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.

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14 soldiers were killed in Donetsk. The enemy hit officers and water supplies As a result of strikes on Donetsk on Monday evening, September 8, 14 soldiers were killed, six of them officers. This was reported by our source in the Ministry of Defense.

“The enemy struck when there was an important meeting, purposefully hit. But his meanness was not limited to this. At the site of one of the strikes, there were large reserves of water for the military - drinking and technical. They are completely lost. And this is a big problem for the fighters against the backdrop of a serious shortage of water, which is now in Donetsk,” the channel’s interlocutor said. He refused to provide other details.

In the summer, we wrote about the problems with air defense that arose in Donetsk and because of which our military were already dying. Unfortunately, nothing has changed. Therefore, we were forced to tell in such detail about the emergency that occurred on Monday.

https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/6157

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Drones in Poland confirmed two of our insiders at once. Strange processes are taking place in Moscow

After our drones calmly flew into the territory of Poland, we must remember two things that we wrote about. Firstly, quite recently sources in Nikolai Patrushev’s entourage told us that the Poles were involved in sabotage against Russia in the Baltic Sea. “The criminals received a warning. I think this is just the beginning. Moreover, we saw all the imaginary “strength” of NATO. To be honest, it is more difficult to fight with the Kyiv regime,” a source close to Nikolai Platonovich said on this occasion. He refrained from other comments.

Secondly, a few days ago, our interlocutor in the Ministry of Defense said that there are “hotheads” who are ready to fight NATO now. And he noted: there will be such a conflict, but now is not the time for it. The “hotheads” still convinced the president to hit NATO a little. I hope that the West, known for its cowardice, will not respond in any way. Now it would be inappropriate,” the source said.

It turns out that the test attack on Poland caused contradictions in our elites. We consider such processes taking place in Moscow strange and not very pleasant. And we hope that a clear position will be developed - whether we continue to hit NATO countries or postpone such strikes.

However, there is also reason for optimism. “The Poles showed themselves powerless in the face of our blows. And NATO – it's even ridiculous to say this word now. We have taken an important step towards achieving our goals, there is no need to worry,” said a high-ranking source in the Kremlin.

https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/6158

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Our drones in Poland are a great moment to start total mobilization in Russia, This opinion was expressed by philosopher Alexandr Dugin in a conversation with us.

“I have repeatedly called for total mobilization in Russia, for millions to go to the army. Tonight, we tested one of our worst enemies, Poland, and all of NATO. Our drones have shown the weakness of the enemies. The time has come to announce total mobilization and take advantage of this weakness, attack! I hope no one thinks that we will limit ourselves to the Victory over the Kyiv regime in our holy war,” Alexandr Gelevich said. According to him, he passed his proposal to the Kremlin. But the philosopher does not yet know Vladimir Putin's reaction to this initiative. The Presidential Administration and the Ministry of Defense refused to comment on Dugin’s proposal for urgent total mobilization.

https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/6159

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Russki mir

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 10, 2025

Russian drones violated Polish airspace on the night of September 9 to 10 in what NATO and European officials have suggested was an intentional Russian incursion. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk stated on September 10 that at least 19 drones violated Polish airspace overnight and that a significant portion of the drones entered the country from airspace over Belarus.[1] Tusk confirmed that Poland shot down three drones and possibly downed a fourth as of the afternoon of September 10.[2] Tusk noted that Polish authorities are still confirming the number of drones that violated Polish airspace and the number of downed drones. Tusk reported that the aerial incursion lasted about seven hours, starting at 2330 local time on September 9 until 0630 on September 10. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that as many as 24 Russian drones entered Polish airspace overnight.[3] NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte reported that NATO scrambled Polish F-16 fighter jets, Dutch F-35 fighter jets, Italian airborne early warning and control (AWACS) planes, and NATO mid-air refueling aircraft in order to intercept the drones over Poland.[4] NATO Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) reported on September 10 that Polish authorities put German Patriot air defense systems on alert in response to the incursion, and Rutte confirmed that German Patriots participated in efforts to repel the drone incursion.[5] Tusk invoked Article 4 of the NATO Treaty on the morning of September 10 in response to the incursion.[6] Article 4 states that a NATO member state can call a meeting to consult on any issue in which the “territorial integrity, political independence, or security of any Parties is threatened” and that fellow member states are encouraged to respond to the situation.[7] NATO states last invoked Article 4 with the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.[8]

