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.

J10C Chinese fighters are rated as junk.

J-10 Combat Results Faked, Uncovered Once More! Fabricated Reports, Technical Details Fully
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM-9OYDJruA

Excerpt:
On May 30, People’s Daily released an 8,500-word article titled “Dragon Soars East: The Birth of the J-10,” promoting China’s domestically produced J-10CE fighter. However, the article offers limited details on the fighter’s specifications or performance. It briefly mentions the J-10’s success in foreign combat, claiming it downed several enemy aircraft, but provides no concrete evidence or technical specifics to back these claims.

On March 2022 Pakistan which received the J10 CE revealed that the WS10B produces 9 tons of thrust with a 1,000 hour flight time. The engine reportedly uses third generation single crystal material and integrated titanium alloy for the rotor. While these claims sound promising, comparing it to the F-16’s F110 engine which has a 4,000hour lifespan reveals a major gap. US engines last 4 years while China’s engines last just 1 year. The frequent replacements could result in higher overall cost and a significant disparity in wartime operational readiness.

Why such a significant difference?

First, the materials the F110 uses GE’s Renee N5 second generation single crystal high temperature alloy, which can operate at 1,150°C for 10 hours. In contrast, China’s third generation single crystal materials can only withstand 1,00 to 1,50°C. In terms of composition control crystal growth technology and batch production stability, the US leads far ahead.

Second, the bearings the lifespan of an aircraft engine is closely tied to the quality of the main shaft bearings. China lacks companies capable of manufacturing long lasting high quality bearings. [ It was only 2 years ago that China was able to make the ball for ballpoint pens ].

Next is the overall rotor technology; the US perfected titanium and high temperature alloy dual performance rotors in the 1990s, while China is still working on the basics the precision and consistency that the US has achieved are far ahead of China’s, with US blade machined to a precision of 0.01 mm while China is 0.1 mm.

The precision of rotor balancing is also far superior in the US. Currently US engines are largely fully automated, while China still relies significantly on manual labor; this indicates that the WS10 series lags behind the F-110 by about 20 years.

“Russian strategic bombers active. Mass cruise missile strike likely tonight.”

BDA, Kyiv Independent (29 June):

“A large-scale Russian missile and drone attack terrorized Ukraine overnight on June 29 as air raid alarms sounded across the country, including western regions far from the front lines.

Russia’s bombardments — a fact of life after three years of full-scale war — have intensified dramatically in May and June, with mass attacks becoming more frequent and more deadly.

Ukraine’s Air Force warned late in the evening on June 28 that Russia had launched three Tu-95 bombers from the Olenya military airfield in Murmansk Oblast. The Air Force also warned that multiple groups of Russian drones were heading toward various regions.

Several hours later, the Air Force reported that a Russian MiG-31K — a jet capable of carrying Kinzhal ballistic missiles — took off from Savasleyka airfield in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod Oblast.

The Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces said it scrambled fighter jets and activated ground-based air defense units in response to the Russian aerial attacks in western Ukraine.

Explosions and strikes were reported in Mikolaiv, Kremenchuk, Zaporizhzhia, Cherkasy Oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Lviv as waves of attacks came throughout the night. Some regional officials shared preliminary reports of damage and casualties even as air defense continued to operate in the area.

Civilian infrastructure was damaged and at least three people were injured in attacks on Cherkasy Oblast, Governor Ihor Taburets reported.

In Kremenchuk, Poltava Oblast, an undisclosed enterprise was hit, causing a fire, according to Governor Volodymyr Kohut.

A production facility at an unnamed enterprise in Zaporizhzhia was hit during an overnight missile attack, Governor Ivan Fedorov said. No casualties were reported.”

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 28, 2025

Russia’s deployment of an experimental Grom-1 missile-bomb and likely efforts to increase its Shahed production are part of ongoing efforts to adapt Russian strike packages against Ukraine to overwhelm Ukrainian air defenses and cause maximum damage. Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration Head Serhiy Lysak reported on June 28 that Ukrainian air defenses downed a Russian Grom-1 hybrid missile-bomb on the outskirts of Dnipro City.[7] A local Ukrainian air defender in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast told Ukrainian outlet Suspilne on June 28 that Russian forces may have deployed an experimental KAB guided glide bomb as part of ongoing efforts to increase the range of KAB bombs.[8] The local source stated that Russia has long used jet engines on the bomb to increase its range and likely used a bomb with a lighter warhead against Dnipro City to decrease the weight and increase the range of the bomb. The source also stated that Russian forces may have launched the bomb from a plane as close to Dnipro City as possible. Ukrainian political scientist and design engineer at satellite and rocket design enterprise Pivdnenne Design Office Oleksandr Kochetkov told Suspilne on June 28 that Russia created the Grom-1 as part of an effort to increase the range and accuracy of KAB bombs in order to preserve Russian aircraft that launch the bombs.[9] Kochetkov stated that Grom-1 is a hybrid of a glide bomb and the Kh-38 air-to-air missile and uses the Kh-38 missile’s engine, which gives the bomb a range of 100 to 150 kilometers. Kochetkov noted that Russian forces used the Grom-1 possibly for the first time in August 2024 during a strike against Kostyantynivka, Donetsk Oblast, and that Russia is not yet mass producing Grom-1 missile-bombs.

