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

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Interesting, no header and march22

Did you get your gas ration to make it to work at wildberry?

“the self sufficient Russian economy is now importing gasoline”

Russia also became a net food importer this year.

Shades of Soviet economic performance.

Putin tried to drag Ukraine back into the Soviet Union, but it was Russia that was dragged back in instead.

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the US is pressuring Europe to stop all purchases of Russian oil and gas and impose secondary tariffs against India and China,”

Friday is the expiration of the two weeks that President Trump mentioned, that after which, he might have to do something different, with respect to resolving the war in Ukraine.

I guess it will be more of “stick” approach, reducing Russian oil revenues through secondary sanctions, and coordinating weapons supplies to Ukraine, that in turn will further reduce Russian oil revenues.

The EU is still discussing what their 19th package of sanctions, due later this month will entail. As you posted, the US Administration wants coordinated secondary sanctions on buyers of Russian oil, and for the EU itself to cut further purchases (notably Hungary and Slovakia).

The Europeans are also supposed to have a security guarantee proposal for Ukraine coordinated by this Friday.

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 10, 2025

Russian forces launched a large, combined drone and missile strike against Ukraine on the night of October 9 to 10, primarily targeting energy infrastructure and civilian targets. The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russian forces launched two Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles from Lipetsk Oblast; 14 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles and 12 Iskander-K cruise missiles from Rostov and Bryansk oblasts and occupied Crimea; four Kh-59/69 cruise missiles; and 465 Shahed-type, Gerbera-type, and other drones – of which roughly 200 were Shahed-type drones – from the directions of Kursk and Oryol cities; Millerovo and Shakhty, Rostov Oblast; Shatalovo, Smolensk Oblast; and Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Krasnodar Krai.[1] The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Ukrainian forces downed 405 drones; one Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missile; four Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles; nine Iskander-K cruise missiles; and one Kh-59/69 cruise missile, and that four missiles were “lost” or suppressed, likely by Ukrainian electronic warfare (EW). The Ukrainian Air Force reported that 13 missiles and 60 drones struck 19 locations, and downed debris fell on seven locations.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reported that Russian strikes injured over 20 civilians and killed a child in Zaporizhzhia City.[2] Zelensky stated that the Russian strikes caused power outages in Kyiv City and Oblast and Donetsk, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Kharkiv, Sumy, Poltava, Odesa, and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts, and that Russian forces also targeted Zaporizhia, Kirovohrad, and Kherson oblasts. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha noted that October 10 is also the third anniversary of the first major Russian strike on Ukrainian energy infrastructure in 2022, underscoring Russia's annual efforts to undermine Ukrainian morale by striking energy infrastructure during the fall and winter.[3] Poltava Oblast Military Administration Head Volodymyr Kohut reported that Russian strikes against energy infrastructure left 16,578 households in Poltava Oblast without electricity.[4] Kyiv City Military Administration Head Timur Tkachenko reported that the Russian strikes left 5,800 apartment buildings and homes without power and water in the city.[5] Russia has increasingly used recent strikes to target smaller regional Ukrainian energy facilities with more limited air defenses, likely in an effort to capitalize on Ukraine's limited number of Patriot air defense systems.[6] ISW continues to assess that Russia is prioritizing strikes against civilian and energy infrastructure to continue its long-standing campaign to degrade Ukraine's energy security ahead of winter 2025-2026 and demoralize the Ukrainian populace.[7] Russia's ongoing and ever-intensifying long-range strike campaign against Ukraine is just one indicator of Russian President Vladimir Putin's disinterest in peace.

