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.

[FtrPilot]

BeauBo: ...he may be posturing for the election, while retaining freedom of action.

I agree. Classic President Trump over-promise, under-deliver.

At every campaign event leading up to the 2016 election President Trump promised to "Build a beautiful wall and make Mexico pay for it."

Also note that President Trump probably has not received any classified SITREPs on the war.

I am confident that once President Trumps gets classified intel briefs on the war, he will do the right thing.

[BeauBo]

“What are your thoughts on Trump saying he’ll more or less force UKR to surrender or lose US military aid?”

Also, I remember the Left using similar characterizations (mischaracterizations) as a campaign issue against Conservative Giorgia Meloni in Italy - but she has been rock solid in supporting Ukraine Militarily since winning the election.

Similar to how the Left and Leftist media accuse Republicans of wanting to put Black people back in chains, etc..

[BeauBo]

“I am confident that once President Trump gets classified intel briefs on the war, he will do the right thing.”

That is my hope, and it is my base case assessment, although I have some worry about it.

Another factor could be negotiating strategy (Art of the Deal). Six or seven more months of high intensity losses will be bringing Russia closer to the limits of their old Soviet arsenals and financial resources. Time works against Russia’s strength in their negotiating position. Next year, Russia may start having to roll back their maximalist demands, and Trump might see an opportunity to drive a hard bargain.

Getting Russia into negotiations however, could possibly help restrain escalation to nuclear use, as the bleed out of their Conventional capability becomes more and more critical for them. Starting negotiations may be a critical policy priority for the next Administration - a vital safety measure for managing and influencing predictable phases of the war, yet to come (Russian Military culmination, and ensuing Russian domestic crises).

[SpeedyInTexas]

The Force is Strong with many.

I guess I’m a non-believer.

[BeauBo]

“I guess I’m a non-believer.”

Perhaps you hold a different belief, but are still a believer in that.

We just don’t know the future, so we should anticipate a range of possibilities.

[PIF]

There was another link, but I could not find it again; it is did say what I posted - there was also an article on FR about what DJT said.

[PIF]

Interesting articles:

Ukraine Used Prized ATACMS Missiles To Strike Unique Cold War-Era Space Communications Station (the antenna cluster pictured earlier part of this thread)
https://www.twz.com/land/ukraine-used-prized-atacms-missiles-to-strike-unique-cold-war-era-space-communications-station

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Humvee-Mounted Low-Recoil 105mm Howitzer To Make Combat Debut In Ukraine
The Hawkeye howitzer offers Ukraine a new shoot-and-scoot artillery option, but this real-world combat testing could have impacts elsewhere.
https://www.twz.com/land/humvee-mounted-low-recoil-105mm-howitzer-to-make-combat-debut-in-ukraine

[FtrPilot]

🔥👀 A large-scale fire broke out at Cape Chauda, ​​Crimea, from where the Shaheds are launched. This is the second time in the last week.

https://x.com/Maks_NAFO_FELLA/status/1805900025739760048

[FtrPilot]

Ukraine Used Prized ATACMS Missiles To Strike Unique Cold War-Era Space Communications Station

I am still trying to figure out why UKF destroyed a Russian deep space tracking & communications site.

Here's another x.com post by Chuck Pfarrer that states that the facility was recently upgraded.

UPLINK DESTROYED: A UKR strike targeted NIP-16, a Russian deep space tracking & communications site 70km northwest of Sevastopol in occupied Crimea. The recently upgraded facility at Vitino was hit by several missiles on the night of 23-24 JUN.

https://x.com/ChuckPfarrer/status/1805715647629758933

Although I have no proof, I still believe the site was upgraded to aid in locating UKF high value assets such as F-16s and Patriot batteries.

[FtrPilot]

🇰🇵 🇺🇸 "North Korea expects to receive long-range nuclear missile technology from Russia in exchange for the supply of artillery shells", - US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell.

🇨🇳 China fears that such cooperation could lead to war in Northeast Asia.

https://x.com/Maks_NAFO_FELLA/status/1805849084613247053

Obviously, 🇰🇷 South Korea and 🇺🇸 U.S. are also concerned.

[FtrPilot]

In the Kherson region, Ukrainian air defense shot down six Russian drones in the past day.

The drones included four reconnaissance "ZALA" models, one "Supercam," and one "Lancet," according to the Southern Group of Forces press center.

https://x.com/NOELreports/status/1805861033556295987

The ISR drones are key to the high tech battlefield.

They need to be destroyed as soon as they are located.

[PIF]

From the article:

“As of 2017, reports stated the center had received 10 new systems and the upgrading was still proceeding,” the publication continued. “The initial plan was to spend 1.8 billion rubles on the reconstruction of one radio telescope alone: at the exchange rate of that time, cost about $28 million.”

It is now being “used by Russia for ballistic missile early warning looking towards the Middle East, Africa and Southwest Asia,” the Kyiv Post reported.

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However, Fabian Rene Hoffmann, a Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Oslo, suggested a different use. “I haven’t found anything that indicates that it would serve as a downlink for space-based early-warning satellites, so I assume it plays no role in ballistic missile defense,” he told The War Zone on Monday.

Instead, he suggested that “a plausible explanation appears to be that the site is used for maintaining and controlling Russian satellites, including GLONASS [GLObalnaya NAvigatsionnaya Sputnikovaya Sistema in Russian] satellites,” the Russian version of the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS).

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Taking out the Russian GLONASS navigation system is a fair target and hurts Russia's more modern military systems. System was upgraded in 2017.

[FtrPilot]

Excellent info!

Thanks for doing the research.

[marcusmaximus]

Russia Special Flight Squadron Il-96-300 RA-96019 #157713 as RSD738 from Moscow en route to NYC (JFK). Landing in a couple hours. Hopefully diplomatic expulsions and not negotiations.

[FtrPilot]

Is it time!😍

https://x.com/ChallengerInUA/status/1805906544141238617

The title should be HIMARs takes out 4 ruzzian MLRS vehicles with one salvo.

One minute video well worth watching.

[FtrPilot]

⚡️🇺🇦 Ukraine will receive the next batch of shells on the 🇨🇿 Czech initiative by the end of July - Euractiv

According to the publication, by the end of this year, Ukraine will receive half a million shells under this initiative.

https://x.com/front_ukrainian/status/1805901573609939019

Here's what happened to a ruzzian artillery piece firing a Nork shell.

[FtrPilot]

PIF: Taking out the Russian GLONASS navigation system is a fair target and hurts Russia's more modern military systems.

The Kinzhal missile guidance system is INS, with mid-course update.

The mid-course update most likely is based on GLONASS.

Same thing for Iskanders.

Taking out the NIP-16 Russian deep space tracking & communications site will impact GLONASS accuracy, which will make the Kinzhals and Iskanders even more inaccurate.

I knew there had to be a reason.

[FtrPilot]

"The [russian] authorities explained with shocking frankness why people cried out for help for several hours and were burned alive without receiving it during the fire in Fryazino [near Moscow].

The reason is the low salaries of firefighters and emergency workers. Nobody wants to work and risk their lives for 40-60 thousand rubles.

Everyone has gone to the front; they promise 200.

By the way, the building is on fire again."

https://x.com/PStyle0ne1/status/1805933184875409817

Sad.

[Zhang Fei]

[Fighterbomber has now doubled down on the statement that a U.S. Global Hawk was shot down over the Black Sea.]

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He may be part of the regime’s propaganda unit, which intersperses fact, to provide credibility, with fiction, to buck up public sentiment.

[PIF]

Send more Nork shells!!