Russian Ukrainian War

[Blademaster]

Your totals add up to 53 aircraft. Wikipedia show 2024 losses totaling only 24. They show only 1 damaged SU-57 and only 8 SU-34 not 18, and only 2 SU-25 instead of 16
2 MiG-31, 1 Su-57, 1 Su-30, 2 Su-35, 3 Su-27, 2 Su-25, 8 Su-34, 1 Su-24, 1 Tu-22M, 2 A-50, 1 Il-22, 1 Il-76, 1 Be-200, 1 unidentified.
Sorry, but I'll believe wikipedia's numbers instead of what Zelensky says. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_losses_during_the_Russo-Ukrainian_War

US lost more planes in the Gulf War 1 and in Gulf War 2 separately.

 

[GaudaNaresh]

US lost more planes in the Gulf War 1 and in Gulf War 2 separately.

Yes, people forget this aspect of the Gulf War.

Another way to look at the first gulf war (something i lived through as a youngster right from the periphery in 'safer Sheikdoms'): That Iraq despite being in a HOPELESS situation, took on Unkil and his ENTIRE grand coalition, who put out nearly 2000 planes against Iraq, outnumbering them nearly 3:1, shot out the same number of planes as India did against Pakistan in her crushing victory in 1971.

And most of these losses came during operation desert storm phase. This *IS* a good showing by all metrics given the disparity, given that Iraq's combat aicrafts were ALSO outnumbered effectively 5:1, because the vast majority of the coalition aircradts were combat (air superiority & strike fighter) aircraft, while half of Iraq's air assets were combat aicrafts, numbering around 400, of which more than 1/4th fled to Iran ( Iraq donated like 120 or so fighter planes to Iran- they ran the fuck away).

So with such minimal air cover, that too by an air force that didnt really exist ( you dont really exist when you are outnumbered 5:1 and you are entire generation or two behind in the non stealth aircrafts) - the heavy lifting was most likely done by AD.
Which...is a decent showing because iraq's AD coverage and depth was nowhere comparable to Ukraine either.

 

[Akim]

Your totals add up to 53 aircraft. Wikipedia show 2024 losses totaling only 24. They show only 1 damaged SU-57 and only 8 SU-34 not 18, and only 2 SU-25 instead of 16
2 MiG-31, 1 Su-57, 1 Su-30, 2 Su-35, 3 Su-27, 2 Su-25, 8 Su-34, 1 Su-24, 1 Tu-22M, 2 A-50, 1 Il-22, 1 Il-76, 1 Be-200, 1 unidentified.
Sorry, but I'll believe wikipedia's numbers instead of what Zelensky says. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_losses_during_the_Russo-Ukrainian_War

I already said that I don't care what truth you believe? You can even believe the figures of the Russian Ministry of Defense about 90% of those who returned after being wounded (in the artillery war). Then suddenly you learn that Russia is fighting with meat. There is not enough of its own meat and they started buying North Korean.

An appeal to North Korean soldiers to surrender and live in South Korea.

 

[TopWatcher]

View: https://x.com/MeghUpdates/status/1870371211873509630

Is this real??

 

[WW2historian]

I already said that I don't care what truth you believe? You can even believe the figures of the Russian Ministry of Defense about 90% of those who returned after being wounded (in the artillery war). Then suddenly you learn that Russia is fighting with meat. There is not enough of its own meat and they started buying North Korean.
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An appeal to North Korean soldiers to surrender and live in South Korea.

Lets assume I now suddenly believe everything you do. Did it change anything? Nope. And it wouldn't change anything if your beliefs also took a 180 turn. You echo Ukrainian propaganda and I mostly focus on the current realities. My evidence is indisputable. You probably didn't watch this video, but it's 100% truthful, and you can't handle the truth.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBco7U79xZE&t=24s

 

[WW2historian]

Lets assume I now suddenly believe everything you do. Did it change anything? Nope. And it wouldn't change anything if your beliefs also took a 180 turn. You echo Ukrainian propaganda and I mostly focus on the current realities. My evidence is indisputable. You probably didn't watch this video, but it's 100% truthful, and you can't handle the truth.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBco7U79xZE&t=24s

I already said that I don't care what truth you believe? You can even believe the figures of the Russian Ministry of Defense about 90% of those who returned after being wounded (in the artillery war). Then suddenly you learn that Russia is fighting with meat. There is not enough of its own meat and they started buying North Korean.
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An appeal to North Korean soldiers to surrender and live in South Korea.

