The Battle of Conoco Fields, also known as the Battle of Khasham, was one of the rare occasions U.S. and Russian (mercenary) forces went toe to toe. The battle began as a force of some 500 Syrian and Russian Wagner PMC fighters supported by armour and artillery launched an assault on a joint SDF/U.S. special forces base at the Conoco gas plant located near the city of Deir ez-Zor. As the Wagner-led force pushed their advance, U.S. forces responded with a series of air and ground strikes. U.S. forces were reportedly in constant contact with a Russian liaison officer posted in Deir ez-Zor throughout the engagement, and only opened fire after they had received assurances that no regular Russian forces were present. [1] The engagement lasted well over three hours, leaving up to 100 pro-government forces dead, including around a dozen Wagner fighters, with no U.S./SDF losses in return. In May 2023, Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin detailed his version of events of what occured during the battle, which certainly makes for an interesting insight into ''the first deadly clash between citizens of Russia and the United States since the Cold War". [2]

Few Russian weapons systems have managed to impress international audiences during the 2022 Russo-Ukrainian War. Though this is partially the result of decades of hyping up Russian weapons systems to standards they could never live up to by Western think tanks, Russia also failed to timely invest in certain technologies and thus is a latecomer to systems such as unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) and loitering munitions. Despite having designed a host of guided weapons systems, few were ever acquired by the Russian Air Force in any meaningful numbers, which mostly continues to make use of 1980s-era Kh-25s and Kh-29s and even unguided bombs. Even Russia's most modern precision-guided munitions (PGMs) have been observed to be lacking in accuracy, especially compared to Western PGMs.

The use of Iranian-designed loitering munitions by Russia has received a large share of international media attention. Though they are a menace to Ukraine's civilian infrastructure, Russia has so far largely refrained from using them against Ukrainian military targets. A more serious development to Ukraine's Armed Forces comes in the form of the indigenously-designed Kub and Lancet-3(M) loitering munitions that Russia has increasingly been deploying to strike Ukrainian artillery, radars and surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems out of reach from Russia's ground-based assets.

There's little denying at this point that Russia's invasion of Ukraine has been an unmitigated military and economical disaster. What was meant to be a quick operation with the aim of surrounding and seize Kyiv and Eastern Ukraine, forcing Western powers to the negotiation table over the future status of the country, has now turned into a bloody war of attrition in the East that Russia is not in a position to sustain. Russia's offensive has laid bare a host of problems with Russian military leadership, tactics and equipment, together culminating in a catastrophe that will surely be analysed for years to come.

By Jakub Janovsky, Naalsio, Aloha, Dan, Kemal, and Alexander Black

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.

Our list showing destroyed and captured Ukrainian vehicles and equipment can be found here.

The methodology used by the Oryx team is explained here.

(Click on the numbers to get a picture of each individual captured or destroyed vehicle)

Russia - 24383, of which: destroyed: 19028, damaged: 971, abandoned: 1204, captured: 3180

Losses excluding Recon Drones, UGVs, and Trucks - 18920, of which: destroyed: 14650, damaged: 859, abandoned: 1148, captured: 2263

Losses of Armoured Combat Vehicles [Tanks, AFVs, IFVs, APCs, and MRAPs] - 13978, of which: destroyed: 11000, damaged: 380, abandoned: 1045, captured: 1553

Tanks (4371, of which destroyed: 3276, damaged: 161, abandoned: 396, captured: 538)

Armoured Fighting Vehicles (2399, of which destroyed: 1960, damaged: 38, abandoned: 124, captured: 277)

Infantry Fighting Vehicles (6416, of which destroyed: 5145, damaged: 158, abandoned: 482, captured: 631)

Armoured Personnel Carriers (728, of which destroyed: 572, damaged: 18, abandoned: 42, captured: 96)

Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Vehicles (64, of which destroyed: 47, damaged: 5, abandoned: 1, captured: 11)

Infantry Mobility Vehicles (419, of which destroyed: 338, damaged: 18, abandoned: 12, captured: 51)

Command Posts And Communications Stations (318, of which destroyed: 222, damaged: 5, abandoned: 4, captured: 87)

Engineering Vehicles And Equipment (716, of which destroyed: 448, damaged: 50, abandoned: 62, captured: 156)

Unmanned Ground Vehicles (71, of which destroyed: 67, damaged: 4)

Self-Propelled Anti-Tank Missile Systems (47, of which destroyed: 22, damaged: 1, abandoned: 4, captured: 20)

Artillery and Missile Support Vehicles And Equipment (176, of which destroyed: 112, damaged: 3, abandoned: 1, captured: 60)

Towed Artillery (551, of which destroyed: 342, damaged: 105, abandoned: 5, captured: 99)

Self-Propelled Artillery (1008, of which destroyed: 840, damaged: 53, abandoned: 7, captured: 108)

Rocket and Missile Artillery (580, of which destroyed: 478, damaged: 46, abandoned: 2, captured: 54)

Anti-Aircraft Guns (68, of which destroyed: 48, damaged: 1, captured: 19)

Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Guns (28, of which destroyed: 17, damaged: 2, abandoned: 2, captured: 7)

Surface-To-Air Missile Systems (405, of which destroyed: 305, damaged: 72, abandoned: 4, captured: 24)

Radars (126, of which destroyed: 79, damaged: 37, captured: 10)

Jammers And Deception Systems (94, of which destroyed: 71, damaged: 13, captured: 10)

Aircraft (181, of which destroyed: 152, damaged: 29)

Helicopters (172, of which destroyed: 136, damaged: 34, captured: 2)

Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles (21, of which destroyed: 17, damaged: 1, captured: 3)

Reconnaissance Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (785, of which destroyed: 453, abandoned: 1, captured: 331)

Naval Ships and Submarines (32, of which destroyed: 23, damaged: 9)

Trucks, Vehicles, Jeeps, and Trains (4607, of which destroyed: 3858, damaged: 108, abandoned: 55, captured: 586)

Special thanks to Дмитро Путята (Dmytro Putiata), Calibre Obscura, Michal Niebyl, Ukraine Weapons Tracker, David Chang, Instant Reporter, Cyrano7, LotA, Brain Dias, Aldin, Niklas Bartels, Mukhtar Magomedov, Zloneversleep, Chebik, Cloooud, Elmustek, ArchieIrving2, Jojje, Derek, Fnatic, bOtuSl, Venice_carbonara and James Ford.

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