The Kremlin continues parallel efforts to curry favor with the United States while deflecting blame onto Ukraine and Europe for stalling negotiations on ending the war in Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed on October 10 that Russia and the United States have an understanding of how to resolve Russia's war in Ukraine peacefully but caveated that these are complex issues that take time to solve.[8] Putin also claimed that he and US President Donald Trump agreed during talks in Alaska in August 2025 that both would need to consult with colleagues and allies regarding peace in Ukraine before continuing negotiations. Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov claimed that “Ukraine's reluctance to respond to Russia's proposals” has stalled the Istanbul negotiation process.[9] Russian Presidential Aide Yuriy Ushakov told Russian business outlet Kommersant in an interview published on October 10 entitled “Russia made concessions at the Anchorage talks,” that Putin articulated his willingness to make concessions on resolving Russia's war in Ukraine and that Russia “made certain concessions [in Anchorage].”[10] Ushakov noted Russia's readiness to “take certain steps” toward the peace initiative but claimed that “this concession” is contingent upon the United States working with Europe and Ukraine.[11] Ushakov’s statement appears at odds with the article's title, given that Ushakov asserts that it would be a “mistake” for Russia to discuss any concession to Ukraine at this moment. It remains unclear why Kommersant would choose to title the article “Russia made concessions at the Anchorage talks,” as the Kremlin has consistently messaged its unwillingness to make concessions to its domestic audience and has devoted significant resources to justifying its unyielding demands to the Russian population.[12] The Kremlin may be leveraging Kommersant’s article to gauge the Russian population's reaction to any future Russian concessions in Ukraine, although it is unlikely that the Kremlin intends to follow through with any real concessions. ISW continues to assess that the Kremlin remains committed to currying favor with the United States as part of a dual effort to normalize bilateral relations with the United States for economic and political gain while inhibiting the peace initiative in Ukraine.[13] ISW similarly continues to assess that Russia seeks to continue its long-standing effort to discredit Ukraine and Europe and undermine Western cohesion.[14]

Putin also continued to threaten the West as part of his reflexive control campaign aimed at preventing the United States from selling Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine and portraying Russia's continued adherence to the New START treaty as a meaningful concession in negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. Putin threatened on October 10 that Russia would strengthen its air defenses in response to potential US provisions of Tomahawk missiles and claimed that Russia is finalizing the development of a new, presumably nuclear, weapon that he will soon announce.[15] A Kremlin insider source claimed that Russia may soon resume nuclear testing if Western countries take similar steps.[16] ISW continues to assess that the Kremlin is attempting to portray potential US Tomahawk deliveries to Ukraine as a dangerous escalation to deter the United States from sending such weapons to Ukraine, although the Kremlin has consistently failed to respond when the West violated Russia's supposed “red lines” in the past.[17]

Putin also claimed that there is still enough time to extend the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) after it expires on February 5, 2026 and that an agreement with the US on arms control would be “acceptable and useful” to Russia.[18] Putin's statements are a continuation of Kremlin rhetoric that aims to portray Russia's continued adherence to the New START treaty and potential arms control agreements as an indicator of Russia's good faith to end the war in Ukraine and a meaningful concession to avoid engaging in genuine negotiations to end the war.[19] Russia's ongoing strikes against Ukraine, repeated efforts to delay negotiations and then deflect blame for the delay onto Ukraine, and ongoing threats, including nuclear saber rattling, against the West indicate that Putin is disinterested in a peaceful and just ending to the war in Ukraine.

US First Lady Melania Trump announced that she assisted efforts to return seven Ukrainian children that Russia abducted. Trump announced on October 10 that her representatives worked with Russian President Vladimir Putin to return seven Ukrainian children that Russian authorities had abducted, and that Russia also agreed to return Ukrainian children who had turned 18.[20] Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) CEO and key Kremlin negotiator Kirill Dmitriev amplified Trump's speech on X (formerly Twitter), implicitly admitting to Russia's deportation of Ukrainian children.[21] Ukraine has been able to verify Russia's deportation of 19,546 children to date, although the true figure is likely to be much higher because Russia frequently targets vulnerable children without anyone to speak for them.[22] Yale's Humanitarian Research Lab reported that the number of deported children is likely closer to 35,000 as of March 19, 2025.[23] Russian State Duma Deputy Grigory Karasin and Children's Rights Commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova claimed in 2023 that Russia had “accepted” over 700,000 Ukrainian children since February 24, 2022.[24]

