(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Ukrainian drones strike deep inside Russia; plus, Russian general shakes his booty [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-02-28 Russian propagandists are gonna have a hard time explaining the general shaking his booty. There are signs that Ukraine is stepping up its attacks against targets deeper inside Russia with long-range suicide drones. A Ukrainian drone crashed or was downed at a site near Moscow, 460 kilometers from Ukraineโ€™s border with Russia. And other drones struck an oil depot more than 400 kilometers down the Black Sea coast. As the tweet below suggests, this shows significant vulnerabilities within Russiaโ€™s air defense network. Slow moving drones should not be able to cross distances like that so easily. x And we don't see any payload attached to the drone. So it is quite likely that it delivered its payload and then simply ran out of fuel and crashed. โ€” (((Tendar))) (@Tendar) February 28, 2023 Ukrainian drones also struck an oil depot in Tuapse, which is a town on the Black Sea coast not far from Sochi and the border with Georgia. The depot was set ablaze. x /2. Prior to this, late in the evening on February 27, reports began to appear about shooting down / fall of unknown flying objects in Belgorod. In total, three such objects were mentioned. Later, according to some Russian media these were shot down with electronic warfare. pic.twitter.com/AX2WfE4Nsm โ€” Special Kherson Cat ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ (@bayraktar_1love) February 28, 2023 x /4. In the meantime, airspace over St. Petersburg is closed right now, and civil aircraft are not flying to Pulkovo Airport at the moment. It is reported that an unknown aircraft violated the airspace. Planes on a flight to St. Petersburg are redirected. P.S:The day of UFO ๐Ÿ›ธ๐Ÿ‘พ๐Ÿ›ธ pic.twitter.com/afoMrMBVCb โ€” Special Kherson Cat ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ (@bayraktar_1love) February 28, 2023 ---------------------------------------------------------------- You just canโ€™t make up this stuff. Into that category place the sexy dance with nothing but a towel that Lt. Gen. Alexander Matovnikov โ€” Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces of Russia, commander of forces in Belarus and hero of Russia โ€” did for his girlfriend (or whoever) that was โ€” coincidentally? โ€” leaked the day after his forces allowed a Russian air base to be penetrated by Belarus partisans who blew up a $300 million Russian AWACS plane known as an A-50. So, after being humiliated by partisans, he gets to be humiliated by all of Russia. The video says sensitive. Fortunately the โ€œsensitiveโ€™ parts are blurred in the video. If I had to see the unedited version, I might need therapy. x 1/ A faction within the Russian state seems to have gone down the traditional route of leaking a compromising video on an opponent, in this case showing Lieutenant General Alexander Matovnikov apparently performing a strip-tease for one of his girlfriends.pic.twitter.com/cNShgzyCFZ โ€” ChrisO_wiki (@ChrisO_wiki) February 27, 2023 x 3/ VChK-OGPU writes: "The video ... shows the deputy commander-in-chief of the Ground Forces, former presidential envoy Alexander Matovnikov, who is the senior officer of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Belarus. โ€” ChrisO_wiki (@ChrisO_wiki) February 27, 2023 But hereโ€™s my favorite part: x 5/ The leak of the video is very likely intended to further embarrass Matovnikov for the operational failures that reportedly enabled Belarusian partisans to attack Machulichi air base near Minsk yesterday and damage an A-50 surveillance aircraft. (h/t @den_kazansky) /end โ€” ChrisO_wiki (@ChrisO_wiki) February 27, 2023 Itโ€™s not known who the dance was for. A girlfriend maybe? Hopefully not for his troops. Commenters on Twitter range from wanting to wash their eyes with bleach to noting that at least he has some rhythm. Or maybe he always wanted to get down and get funky with KC and the Sunshine Band. x YouTube Video ----------------------------------------------------------โ€” Looks like another careless Russian smoker. x An chemical surface (oil slick) from a sunk cargo vessel would take about that amount of time to get there. https://t.co/ok2ZArvQpy โ€” Lou Langelier (@dilborg) February 28, 2023 -----------------------------------------------------โ€” ATACMS would likely have a better success rate. x Overnight Ukrainian drone attack on the Russian city of Belgorod, per reports at least 3 drones were spotted, with at least one being downed by Russian air defenses. pic.twitter.com/HsCYavRsK7 โ€” OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) February 28, 2023 The drones apparently carried plastic explosives likely supplied by the British: The apparent explosive charges are marked "L23A1" and "PE8," which could further point to the drones having a Ukrainian origin. There are demolition charges in British Army service with the nomenclature L23A1 that consist of PE8, an advanced plastic explosive that is very safe to handle, in sheets weighing approximately 0.32 kilograms (around 0.7 pounds), according to a copy of a U.K. Ministry of Defense manual available online. That document notes that these explosive sheets come packaged five to an "intermediate container," which would have a net weight of around 1.6 kilograms (just over 3.5 pounds). The U.K. government has been one of the most significant suppliers of military aid to Ukraine, deliveries of which started even before Russia's all-out invasion. ---------------------------------------------------โ€” A reminder, in case one is necessary, of Russian brutality. x Exhumation completed in #Izyum. 194 male bodies 215 female bodies (22 military bodies) 5 baby bodies 11 - unidentified Many bodies have hands tied and/or limbs missing, head and chest injuries, genitals missing, stab wounds, ropes around the neck, bullet wounds. pic.twitter.com/Ek8IDjuCW3 โ€” Oriannalyla ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ (@Lyla_lilas) February 26, 2023 -----------------------------------------------------โ€” The one who should be serving a lengthy prison sentence is Lukashenko. Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya is the rightful president of Belarus. 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