Kraft

Not captured, it and a 2nd vehicle were destroyed by another bradley, only thermal footage was uploaded

2 Bradleys and one Leopard 2 were lost in the last couple days afaik

I think it needs to be repeated everytime the NYT is quoted but their board has russians working on it, that have previously worked for russian state newspapers. Anytime they quote "anonymous sources" discard the trash article into the next bin.

Nonsense meme

I heard starting today polish farmers will block all entries to Ukraine, be that rail or road, regardless if it is critical military cargo. Anyone know if that is actually happening?

Another video appeared of russians executing 3 Ukrainian PoWs this time. That makes 6 on Zenit and 5 filmed by drone in 2 days.

No, the page quoted a HUR official, who confirmed the russian news. Theres also a video with police on scene floating around. Suffice to say russian agents still have a large reach

Then why would russia report it first?

Not only that but I find the anecdote of a missing mortar tube being indicative of deep material shortages and extrapolation to war of attrition outcomes very stretched. Theres shortages on both sides and temp lack of supply, but I think everyone is aware where the shortages are significantly worse...

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Maxim Kuzminov, the russian Pilot who surrendered the helicopter to Ukraine last year was found dead in Spain.

I couldnt edit my post anymore to include this also, but today another 2 surrendering unarmed soldiers were killed by russians near Bakhmut and caught on drone.

Also some very much russian news

Some good news, the 1 million drones program is already underway

Navalny could've been the spark that ignites the powder keg, had it existed. Reality: a handful of women and dainty men getting dragged away by 100kg police troopers in riot gear. No mass protests. No escalating violence. Meanwhile, the russians at the front living among piles of uncollected, rotting orc corpses rather die fighting to the last man or kill themselfs or their captors with grenades before surrendering. I agree that 2024 will be a year of giving ground and attempting to hold the line BUT the future development beyond that hinges on the US election and Europes ability to scale its production up. If Biden wins and the reps decide to bail on their designated loser, support could turn the tide. If Biden loses, Europe may still be able to catch up. The politicians seem to have understood it'll be their people next at last.

I only found the daily twitter updates from him, does he have a cumulative list for comparison? Sorry I am terrible navigating twitter

I am curious about the tally. Lets see, Avdiivka was the most one sided battle in terms of vehicle losses. 224 tanks, more than twice the total Ukrainian losses. Best Case scenario, a 10-1 ratio. Using the Swedish FOI as a source, russia builds/refurbishes ~44 tanks/m. So they are short about a month, or gained 2 months if all the abandoned vehicles can be recovered. With a production rate of close to 0. And foreign aid (pledged or delivered) as of my knowledge: 0. Loss of 21, that will likely not be replaced within.. half a year, full year? Unknown. You can draw it parallel for IFVs and the rest, although I think those are more likely to be replenished by the West albeit in insufficient numbers.

I would argue it is more a result of the overly cautious escalation management, which threw a pebble while russia was going all in and showed little to no signs of serious backing off.

What a squealing little worm. I know LotR is more popular here (for good reasons) but he reminds me of that rat of Ronald Weasely who turned out to be a cowardly traitor

On the topic of rotation and casulties, situation in Zenit and Avdiivka overall.

The more threatening is the push from the north, which is about to cut off the escape road. Current ground conditions arent ideal to move through the fields

This is not generally true, I know mobiks who returned out of combat service and not because they are missing a leg.

SBU caught a spy trying to relay shipbuilding(/drone) information to russia and iran.

He didnt surrender, he and his comrade were in panic and tried to flee but werent aware the other trench had been taken already, once he realised he ran back and got shot and killed by the guy wearing the gopro at 15:11 in the video -- Also since I cant edit my original post anymore, just an innacuracy on my part, these arent international legion they are 'chosen company' international volunteers who are integrated into 59th. Canadians, Americans, a Swede and a japanease fighter. Also while Im at it, if translations dont work the fighter who got shot by the Machine Gunner (in the head?) Survived but was badly wounded.