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

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[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.

[blitz128]

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”😂

[PIF]

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.

[BeauBo]

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.

[ETCM]

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.

x.com/sentdefender/status/1959106063958990900

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.

[PIF]

(((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

[PIF]

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

[PIF]

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."

[PIF]

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

[BeauBo]

“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.

[blitz128]

Fair analysis

[blitz128]

🍈 still demands proof😂
Who knew that Kim was a deep state neocons lying about NK troops in Russia😂

[AdmSmith]

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 23, 2025

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) continues to spell out Russian President Vladimir Putin's rejection of a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on US President Donald Trump's preferred timeline. The Russian MFA rejected on August 22 Western media accusations that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is undermining the peace process with his recent statements, including by rejecting Western security guarantees for Ukraine.[1] The Russian MFA explicitly stated that Lavrov’s statements represent the Kremlin's position, which the MFA stated is “distinguished by consistency” and has not changed following the August 15 Alaska Summit. The Russian MFA reiterated Lavrov’s statements from August 20 and 21, which stated that any serious discussions about Western security guarantees for Ukraine that do not “take into account” Russia's own “legitimate concerns” are a “road to nowhere.” The Russian MFA also reiterated Lavrov’s August 21 statement that Russia favors collective security guarantees that are “truly reliable” and cited the Russian demands presented to Ukraine during the 2022 Istanbul Ukraine-Russia negotiations as containing such guarantees. Those demands would have permanently prohibited Ukraine from joining NATO, imposed severe limitations on the Ukrainian military, and banned Ukraine from receiving Western military assistance without imposing any restrictions on the size or capability of Russian forces.[2] The Russian MFA stated that Lavrov’s August 20 and 21 statements are consistent with Putin's August 15 demand that any peace agreement address the “root causes” of the war in Ukraine, which the Kremlin has repeatedly defined as NATO's eastward expansion and Ukraine's alleged discrimination against Russian-speakers.[3] The Russian MFA emphasized that Lavrov’s “statements confirm the theses” about the war in Ukraine that Putin has “repeatedly voiced.” The Russian MFA stated that Putin sets Russian foreign policy and Lavrov, as the foreign minister, implements Russian foreign policy according to Putin's directive, and that Lavrov is therefore not undermining Russian foreign policy objectives.[4]

The Russian MFA's statement that Lavrov is not undermining the peace process because Lavrov is executing Putin's foreign policy directives is an accurate assertion that Putin himself is the impediment to the peace process. ISW continues to assess that Putin remains uninterested in pursuing serious peace negotiations and maintains his long-standing war aims that amount to Ukraine's full capitulation.[5]

Putin continues efforts to obtain concessions from the United States in the US-Russian bilateral relationship without meaningfully engaging in the peace process in Ukraine. Putin stated on August 22 that Trump's assuming the presidency in 2025 was a “light at the end of the tunnel” in US-Russian bilateral relations and that his meeting with Trump in Alaska was “very good and meaningful.” Putin stated that he hopes this meeting is part of “first steps” for the “full-scale restoration” of US-Russian bilateral relations and that the onus is now on the United States to restore relations because the United States is bound by certain international agreements.[6] Putin has long sought to restore bilateral US-Russian negotiations to divert attention from the war in Ukraine, obtain concessions from the United States, and continue his war in Ukraine without further sanctions or other penalties.[7] Putin continues to emphasize the prospects for improving bilateral US-Russia relations even as the Trump administration insists that Putin meet Zelensky to conclude a peace before restoring relations. Putin evidently still hopes that Trump will engage economically with Russia even if he offers no meaningful concessions to make peace. Putin's concern is likely growing under the threat of further US sanctions on Russia and its allies that could hinder Russia's war effort.

Trump expressed frustration with the current state of peace negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. Trump stated on August 22 that he is not satisfied with “anything” related to the war in Ukraine and that “we're going to find out” the Russian and Ukrainian positions about peace negotiations “over the next two weeks.”[8] Trump stated that he will decide whether or not to impose “massive sanctions, massive tariffs, both” or to “do nothing” during this two-week period, but that for now he will wait and ”see what happens next.” Trump added that he told Putin that he is “not happy” about the August 21 Russian strike on the “Flex” US electronics manufacturing company in Mukachevo, Zakarpattia Oblast, which caused a massive fire and injured at least 19 employees.

Ukrainian long-range strikes campaign targeting Russian oil refineries, Western sanctions, and struggling refinery modernization efforts in tandem are impacting Russia's fuel reserves and could threaten oil revenues. Russian business outlet Kommersant reported on August 21 that Russia is on the brink of a gasoline crisis as wholesale gasoline prices have surged since early August 2025 as wholesale gasoline production is down nearly 10 percent since January 2025.[9] Kommersant reported that Russia produced an average of 123,600 tons of gasoline per day in January 2025 but now produces an average of 102,200 tons per day – a 17.3 percent decrease. The Moscow Times reported on August 18 that the national index for AI-92 gasoline (roughly equivalent to regular unleaded gasoline) has increased to 71,500 rubles (roughly $890) per ton and AI-95 gasoline (roughly equivalent to premium unleaded gasoline) rose to 80,430 rubles (roughly $1,000) per ton, 1.3 percent and 2.2 percent increases respectively, within a single day.[10] The Moscow Times reported that AI-92 and AI-95 gasoline prices have risen by nearly 38 percent and 49 percent respectively since the start of 2025. The Kremlin extended a temporary ban on August 14 on gasoline exports through September 2025 for producers and through October 2025 for non-producers in an effort to blunt the price surge.[11]

