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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

Posted on 02/24/2024 5:59:01 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas

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18,681 posted on 07/28/2025 2:24:41 AM PDT by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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To: GBA
Russian propagandist complains that the population is fleeing Russian occupied Donetsk because Russians have turned it into Russia.

https://bsky.app/profile/stratcomcentre.bsky.social/post/3luyzkqi63c2j

18,682 posted on 07/28/2025 2:44:59 AM PDT by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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To: blitz128; BroJoeK
"Did Russia try to sow chaos into the election, yes they did"

Dizzy, this is what you believe happened in 2016


18,683 posted on 07/28/2025 4:33:34 AM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: AdmSmith

Anton Gerashchenko@Gerashchenko_en

In the first video, people in Donetsk are seen greeting a water tanker.
https://x.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1949058721960603745/video/1

In the second video, during the rain, people try to collect at least a drop of water because the water pipeline from the Siverskyi Donets was destroyed by the Russians.
https://x.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1949058721960603745/video/2

When Donetsk was not occupied by Russia, the city hosted the European Football Championship, as well as concerts by Rihanna and Beyoncé.

Now, there is no more running water in the city. According to the schedule, water only appears in taps once every three days, and even then it doesn’t reach every household, so water has to be delivered by tankers, with long queues forming for it. People use plastic bags as toilets, and this filth spreads everywhere.

This is happening not only in Donetsk - water is supplied once every two days in a number of other cities, including Mariupol.

This is how Russia ‘liberated’ Donbas.

Why is this happening?

In the past three and a half years - since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 - reservoirs in Donetsk Oblast have significantly dried up.

The water supply system from the Siverskyi Donets River was destroyed.

The region’s reservoirs and underground water sources are not enough to meet the needs of the population, in part due to the extensive network of coal mines.

When the self-proclaimed “DPR” and “LPR” were created in 2014, Ukraine did not cut off this water channel, as it was still supplying water to Mariupol, which remained under Ukrainian control.

But at the start of the Russian invasion in February 2022, the situation changed: the Russian army, during its offensive, destroyed a unique hydraulic structure that had supplied the region’s largest cities with water.

The Russian authorities decided to build a new canal - the Don–Donbas canal - which was supposed to begin in the Rostov-on-Don area.

It soon became clear that the new water pipeline, first of all, could not provide the region with the necessary amount of water, and second, it was built with numerous violations, with a large portion of the budget embezzled during construction.

Crimea is also suffering from a water shortage, and the situation is worsening.

One of the reasons why Russia is striving to seize southern Ukraine is that it sees this as a way to “solve the water issue” for the occupied territories.


18,684 posted on 07/28/2025 4:35:24 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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WarTranslated@wartranslated
Russian milbloggers report a “deteriorating situation” on the Sumy axis as Ukrainian forces launch an offensive.


18,685 posted on 07/28/2025 4:37:53 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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WarMonitor🇺🇦🇬🇧@WarMonitor3
Jul 27, 2025

Germany to borrow hundreds of billions of euros for military spending, including weapons for Ukraine.
https://x.com/WarMonitor3/status/1949459334762504425


18,686 posted on 07/28/2025 4:38:54 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: PIF

18,687 posted on 07/28/2025 4:40:13 AM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: PIF

“the population is fleeing Russian occupied Donetsk because Russians have turned it into Russia.”


18,688 posted on 07/28/2025 5:12:40 AM PDT by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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To: PIF
Ukrainian heavy drone with 250kg air bomb

https://x.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1949789388423979204


18,689 posted on 07/28/2025 6:56:01 AM PDT by FtrPilot
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To: PIF
Last night, Putin's terrorists struck again with "Kinzhal" missiles and more. Overnight, Ukrainian air defense shot down 311 aerial targets: 309 attack UAVs and two Kh-101 cruise missiles. Hits from two missiles of different types and 15 attack UAVs were recorded in three locations, along with debris falling in several other areas.

The Air Force of Ukraine reported that the main direction of the strike was Starokostiantyniv, Khmelnytskyi region. The Kh-47M2 aeroballistic missiles did not reach their targets.

https://x.com/wartranslated/status/1949755628252991706


18,690 posted on 07/28/2025 7:34:32 AM PDT by FtrPilot
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To: FtrPilot; All

President Trump has stepped up weapons deliveries to Ukraine big time. Lots of C17 and C130 transport flights today. Most since President Trump returned to office.


18,691 posted on 07/28/2025 9:37:27 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

Hopefully munitions including HIMARs rockets & ATACMs, as well as HAWK surface to air missiles.


18,692 posted on 07/28/2025 10:39:25 AM PDT by FtrPilot
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18,693 posted on 07/28/2025 10:59:43 AM PDT by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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To: AdmSmith

US Vice President J.D. Vance:


"The era of American global hegemony is over."

pic.twitter.com/9F6MUoc19B— Sprinter Observer (@SprinterObserve) May 23, 2025


18,694 posted on 07/28/2025 12:26:02 PM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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18,695 posted on 07/28/2025 12:26:26 PM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: JonPreston
“The European Union will propose to G7 finance ministers to lower the price cap on Russian crude from the current $60 per barrel to $50, European Economic Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis said...