Here's more truth. I look at what is, not what people say. https://x.com/Suriyakmaps

 

[Akim]

Lets assume I now suddenly believe everything you do. Did it change anything? Nope. And it wouldn't change anything if your beliefs also took a 180 turn. You echo Ukrainian propaganda and I mostly focus on the current realities. My evidence is indisputable. You probably didn't watch this video, but it's 100% truthful, and you can't handle the truth.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBco7U79xZE&t=24s

I already told you: Zoom in on the map. This is, of course, our territory and it will have to be restored after liberation, but the enemy is wearing down its forces. Attacks on Ladas and ZAZs have become commonplace, although armored vehicles were used before. They gave a chance for survival, unlike cars and motorcycles.
What does the reduction in aviation give - a reduction in bombing. Su-25s have become more afraid to work over the battlefield and launch rockets from a pitched position. This is shooting at random.
Reduction in aerial reconnaissance (A-50 and Il-22, as well as S-70 UAVs) reduces the amount of operational intelligence.
Tu-22 launches cruise missiles, which were intercepted only once, etc.
But it is also important that half of this list are irreparable losses. Technologies are lost. It is like in a science fiction story by Isaac Asimov. People are trying to recreate a new star empire, but have lost old nuclear physics technologies.

 

[WW2historian]

I already told you: Zoom in on the map. This is, of course, our territory and it will have to be restored after liberation, but the enemy is wearing down its forces. Attacks on Ladas and ZAZs have become commonplace, although armored vehicles were used before. They gave a chance for survival, unlike cars and motorcycles.
What does the reduction in aviation give - a reduction in bombing. Su-25s have become more afraid to work over the battlefield and launch rockets from a pitched position. This is shooting at random.
Reduction in aerial reconnaissance (A-50 and Il-22, as well as S-70 UAVs) reduces the amount of operational intelligence.
Tu-22 launches cruise missiles, which were intercepted only once, etc.
But it is also important that half of this list are irreparable losses. Technologies are lost. It is like in a science fiction story by Isaac Asimov. People are trying to recreate a new star empire, but have lost old nuclear physics technologies.

You believe what Ukraine says, I don't. However I also don't believe what Russia says either. Both exaggerate and the truth is somewhere in the middle. My point has always been that since Russia has 5x the population and way more weapons of every kind, they will win. It's just simple math.

From TASS.

Defeating enemy formations, Ukrainian losses: situation in Russia’s Kursk Region​

Over the day, Ukraine lost more than 200 troops, two tanks, eight armored combat vehicles, two motor vehicles and three mortars

- Since the beginning of hostilities in the Kursk Region, Kiev has lost over 39,460 troops, 234 tanks, 171 infantry fighting vehicles, 123 armored personnel carriers, 1,241 armored combat vehicles, 1,100 motor vehicles, 308 artillery pieces, 40 multiple rocket launchers, including 11 HIMARS and six MLRS of US manufacture, 13 anti-aircraft missile launchers, seven transport and loading vehicles, 72 electronic warfare stations, 13 counter-battery radars, four air defense radars, 27 pieces of engineering and other equipment, including 13 counter-obstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine-clearing vehicle, six armored repair and recovery vehicles, as well as a command and staff vehicle.

 

[WW2historian]

You believe what Ukraine says, I don't. However I also don't believe what Russia says either. Both exaggerate and the truth is somewhere in the middle. My point has always been that since Russia has 5x the population and way more weapons of every kind, they will win. It's just simple math.

From TASS.

Defeating enemy formations, Ukrainian losses: situation in Russia’s Kursk Region​

Over the day, Ukraine lost more than 200 troops, two tanks, eight armored combat vehicles, two motor vehicles and three mortars

- Since the beginning of hostilities in the Kursk Region, Kiev has lost over 39,460 troops, 234 tanks, 171 infantry fighting vehicles, 123 armored personnel carriers, 1,241 armored combat vehicles, 1,100 motor vehicles, 308 artillery pieces, 40 multiple rocket launchers, including 11 HIMARS and six MLRS of US manufacture, 13 anti-aircraft missile launchers, seven transport and loading vehicles, 72 electronic warfare stations, 13 counter-battery radars, four air defense radars, 27 pieces of engineering and other equipment, including 13 counter-obstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine-clearing vehicle, six armored repair and recovery vehicles, as well as a command and staff vehicle.

Moscow says Ukrainian casualties exceed 900,000 since war began​

DPA
Tue, November 19, 2024 at 3:42 AM EST
The Russian Ministry of Defence and state-run news agency TASS said on Tuesday that Ukraine's armed forces had suffered more than 900,000 casualties, including both dead and wounded, since the war began 1,000 days ago.

According to TASS calculations and the ministry, this year alone, Ukraine's losses have surpassed those from the first two years of the conflict combined, with total losses for Kiev put at 906,500 dead and wounded.

Casualty figures in such conflicts generally cannot be independently verified. Neither Moscow nor Kiev have so far disclosed exact numbers regarding their respective losses.

