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Interesting observation by Col(ret) Alexander Vindman (remember him?). https://twitter.com/AVindman/status/1513572846060158983?s=20&t=kvvt_1ynmeBxT-UyEi25xg (short, not enough Russian troops to run their expected offensive in the Donbas) Also, no link for now, but apparantly US intelligence estimate...

Apparantly a Russian helicopter defected to Ukraine. https://twitter.com/MotolkoHelp/status/1511323031104368641 Apparantly, 6 Russian helicopters took off from Gomel for a flight to Russia. One (RF-04812) broke formation and went in a south eastern direction, towards Ukraine. Never to be heard from ...

Burned out wreck of another Ka-52. Tail still in tact, serial starts with RF-134.. it looks like. I don't think this one was seen before.
https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1511 ... Dti4f8AIcQ

Seen those pictures/videos of 250+ Ukrainian Marines surrendering in Mariupol yesterday?
Well... maybe not:
https://twitter.com/ChuckPfarrer/status ... 20/photo/1

The image above does not load for me, so perhaps I am posting something double, but here is evidence of the jet shot down over Izyum. Clearly a Russian Flanker.
https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/15 ... NsBYffHQ_g

Another Russian plane claimed near Izyum. According to the tweet shot down by a Ukrainian fighterjet.
https://twitter.com/Kochevenko/status/1 ... 0295835648

New apparant leaked casualty figures from Russia: Russian forces: 17.549 PMC (mercenaries & Donbas fighters?): 5.366 Total: 22.915 https://twitter.com/AvakovArsen/status/1510185195756007425?s=20&t=M8LEzsM3R49BTvsngOBYXQ No idea how accurate this is, as in, if indeed leaked from the Russian MoD. But ...

I think the big question is now what will happen in Donbas. If the Russian Army fails there as well, then you might well see other frozen conflicts all of sudden be resolved with brute force. Georgia, Azerbeidjan, Moldova, perhaps even Belarus. No better time to kick those Russians out then when the...

Mi-28 shot down at low altitude, near Luhansk. Right at the end of the video, complete tail comes off.
https://twitter.com/NotWoofers/status/1 ... 3xug9K7H4Q

Interesting predictions by not the least of all political scientists, Francis Fukuyama: https://www.americanpurpose.com/articles/preparing-for-defeat/ To quote his point 2 from three weeks ago: The collapse of their position could be sudden and catastrophic, rather than happening slowly through a w...

Also of interest: https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1509756851046559744 "Another video of that apparent Ukrainian helicopter strike on the oil facility in Belgorod with rockets." Be carefull though: as well as the Alligator class ship as the previous explosions in Belgorod: the Russians excel in b...

Thanks, I already thought it was, but seeing the pictures together makes it pretty certain indeed.

Very wrecked Russian Mi-8 in a field near Kharkiv: RF-91882
https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/15 ... 0Hx4lDZgVg

Another Hind wreck in a field. Identification seems possible, but sadly not on this picture:
https://www.facebook.com/14ombr/photos/ ... 853461892/

The best kept list is the one at Oryxspioenkop (search for 'aircraft' to find the interesting bit in the mega list). The caveat here though, is that only those losses of which pictures or videos are available are included. Many of the claimed aircraft losses are not in the list. Of course some are i...