According to the Oryx Database, Russia has lost 600 tanks since the start of the Russia-Ukraine War on February 24. These are visually confirmed losses using social intelligence to geolocate, remove duplicates, and identify the nation of origin. Because of the methodology ap...
2022-05-02 18:01:10 +0000 UTC View Post
The Ukrainian General Staff released a video this morning of two Raptor Class Russian Patrol boats being destroyed by a Bayraktar TB-2 drone strike off the coast of Odesa. The vessels were operating near Snake Island when they came under fire. One vessel was clearly destroyed the second vessel was heavily damaged, and likely destroyed.
The Black Sea Fleet had 39 to 41 surface vessels at t...
2022-05-02 15:43:15 +0000 UTC View Post
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2022-05-02 01:59:23 +0000 UTC View PostA lot of chatter on social media and claims from the Ukrainian General Staff that Russian General Valery Gerasimov, the Chief of General Staff for the Russian military was wounded in the same attack that killed Major General Andrei Simonov on April 30.
ASSESSMENT: The details of the planning, targeting, how General Simonov was tracked, and video of the attack itself adds ...
2022-05-01 21:14:13 +0000 UTC View Post
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2022-05-01 04:42:03 +0000 UTC View Post
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2022-04-30 03:18:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Going to be a long day for us. NASA FIRMS is making it appear that Yampil' was overrun. We're not seeing anything to indicate beyond the usual Pro-Russian accounts repeating the same claims from days ago. The war maps were updated about 30 minutes ago and didn't show a change in the line of contact.
One thing is for sure, there was significant fighting in Yampil'.
Major fighting tod...
2022-04-29 17:41:56 +0000 UTC View Post
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2022-04-29 05:30:38 +0000 UTC View PostSenate Bill 3522, which would renew the 1940 United States Lend-Lease Act, passed in the US House today along a party line vote 220 - 205 with 4 abstentions.
The US Senate approved S 3522 in a 100 - 0 unanimous voice vote three weeks ago. The US House did not take up the measure before departing on a two week recess. The bill now heads to United States President Joe Biden's desk for his s...
2022-04-28 21:07:20 +0000 UTC View Post
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2022-04-28 05:45:04 +0000 UTC View Post
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2022-04-27 06:53:40 +0000 UTC View PostIt looks like the offensive push in the east has started today in earnest, and Russian forces are going all in.
We are reading reports of 5 to 8 BTGs pushing south from Izyum, but we don't know how combat effective these units are or how accurate those numbers are.
Goal one - encircle Severodonetsk: No significant progress
Goal two - extend west from S...
2022-04-26 18:00:57 +0000 UTC View PostWe don't have good intelligence sources in Moldova and Transnistria, but it appears the FSB is using the Gleiwitz Incident playbook to stir up -- something in the region.
We are under the impression that the Moldavian and Transnistrian governments are not taking the bait.
We know of two confirmed attacks now and reports of two more. None of this makes sense from what we know - Ukrai...
2022-04-26 07:50:30 +0000 UTC View Post
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2022-04-26 05:32:43 +0000 UTC View PostThe UK Ministry of Defense released an estimate that 15,000 Russian troops have been killed in action since February 24, 2022. This closely aligns with the number that was "leaked" in a "hack" of Readovka, which reported the Russian Ministry of Defense told insiders there have been 13,414 KIA, and another 116 from the Moskva.
Today we got another "leaked" number from a "hack" that reporte...
2022-04-25 19:09:04 +0000 UTC View Post
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<... 2022-04-25 05:47:45 +0000 UTC View PostThe short answer - is nope. If this was the Easter offensive today, the Russian military and their supporting units from Chechnya, Wagner Group PMC, and DNR and LNR separatists are in a worse state than we thought.
The only gain of note is that Russian forces have secured Torske, and Zarichne is contested. Southeast of Severodonetsk and east of Popasnya, Russian troops occupied several se...
2022-04-24 21:08:12 +0000 UTC View Post
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2022-04-24 05:01:26 +0000 UTC View Post
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2022-04-23 07:18:24 +0000 UTC View PostSpeaking at a military event in Russia, Deputy Commander of Russia's Central Military District, Major General Rustam Minnekayev, outlined Russia's Phase 2 military objectives in Ukraine.
Overnight a Ukrainian Air Force An-26 transport was flying a "technical mission" at treetop level in the Zaporizhia. The plane struck a utility tower, lost an engine, and crashed. One person was killed and two were injured.
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2022-04-22 05:55:05 +0000 UTC View PostWeeks of bitter fighting for control of Severodonetsk are starting to yield results for LNR militias backed by Russian, Chechen, and Wagner Group PMC mercenaries.
Chechen and Russian forces control the northern two-thirds of Rubizhne. Ukrainian forces control the industrial districts and railyards to the south.
Russian forces also have control of most of Torske, with fighting in Zar...
2022-04-21 22:21:00 +0000 UTC View PostLost in Sergei Shoigu and Vladimir Putin's announcement that Mariupol is "liberated" was the Russian Ministry of Defense stating that 1,478 Russian soldiers had been killed in action - just in Mariupol.
The Russian MoD's last "official" number was released over a month ago - 498. Ukraine claimed close to 10,000 at the time, and Western intelligence (and our analysis) put the actual number...
2022-04-21 18:53:57 +0000 UTC View PostRussia State Media is reporting that Russian President Vladimir Putin has called off the storming of the Azovstal Metallurgical Plant. Instead, he has called victory in Mariupol and the city under Russian control.
He has called for Azovstal to be hermetically sealed so not even a fly can get out.
ASSESSMENT: Considering Ukrainian marines were fighting 3 kilometers north of the Azo...
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2022-04-21 06:49:40 +0000 UTC View PostBecause of our Patreons, we're really excited to announced that we are bringing another writer on board. You might know Myca Hinton from TikTok. Myca is completing her journalism degree and is a Multi-Skilled Journalist.
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2022-04-20 21:28:47 +0000 UTC View PostThe Russian Ministry of Defense agreed to open a green corridor out of Mariupol for four hours, starting at 14:00 local time, for women, children, the disabled, and the elderly.
Buses and ambulances staged at Orikhiv are still waiting, over four hours later, to get approval to start moving toward the besieged city.
The fight to control the city continues.
2022-04-20 17:07:31 +0000 UTC View PostOn April 19, the Press Secretary for the United States Department of Defense John Kirby said Ukraine had received aircraft and parts from unknown parties. His words were carefully chosen and today Ukraine said they only received parts that will enable them to add operational aircraft.
What exactly did John Kirby say on Tuesday?
He fielded several press questions - here is the unedit...
2022-04-20 16:51:58 +0000 UTC View Post
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2022-04-20 07:00:37 +0000 UTC View Post