 

[Akim]

You believe what Ukraine says, I don't. However I also don't believe what Russia says either. Both exaggerate and the truth is somewhere in the middle. My point has always been that since Russia has 5x the population and way more weapons of every kind, they will win. It's just simple math.

From TASS.

Defeating enemy formations, Ukrainian losses: situation in Russia’s Kursk Region​

Over the day, Ukraine lost more than 200 troops, two tanks, eight armored combat vehicles, two motor vehicles and three mortars

- Since the beginning of hostilities in the Kursk Region, Kiev has lost over 39,460 troops, 234 tanks, 171 infantry fighting vehicles, 123 armored personnel carriers, 1,241 armored combat vehicles, 1,100 motor vehicles, 308 artillery pieces, 40 multiple rocket launchers, including 11 HIMARS and six MLRS of US manufacture, 13 anti-aircraft missile launchers, seven transport and loading vehicles, 72 electronic warfare stations, 13 counter-battery radars, four air defense radars, 27 pieces of engineering and other equipment, including 13 counter-obstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine-clearing vehicle, six armored repair and recovery vehicles, as well as a command and staff vehicle.

"5 times more population" - we will find out after the war. I repeat that there was no point in creating the African Corps, inviting North Korean soldiers, if they have a larger population. The operational language there is Russian. Residents of the former USSR understand it, but for some reason they do not believe modern Russian fairy tales. Therefore, we have to invite God knows who. All these figures are formed from a soap bubble. Modern Russia is an illusory country. Its 140 million population turns into 90 million and T-90 tanks turn into rusty T-55s.

View: https://x.com/UKikaski/status/1868653936942469251

 

[Soldier35]

The Ukrainian 44th Mechanized Brigade demonstrated the use of a Polish Rosomak APC with Mk 310 PABM-T programmable air-burst ammunition. The Ukrainian Rosomak APC fires Mk 310 PABM-T programmable projectiles from a 30mm Mk44 Bushmaster II automatic cannon. Before feeding the projectile into the barrel, a special programmer, through the receiving coil, enters into the fuse electronics the distance at which the main charge of the projectile should be detonated.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihdr0nJWkG4

 

[WW2historian]

"5 times more population" - we will find out after the war. I repeat that there was no point in creating the African Corps, inviting North Korean soldiers, if they have a larger population. The operational language there is Russian. Residents of the former USSR understand it, but for some reason they do not believe modern Russian fairy tales. Therefore, we have to invite God knows who. All these figures are formed from a soap bubble. Modern Russia is an illusory country. Its 140 million population turns into 90 million and T-90 tanks turn into rusty T-55s.

View: https://x.com/UKikaski/status/1868653936942469251

Russia does have the larger population, so that can't be the reason not to have N. Koreans. It's simple, they have them because they can. It helps and there is no good reason not to invite their help. Lets say they fight until all of them are killed, well that means there are 11,000 less Russian deaths. Don't over think the simple things.

 

[Akim]

Russia does have the larger population, so that can't be the reason not to have N. Koreans. It's simple, they have them because they can. It helps and there is no good reason not to invite their help. Lets say they fight until all of them are killed, well that means there are 11,000 less Russian deaths. Don't over think the simple things.

11,000 Koreans is a test batch. If the experiment is successful, they will send more.
Do you think Putler cares about nationality? He simply cannot gather the required number of Russians.
But with the invention of the machine gun, quantity does not matter. What matters is the quantity of weapons. Today, the Russians have a problem with this. It is similar to ours, but we have different philosophies of warfare. We do not throw unarmed soldiers into battle (only with an assault rifle or a machine gun).
Incidentally, licensed production of the BREN 2 began on Wednesday.

 

[Akim]

North Korean KN-15s spotted in Russia. West remains silent.
Sometimes I gloatingly wish these missiles would hit the rest of Europe. Maybe then they'll come out of their stupor.

View: https://youtu.be/D7SA8pp_w1g

 

[Soldier35]

A resident of the Tyumen region of Russia filmed a train of military equipment. The video shows the M1989 Koksan self-propelled guns produced by the DPRK, which were previously shown, and an unknown model of military equipment. The video is of low quality and it is difficult to draw conclusions, the outlines of the installations are similar to the North Korean Pukguksong-2 ballistic missile installations. So far, there is no convincing damage that Russia has received Pukguksong-2 missiles.

Pukguksong-2 missiles, KN-15 according to Western classification, were adopted by the DPRK in 2017. The name of the missile - Pukguksong-2 - is translated as "Polar Star". Presumably, the missile is a land-based version of the Pukguksong solid-fuel missile for submarines. Pukguksong-2 missiles are mounted on the chassis of the T-62 tank, the production of which is established in the DPRK. According to North Korean media, the range of the Pukguksong-2 missiles is from 3,000 to 5,500 kilometers; according to Western experts, the range of the missiles is up to 2,500 km.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gggaZvDvThg