...many analysts argue the price cap has become less effective because Russia now largely reroutes its exports through a so-called “shadow fleet” of tankers that evade maritime oversight...

...Russia’s shadow fleet consists of approximately 500 (some estimate 700), mostly poorly insured and aging tankers that ship crude to countries such as India and China, in defiance of Western sanctions. These tankers, estimated to carry as much as 85% of Russia’s oil exports—which bring in a third of Russia’s export revenues—typically have opaque ownership structures and lack top-tier insurance or safety certification. Most belong to anonymous or newly formed shell companies based in jurisdictions such as Dubai, further complicating accountability.

The majority of shadow tankers sail across the Baltic Sea, a route considered critical for Russia’s energy exports. The shadow fleet uses various tactics to avoid detection, including ship-to-ship transfers in international waters, spoofed location data, and fake ship identification numbers. Some estimates suggest that approximately three shadow tankers carrying Russian crude pass through European waters each day, including the Danish straits and the Channel. Some experts estimate the shadow fleet may now include as many as 700 tankers.

However, Lithuanian National Security Advisor Kęstutis Budrys has highlighted the ambiguity surrounding the law on interdiction in international waters, warning that trying to stop the shadow fleet could risk an all-out military confrontation with Russia. Last week, a Russian fighter jet briefly entered Estonia’s airspace, in what some experts suspect was a reprisal for the Estonian military escorting a tanker named Jaguar out of the country’s economic waters. The Estonian navy acted quickly, believing the ship posed a threat to nearby underwater cables, and checked its status and registration. The Russian jet entered Estonian airspace without permission...

...”In the last four or five months of last year, we saw a roughly 10% decline in the amount of oil leaving from Russia,” Finnish Border Guard’s Head of Maritime Safety Mikko Hirvi told Reuters...

...A recent study found that limiting Russia’s shadow fleet may be more effective than simply lowering the oil price cap...

...In April report by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) found that Russia’s shadow fleet is shrinking. According to the report, shadow tankers transported 65% of Russian crude exports in April, down from 81% in January. Russia’s fossil fuel export revenues declined 6% month-on-month to EUR 585 million per day in April, while export volumes rose marginally by 1%.”

18,696 posted on 07/28/2025 12:26:52 PM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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Russia sinks or swims, on its oil revenues. Europe is now talking about lowering the price cap on Russian oil for it’s next sanctions package, and cracking down on Russia’s shadow fleet - most of which pass through European waters in the Baltic Sea and Danish Straits.

OilPrice.com reports:

“The European Union will propose to G7 finance ministers to lower the price cap on Russian crude from the current $60 per barrel to $50, European Economic Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis said...

...many analysts argue the price cap has become less effective because Russia now largely reroutes its exports through a so-called “shadow fleet” of tankers that evade maritime oversight...

...Russia’s shadow fleet consists of approximately 500 (some estimate 700), mostly poorly insured and aging tankers that ship crude to countries such as India and China, in defiance of Western sanctions. These tankers, estimated to carry as much as 85% of Russia’s oil exports—which bring in a third of Russia’s export revenues—typically have opaque ownership structures and lack top-tier insurance or safety certification. Most belong to anonymous or newly formed shell companies based in jurisdictions such as Dubai, further complicating accountability.

The majority of shadow tankers sail across the Baltic Sea, a route considered critical for Russia’s energy exports. The shadow fleet uses various tactics to avoid detection, including ship-to-ship transfers in international waters, spoofed location data, and fake ship identification numbers. Some estimates suggest that approximately three shadow tankers carrying Russian crude pass through European waters each day, including the Danish straits and the Channel. Some experts estimate the shadow fleet may now include as many as 700 tankers.

However, Lithuanian National Security Advisor Kęstutis Budrys has highlighted the ambiguity surrounding the law on interdiction in international waters, warning that trying to stop the shadow fleet could risk an all-out military confrontation with Russia. Last week, a Russian fighter jet briefly entered Estonia’s airspace, in what some experts suspect was a reprisal for the Estonian military escorting a tanker named Jaguar out of the country’s economic waters. The Estonian navy acted quickly, believing the ship posed a threat to nearby underwater cables, and checked its status and registration. The Russian jet entered Estonian airspace without permission...

...”In the last four or five months of last year, we saw a roughly 10% decline in the amount of oil leaving from Russia,” Finnish Border Guard’s Head of Maritime Safety Mikko Hirvi told Reuters...

...A recent study found that limiting Russia’s shadow fleet may be more effective than simply lowering the oil price cap...

...In April report by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) found that Russia’s shadow fleet is shrinking. According to the report, shadow tankers transported 65% of Russian crude exports in April, down from 81% in January. Russia’s fossil fuel export revenues declined 6% month-on-month to EUR 585 million per day in April, while export volumes rose marginally by 1%.”

18,697 posted on 07/28/2025 12:27:20 PM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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18,698 posted on 07/28/2025 12:27:43 PM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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18,699 posted on 07/28/2025 12:28:07 PM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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18,700 posted on 07/28/2025 12:28:30 PM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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