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

As one of your fellow trolls, Kazan once said I am not your researcher

I know you don’t care , but curious how we are always hearing about your concern for dead and wounded Ukrainians. Evidence your latest post on Ukrainian “losses”, lol I know “you care”😂

Clarification, pitin “cares” about “ethnic” western Russia because his power and his life is dependent on their suppprt.

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He depends on the oligarchs, generals, and politicians with clout - all of whom would be only too happy, should Putin give the order, to execute all of the peasants, until they fall in line - they are just expendable, no one cares about them [ not even they care ]; any revolt will be met with deadly force, as long as Putin controls the above groups.

Russia is not just any dictatorship. Its very different in how it is structured. Revolt just not possible, as the system [ built over centuries ] will just go into hiding until the coast is clear, and then reemerge under a strong man, as did the USSR, now emerging under Putin seeking to reestablish the empire through conquest.

47’s knowledge of the history of UN declarations, likely inform him that it is more productive to focus on the deal at hand, than on empty posturing with toothless declarations.

North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un for the first time acknowledged and paid tribute to over a hundred soldiers who died fighting in Russia’s invasion with Ukraine, during a ceremony held yesterday in Pyongyang. In photos of the ceremony, 101 portraits of soldiers who were identified as “martyrs” were visible, with them representing only a fraction of the thousands of North Korean soldiers that have been killed so far in Russia and Ukraine, according to intelligence officials from the United States, South Korea, and Ukraine.

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I remember Russian propagandists desperately "debunking" reports of North Koreans killed in the Special Military Operation. I'm skeptical of "thousands", but these portraits are likely soldiers who have family members with some party connections, and couldn't just be swept under the rug.

(((Tendar)))@Tendar
The exchange between Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski and the Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó is really something to behold of. The ratio is also interesting.

https://x.com/Tendar/status/1958870740695921081

Anton Gerashchenko@Gerashchenko_en

MAXimum surveillance: how Russians are being driven into the FSB’s pocket messenger.

Starting September 1, the Russian messenger Max will become mandatory for preinstallation on all devices in Russia. But users have already noticed that the app accesses the camera every 5-10 minutes, even when running in the background. In other words, a smartphone turns into a peephole for the security services, switching on without the owner’s knowledge.

The developers rushed to explain themselves: supposedly, the camera activates only during video calls. But strangely enough, the camera also works when the app isn’t even open.

Without Max, it will be impossible to log into the Gosuslugi government portal. Verification codes will be delivered only through the “state messenger.”

Android users complain that Max appears on smartphones by itself, without being downloaded. The reason may be that RuStore is allowed to install third-party programs at its own discretion. Meaning, even a voluntary refusal to install doesn’t guarantee the app won’t end up on every Russian’s smartphone.

GitHub experts analyzed the APK file of the “national messenger,” and found that Max collects not only contacts, gender, and age of the user, but also text input history - even if the message wasn’t sent.

The app logs the list of all installed applications, tracks location, and can also listen and record audio. In essence, it’s full-fledged spyware disguised as a “citizens’ messenger.”

Max does not use end-to-end encryption. This means that all chats and calls are available to the security services in real time. Moreover, the app is initially designed only for Russian and Belarusian phone numbers.

Communication with foreign countries is reduced to a minimum. Max is just another brick in the construction of a “sovereign internet,” cut off from the outside world and fully controlled by the state.

At the same time, Roskomnadzor announced that “measures are being taken to partially restrict calls” in Telegram and WhatsApp in Russia. The agency explained the “partial blocking” of calls in these messengers as part of the fight against fraudsters. I think that after September 1, it won’t take long before WhatsApp, Telegram, and other foreign messengers are completely blocked in Russia.

https://x.com/i/status/1959292570988576798

Anton Gerashchenko@Gerashchenko_en

I've decided to translate for you a post from the Russian Telegram channel "Nezygar" about the current state of Russian refineries and fuel market.

"Tensions in Russia's fuel market are rising: in Primorye, there are kilometer-long queues at gas stations, and wholesale prices for gasoline and diesel have hit record highs. Officially, the reasons are no longer hidden - refineries are shutting down after Ukrainian strikes. During peak summer days, up to 14% of processing capacity was idle.

In 2025, the tactics of Ukrainian strikes have changed. Previously, they were one-time: a unit would be damaged, the plant would reduce output, but recover within a few weeks. Now, attacks are carried out in series and repeated on the same facilities - Ryazan, Novokuibyshevsk, Syzran, Volgograd, Afipsky refineries.

This prevents the restoration of primary processing and hydrocracking and catalytic cracking units. For example, after a series of attacks, Ryazan Refinery (5% of Russia's capacity) has half its processing halted, while Novokuibyshevsk Refinery (3%) has its primary processing damaged. The largest refinery in southern Russia, Volgograd's Lukoil, as well as the Samara and Syzran refineries, have stopped receiving crude.

Ukraine is widely using drones with a range of 1,000-1,500 km (such as the AQ-400 produced by FirePoint), capable of reaching the Volga region. Simultaneously, drones and maritime drones are targeting export terminals - attacks on Ust-Luga and Novorossiysk have temporarily halted oil product shipments. 'Madyar' reported hitting the Druzhba pipeline, which supplies oil from Russia to its historical homeland ...

The choice of refineries as targets is explained by their technological vulnerability. Modern Russian refineries were built using equipment from Shell, Axens, UOP, and Haldor Topsoe - hydrocracking, catalytic reforming, isomerization, and Euro-5 component production. After 2022, deliveries of equipment, software, and catalysts ceased. Catalysts are consumables, replaced every 1-3 years; without Western supplies, Russia relies on old stock or Chinese analogs with inferior performance. Hydroprocessing reactors and compressors are manufactured in only a few countries, with delivery times up to a year.

China can cover only part of the deficit: pumps, heat exchangers, and simple catalysts. However, for complex processes, its technology lags, and replacing Western components with Chinese ones requires restructuring the entire refinery unit. As a result, every Ukrainian strike on a hydrocracking or reforming unit leads to months of downtime.

The map of Russian refineries reveals a key strategic problem: the main processing capacities are concentrated in the European part of the country, while fuel consumption is rising in the Far East. Fuel logistics chains to eastern regions span thousands of kilometers, creating additional costs and risks.

Kilometer-long queues in Primorye are a direct consequence of this imbalance between western production and eastern consumption. Large refineries - from Kirishi to Volgograd - are within reach of Ukrainian drones. The Flamingo missile, if its specifications are confirmed, can reach Russia's largest refinery in Omsk [ 3,000km ].

As the range increases, facilities previously considered out of reach are now threatened, creating a scale problem for air defense - protecting all refineries across the territory, from Kaliningrad to the Far East, is practically impossible.

Consequently, Russia's oil and gas industry, once a source of economic strength, has become a vulnerable spot."

Starship 10A launch at 630 CST, Sunday 24th.

“In 2025, the tactics of Ukrainian strikes (against Russian refineries) have changed.”

With a good supply of long range strike weapons, and a good campaign plan, Russia’s oil infrastructure could be subjected to large scale secondary freeze damage in the coming months - a significant Strategic effect against a Center of Gravity for Russia.

Daytime freezing temperatures at the big pipeline hub in Novy Urengoy start around 21 September.

Fair analysis