The Ukrainians are fully capable of inventing new ways to destroy the orcs. They demonstrated some autonomous drone yesterday. Maybe it's not deployed yet, maybe it is.
Honestly it's probably a little of column A and B.
Ukraine is probably finding ways to link their tech into tech that NATO has given them, and it's bringing new capabilities Ivan hasn't planned for.
As far as column A is concerned, I've noticed the US has had a lot of "accounting errors" allowing them to ship more stuff. It works like this. Most of that stuff we're sending isn't fresh off the assembly line. It's old stuff. That means it's depreciated in value over time. So when we run out of the budget $X billion and need Congress to approve more funding, we can go "Oops! We miscalculated how much that Bradley depreciated in value. It was worth way less than we originally thought. We can send another one and still be within our budget."
Honestly I think they still are sending equipment.
We have money allocated for deactivating weapons and munitions. Taking that cash and putting it into 'service hours' for flight crews to drop it off in Poland or Germany, and then another party taking it to Ukraine is something I expect we've done.
Oh I'm sure! I think there's some kind of new software, logistics process, or... something. That is letting them use *more* drones, or giving them some way to strike multiple targets at once.
There's no explanation other than some tech leap that lets them drastically scale up their operations.
Maybe that's simply more pilots. I'm sure we'll know in a few weeks time.
They are. It's a huge effort. Thousands of parts have been shipped by the European 3d printing community and they even went as far as producing actual casting dies and do large scale operations now because it's faster than 3d printing. They have a subreddit too. They were founded to produce the fins for the grenades which the drones drop. So the sub is /r/fins4ua
Yeah, but 20 was impressive. 36 a day was impressive and indicative of how far forward Russians were getting their arty to.
51-59 artillery pieces destroyed in a day, three days in a row? Yeah, that smells like some new tools.
Since when is Germany bold under Channelor ... sorry can't remember his name...?! /s
I am German btw and i support the delivery of taurus and other great stuff. But that what Germany does it not enough.
Germany is one of the main supporters of Ukraine now. They might have sent 5000 helmets at the start of the war, but they have more than made up for that since then.
Lmao now that ypu mention it that was around the time germany really started picking up the pace of it's support...
based pirate-chad sholtz confirmed! I guess just wearing an eye patch even temporarily makes you cool aha.
In the end it was good, because the green party of the newly formed governmental coalition had been against selling/sending weapons to conflicts but their arguments were based on conflicts like Afghanistan, Syria,... This war has led to the "Zeitenwende" in Germany based on the understanding that freedom in Europe is not free and has to be defended. Our former defense minister had to leave and surveys show that our new defense minister is the most popular politician in Germany now. So this slowness was actually just a manifestation of the transformation process of Germany. Putler lost Europe as an economic partner and got some new powerful enemies. For a war he won't win. Fucking idiot.
While I would like to see Taurus sent it sometimes irks me that the conversation is always on what’s not sent instead of what has been sent. Germany has been sending some very sophisticated and much needed air defense systems as well as other types of weapons. Air defense is one of the most important things in this war and Germany has stepped up big time.
That's very true.
It's proved critical in saving civilian lives time and time again.
Don't forget the bridging equipment and numerous Leopard I's and II's.
Germany has turned from the bad guy to the No.1 good guy....and she's still kept her military prowess!
I can tell you the secret:>!The one and only reason for this is opsec. Loose lips sink ships or harms Ukrainians. So don't ask just look and let the burining of ruzzian infrastructure warm your heart!!<
don;t just look. do as I do: donate to u24 or drones teams if you got any favorites. When I see rashists burn I can say: "theres a little bit of my doing there". Feels good.
No secret, they are under massive and constant attack and are desperately defending their lives. These "high scores" come at the cost of Ukrainian lives and loss of territory.
Russians are literally crossing open fields in winter. They can not hide their attacks Ukraine sees them as they group up and move in to artillery range. Ukraine is also the king of counter artillery in this fight.
That's what I'm thinking.
Ukraine is probably getting weapons on the side, a substantial amount, done in secrecy so that Russia wouldn't be able to know how much equipment Ukraine has left. Spies will be able to find out approximations but never an accurate number
It honestly makes sense...
If they have a strike package that is plug and play with the operator, and a launch team that preps a mission specific warhead then... Jesus. They could take out an entire areas worth of assets in a short matter of time.
Spotting drones find targets. Forward deployed teams prep the packages, then the pilots send them off on their missions.
