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'''Oryx''', or '''Oryxspioenkop''', is a Dutch [[open-source intelligence]] (OSINT) defence analysis website,<ref name="forbes 2">{{cite news |last1=Peck |first1=Michael |title=Russia Is Exaggerating Ukraine's Military Losses |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelpeck/2022/04/05/russia-is-exaggerating-ukraines-military-losses/ |access-date=4 May 2022 |work=[[Forbes]] |date=5 April 2022}}</ref> and warfare research group.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Malyasov |first1=Dylan |title=Russia loses dozens of unmanned aircraft in Ukraine |url=https://defence-blog.com/russia-loses-dozens-of-unmanned-aircraft-in-ukraine/ |access-date=4 May 2022 |agency=Defence Blog |date=14 April 2022}}</ref> It |
'''Oryx''', or '''Oryxspioenkop''', is a Dutch [[open-source intelligence]] (OSINT) defence analysis website,<ref name="forbes 2">{{cite news |last1=Peck |first1=Michael |title=Russia Is Exaggerating Ukraine's Military Losses |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelpeck/2022/04/05/russia-is-exaggerating-ukraines-military-losses/ |access-date=4 May 2022 |work=[[Forbes]] |date=5 April 2022}}</ref> and warfare research group.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Malyasov |first1=Dylan |title=Russia loses dozens of unmanned aircraft in Ukraine |url=https://defence-blog.com/russia-loses-dozens-of-unmanned-aircraft-in-ukraine/ |access-date=4 May 2022 |agency=Defence Blog |date=14 April 2022}}</ref> It has been created by Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Taylor |first1=Adam |title=The Taliban is flaunting captured U.S. weapons that may be worth billions.|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/20/us-weapons-taliban-afghanistan/ |access-date=4 May 2022 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=20 August 2021}}</ref> Both have previously worked for Netherlands-based [[Bellingcat]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.helion.co.uk/people/stijn-mitzer.php |title=Stijn Mitzer |archive-url=http://archive.today/2022.05.08-195116/https://www.helion.co.uk/people/stijn-mitzer.php |archive-date=2022-05-08}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=https://www.helion.co.uk/people/joost-oliemans.php |title=Joost Oliemans |archive-url=http://archive.today/2022.05.08-194955/https://www.helion.co.uk/people/joost-oliemans.php |archive-date=2022-05-08}}</ref> Oliemans also worked for [[Janes Information Services]], a British open-source military intelligence company.<ref name=":0" /> According to Oryx, the term ''[[Spion Kop (hill)|spionkop]]'' ([[Afrikaans]] for "spy hill") "refers to a place from where one can watch events unfold around the world".<ref>{{cite web |title=@oryxspioenkop on Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/oryxspioenkop/status/1585370276380168192 |website=Twitter |access-date=26 October 2022 |date=26 Oct 2022}}</ref> After Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans retired from the Oryx Blog , a long-time contributor Jakub Janovsky took over as the site administrator <ref>{{cite web |title=@oryxspioenkop on Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/oryxspioenkop |website=Twitter |access-date=07 November 2023 |date=07 Nov 2023}}</ref> |
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== History == |
== History == |
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Type of site | Investigative journalism |
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| Founded | November 2013 |
| Country of origin | Netherlands |
| Founder(s) | Stijn Mitzer, Joost Oliemans |
| URL | oryxspioenkop.com |
Oryx, or Oryxspioenkop, is a Dutch open-source intelligence (OSINT) defence analysis website,[1] and warfare research group.[2] It has been created by Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans.[3] Both have previously worked for Netherlands-based Bellingcat.[4][5] Oliemans also worked for Janes Information Services, a British open-source military intelligence company.[5] According to Oryx, the term spionkop (Afrikaans for "spy hill") "refers to a place from where one can watch events unfold around the world".[6] After Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans retired from the Oryx Blog , a long-time contributor Jakub Janovsky took over as the site administrator [7]
History
Oryx was started in 2013, and initially focused on Syria.[8] Mitzer and Oliemans have also written two books on the Korean People's Army.[8]
The blog gained international prominence through its work during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, counting and keeping track of material losses based on visual evidence and open-source intelligence from social media.[9][10][11] It has been regularly cited in major media, including Reuters,[12] BBC News,[13] The Guardian,[14] The Economist,[15] Newsweek,[16] CNN,[10] and CBS News.[17] Forbes has called Oryx "the most reliable source in the conflict so far", calling its services "outstanding".[18][19][20] Because it reports only visually confirmed losses, Forbes claimed that Oryx's tallies of equipment losses have formed absolute minimum baselines for loss estimates.[1][18]
