, destroyed by Lancet-3M) (1, damaged by Lancet-3M) (2, damaged by Lancet-3M) (3, damaged by Lancet-3M)
3 155mm AHS Krab: (1, destroyed by Lancet-3M) (2, destroyed by Lancet-3M) (1, damaged by Lancet-3M)
1 155mm Caesar: (1, damaged by Lancet-3M)

Multiple Rocket Launchers (4)
3 122mm BM-21 Grad: (1, destroyed by Lancet-3M) (2, destroyed by Lancet-3M) (3, destroyed by Lancet-3M)
1 122mm RM-70: (1, damaged by Lancet-3M)

Surface-To-Air Missile (SAM) Systems (7)
1 9K35 Strela-10: (1, destroyed by Lancet-3M)
1 9K33 Osa SAM system: (1, damaged by Lancet-3M)
3 9A310M1 TELAR (for Buk-M1): (1, destroyed by Lancet-3M) (2, destroyed by Lancet-3M) (1, damaged by Lancet-3M)
2 5P85S (launcher for S-300PS): (1 and 2, destroyed by Lancet-3M)

Radars (11)
3 P-18 'Spoon Rest D': (1, destroyed by Lancet-3M) (2, destroyed by Lancet-3M) (3, destroyed by Lancet-3M)
6 36D6 'Tin Shield': (1, destroyed by Lancet-3M) (2, destroyed by Lancet-3M) (3, destroyed by Lancet-3M) (4, destroyed by Lancet-3M) (1, damaged by Lancet-3M) (2, damaged by Lancet-3M)
1 P-18ML: (1, damaged by Lancet-3M)
1 PRV-16ML: (1, destroyed by Lancet-3M)
1 RPMK-1 for the RPMK-1 Ulybka weather radar complex: (1, destroyed by Lancet-3M)

Command Posts And Communications Stations (2)
1 Radio relay station for the TB2 UCAV: (1, destroyed by Lancet-3M)
1 Control cabin for P-18 'Spoon Rest D' radar: (1, damaged by Lancet-3M)

Naval Ships (3)
1 Gyurza-M class gunboat: (1, damaged by Lancet-3M)
1 Zhuk-class patrol boat: (1, damaged by Lancet-3M)
1 Unknown vessel: (1, damaged by Kub)

Trucks and Vehicles (9)
1 Oshkosh FMTV M1083A1P2 truck: (1, destroyed by Lancet-3M)
1 Lada: (1, destroyed by Lancet-3M)
2 SUV: (1, destroyed by Lancet-3M) (2, destroyed by Lancet-3M)
4 Unknown truck: (1, destroyed by Lancet-3M) (2, destroyed by Lancet-3M) (3, destroyed by Kub) (1, damaged by Lancet-3M)
1 Unknown vehicle: (1, damaged by Lancet-3M)

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I just came across this list of confirmed kills by Russian Loitering Munitions written by Oryx back in late November 22. All of these kills are confirmed with photographic or video evidence. From an overall perspective, total losses for each system would be higher as this listing only includes hits by the Russian Lancet and Kub loitering drone systems.

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Damn.

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stated on March 2 that Germany is negotiating with allies about providing security guarantees to Ukraine but provided no further details on these proposed guarantees.[21] Scholz emphasized that the pact would only work if Ukraine prevailed in the war

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Do you think that he means drive Russia completely out of Ukraine when he says they must "prevail in the war"?

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Do you think that he means drive Russia completely out of Ukraine when he says they must "prevail in the war"?

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Prevail IMO on his statement means exist as a country….

Looks like the Ukrainians are withdrawing from Bakhmut. They are destroying bridges this morning.

The US is conducting war games for Ukrainian commanders – NYT

The United States is helping to train and prepare the Ukrainian military to resist the Russian invasion.

The New York Times reports that this week the U.S. Army Europe and Africa Command hosted a Ukrainian military delegation at its headquarters in Germany.

The US military together with the Ukrainian military conducted the so-called war games: they simulated the possible course of hostilities between the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Russian invaders in the spring of this year.

The maneuvers were attended by high-ranking generals of the US army responsible for supporting Ukraine.

During the military exercises, a number of options for a counteroffensive of the Ukrainian Defense Forces to liberate the temporarily captured territory from the Russian invaders were worked out.

The training was conducted to work out various strategies of Ukrainian actions, taking into account all risks and various steps.

Ukrainian Military Portal

Was he poisoned with Crisco? Looks like a pastry lover. I’ll go with thyroid problem.

In WWI, tanks replaced horses.

In WWII, aircraft carriers replaced battleships.

In this war, drones are replacing attack helicopters.