Ukraine's European partners continue to allocate aid to Ukraine and deepen cooperation with the Ukrainian defense industrial base (DIB). The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced on October 10 that it signed an agreement with the German MoD to provide financial support for key projects that support the digitization of Ukraine's defense sector, including Ukraine's DELTA battlefield management program, Army+ and Reserve+ systems, the DOT-Chain Defense Marketplace, and strengthening Ukraine's cyber defense.[25] German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall announced on October 10 that it will supply Ukraine with an unspecified number of additional Skyranger 35 mobile ground-based air defense systems based on the Leopard 1 tank chassis and that the contract is valued at hundreds of millions of euros, which an unspecified EU member state will finance using frozen Russian assets.[26] The United Kingdom (UK) announced on October 10 that the UK recently delivered hundreds of Lightweight Multirole Missiles (LMM) to Ukraine five months ahead of schedule.[27] Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated on October 10 that Ukraine and the Netherlands signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on joint drone production.[28]

Belarus continues to offset the economic costs of Russia's war in Ukraine. Belarusian state news agency Belta claimed on October 9 that Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Karankevich and Russian state energy operator Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller signed a roadmap cooperation agreement for 2025 to 2030 to increase Belarusian oil and gas exports to Russia, “facilitate the production of modern machinery and equipment for the energy sector, and enhance bilateral technology cooperation.”[105] Russia is struggling to procure parts to repair Russian oil refineries following pervasive Ukrainian strikes due to international sanctions that complicate Russia's ability to repair technologically complex oil refinery facilities, and this agreement reinforces Belarus's role as a vital sanction evasion tool for Russia.[106]

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

Кремлевская табакерка

The Russians were shown how to pray for Putin correctly. Authorities urge to do this at least three times a day

A video has appeared on the Internet of the Church praying for Vladimir Putin at the gathering of military priests in the Dnipro group of troops. We reported on the introduction of special prayers for the president last year. There was confirmation of this information. And this did not happen by chance. “We specifically asked to publish a video of a prayer for Vladimir Vladimirovich. So that all Russians see how to do this, and constantly, every day, pray for our president. Now it is especially important,” a source close to Patriarch Kirill told us.

Another interlocutor in the Church confirmed this information and noted that prayers for Putin are especially important today. “Our patriarch gave the order to pray for the president at least seven times a day. Now are difficult times, Vladimir Vladimirovich is threatened by external and internal enemies. Threats are intensifying every day. We need to pray that our president will continue the NWO. To be alive and healthy. To solve all the problems that concern our people - with fuel, prices, to deal with everything that distracts people from the holy war that we are waging. So that our strikes on Kyiv and other cities of satanic Ukraine continue, and the enemy's retaliatory strikes are repelled. So that our Moscow stands - unharmed and strong. In everything, hope is on the president, we need to pray for him,” the priest explained.

The Kremlin, in turn, expressed the hope that Russians would pray for Putin at least three times a day. And that they would remember the form of the prayer and send a video with it to their relatives and friends. “There are many challenges now. We need to pray for Vladimir Vladimirovich. Please, no, I demand that all responsible people do this!” said our source in the Presidential Administration.

https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/6279

They are preparing the population for P's exit. However, seven prayers a day show that they have no more important tasks.

Russians are voting with their feet, withdrawing their money from Russian banks as fast as they can.

Despite strict capital controls (no more than 50,000 rubles ($600j can be withdrawn every 48 hours), Russians have withdrawn a net one trillion rubles since April. So Russian banks have been losing something like $100 Million every business day, just from net withdrawals, while they also face growing losses from bad debt, and shrinking (collapsed) volumes of new loans.

Putin is The Doom of Russia.

Ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee.