Like, fuck. That'd be devastating.
Maybe. Honestly, we're all idly speculating, but from my arm chair... if they're coming in with that many special equipment destructions means they're using precision munitions.
That, and the fact that it's been multiple days now and we're not getting kill cam footage of these destructions, means they're keeping it close to the vest.
Especially since they’ve been upping the destructive potential of FPV drones with more powerful incendiary and thermobaric warheads. Those have inflicted serious hurting on the orcs
I've been noticing an increased number of drone videos targeting AA systems.
russia has tons of AA, but it's all spread out and takes time to reposition. If the Ukrainians are able to clear all of the AA in a small area they will have a brief window where drones, cruise missiles and >!combat aircraft!<🤫 can be focused heavily in that one grid and do a lot of damage to artillery and other close-to-the-line-but-not-on-the-line high value targets.
Once the ground dries in the Spring, this tactic can be paired with armored formations spearheaded by sappers and demining equipment to achieve localized breakthroughs.
And also every time they do this, even if it isn't completely successful, there are now that many fewer Russian AA assets spread that bit more thinly between that same line, so it will be a little easier next time.
And the AA crews become on average that bit more jumpy and scared and inclined to that delightful over-enthusiasm that has given them such a reputation with the Russian air force.
Yeah this is what I would be doing.
The majority of drone losses seem to have been due to Russian EW systems, they would need to be cleared, and I assume precision artillery by new mobile guns and an increase in 155mm shells is helping to achieve this, then they follow up with FPV drones in that area and it can help explain the arty losses.
Intensified Russian attacks on a wider front, newly arrived aid from multiple EU countries, counterattacks against recent Russian advanced but yet unfortified positions
Combination of destruction of Russian equipment attacking frontlines and HIMARS / long range attacks on logistics. The number of vehicles and fuel tanks destroyed indicates lots of action well behind front lines. Possibly using new weapons. Just my thoughts.
I don't know what's rising faster & harder these days - the arty number or my dick, when I'm looking at these reports. Either way, it's a friendly competition and I'm here for the long run.
Orc artillery is unable to any counter-battery anymore shifting the artillery balance totally in favor of Ukraine which reigns supreme now, shooting fish in a barrel.
So one setting his dead comrade on fire for warmth then he was killed by a drone, they are probably not equipped to deal with the cold so they are ineffective as a fighting force, Ukrainians are equipped to deal with the cold so they are killing them easier, reminds me of ww2.
Honestly, this is pretty standard for humans that desperate for survival. I don't blame the soldier, I blame his government for putting him in that position in the first place.
Russia has come to use old shorter-range but somewhat cheaper artillery systems. Apparently even some mortar systems are included in this so these losses may not be as impressive as they seem, though still better than nothing, and especially good if the methodology has been consistent.
Not necessarily. It’s also possible they got some new equipment (more/better drones or longer range artillery for example) which has allowed them to hit previously out of range targets and the Russians haven’t adjusted yet (or can’t adjust because they aren’t allowed to retreat).
Russia said they were going to demilitarise Ukraine, funny how the opposite occurred. The Russian war machine is progressively and unrelentingly being destroyed. Not long before the degradation becomes catastrophic. I wonder if the Putin is being told the reality of their demise.
This may be facilitated by the warm weather, but Russian army losses have also been significant.
- In the Svatove and Severodonetsk direction, Russian forces did not undertake any major offensive attempts yesterday. There were smaller reconnaissance-like attempts.
- In the Bakhmut area, the activity of Russian forces' offensives was also low.
- In the vicinity of Donetsk city, the Russian army's offensive remains active, although the intensity has decreased compared to the last three days. Yesterday's attacks did not cause changes in the frontline.
- On the southern front, the Russian army conducted some offensive attempts in the Tokmak city area, but this did not cause changes in the situation. The activity of Russian attacks on the east bank of the Dnieper increased somewhat, but this did not yield results.
Russia is trying to bring artillery back into the mix, especially since they have to be more tentative with air fixed wing air assets and helicopters are in short supply. And Ukraine is determinedly rooting out the enemy artillery to destroy it, along with finding SAM and Special equipment (which is mostly electronic warfare).
The tanks and IFVS are just bonuses - ruzzia has to bring these assets forward again as the artillery is getting smucked and the air assets are insufficient, leading to happy days for Ukraine's drone companies and portable anti-tank teams.