Ukrainian outlet New Voice assessed on June 27 that satellite imagery from early October 2024 and June 2025 shows that Russia is expanding its Shahed factory in the Alabuga Special Economic Zone (SEZ) near Yelabuga, Republic of Tatarstan.[10] The imagery shows that Russia has built four new sites at the Alabuga SEZ spanning about 163 hectares between October 2024 and June 2025, and that another 30-hectare site is currently under construction. New Voice reported that the new construction includes dormitories for factory workers and that Ukraine’s Main Military Intelligence Directorate (GUR) previously assessed in June 2025 that laborers are Russia’s main need to increase its drone production. New Voice noted that the GUR reported on June 21 that Russia produces up to 170 Shahed and decoy drones daily and that production rates may increase to 190 drones per day by the end of 2025. Japanese outlet NHK reported on June 19, citing unspecified Western and Russian diplomatic sources, that North Korea is “considering” sending 25,000 workers to drone production facilities at the Alabuga SEZ, and dormitory construction may be related to this possible influx of workers in the future.[11]

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-june-28-2025

The Azerbaijani Ministry of Culture has cancelled concerts, festivals and performances with the participation of the Russian side. A representative of the department linked this to the brutal detention of Azerbaijanis in Yekaterinburg.

As the “ Caucasian Knot “ reported , on June 28, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry called on the Russian authorities to investigate the deaths and injuries of Azerbaijanis who suffered as a result of a special operation by security forces in Yekaterinburg and to punish those responsible . Against the backdrop of the incident, the visit of Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk to Azerbaijan was cancelled. In connection with the events in Yekaterinburg, the Azerbaijani side considered it inappropriate for Overchuk or any other Russian official to visit the country.

https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/412657

Кремлевская табакерка

“There will be serious consequences.” Azerbaijan warned of problems due to rejection of Russian culture

Our source in the Foreign Ministry responded to the decision of Azerbaijan to cancel all cultural events planned by Russian state and private entities. Such actions of Baku were caused by a new aggravation in relations with our country and the dissatisfaction of the Azerbaijani side with the fact that Russia is fighting ethnic crime. “Everyone knows that the Russian language, Russian culture, I am not afraid of big words, are the most significant in the whole world, the most serious in their achievements. By rejecting them, Azerbaijan at least hits its citizens, takes away their true values. But such a refusal will have serious consequences at almost all levels. I hope Baku will come to its senses. I will not say more, I have already said so much,” our source in the Foreign Ministry noted.

The Kremlin is also disappointed with the Azerbaijani cancellations. “Russian culture, the Russian language - without which there is no world culture. It is thanks to them that we are developing our country, inspiring our allies, thanks to them that we have created a state that can smash Nazis to pieces with its weapons and defend its interests in relations with the West. It is completely unreasonable for Azerbaijan to reject our culture,” a high-ranking interlocutor in the Presidential Administration is sure. He promised that the reaction to such actions would be serious. But he did not reveal any details.

https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/5859

Grandiose self image by the Muscovian regime

quoting BJK: "Cold War (II) is back"

JonPreston: "Vance didn't say that, and this wacky "new Cold War" notion only exists in the ossified minds of people like you whose time has passed them by.
It's time to step out of that amber you're trapped in, clean yourself up and join the living."

He said exactly that, in so many words.