Кремлевская табакерка

At the front, they complain about problems with fuel

I really want to believe that these are point difficulties, but over the past few days we have received several messages from trusted sources at once about reducing fuel consumption limits in the NVO zone. “Sometimes, I had to refuel at my own expense, but in general, there was always fuel for the equipment. In recent days, they have been told to save money. They said to hold the available reserves,” says a source fighting in the DPR.

A military interlocutor in the Kursk region noted that he had not noticed any problems before, although the commanders did not allow him to go anywhere. Over the past two weeks, control has been further strengthened. I want to believe that these are some point problems with logistics and at least the military will have access to the right amount of gasoline and diesel.

https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/6282

No fuel today, my love has gone away
The bottle stands for lorn, a symbol of the dawn
No fuel today, it seems a common sight
But people passing by don't know the reason why

Some people seem to be devotees of the new math.

U.S.-China Trade War Reaches New Level

Trump’s tariff war has somewhat settled down but for China.

Trump has, like his predecessor, limited exports of high-end semiconductor chips to China. He also stopped the export of machines and chemicals used to produce chips to China. These measures are extra-territorial. The Dutch company ASML is prohibited to sell its high-end machines for chip production to China because parts of them contain goods or software made in the U. S. of A.

After Trump imposed additional high tariffs on goods from China the country hit back by limiting exports of rare earth elements. China has a near monopoly on these elements. These are needed to produce modern electric motors, magnets and various sensors and semiconductors the U.S. needs. China has also stopped the import of soy-beans, one of the main products U.S. mid-west farmers depend on.

Trump had to pull back and did so. Tariffs were temporarily lowered and negotiations with China continued. A new trade agreement was supposed to signed later this month when President Trump and President Xi would meet in South Korea.

But U.S. negotiators under Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick tried to play hardball. In late September, during the talks, they imposed further restrictions on China:

On September 29, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released a long-anticipated interim final rule (IFR) that will result in the most dramatic expansion of U.S. export control regulations in years. The IFR, “Expansion of End-User Controls To Cover Affiliates of Certain Listed Entities,” extends export restrictions to any company owned 50% or more, directly or indirectly, by any of the thousands of entities already designated on several Commerce and Treasury Department lists.
The IFR would also impose a new duty on exporters to investigate the ownership of an end user where there is reason to believe a designated entity holds a minority stake, or is affiliated with, the end user, subject to a strict liability standard for violations.

The new measures would severely restrict any export of high tech goods to China.

The country responded in kind:

Chinese Commerce Ministry (MOFCOM) announced on Thursday that in order to safeguard national security and interests, the ministry will impose export controls on rare earth-related technologies, including rare earth mining, smelting and separation, magnetic material manufacturing, and rare earth secondary resource recycling.
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Technologies and relevant date related to rare earth mining, smelting and separation, metal smelting, magnetic material manufacturing, and rare earth secondary resource recycling, as well as the assembly, debugging, maintenance, repair, and upgrade of related production lines are prohibited from export without permission, the statement said.

Rare earth elements are used in many U.S. weapons. Each F-35 fighter jet includes some 418 kilogram of rare earth elements, a U.S. destroyer 2,600 kg, a nuclear submarines 4,800 kg. The U.S. has currently no means to produce these themselves.

There was more to the new Chinese regulation than it seemed:
Cont. reading: U.S.-China Trade War Reaches New Level

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October 10, 2025

Nobel Committee, Fearing Trump’s Wrath, Hands Peace Prize To Regime Change Puppet

The President of the Unites States Donald Trump had demanded to be given the Nobel Peace Prize. But following that demand would have been disastrous for the already blemished prestige of the Nobel. The government of Norway, which strongly influences the decisions of the Nobel Peace Prize committee, was in a pickle:

With hours to go until the announcement of this year’s Nobel peace prize, Norwegian politicians were steeling themselves for potential repercussions to US-Norway relations if it is not awarded to Donald Trump.
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Mr Trump has long been outspoken about his belief that he should be awarded the peace prize, an honour previously bestowed on one of his presidential predecessors, Barack Obama, in 2009 for his “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples”.
In July, Mr Trump reportedly called Jens Stoltenberg, Norway’s finance minister and the former Nato secretary general, to ask about the Nobel prize.
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The newspaper columnist and analyst Harald Stanghelle speculated that retribution from Mr Trump – if it were to come – could take the form of tariffs, demands for higher Nato contributions or even declaring Norway an enemy.