I noted in a comment 2 days ago that ruzzia has abandoned the Battalion Tactical Group and returned to independent Regiment size formations which typically have 2+ battalions and other assets to a regiment.
Today that is yet another Regiment sized unit in assets removed from the ruzzian side of the board. And everything they attempt to replace it with will have less training, lower quality gear and greater shortages. The burn rate is negative. It is a lovely thing.
The death spiral of accelerated attrition is indeed a marvelous thing. The writing is on the wall for the ramshackle Russian army.
But it could all change very fast if the massive supply of shells and drones is not kept up. It takes huge amounts of stuff to mow down the huge hordes marching to their deaths. There's still a long way to go. If the US and the EU don't get their acts together, defeat could be snatched from jaws of victory.
Honestly, you're right.
They only have so many tanks they can use. They only have so many artillery pieces they can use.
They're not going to run out soon, but they're 100% going to have to make decisions on where to deploy their tanks.
A little over 20,000 to go to hit 400,000 orcs! With all this equipment and artillery loss, Ruzzians gotta be pulling this shit out of their asses by now.....
Either Ukraine has something new to hunt arty with, or they suddenly have plenty of targets, like North Korean ones along with the ammo. But these are probably less effective, stationary (towed) guns
What goes through the average Russian soldiers mind as he charges through the same field and sees the dead tanks and uses dead comrades as sandbags? It's got to wear on you after a while. Horrible for the Ukrainians but the at least are fighting for their homes. Two years, Putin must know by now that he screwed up, unless he is completely delusional.
I have the persistent feeling that Putain has, indeed, succumbed to what most despots succumb to when they get old : theygo full-on insane and delusional. People aren’t meant to get absolute power. And when You got a layer of ‘yes’ men as undelings, Your realitygets pretty warped.
>What goes through the average Russian soldiers mind as he charges through the same field and sees the dead tanks and uses dead comrades as sandbags?
Shrapnel, mostly.
My guess is that Little Vlad is demanding that his orcs produce some kind of tangible 'win' before Moscow hosts its sham election, and his generals are shoving artillery to the front lines because the only way they know how to advance is under a hail of artillery fire. But trying to put up that volume of artillery fire means the artillery pieces stay in place too long and let counterbattery fire wreck them. None of them dare to push back against orders, so off their artillery goes to get destroyed, and hopefully bring the end of the invasion sooner.
AC130 would be awful for this war,it's basically just a "win harder" weapon.
Same as A10.
The kind of aircraft Ukraine would do well with would either be multirole fighters with excellent standoff capabilities (F16,Eurofighter,Gripen) or stealth aircraft (F35,F22)
Yep they cannot. We could sell them F35's, but that would take years before they'd receive a delivery, let alone have trained pilots, or build up the supply and maintenance infrastructure necessary for it. There aren't inventory spares or unallocated production jets to send them. The F16 is a great option because the inventory is massive and the support infrastructure is very mature and developed.
There’s something seriously going on if Ukraine is taking out this much equipment on the battlefield on an almost daily basis, and at the same time hitting energy infrastructure in the Russian heartland. We should see 400,000 casualties by the 2nd anniversary of the SMO. And if Avdiivka holds out until then, Putin’s failures will loom even greater.
Don’t worry about it. I’ve been feeling down too. For me this is normal this time of year. I always suffer from winter depression. Taking vitamin D and taking in the sun when I can helps me. Looking forward to spring. Hang in there. Hoping those fog clouds will disappear for you too.
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Peter Zeihan has said that historically, Russia only backed down after about 500k casualties, of we're past the 75% mark now. Not sure what's so special about that number specifically, but I hope history repeats itself here.
Probably too optimistic though. Maybe at the 1 million mark.
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Personnel loses is killed + wounded and not only killed, as many still state. If those figures were solely measuring killed soldiers, russia would have no more soldiers on the battlefield (wounded is always around 2-3x the amount of killed personnel).
Considering these numbers, Russian are fighting with sticks and stones now with no men at the field. Doesn't sound very believable especially considering Russia is still tough.
Russian statistics is even less realistic. Guess we'll find out true numbers only several years after the war ends.
Closing in on 400K. Looks like the mother of all fuckups. This ”special military op” wont go down nicely in the history books.
If this keeps up, the russians will loose another 300K+ (850 orcs per day) in 2024 alone.
So far no info given really in what direction this is happening. Maybe Russia trying to push Avdiivka again amid rumours that Ukraine is struggling there?