VP Vance's words as reported by Newsweek

"The era of uncontested U.S. dominance is over.
Today we face serious threats in China, Russia and other nations determined to beat us in every single domain—from spectrum to low earth orbit to supply chains to even our communication infrastructure,"
"The Trump administration is focused on widening "the technological edge" between the U.S. military and adversaries, he said.
He added that the U.S. cannot assume military engagements will "come without costs" and that the military must send troops to war "with the right tools.""
"Vance also criticized past U.S. leaders who "traded national defense and the maintenance of our alliances for nation-building and meddling in foreign countries' affairs."
"Instead of devoting our energies to responding to the rise of near-peer competitors like China, our leaders pursued what they assumed would be easy jobs for the world's preemptive superpower," the vice president said.
"How hard could it be to build a few democracies in the Middle East?
Well, almost impossibly hard, it turns out, and unbelievably costly."
As reported by America News Nation:
"The Vice President emphasized that the current administration is moving toward a more realistic approach to international relations, one that focuses on protecting core national interests rather than engaging in open-ended conflicts.
“No more undefined missions.
No more open-ended conflicts,” he asserted, reinforcing the “America First” doctrine championed by Trump."
"He warned that the U.S. has been too complacent in believing that economic integration would lead to peace and stability.
“Too many of us believed that countries like the People’s Republic of China would become more like us through trade,” Vance said, noting that this strategy has failed."
"The Vice President’s speech was quickly seized upon by international media, including Russian state-run outlets, which highlighted his declaration about the end of U.S. dominance."
As reported by the anti-American Geopolitical Economy:
"The Donald Trump administration is abandoning the US government’s previous emphasis on soft power, Vance explained, and is instead focusing on “hard power” and “overwhelming force”, in a return to blatant, 19th century-style imperialism."
"According to Vance, Washington’s top priority is now “great power competition”, and preparation for potential war with China."
"The US vice president complained that, in the past, “our leaders traded hard power for soft power”.
He argued that this was an error, and that the US empire ["empire" according to G.E.] should have focused on containing China.
“Instead of devoting our energies to responding to the rise of near-peer competitors like China, our leaders pursued what they assumed would be easy jobs for the world’s preeminent superpower”, Vance said."
"Our government took its eye off the ball of great power competition and preparing to take on a peer adversary, and instead, we devoted ourselves to sprawling, amorphous tasks, like searching for new terrorists to take out while building up far away regimes”, he added."
"So now [says G.E.], the Trump administration is redirecting US foreign policy to prepare for potential war on China.
[It's a] return to a more blatant form of imperialism
Some Trump supporters have taken Vance’s comments out of context to claim that the Trump administration is supposedly moving away from a hyper-interventionist foreign policy and toward a more restrained, isolationist one.
But that is not what is happening [says G.E.]."
"Vance’s speech made it clear that the Trump administration wants to return to a more overt, traditional form of imperialism [says G.E.].
What is changing [according to G.E.] is that the Trump administration is dropping the cynical propaganda narrative that US foreign policy is supposedly motivated by “democracy promotion” or “human rights”.
Vance indicated that the US empire ["empire" according to G.E.] will continue to wage wars, and will try to win those wars through the use of “overwhelming force”.
However, this will no longer be done in the name of “democracy” or “human rights”.
Vance warned US Naval Academy graduates that they are in a “very dangerous era”, and will have a new “mission”.
The vice president stated openly that US troops will be sent to more wars, and that it is not a matter of if, but rather when [according to G.E.]."
"We’re returning to a strategy grounded in realism and protecting our core national interests”, Vance said.
“Now this doesn’t mean that we ignore threats, but it means that we approach them with discipline, and that when we send you to war, we do it with a very specific set of goals in mind”."
"As an example of the new Trump Doctrine, Vance proudly pointed to the Pentagon’s bombing campaign in Yemen, the poorest country in West Asia.
Vance boasted that the Trump administration used “overwhelming force against Houthi military targets”.
This was a reference to the so-called “Houthis”, the armed group officially known as Ansarallah that governs northern Yemen.
Trump’s war on Yemen was “how military power should be used: decisively, with a clear objective”, Vance said.
“We ought to be cautious in deciding to throw a punch, but when we throw a punch, we throw a punch hard, and we do it decisively, and that’s exactly what we may ask you to do“, he told the Naval Academy graduates.
Vance added, “With the Trump administration, our adversaries now know when the United States sets a red line, it will be enforced, and when we engage, we do so with purpose, with superior force, with superior weapons, and with the best people anywhere in the world”."
"In fact, instead of promoting isolationism and opposing interventionism, the Trump administration is boosting the US military budget to more than $1 trillion per year.
“I’ll be supporting a record-setting $1 trillion investment in our national defense”, Trump said in a speech at a US military base in April.
“We’re going to go $1 trillion, the largest in the world, the largest ever in our country”.
“No other country has invested that much”, Trump bragged.
“We have a $1 trillion budget for military this year, and we have tremendous plans”."
"In one of the most hypocritical parts of his speech [according to G.E.] at the US Naval Academy graduation ceremony, JD Vance claimed that the Trump administration is carrying out a “shift in thinking, from ideological crusades to a principled foreign policy”.
This was deeply ironic [says G.E.], because Trump’s extremely hawkish secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, is a self-declared “crusader”.
In his 2020 book “American Crusade”, Hegseth — a former Fox News host — wrote with pride that the US right wing is waging a “holy war” against China, the international left, and Islam.
Hegseth, an ardent hawk, has sought to rebrand US soldiers as “warfighters”, constantly using the term in his public remarks."
"Top officials in the Trump administration have made it clear that the main target of the US empire is China ["empire" according to G.E.].
JD Vance conveyed this in his speech at the US Naval Academy.
It has also been repeatedly emphasized by Marco Rubio, a lifelong neoconservative war hawk, who is serving simultaneously as Trump’s secretary of state and national security advisor (making him only the second person in US history to hold both positions at the same time, following Henry Kissinger).
In his Senate confirmation hearing in January, Rubio stressed that this entire century will be built on Washington’s new cold war against China."

Like I said, "Cold War (II) is back".

I don't at all agree with the anti-American Geopolitical Economy's viewpoint, but not everything they said is false.

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