After some talks behind the scenes it was decided to give the price to a different person than Trump but with the very obvious intent to also satisfy Trump by furthering a major foreign policy aim of his:

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado who lives in hiding after attempting to run against President Nicolás Maduro.
Machado, 58, was recognized for keeping “the flame of democracy burning amidst a growing darkness” and “ever-expanding authoritarianism in Venezuela.”
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She leads the Vente Venezuela opposition party, but was blocked from running as the nation’s president and expelled from office in 2014. She now lives in hiding and faces “serious threats against her life,” the Norwegian Nobel Committee said.

The Trump administration has long aimed at ousting Nicolas Maduro, the socialist leader of Venezuela. It has positioned its military assets around the country and is planing from regime change under false pretense:
Cont. reading: Nobel Committee, Fearing Trump’s Wrath, Hands Peace Prize To Regime Change Puppet

Indeed food and fuel have been added to the long list the “self-sufficient “ russia is now importing, munitions including missiles, artillery shells, and drones, equipment, cars, and trucks to name a few.

The best has to be selling crude oil at a discount and now having to import refined crude products like gasoline and diesel at a premium

Pitin remains a master economist 😎

After giving obummer the “peace prize” before accomplishing anything proves the prize is worthless.

The latest actions by the committee cements the fact that the “peace prize” is a joke and a fraud.

Gott Mir Uns, Russian mir

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Day 1,323 of the Muscovian invasion. 1,060 [average is 847/day], i.e. more than 44 Russians, Norks and Cubans/h. Vehicles and fuel tanks more than 45% above average.

Vitaliy Klitschko
10OCT2025 As a result of a massive attack by the enemy, which hit critical infrastructure facilities in Ukraine, emergency power outages have now been introduced in most regions of the country.

Kyiv experienced one of the most difficult attacks in terms of consequences. From early morning, all services are involved in the elimination of the consequences of the enemy attack. Power engineers have already restored electricity to more than 423,000 consumers. The restoration of power supply continues in order to return it to other consumers as soon as possible.

The water supply system has been restored, it is operating normally. But in some houses where there is no electricity yet, there may not be cold water on the upper floors. Because the pressure booster pumps do not work. The situation is difficult. And let's tell the truth, and not engage in complacency. Because the enemy does not stop. A new attack is predicted in the coming days.

I appeal to the residents of Kyiv to concentrate as much as possible and act pragmatically. Stock up on water, prepare a first aid kit, a set of food, and charge autonomous power devices. Prepare warm clothes. Do not ignore alarms. All city services are working around the clock and in an enhanced mode to restore the stable operation of the city's life support systems. Support them with gratitude and your conscious attitude to possible challenges and responding to them. Only harmoniously and together we will be able to overcome the trials that have fallen to us!

https://t.me/vitaliy_klitschko/5495

Having read the entire link provided, it appears the most important aspect of Blue Sky for this thread is that what is written is customer controlled rather than provider controlled. In other words, nobody like the Kremlin controls this content. It is controlled by the person writing the material, if I understood what I read correctly. No wonder those Russia/Putin lovers are so hostile to this competitor to X(Twitter). Since this is a new info source, and new people are joining it every day, it will take a while to determine the actual direction it ends up taking, or where it settles out.

I just posted my thoughts about Blue Sky after reading an earlier posted link. I have been away from easy WiF access for a week, so am reading the past week’s comments to get caught up on the Ukraine/Russia war situation.