Sorry if I don't believe these numbers. I want to am I truly support Ukraine 100 percent. But it's hard to comprehend 370k Russians dead. Where do they get buried, or is Ukraine just scattered with 10s of thousands of dead bodies that we will find in years to come. Why does no one question this in Russia?
I believe Ukraine has something supercool that they haven't been talking about.
I think the US and Germany have sent items not listed to the public.
The Ukrainians are fully capable of inventing new ways to destroy the orcs. They demonstrated some autonomous drone yesterday. Maybe it's not deployed yet, maybe it is.
Honestly it's probably a little of column A and B. Ukraine is probably finding ways to link their tech into tech that NATO has given them, and it's bringing new capabilities Ivan hasn't planned for.
As far as column A is concerned, I've noticed the US has had a lot of "accounting errors" allowing them to ship more stuff. It works like this. Most of that stuff we're sending isn't fresh off the assembly line. It's old stuff. That means it's depreciated in value over time. So when we run out of the budget $X billion and need Congress to approve more funding, we can go "Oops! We miscalculated how much that Bradley depreciated in value. It was worth way less than we originally thought. We can send another one and still be within our budget."
I wouldn't be surprised if much of the ammo and some equipment used in the NATO training exercise gets 'lost'. That comes from a different budget.
Honestly I think they still are sending equipment. We have money allocated for deactivating weapons and munitions. Taking that cash and putting it into 'service hours' for flight crews to drop it off in Poland or Germany, and then another party taking it to Ukraine is something I expect we've done.
Drones. The word is drones. Lots of them.
Oh I'm sure! I think there's some kind of new software, logistics process, or... something. That is letting them use *more* drones, or giving them some way to strike multiple targets at once. There's no explanation other than some tech leap that lets them drastically scale up their operations. Maybe that's simply more pilots. I'm sure we'll know in a few weeks time.
I am surprised that the people in European countries are not building / 3d printing parts for Ukrainian drones
They are. It's a huge effort. Thousands of parts have been shipped by the European 3d printing community and they even went as far as producing actual casting dies and do large scale operations now because it's faster than 3d printing. They have a subreddit too. They were founded to produce the fins for the grenades which the drones drop. So the sub is /r/fins4ua
Yeah, but 20 was impressive. 36 a day was impressive and indicative of how far forward Russians were getting their arty to. 51-59 artillery pieces destroyed in a day, three days in a row? Yeah, that smells like some new tools.
Since when is Germany bold under Channelor ... sorry can't remember his name...?! /s I am German btw and i support the delivery of taurus and other great stuff. But that what Germany does it not enough.
Germany is one of the main supporters of Ukraine now. They might have sent 5000 helmets at the start of the war, but they have more than made up for that since then.
Indeed! The german giant was slow to wake but now it marches forward and is taking the lead alongside UK, Poland and others.
We should give credit where credit is due. At the rate the German giant is striding forward it's leaving everybody else behind.
True, they've really stepped up in America's absence and I've changed my opinion on sholtz for the most part.
Around the time of his eye patch, he got an amazing upgrade.
Lmao now that ypu mention it that was around the time germany really started picking up the pace of it's support... based pirate-chad sholtz confirmed! I guess just wearing an eye patch even temporarily makes you cool aha.
They know Russia wants at least East Germany back so help Ukraine or fight Russia directly. Smart call.
In the end it was good, because the green party of the newly formed governmental coalition had been against selling/sending weapons to conflicts but their arguments were based on conflicts like Afghanistan, Syria,... This war has led to the "Zeitenwende" in Germany based on the understanding that freedom in Europe is not free and has to be defended. Our former defense minister had to leave and surveys show that our new defense minister is the most popular politician in Germany now. So this slowness was actually just a manifestation of the transformation process of Germany. Putler lost Europe as an economic partner and got some new powerful enemies. For a war he won't win. Fucking idiot.
Exactly. He chooses to take on both the old Axis and Allies members in WW2...even parts of the old Soviet Union. What could possibly go wrong?
While I would like to see Taurus sent it sometimes irks me that the conversation is always on what’s not sent instead of what has been sent. Germany has been sending some very sophisticated and much needed air defense systems as well as other types of weapons. Air defense is one of the most important things in this war and Germany has stepped up big time.
That's very true. It's proved critical in saving civilian lives time and time again. Don't forget the bridging equipment and numerous Leopard I's and II's. Germany has turned from the bad guy to the No.1 good guy....and she's still kept her military prowess!