Kommersant noted that Russian experts are blaming unscheduled oil refinery shutdowns, likely alluding to the impacts of Ukrainian long-range drone strikes, lengthy oil refinery repairs, and insufficient gasoline reserves in Spring 2025.[12] A source in the oil industry told Kommersant that oil refinery repairs take months to complete, that refineries with imported equipment can require particularly lengthy renovation periods, and that authorities have postponed several oil refineries’ scheduled maintenance due to sanctions limiting the supply of necessary equipment to Russia. Another source in the fuel industry informed Kommersant that authorities expect to conduct maintenance on up to 10 large oil refineries in the Fall of 2025, which will exacerbate gasoline shortages. Kommersant noted that a number of regions in Russia and occupied Ukraine are struggling with fuel shortages. Crimean occupation head Sergey Aksyonov told Kommersant that occupied Crimea primarily has a shortage of AI-95 gasoline, due to reduced production rates and logistical disruptions, as most of the gasoline is transported via roadways that are vulnerable to Ukrainian strikes. Zaporizhia Oblast occupation head Yevgeny Balitsky noted that occupied Zaporizhia Oblast is experiencing a shortage of AI-92 and AI-95 gasoline due to the threat of Ukrainian strikes against fuel trains. The Kremlin relies on oil revenue to fund its war in Ukraine, and the Kremlin's inability to effectively navigate critical energy sector issues challenges Russia's ongoing narrative that Russia is capable of withstanding Western economic pressures and financing its war effort for the long-term.[13]

The Kremlin is likely escalating its hybrid campaign involving GPS and communications jamming against NATO states bordering Russia. Bloomberg reported on August 23 that European states along Russia's western border and the Baltic Sea, including the Baltic states, Finland, Poland, and Sweden, have raised concerns to international transport organizations over sharp increases in GPS and signal jamming and spoofing in recent months as well as an increase in Russian electronic warfare (EW) installations in border areas.[14] Bloomberg obtained a letter that Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Finland sent to the International Telecommunications Union on June 23 about the worsening radio-navigation interference due to increased Russian jamming. Bloomberg reported that an Estonian regulator stated that 85 percent of flights in the country experience signal disruption and there has been a rapid increase in the “spoofing” of faulty coordinates. Bloomberg reported that Lithuania accused Russia of orchestrating a spike in GPS jamming in late July 2025, causing a 22-fold increase in incidents of GPS jamming in the country since about July 2024. Bloomberg reported that the Baltic states, Finland, Sweden, and Poland also expressed concern about Russian EW in a letter to the International Civil Aviation Organization in early July 2025, and the organization expressed “grave concerns” about flight safety because of EW jamming. A Lithuanian communications official told Bloomberg that the disruptions from Russian EW jamming are expanding further into these states and that interference is also affecting sea, shipping, and ground communication towers. Pro-Ukrainian investigative outlet Tochnyi reported on August 15 that satellite imagery indicates that Russia is constructing a Circularly Disposed Antenna Array (CDAA), a military-grade antenna array designed for radio intelligence or communication, just south of Chernyakhovsk, Kaliningrad Oblast and 25 kilometers from the Polish border.[15] Tochnyi assessed that a CDAA at this location may allow Russia to monitor NATO communications in Eastern Europe and the Baltic Sea, communicate with submarines operating in the Baltic Sea or northern Atlantic Ocean, and support passive intelligence gathering. ISW previously observed reports that Russian EW interference significantly impacted flights in the Baltics, Poland, and Finland, particularly in early 2024 including when Russia likely jammed the satellite signal of a Royal Air Force (RAF) jet transporting then-UK Defense Secretary Grant Shapps, his staff, and select journalists back to the United Kingdom from Poland in March 2024.[16] ISW continues to assess that the Kremlin is pursuing a hybrid campaign directly targeting NATO states, including using GPS jamming and sabotaging military logistics in NATO members’ territory, and is likely using EW innovations developed in the war in Ukraine against NATO states at this time.[17]

A former Russian servicemember confirmed ISW’s assessment that echelons of the Russian military command on the battlefield are actively ordering subordinates to execute Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs). Independent Belarusian outlet Vot Tak published an interview with a former servicemember of the Russian Somali Battalion (9th Motorized Rifle Brigade, 51st Combined Arms Army, formerly 1st Donetsk People's Republic Army Corps, Southern Military District) who described his experience executing five Ukrainian POWs in occupied Karlivka, Donetsk Oblast in May 2024.[18] The soldier reported that his assault platoon commander, callsign “Vedma” (”Witch”), issued an order over radio to execute the POWs, and the soldier described the process of removing the armor of the Ukrainian POWs, finding a concealed area to conduct the execution, and executing the POWs from behind. ISW has observed a sharp increase in credible reports and footage of Russian forces executing Ukrainian POWs throughout 2024 and 2025 and continues to assess that Russian military commanders are either complicit in or directly enabling subordinates to execute Ukrainian POWs in violation of international law.[19]

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-august-23-2025