In June 2023, former General David Petraeus commended Oryx: "In this and age of open source media and intelligence, there is a website that actually tracks absolutely confirmed, verified destruction of, say, tanks and infantry fighting vehicles. (...) This is confirmed by photograph[s], with metadata, so that you make sure you don't double-count, etc."[21]
On 19 June 2023, Oryx announced that the blog would be ended on 1 October 2023. In the statement posted on Twitter, Oryx explained that the blog had been created a decade earlier "out of boredom", and that the project – which had been conducted "in our free time" and without any pay – had turned into an "all-consuming project" that had not resulted in any jobs and which "just doesn't make me happy anymore".[22] In a follow-up statement, Oryx clarified that the list covering losses in Russia's invasion of Ukraine would continue to be updated until the end of the war by long-time contributor Jakub Janovsky and the OSINT group WarSpotting.[23][24]
References
- ^ a b Peck, Michael (5 April 2022). "Russia Is Exaggerating Ukraine's Military Losses". Forbes. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
- ^ Malyasov, Dylan (14 April 2022). "Russia loses dozens of unmanned aircraft in Ukraine". Defence Blog. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
- ^ Taylor, Adam (20 August 2021). "The Taliban is flaunting captured U.S. weapons that may be worth billions". Washington Post. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
- ^ "Stijn Mitzer". Archived from the original on 2022-05-08.
- ^ a b "Joost Oliemans". Archived from the original on 2022-05-08.
- ^ "@oryxspioenkop on Twitter". Twitter. 26 Oct 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
- ^ "@oryxspioenkop on Twitter". Twitter. 07 Nov 2023. Retrieved 07 November 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=and|date=(help) - ^ a b Maddaluno, Amedeo (16 December 2020). "Observing the battlefields of the world with "Oryx Blog"". osservatorioglobalizzazione.it/. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
- ^ Wasielewski, Philip. "Appraising the War in Ukraine and Likely Outcomes". Foreign Policy Research Institute. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
- ^ a b Lendon, Brad (29 April 2022). "Russia's tanks in Ukraine have a 'jack-in-the-box' design flaw. And the West has known about it since the Gulf war". CNN. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
- ^ "'Russia is failing in its war aims' in Ukraine: US". Al Jazeera. 25 April 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
- ^ "Fact Check-No evidence photo shows a Ukrainian soldier who 'blew up 52 Russian tanks'". Reuters. 19 April 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
Oryx, a closely watched military blog which tallies both sides' losses based on verifiable visual evidence
- ^ "Ukraine conflict: Why is Russia losing so many tanks?". BBC News. 11 April 2022.
- ^ Sabbagh, Dan (6 April 2022). "As Ukraine war enters new phase, can western arms turn the tide?". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
- ^ "How Ukraine is winning the drone-jamming war". The Economist.
- ^ Carbonaro, Giulia (27 April 2022). "Russia Unable To Fight Another War After Catastrophic Military Losses". Newsweek. Retrieved 4 May 2022.; Carbonaro, Giulia (28 April 2022). "Russia's Colossal Tank Losses in Ukraine Are Due to This Fatal Design Flaw". Newsweek. Retrieved 4 May 2022.; Cole, Brendan (6 April 2022). "Russian Tanks Already Rusting in Ukraine, Photo Shows". Newsweek. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
- ^ "Why Russia keeps losing so many armored vehicles in Ukraine: "It's finders keepers for these farmers"". CBS News. 23 April 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
- ^ a b Hambling, David (26 April 2022). "How Heavy Are Russian Losses, And What Does It Mean For Their Offensive?". Forbes. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
- ^ Axe, David (30 April 2022). "The 'Ghost Of Kyiv,' Who Was Never Real, Just Got Killed In The Press". Forbes. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
- ^ "Ukraine is Knocking Increasing Numbers of Russian Drones Out of the Sky — with Help from Russian Corruption". Forbes.
- ^ "General Petraeus: The spring offensive will be 'much more successful' than many think". DW News. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ "Oryx on Twitter: "The End of a Journey"". Retrieved 19 June 2023.
- ^ "Oryx on Twitter: "Note: The Russian and Ukrainian losses lists..."". twitter.com. Twitter. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
- ^ "Jakub Janovsky on Twitter: "My plan beyond October..."". twitter.com. Twitter. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