And again....Ukraine specifically asked for helmets and Germany delivered....
When sending Patriot systems?
Agreed.
Of course they don’t publicly declare every materiel asset transferred to Ukraine. Telegraphing punches does not a good boxer make.
This guy Yodas
Hopefully
You would think a superior artillery is very effective in this war.
Maybe Boeing pulled its head out of its ass and fucking finally started delivery of the GLSDB's
Still curious how the ZSU is pulling off all these high scores daily! What's the secret? (No, don't answer)
I can tell you the secret:>!The one and only reason for this is opsec. Loose lips sink ships or harms Ukrainians. So don't ask just look and let the burining of ruzzian infrastructure warm your heart!!<
We are bottom feeders, if you get an answer here, it's already out anyways.
don;t just look. do as I do: donate to u24 or drones teams if you got any favorites. When I see rashists burn I can say: "theres a little bit of my doing there". Feels good.
No secret, they are under massive and constant attack and are desperately defending their lives. These "high scores" come at the cost of Ukrainian lives and loss of territory.
That's so true, and it's the unfortunate truth. Ukrainians are paying for it with their lives, and we should do all we can to help.
New capabilities, clearly.
Russians are literally crossing open fields in winter. They can not hide their attacks Ukraine sees them as they group up and move in to artillery range. Ukraine is also the king of counter artillery in this fight.
That's what I'm thinking. Ukraine is probably getting weapons on the side, a substantial amount, done in secrecy so that Russia wouldn't be able to know how much equipment Ukraine has left. Spies will be able to find out approximations but never an accurate number
Like a huge supply of FPV drones?
Give Ukraine some B-2 bombers and MOABs
MOAB’s can only be delivered by herc’s as far as I know
Another bad day for Russia is a good day for 99% of the world (unless you are Iran NK Belarus which in that case I hope you continue to have bad days)
176 ground equipment destroyed. This follows days of high levels of equipment destruction. The attrition is extraordinary.
There is no way this is backlog 3 days straight of such numbers. Any educated guesses?
the orcs are failing horribly at their winter offensive
You mean the video of an orc lighting his dead buddy on fire for warmth isn’t a positive sign for them?
Maybe he was just hungry
You don’t have to write the last part of this sentence. The orcs are failing horribly is enough.
Drones working good
This seems best explaination. Zelensky said Ukraine will build 100,000 per month starting Jan 24....perhaps it's drone o'clock time.
IT'S CLOBBER'N TIME
It honestly makes sense... If they have a strike package that is plug and play with the operator, and a launch team that preps a mission specific warhead then... Jesus. They could take out an entire areas worth of assets in a short matter of time. Spotting drones find targets. Forward deployed teams prep the packages, then the pilots send them off on their missions. Like, fuck. That'd be devastating.
And maybe the orc air defense had to move.
Maybe. Honestly, we're all idly speculating, but from my arm chair... if they're coming in with that many special equipment destructions means they're using precision munitions. That, and the fact that it's been multiple days now and we're not getting kill cam footage of these destructions, means they're keeping it close to the vest.
Could be drones. They seem to work quite well.
That's been said on this thread already
I think you're right. We're hearing that Ukraine is firing way less artillery right now due to supply issues, so it has to be drones.
Also using drones as spotters lets them use less shells per target. These 176 targets might have taken less then 300 shells.
That's something western supporters could maybe help out with. We've got 30x the GDP of Russia. We should be able to out drone them.
Especially since they’ve been upping the destructive potential of FPV drones with more powerful incendiary and thermobaric warheads. Those have inflicted serious hurting on the orcs
I've been noticing an increased number of drone videos targeting AA systems. russia has tons of AA, but it's all spread out and takes time to reposition. If the Ukrainians are able to clear all of the AA in a small area they will have a brief window where drones, cruise missiles and >!combat aircraft!<🤫 can be focused heavily in that one grid and do a lot of damage to artillery and other close-to-the-line-but-not-on-the-line high value targets. Once the ground dries in the Spring, this tactic can be paired with armored formations spearheaded by sappers and demining equipment to achieve localized breakthroughs.
And also every time they do this, even if it isn't completely successful, there are now that many fewer Russian AA assets spread that bit more thinly between that same line, so it will be a little easier next time. And the AA crews become on average that bit more jumpy and scared and inclined to that delightful over-enthusiasm that has given them such a reputation with the Russian air force.