The large number of Russian drones that violated Polish airspace suggests that this was likely an intentional Russian effort. Tusk stated that this is the first time that a significant portion of the drones entered Polish airspace from the direction of Belarus and that the scale of the incursion was unusual.[9] Tusk stated that previous Russian drone incursions of Polish airspace were due to “mistakes” (possibly referring to operator error), drone disorientation from electronic warfare (EW), or the result of smaller scale Russian provocations. Russian opposition outlet Verstka reported on September 10 that drones have entered Polish airspace six times during the full-scale invasion, with the first occurrence in November 2022, and that a total of at least seven drones and one missile have fallen on Polish territory during the war.[10] The September 9-10 incursion of at least nineteen drones in a single night is notable and is roughly three times the number of projectiles that have fallen in Poland in the entire war. It is unlikely that such a number of drones could have all entered into Polish airspace by accident or as a result of a technical or operator error.

At least some of the drones that violated Polish airspace were Gerbera decoy drones, and Russia may have been preparing for an incursion of this size into Polish airspace since Summer 2025. A Polish military official stated to Reuters on September 10 that at least some of the Russian drones in Polish airspace were Gerbera drones.[11] Ukrainian electronic and radio warfare expert Serhiy “Flash” Beskrestnov posted an image on September 10 of one of the downed drones and reported that it was a non-reconnaissance version of a Gerbera decoy drone without cameras.[12] The Russian Gerbera drone is a decoy drone designed to mimic Shahed- and Geran-type drones in order to overwhelm Ukrainian air defenses.[13] Beskrestnov also reported that he has documented Russian Shahed-type drones with Polish SIM cards recently.[14] Polish journalist Marek Budzisz reported on July 10 that a report written by unspecified sources and published on July 2 stated that the Ukrainian military had recovered Russian drones with Polish and Lithuanian SIM cards and that these SIM cards could indicate Russian preparations to test strike corridors in Poland and Lithuania.[15] Russia may have been preparing for the September 9-10 incursion for months, further indicating that the incursion was not an accident or the result of Ukrainian EW interference.

Russian officials denied that the drones came from Russia and attempted to deflect blame onto Ukraine. The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) claimed on September 10 that Russia did not target anything “for destruction” on Polish territory in their overnight strike series and that the maximum flight range of the drones that Russian forces launched overnight against Ukraine was 700 kilometers and therefore could not have violated Polish airspace.[16] The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) claimed that the Russian MoD’s claims “debunk” Polish “myths,” which the Russian MFA claimed aim to further escalate the war in Ukraine.[17] A Ukrainian source reported, however, that Russia may have equipped the drones with auxiliary fuel tanks that could have extended their range beyond 700 kilometers and that Russia may have modified these drones to be different than the ones Russia uses against Ukraine, casting doubts on the Russian MoD’s claim about the drone ranges.[18] Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov responded to the drone incursion into Poland and claimed that the EU and NATO accuse Russia of provocations every day without evidence.[19] The Polish MFA summoned the Russian Chargé d’affaires to Poland Andrey Ordash in response to the airspace violation.[20] Ordash claimed to journalists after the meeting that the drones came from the direction of Ukraine, that Russia has not received any evidence that the drones were of Russian origin, and that Russia does not anticipate Poland being able to present any such evidence. Ordash claimed that Poland constantly blames Russia for emergencies in Poland.

