Attack On Europe: Documenting Russian Equipment Losses During The 2022 Russian Invasion Of Ukraine (2 year anniversary)

ORYX ^ | Since February 24, 2022 and daily | ORYX

[SpeedyInTexas]

This list only includes destroyed vehicles and equipment of which photo or videographic evidence is available. Therefore, the amount of equipment destroyed is significantly higher than recorded here. Loitering munitions, drones used as unmanned bait, civilian vehicles and derelict equipment are not included in this list. All possible effort has gone into avoiding duplicate entries and discerning the status of equipment between captured or abandoned. Many of the entries listed as 'abandoned' will likely end up captured or destroyed. Similarly, some of the captured equipment might be destroyed if it can't be recovered. When a vehicle is captured and then lost in service with its new owners, it is only added as a loss of the original operator to avoid double listings. When the origin of a piece of equipment can't be established, it's not included in the list. The Soviet flag is used when the equipment in question was produced prior to 1991. This list is constantly updated as additional footage becomes available.

[BroJoeK]

2015 SA Pres. Zuma greets Putin:

🍈 : "Tell the next generation that this is the man who singlehandedly fought NATO (30 countries) and won!
Russia was never going lose, we said this from Day 1. 😊👍🏼
He fought through Western propaganda, lies, '1 million EU/US sanctions', economic sabotage, terrorism, USAID, CIA, MI6…"
pic.twitter.com/rEEer0al1C— Evaluator. (@_AfricanSoil) February 12, 2025"

🍈 : BOOM! 💥

Evaluator. (@_AfricanSoil) = "Sphithiphithi Evaluator," 36-year-old Zamaswazi Zinhle Majozi.
She was arrested in August 2021 for incitement to violence during pro-Zuma protests in South Africa.
Former South Africa Pres. Jacob Zuma is accurately described as a national socialist.

As is Valdimir Putin and who else?

[BroJoeK]

"Another naval screw up
The USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier collided with a merchant ship [ Besiktas-M is a bulk carrier ] off the coast of Egypt, officials said."

USS Truman (CVN-75) will return for repairs to NATO's Marathi Pier Complex in Souda Bay, Crete, Greece -- which it had just left.

[AdmSmith]

“Ethnic groups”. You mean White Russians.

That's the Telegram author's description of residents from Chechnya.

[JonPreston]

He is phasing out the green. Soon he will be at dress shirt. Then suit and tie. The circle will soon be complete. pic.twitter.com/pZbFh4uZqm— Alex Christoforou (@AXChristoforou) February 14, 2025

[JonPreston]

The biggest global bully that became irrelevant in the recent years! Colonized 80% of the world and not once apologized for the pain and stealing they did for centuries. pic.twitter.com/amdIOyF016— Evaluator. (@_AfricanSoil) February 14, 2025

[blitz128]

Yup, historically “disposable “

[blitz128]

🍈 is loading up the meme MRLS, stand back folks 😂

[blitz128]

Russia has invaded a few as well😎

[dfwgator]

How many did France invade?

[BroJoeK]

🍈 : "DJT realizes that Zelenskyy is a dictator, he has forbidden elections, and outlawed the main Christian religion in Ukraine
It's time for the Zeepers to understand the same"

All of those points are Russian propaganda lies, which nobody outside the Russian propaganda machine takes seriously.

Even here, on Free Republic.

🍈 : "Trump confirmed that Zelensky will not participate in the negotiations and will have to accept the agreement:

"Zelensky will have to do what he has to do.
And his poll numbers are not particularly great, to put it mildly...""

Zelensky's poll numbers have indeed fallen, from circa 90% in 2022 to 60% today.
Zelensky remains the most trusted politician in Ukraine.

Other Ukrainian figures listed in polls include:

1. 60% -- Volodymyr Zelensky (incumbent)
2. 36% -- Valerii Zaluzhniy (Ambassador to UK, former CinC)
3. 28% -- Serhiy Prytula (media personality)
4. 10% -- Petro Poroshenko (former president)
5. 6% -- Yulia Tymoshenko (MP, former prime minister)

There is a long list of other names that might also be considered, including Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko, should Zelensky drop out of the race.

At some point, Ukraine's parliament will lift martial law, and then elections will be held within a few weeks after.

[JonPreston]

🍈

[JonPreston]

Zelensky remains the most trusted politician in Ukraine

Dictators demand such

[JonPreston]

The prospect of Peace has made our Zeepers very angry

[JonPreston]

How many did France invade?

Plenty, I think the last of which was Vietnam.