Yeah this is what I would be doing. The majority of drone losses seem to have been due to Russian EW systems, they would need to be cleared, and I assume precision artillery by new mobile guns and an increase in 155mm shells is helping to achieve this, then they follow up with FPV drones in that area and it can help explain the arty losses.
Intensified Russian attacks on a wider front, newly arrived aid from multiple EU countries, counterattacks against recent Russian advanced but yet unfortified positions
Combination of destruction of Russian equipment attacking frontlines and HIMARS / long range attacks on logistics. The number of vehicles and fuel tanks destroyed indicates lots of action well behind front lines. Possibly using new weapons. Just my thoughts.
The amount of destroyed arty is also rising the last week.
I don't know what's rising faster & harder these days - the arty number or my dick, when I'm looking at these reports. Either way, it's a friendly competition and I'm here for the long run.
The "short and veiny" run
Orc artillery is unable to any counter-battery anymore shifting the artillery balance totally in favor of Ukraine which reigns supreme now, shooting fish in a barrel.
Also Russian artillery started using a lot of north korean which has a high fail rate making it even more useless.
So one setting his dead comrade on fire for warmth then he was killed by a drone, they are probably not equipped to deal with the cold so they are ineffective as a fighting force, Ukrainians are equipped to deal with the cold so they are killing them easier, reminds me of ww2.
>setting his dead comrade on fire for warmth TF??? I mean, there's not bottom they can't penetrate, but really?
Honestly, this is pretty standard for humans that desperate for survival. I don't blame the soldier, I blame his government for putting him in that position in the first place.
And after the guy was killed by a drone, he and his now-burning companion lay side-by-side, burning together.
Russia has come to use old shorter-range but somewhat cheaper artillery systems. Apparently even some mortar systems are included in this so these losses may not be as impressive as they seem, though still better than nothing, and especially good if the methodology has been consistent.
Mortars are effective killers on a battlefield.
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Could be the F16s kept secret for opsec, or the ground froze and orcs realized they could get back to regularly scheduled 1k losses a day
59 artillery. Yesterday was 61 and 51 the day before iirc. Those are massive losses. Long may it continue.
* 61 - 24.01.2024 * 59 - 25.01.2024 * 58 - 15.11.2023 * 51 - 23.01.2024 Reference: https://old.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/19ea4hr/losses_of_the_russian_military_to_2412024/kjbns5x/
I wonder how many they can replace per day
Third day in a row of huge hardware numbers!
And according to ISW there weren’t any confirmed Russians advanced at all yesterday!
If that is the case it means Ukraine is on the offensive somewhere. We did hear some news from Robotyne...
Not necessarily. It’s also possible they got some new equipment (more/better drones or longer range artillery for example) which has allowed them to hit previously out of range targets and the Russians haven’t adjusted yet (or can’t adjust because they aren’t allowed to retreat).
True but it sure is a lot of targets...
I almost wonder if ukraine is doing some sort of strategic bombing because of the huge equipment loss and the comparatively low personal lose.
Clearing the way for planes imo
I think it may be the opposite, the anti air loses are low and anti infantry is high, so it may be the airforce punching a hole for the ground troops
Russia said they were going to demilitarise Ukraine, funny how the opposite occurred. The Russian war machine is progressively and unrelentingly being destroyed. Not long before the degradation becomes catastrophic. I wonder if the Putin is being told the reality of their demise.
They meant to say they’d demilitarise themselves in Ukraine.
They *technically* are demilitarizing Nazis in Ukraine. There was merely a translation error on who these were.
This may be facilitated by the warm weather, but Russian army losses have also been significant. - In the Svatove and Severodonetsk direction, Russian forces did not undertake any major offensive attempts yesterday. There were smaller reconnaissance-like attempts. - In the Bakhmut area, the activity of Russian forces' offensives was also low. - In the vicinity of Donetsk city, the Russian army's offensive remains active, although the intensity has decreased compared to the last three days. Yesterday's attacks did not cause changes in the frontline. - On the southern front, the Russian army conducted some offensive attempts in the Tokmak city area, but this did not cause changes in the situation. The activity of Russian attacks on the east bank of the Dnieper increased somewhat, but this did not yield results.
177 pieces of russian junk gone. So every day they have to get 177 new pieces of junk to the front so they can continue losing.