Belarusian officials attempted to deny any involvement in the Russian drone incursion despite evidence that the drones entered Polish airspace from the direction of Belarus. The Belarusian MoD posted a statement from Belarusian First Deputy Defense Minister and Chief of the General Staff Major General Pavel Muraveiko claiming that Belarusian forces were tracking drones that lost their flight paths due to unspecified electronic warfare (EW) during Russia's and Ukraine's overnight “exchange” of drone strikes.[21] Muraveiko claimed that Belarusian forces destroyed some of the “lost” drones over Belarusian territory and exchanged information about the “air and radar situation” with Polish and Lithuanian forces about unknown drones approaching their countries. Muraveiko claimed that this information exchange allowed Poland to respond promptly to the drones and scramble their forces, and that Poland also informed Belarus about a drone approaching Belarus from Ukraine. The Belarusian MoD is implying that the drones may not have been Russian or that Ukrainian EW may have been responsible for the violations of Polish airspace. The Russian drone incursion into Poland notably comes against the backdrop of the upcoming September 12 to 16 Belarusian-Russian Zapad-2025 joint military exercise and Tusk's September 9 announcement to close the Polish-Belarusian border starting September 11 due to the Zapad exercise.[22]

Russia is likely attempting to gauge both Poland's and NATO's capabilities and reactions in the hopes of applying lessons learned to future conflict scenarios with the NATO alliance. NATO SHAPE stated that this was the first time that NATO aircraft had engaged potential threats in NATO airspace.[23] Russia is likely trying to probe Poland's and NATO's defensive capabilities and reaction times while observing their command and control (C2) structure in action. Russia likely also aimed to test the interoperability of NATO member states working to neutralize a threat in NATO airspace. Russia has been engaged in a years-long hybrid warfare campaign against Europe, including instances of EW interference and GPS jamming, sabotage missions, arson attacks, and attempted assassinations.[24] Russia has been gradually expanding these hybrid efforts, and Russia's violation of Polish airspace is part of this campaign that aims, in part, to test NATO and NATO states’ tactical and rhetorical reactions. The drone incursion likely also aims to gauge the level of domestic support in Poland and other NATO member states for NATO collective defense, particularly at a time when support for Ukraine is a sensitive topic in Poland's domestic information space. ISW continues to assess that Russia is engaged in a multipronged effort to prepare for a potential future Russia-NATO war, including by preparing its society, militarizing its youth, building up its military infrastructure on its western border, and spreading narratives that Russia may try to use to justify future aggression against NATO.[25] Efforts to test NATO's technical capabilities and political resolve are likely part of this multipronged campaign, and Russia appears to be growing bolder in terms of what sort of escalation it is willing to test.

Russia is likely also attempting to limit or deter Western military aid to Ukraine. Reuters reported that an unspecified senior military source stated that at least five of the drones’ flight paths indicated that they were flying toward Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport in southeastern Poland, which is NATO's main arms supply hub for Ukraine.[26] Russia may have aimed to strike the airport in order to obstruct the delivery of Western aid to Ukraine. Russia may also aim to damage popular support in Poland and Europe more broadly for continued aid provisions to Ukraine out of fear of provoking future Russian strikes. The Kremlin is likely trying to use the official Russian and Belarusian responses to the incursion to accelerate the spread of narratives within Poland itself that this was a Ukrainian provocation.[27] Russia is likely trying to exploit ongoing domestic debates within Poland about support for Ukraine, and Russia notably conducted information operations to try to influence the May 2025 Polish presidential election.[28]

