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

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.

Anton Gerashchenko@Gerashchenko_en

As Mr. Rubio has kindly informed us earlier, today is Russia day.

I’ve prepared several facts of what Putin’s rule has brought Russia to in the past 25 years.

◾️ Finances:
The Russian government plans to revise the federal budget for 2025, increasing the deficit by 250% - from $12 billion to $42 billion. The official inflation rate is supposedly 7.6%, but according to estimates by the Foreign Intelligence Service, real inflation in Russia already exceeds 20%.

According to the US Department of Defense, Russia has spent at least $250 billion on the war against Ukraine since the start of the full-scale invasion. Russia’s economic losses from the war and sanctions are around $1.3 trillion.

At the same time, according to the Federal State Statistics Service, 12.6 million Russians were living below the poverty line in 2024. But Putin does not care about the standard of living in Russia.

◾️ Demographic decline and huge losses on the front lines:
Since the full-scale invasion, according to various estimates, between 650,000 and 1.3 million Russians have left the country. More than 1 million have been killed and injured in the war. Russia has been flooded with criminals who received amnesty for participating in the war in Ukraine. Crime levels have risen dramatically in Russia.

◾️ Oil:
Due to sanctions, Russia has lost its rich Western markets and is forced to sell oil to China at bargain prices.

Currently, Russian oil is sold in the ports of Primorsk and Novorossiysk for approximately $47-49 per barrel, which is significantly lower than the budgeted figure of $69.7. As a result, Russia’s annual oil and gas revenues could fall by up to 30%, or $30-40 billion, which is almost equal to the entire Russian budget deficit for the current year.

◾️ Military:
The Russian army has long lost its status as the “second” in the world and has turned into a bunch of looters and criminals, “cannon fodder” that is thrown into battle for a forest area near another destroyed Ukrainian village.

◾️ Navy:
Ukrainian drones and missiles are methodically turning the Black Sea Fleet into an underwater fleet. Moreover, recently the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) blew up the Crimean (Kerch) Bridge for the third time.

◾️ Space:
In 2024, Russia launched only 17 rockets into space. By comparison, the US launched 152 rockets and China launched 65. A place in the top three with a score of 17 is little consolation, especially considering that New Zealand launched 13 rockets in 2024.

Under international sanctions, Russia cannot purchase expensive microchips and other necessary equipment.

◾️ Attacks on Russia:
Since the beginning of 2025, more than 17 attacks have been carried out on oil depots and refineries in Russia. In 2024, Ukrainian drones attacked oil refineries and fuel depots in Russia, annexed Crimea, and occupied territories of Ukraine at least 81 times.

◾️ Aviation:
The SBU struck four strategic airfields in different regions of Russia with drones. The total losses of enemy aircraft amount to 41 units, including A-50, Tu-95, Tu-22, Tu-160, An-12, and Il-78 aircraft. The operation weakened Russia’s strike capabilities by 20-30%.

Military experts around the world, commenting on the SBU’s special operation, called the actions of Putin’s FSB, which allowed everything to happen right under its nose, one of the biggest failures in the history of the Russian special services.

https://x.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1933156341800923246

Defense Minister Israel Katz says he was updated during an assesment with military officials that most of leadership of the IRGC Air Force were eliminated in a strike today in Iran.

The top brass of the IRGC Air Force had convened at an underground command center when the strike was carried out, according to a statement issued by Katz's office.

https://x.com/manniefabian/status/1933448182396076456

I guess the underground bunkers were not deep enough.

The elimination of members of the Iranian forces is impressive:

- Commander-in-Chief of the IRGC, General Hossein Salami

-Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, General Mohammad Hossein Bagheri

-Commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force, General Amir-Ali Hajizadeh

- Deputy Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, General Mehdi Rabbani

I‘m pretty sure that more names will appear.

https://x.com/Tendar/status/1933481923013157211

As long as the U.S. and NATO provide intel and the EU provides funding & weapons, Ukraine will be able to continue the fight.

Hopefully, President Trump will not prohibit transfer of "obsolete" equipment using ITAR.

Israel has handed over Patriot systems previously in service with the Israeli army to Ukraine, according to Israeli Ambassador to Ukraine Brodsky.

Patriot systems originating from the United States are now in Ukraine. These are Israeli systems that have been in service since the early 1990s.

https://x.com/jurgen_nauditt/status/1932074552399478890

It is a well-known fact that Russia transferred its air defense systems to Iran (probably with specialists) "to protect nuclear facilities".

Today, Israel announced the destruction of dozens of radar stations and ballistic missile launchers in the western part of Iran. There was also a video of the attack on the Raad air defense system, a medium-range complex based on the Buk-M2. It was manufactured with Russia's direct help.

◾️In the fall of 2024, Israel began carrying out airstrikes on Iranian targets, presumably on air defense systems, including the S-300.

◾️Israel's officials said the attack caused significant damage. However, the Financial Times wrote that many air defense positions, including those where the S-300 could have been located, were still undamaged.

◾️As if to confirm this, during military exercises in February 2025, Iran demonstrated the S-300 firing using an Iranian-made radar. But, according to experts, this may indicate the destruction of the original Russian radar system as a result of Israeli strikes.

◾️At the end of January this year, it was also reported that in addition to a major economic and energy deal, Russia donated several batteries of S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems to Iran.

◾️On the night of June 13, Israeli aircraft bypassed Iranian air defenses, including Russian S-300 and S-400.

https://x.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1933481641592177064

Without a doubt, Israeli Air Force has Air Supremacy.

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