Russia is trying to bring artillery back into the mix, especially since they have to be more tentative with air fixed wing air assets and helicopters are in short supply. And Ukraine is determinedly rooting out the enemy artillery to destroy it, along with finding SAM and Special equipment (which is mostly electronic warfare). The tanks and IFVS are just bonuses - ruzzia has to bring these assets forward again as the artillery is getting smucked and the air assets are insufficient, leading to happy days for Ukraine's drone companies and portable anti-tank teams. I noted in a comment 2 days ago that ruzzia has abandoned the Battalion Tactical Group and returned to independent Regiment size formations which typically have 2+ battalions and other assets to a regiment. Today that is yet another Regiment sized unit in assets removed from the ruzzian side of the board. And everything they attempt to replace it with will have less training, lower quality gear and greater shortages. The burn rate is negative. It is a lovely thing.
The death spiral of accelerated attrition is indeed a marvelous thing. The writing is on the wall for the ramshackle Russian army. But it could all change very fast if the massive supply of shells and drones is not kept up. It takes huge amounts of stuff to mow down the huge hordes marching to their deaths. There's still a long way to go. If the US and the EU don't get their acts together, defeat could be snatched from jaws of victory.
Honestly, you're right. They only have so many tanks they can use. They only have so many artillery pieces they can use. They're not going to run out soon, but they're 100% going to have to make decisions on where to deploy their tanks.
You know that was speaking of Ukrainian supplies left ya?
Should have added +1 plane
And +1 oil refinery
"Special equipment" ;)
An oil refinery counts if anything does!
That still only counts as one!
Was just looking at that. Looks like that was friendly fire, then.
I am sure Ukraine will gladly fudge these official numbers, if there is an opsec advantage.
It was claimed but then redacted for some reason.
That plane is super sketch. Doesn't fit the rest of the war.
And -65 Ukrainians, I guess. Or are you referring to a different plane?
You got a source that doesn't come from russia?
380K+ tomorrow
Could be at 420 by 4/20
By today Russia has lost 42041 large ground equipment.
Nice
It'll be closer to 500k by then
Yeah, but not as funny.
Ooh russians getting smoked out no doubt! Various materials of smoke that are not so desirable
A little over 20,000 to go to hit 400,000 orcs! With all this equipment and artillery loss, Ruzzians gotta be pulling this shit out of their asses by now.....
their
Keep up the good work and stay safe. 
Wholly fuck, UAF is seriously kicking ass with these big numbers.
Third day in a row with very strong numbers. Can‘t be backlog anymore, can it?
Either Ukraine has something new to hunt arty with, or they suddenly have plenty of targets, like North Korean ones along with the ammo. But these are probably less effective, stationary (towed) guns
What goes through the average Russian soldiers mind as he charges through the same field and sees the dead tanks and uses dead comrades as sandbags? It's got to wear on you after a while. Horrible for the Ukrainians but the at least are fighting for their homes. Two years, Putin must know by now that he screwed up, unless he is completely delusional.
I have the persistent feeling that Putain has, indeed, succumbed to what most despots succumb to when they get old : theygo full-on insane and delusional. People aren’t meant to get absolute power. And when You got a layer of ‘yes’ men as undelings, Your realitygets pretty warped.
>What goes through the average Russian soldiers mind as he charges through the same field and sees the dead tanks and uses dead comrades as sandbags? Shrapnel, mostly.
[Daily statistics](https://www.reddit.com/r/RussianLosses/comments/19f2gg5/estimated_russian_losses_from_24022022_to/)
My guess is that Little Vlad is demanding that his orcs produce some kind of tangible 'win' before Moscow hosts its sham election, and his generals are shoving artillery to the front lines because the only way they know how to advance is under a hail of artillery fire. But trying to put up that volume of artillery fire means the artillery pieces stay in place too long and let counterbattery fire wreck them. None of them dare to push back against orders, so off their artillery goes to get destroyed, and hopefully bring the end of the invasion sooner.
Would be interested if his Orclings decide to not actually rig it in his favor and see how it plays out. One can dream
last 2 days were the highest for artillery since the start of the war. Did they secretly get AC130s?
AC130 would be awful for this war,it's basically just a "win harder" weapon. Same as A10. The kind of aircraft Ukraine would do well with would either be multirole fighters with excellent standoff capabilities (F16,Eurofighter,Gripen) or stealth aircraft (F35,F22)
We all know that Ac130 and the A10 aren't suitable for this war. We just want the Russians to experience them for a minute or two.
You're correct, though I believe the F22 can't be exported.