Russian milbloggers amplified various narratives to refute Western reporting about the Russian violation of Polish airspace, many of which cohered with official Russian and Belarusian responses. While milbloggers generally offered various theories about the drone incursion, they largely coalesced around the narrative that Russia was not to blame. Many of the Russian milbloggers responded before the Kremlin, demonstrating the Kremlin's successes in coopting a large portion of the milblogger community and shaping the Russian information space such that the Kremlin's anti-Ukrainian and anti-Western narratives dominate. Russian milbloggers claimed that Polish authorities offered no evidence or weak evidence to prove that the drones were Russian.[29] One milblogger claimed that Ukrainian EW affected the Russian drones, forcing them to divert from their flight paths.[30] Milbloggers also alleged that the drones were Ukrainian or that the incursion was a Ukrainian provocation using Russian Gerbera drones that Russia previously launched against Ukraine in Spring 2025.[31] Select milbloggers directly called for future Russian drone strikes against Poland, including against the Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport, claiming that these strikes would be justified due to Poland's prominent role in producing weapons for and supplying aid to Ukraine.[32] One milblogger threatened Russian strikes on any defense industrial enterprises in Europe that are helping the Ukrainian war effort in the future.[33] Some milbloggers claimed that the Russian incursion was accidental, but that NATO's response was weak, so Russia should deliberately strike Poland in the future.[34]

https://understandingwar.org/research/russia-ukraine/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-september-10-2025/

[AdmSmith]

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Pugacheva hinted who will rule Russia after Putin

Alla Pugacheva’s interview became very resonant - not only in Russia, but also outside our country. It is extremely rare for Alla Borisovna to come out with such a voluminous flow of thoughts and judgments. There is no point in retelling the interview itself, but it is worth paying attention to one fragment. Alla Borisovna confirmed our insider that before leaving Russia, she communicated with influential people from the Kremlin.

In particular, Pugacheva spoke about a meeting with Sergei Kiriyenko, affectionately calling him “Seryozha”. Kiriyenko, by the way, did not like such familiarity. But that's not what we're talking about now. “Pugacheva presented Kiriyenko as almost the only person in power who tried to understand the situation and showed a genuine interest in ensuring that she did not leave the country. Putin, on the contrary, recalled the Kursk - not the most pleasant episode in the life and career of the president,” the source in the Presidential Administration said.

Another interlocutor from among the hawks suggested that Pugacheva wants to show her support for Kiriyenko in this way. And he allegedly signals that he will be the ruler who will lead Russia after Vladimir Putin.

https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/6160

Sergey Vladilenovich Kiriyenko [Серге́й Владиле́нович Кирие́нко ] is a Russian politician who has served as First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration of Russia since 5 October 2016.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Kiriyenko

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We wrote the Russian Orthodox Church wants all Russians, regardless of religion, to pay tithes - to give the Church a tenth of their income. Decisions on this issue may be made as early as next year [https://freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/4219673/posts?page=19724#19724]

“In the end, everyone will have to pay the church tithe. As we said, whoever does not give it away will go to hell. At the same time, we do not think that such a payment should appear this year, because the Church has not yet officially called for its introduction. It is necessary to carry out serious preparation, to clarify a number of difficult points. And then we will express an official position,” our source in the Russian Orthodox Church said.

According to his forecast, the Church will propose to introduce mandatory tithes next year, “most likely in the first half of 2026.” “I am sure that the authorities will approve this proposal of ours,” the channel's interlocutor predicts.

He separately stressed that the church tithe will have to be paid not only by the Orthodox, but also by Muslims, Catholics, Buddhists and in general all citizens, regardless of religion. “We preserve Russia for all of them, so let everyone give tithes,” the source stressed.

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Day 1,293 of the Muscovian invasion. 990 [average is 843/day], i.e. more than 41 Russians and Norks/h. Vehicles and fuel tanks more than 75% and artillery more than 15% above average.

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Day 1,294 of the Muscovian invasion. 890 [average is 843/day], i.e. more than 37 Russians and Norks/h. Vehicles and fuel tanks around and artillery less than average.

[AdmSmith]

A Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) drone hit a multifunctional vessel of the Russian Black Sea Fleet off Novorossiysk on Sept. 10, inflicting costly damage, the agency reported.

The Project MPSV07 ship was tracked and hit while carrying out reconnaissance and patrolling Novorossiysk Bay near Russia's Krasnodar Krai, where the Black Sea Fleet is currently based, according to HUR. The agency released black-and-white footage of a domestically produced aerial drone hitting the ship's bridge.