[FtrPilot]

EXTRA BULLETS: Some of the Shahed components recovered and identified at the scene of the Russian attack on the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

https://x.com/ChuckPfarrer/status/1890399249981997075

[JonPreston]

There is a long list of other names that might also be considered, including Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko

🇺🇦🫠Vitali Klitschko, the Mayor of Kyiv, is heavily accused by the Ukrainian press of running a large network for human trafficking and prostitution.
He is said to operate over 100 brothels in Kyiv and sell hundreds of women to the EU and USA. Klitschko reportedly lives above… pic.twitter.com/2XlkSa54W9— Anton Koop (@anton_koop893) February 7, 2025

[BroJoeK]

"I think that the Russian Army actually has far fewer Brigades...
...Perhaps they have a bunch of ghost Reserve units, that consist mostly of an authorization document and a guidon in in a display case"

Agreed, but one reason I would not take much comfort in that is the same may also be true of various European brigades.

Also, as best I can figure now, Russia is running circ 15% of GDP on its military, which means that once the war is put on even temporary cease-fire, Russia's brigades will quickly begin to fill up with the latest in Russian military production.

Do you understand GDP measures of "Nominal" and "PPP"?

1. $2.1 trillion Russia's Nominal GDP.
   15%= $315 billion

2. $6.5 trillion, Russia's PPP GDP.
   15% = $975 billion

3. $$30.3 trillion, USA GDP (same PPP as Nominal).
   3.0% = $926 billion (fiscal 2026)

Point is, when Ukrainian resistance to Russia's invasion ends, Russia will be pumping as much PPP money, or more, into its military as the US does today.

[FtrPilot]

Russian oil companies are preparing to start forced production cuts as they are unable to sell millions of barrels of oil, Reuters reports, citing three oil executives and more than 10 traders, refining executives, and port agents.

Volumes from Russia's western ports of Primorsk, Ust-Luga, and Novorossiisk in January were down 17% from a year earlier, and the cost to transport a cargo from Russia's Pacific port of Kozmino to China up fivefold in January, Reuters calculations based on traders' data showed.

As a result, Russian firms and traders have stored 17 million barrels aboard ships since Jan. 10, up from zero at the start of the year, Goldman Sachs estimates. The figure could rise to 50 million barrels in the first half of 2025.

There is nowhere to store this oil: there are almost no large storage facilities in Russia, and those that do exist were hit in January. It is also difficult to refine the excess oil at refineries: drone attacks have knocked out around 10% of Russian refining capacity, Reuters calculations based on traders' data showed. Major sites including the Ryazan, Volgograd, and Astrakhan refineries have shut fuel production and it will take weeks or months to restore it.

Drones also attacked Russia's limited oil storage as well as pipelines and pumping stations, disrupting flows to export ports and refineries in January, traders said.

Today, Russia produces 8.9 million barrels per day, fulfilling the OPEC+ production cut deal. Compared to the 2019 record (11.25 million barrels per day), oil production is down 20%.

https://x.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1890382812533887421

[FtrPilot]

I want to share with you some stories of Ukrainians who are now defending us on the frontlines.

I'll start with the famous Ukrainian drone captain with the call sign "Madiar". Before the full-scale war, an agrarian businessman, Robert Brovdi. He was also engaged in investments in industrial projects and real estate. Back then, he could not have imagined that he would become the commander of a regiment of unmanned aviation systems and would be so good at destroying Russian soldiers.

On February 7, 2022, Robert volunteered to join the 241st Territorial Defense Brigade in the Obolonskyi District of Kyiv. He was quickly appointed platoon commander. Brovdi took part in the evacuation of people from Irpin and carried out combat missions in Bucha and Borodianka. At the end of April, his unit was sent to the front line in the Kherson direction. He bought a drone at his own expense and began to survey the front line. Later, he created a separate aerial reconnaissance unit, which he called "Madiar's Birds."

Brovdi compares his activities in the army to a business in sales. You set a goal - to find and identify the enemy, inform the artillery, and destroy the enemy. Another similarity with business is that the result depends on people, on the team. The difference, according to "Madyar," is that in war, you cannot give free rein to feelings - to be offended by someone, to leave issues unresolved. "Unlike a business, you can't underfulfill, underdo something, and have your emotions get the better of your cool head," he says.

Life is very unpredictable. Negotiations and bargaining around Ukraine are going on now, and no one knows exactly at what point we will find ourselves in half a year.

With negative forecasts, many Europeans may very suddenly find themselves in the trenches defending their country against the Russians.

https://x.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1889691934509154526

[FtrPilot]

A Russian assault group is heading to the front line.

https://x.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1890376988797403547