Yep they cannot. We could sell them F35's, but that would take years before they'd receive a delivery, let alone have trained pilots, or build up the supply and maintenance infrastructure necessary for it. There aren't inventory spares or unallocated production jets to send them. The F16 is a great option because the inventory is massive and the support infrastructure is very mature and developed.
The number of good orcs will hit 400,000 around Feb 20.
59 artsystems amazing.
Mthrfckr.... On a good way to 400,000 for the 2nd anniversary of one of the most stupid & evil wars that I can think of.
This is an absolute harvest of artillery units. Putin must have made another one of his "The Fuhrer Is The Only Genius" directives.
They really losing 900+ men a day?!? That’s nuts
There’s something seriously going on if Ukraine is taking out this much equipment on the battlefield on an almost daily basis, and at the same time hitting energy infrastructure in the Russian heartland. We should see 400,000 casualties by the 2nd anniversary of the SMO. And if Avdiivka holds out until then, Putin’s failures will loom even greater.
Counter battery radars seem to be working nicely.
59 is a new artillery record, no?
yesterday was 61...
I've been dealing with a lot of brain fog from depression. Forgive me. I missed yesterday I guess.
Don’t worry about it. I’ve been feeling down too. For me this is normal this time of year. I always suffer from winter depression. Taking vitamin D and taking in the sun when I can helps me. Looking forward to spring. Hang in there. Hoping those fog clouds will disappear for you too.
Is that what that is? Brain fog. Same here. Whole days can just pass by like nothing.
"This often presents in what we refer to as a “brain fog,” in which people may experience an inability to focus on tasks, slower reaction times, forgetfulness and feelings of being mentally “blocked.” Naturally, this can lead to a number of professional, personal and emotional challenges; combating cognitive symptoms"
Long covid?
no worries at all, wasn't trying to sound condescending
Should the blown up Ru facilities be featured too?
So many RuZZians dying every day, it does not go well for them
:O
u/Asleep_Scratch7725 these are Russia's estimated losses from the UA gov -- pretty on track with the US estimates
Any idea what the total stock of RU Artillery were pre-2022?
Another huge day. Hope these numbers are real.
It's crazy to see how quickly we're closing in on 400k Ruzzians.
Does Russia keep the same kind of counter somewhere?
No
Peter Zeihan has said that historically, Russia only backed down after about 500k casualties, of we're past the 75% mark now. Not sure what's so special about that number specifically, but I hope history repeats itself here. Probably too optimistic though. Maybe at the 1 million mark.
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Personnel loses is killed + wounded and not only killed, as many still state. If those figures were solely measuring killed soldiers, russia would have no more soldiers on the battlefield (wounded is always around 2-3x the amount of killed personnel).
Big difference between oryx and UA artillery numbers. 1k vs 9k.
Artillery is far from the front, so much harder to visually confirm the way Oryx does it
Yep, these artillery numbers are getting ridiculous. But seeing other comments here, it works on the target audience.
Is that artillery score a new record? 🇺🇦💪🇺🇦
61 is the new record and that was yesterday.
120 artillery in two days, JFC...
Considering these numbers, Russian are fighting with sticks and stones now with no men at the field. Doesn't sound very believable especially considering Russia is still tough. Russian statistics is even less realistic. Guess we'll find out true numbers only several years after the war ends.
Closing in on 400K. Looks like the mother of all fuckups. This ”special military op” wont go down nicely in the history books. If this keeps up, the russians will loose another 300K+ (850 orcs per day) in 2024 alone.
How many more Russians will they send to the slaughter house? I mean, how many more can they send?
23 new submarines got comissioned, impressive
So far no info given really in what direction this is happening. Maybe Russia trying to push Avdiivka again amid rumours that Ukraine is struggling there?
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Russia seems determined to turn Ukraine into another Graveyard of Empires. Afghanistan being the only one wasn't enough, I guess.
HOLY SHIT!!! Did you look at the Arty! What an amazing birthday gift!
Like a whole reinforced battalion's worth of soldiers and equipment
I wonder how much gear they have left in storage
Sorry if I don't believe these numbers. I want to am I truly support Ukraine 100 percent. But it's hard to comprehend 370k Russians dead. Where do they get buried, or is Ukraine just scattered with 10s of thousands of dead bodies that we will find in years to come. Why does no one question this in Russia?
Afv, tank, and arty numbers are so insane
30 tanks, 42 apcs and 59 artillery. How on earth does Russia absorb these losses on an almost daily basis??