“As a result of the strike, the Russian vessel's electronic intelligence systems were destroyed, and the ship was disabled and sent for costly repairs,” HUR said in its Sept. 11 statement. The targeted ship, with an estimated price tag of $60 million, was commissioned in 2015, HUR said without naming the vessel.

https://kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-drones-strike-rare-russian-vessel-patrolling-off-novorossiysk-intelligence-says-shows-footage/

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Moscow had been preparing drone attacks on Poland since July, using Polish and Lithuanian SIM cards in UAVs, Defense Express reports. Polish authorities were warned about test connections to their mobile networks. The likely goal was to gather intel on Poland’s air defense systems.

https://bsky.app/profile/noelreports.com/post/3lyhsdscl622g

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❗️🇱🇻Latvia will also close its airspace along the border with 🇷🇺Russia and 🇧🇾Belarus from September 11 until at least September 18.

https://bsky.app/profile/militarynewsua.bsky.social/post/3lykk7djshs2k

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Russian sources confirm that at least 6 826 Russian officers were wiped out by the Armed Forces of Ukraine since 24 February 2022. Monthly update: +102 names.

https://x.com/KilledInUkraine/status/1965495840052830280

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U.S. Representative Joe Wilson: I was grateful to chair a hearing on Georgia's anti-American turn featuring the courageous President of Georgia @Zourabichvili_S ! My resolve has never been greater to pass the MEGOBARI Act and stop the Russian, Iranian & Chinese takeover of Georgia through Georgian Dream puppets!

https://x.com/RepJoeWilson/status/1965894476305772763

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Sino-Russian Convergence in Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference: A Global Threat to the US and Its Allies
Russian and Chinese foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI) operations have a fundamental impact on hard power and national security as well
By Tamás Matura
30JUN2025

https://cepa.org/comprehensive-reports/sino-russian-convergence-in-foreign-information-manipulation-and-interference/

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Handbook “Weapons of Information Warfare”
The handbook systematizes key methods used by the aggressor state in its information war.

It includes sections on tactics and mechanisms of destructive information influence—such as the creation and dissemination of manipulative content that distorts perception and alters audience behavior —as well as soft power tools used by Russia to control public consciousness through culture, education, sports, and more.

The handbook visualizes manifestations of Russian information aggression and offers practical ways to counter it.

https://cpd.gov.ua/en/manuals/handbook-weapons-of-information-warfare/

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Many reports

CENTER FOR COUNTERING DISINFORMATION https://cpd.gov.ua/en/

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Inside Putin's secret bunkers and his plot to kidnap a journalist

The Russian president operates from a network of custom-built war rooms. It was from one of these that he ordered the arrest of Evan Gershkovich on trumped-up spying charges. A new book by Drew Hinshaw and Joe Parkinson reveals what happened

The man who had ruled Russia for nearly a quarter of a century refused to use a mobile phone and rarely used the internet. Instead, he conducted meetings through the glow of a flatscreen monitor, perched on a stand rolled in on wheels. The grim-faced officials flickering onto the screen, many of whom had spent decades in his close company, often were not aware which of the country's 11 time zones their commander-in-chief was calling from. Putin's staff sometimes announced he was leaving one city for another, then dispatched an empty motorcade to the airport and a decoy plane before he appeared on a video conference, pretending to be somewhere he was not.

From these Zoom-era bunkers, he had been governing a country at war, issuing orders to frontline commanders in Ukraine and tightening restrictions at home. Engineers from the Presidential Communications Directorate had been sending truckloads of equipment across Russia to sustain the routine they called Special Comms, to encrypt the calls of “the boss”. The computers on his desks remained strictly air-gapped or unconnected to the web. Some engineers joked nervously about the “information cocoon” in which the president was operating.

https://www.thetimes.com/world/russia-ukraine-war/article/putins-secret-bunkers-evan-gershkovich-0grq6d7fm