(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . More Russian dysfunction and stuff blowing up; Imagine Dragons music video on Ukraine [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: 2023-05-10 Before getting into Russian stuff blowing up, Imagine Dragons has today put out a powerful new music video on the War in Ukraine called “Crushed” that follows the story of 14-year-old Sasha. x YouTube Video x Our video for Crushed, filmed on the front lines of Ukraine, is out now. It follows Sasha, a young boy who endured months of shelling in his town. Sasha's story is heartbreaking, and there are thousands more like him who desperately need help. Even today, his family is without… pic.twitter.com/fuz4turOBk — Imagine Dragons (@Imaginedragons) May 10, 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AFP journalist Arman Soldin has been killed while covering the war in Bakhmut. x His last message. Yesterday. Arman got killed a few hours ago near Bakhmut. These guys go until the frontlines to document inhumanity. So we won’t be able to say: “We didn’t know.” Rest in peace brother 🇫🇷🕯 https://t.co/16SZPrfrVF pic.twitter.com/ycYq6MiBaw — De Stalle 🇺🇦 🇫🇷 (@de_stalle) May 9, 2023 x We are devastated to learn of the death of AFP video journalist Arman Soldin in eastern Ukraine today. All of our thoughts go out to his family and loved ones. pic.twitter.com/T2y449o1Ry — AFP News Agency (@AFP) May 9, 2023 ---------------------------------------------------------------- I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything quite like this. Is this even possible? x Ukrainian artillery strike sends a Russian soldier flying (Bakhmut). pic.twitter.com/reVSOW68JC — Tempo Dolok (@infussambas) May 9, 2023 --------------------------------------------------------------— So far, the Patriot system has passed with flying colors, shooting down Russia “unstoppable” hypersonic cruise missile. x Pentagon Press Secretary (@PentagonPresSec) confirms that a Russian Kh-47 Kinzhal missile was shot down by Ukrainian air defenses using a MIM-104 Patriot. pic.twitter.com/MVnhCUC2rV — Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) May 9, 2023 --------------------------------------------------------------— This thread tells the story of a group of mobilized Russian soldiers from the Moscow area that were trained to use artillery but were later sent to Ukraine and turned over to the DNR to be used as infantry assault groups in the Avdiivka meat grinder. x 1/ Mobilised Russian soldiers from the Moscow region have described the extreme conditions they face around Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine, with men scavenging for food, drinking corpse-contaminated water, and living and fighting amongst piles of rotting unburied bodies. ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/DLi1O2b87y — ChrisO_wiki (@ChrisO_wiki) May 10, 2023 The conditions, as you can imagine, were horrendous. x 12/ The men made no progress in the attempted offensive and spent 12 days, rather than the planned 3, on the front line. "They sat in a trench and didn't even fire a single shot. There were only convicts and mobiks in the trench. Who cares about them, in short." — ChrisO_wiki (@ChrisO_wiki) May 10, 2023 x 14/ The soldiers say they had no artillery or reconnaissance support. "A lot of guys died, they were lost very stupidly. As my husband said, you can't beat a mortar shell with a helmet."https://t.co/tgcWsPj6gt — ChrisO_wiki (@ChrisO_wiki) May 10, 2023 Requests to evacuate the wounded were simply ignored, leading to many deaths. x 16/ The men drank water from a well where two corpses were floating, as there was nothing else to drink. "They defined it this way: if the water is salty, it means someone is swimming there". — ChrisO_wiki (@ChrisO_wiki) May 10, 2023 ------------------------------------------------------------------- He was probably overwhelmed by contemplating the radiant glory that is Mother Russia. x Victory day in Russian Osetiya. I do hope it wasn't a case of friendly fire and the man just got dizzy. pic.twitter.com/dAS7A4hpnM — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) May 9, 2023 --------------------------------------------------------------— Hey! This is a generous offering. A toilet is a valuable commode-ity. Back in Russia this is worth maybe two washing machines. x In #Uralsk, #Kazakhstan on May 9, a toilet bowl was brought to the monument to Soviet Marshal #Zhukov. pic.twitter.com/V5VjpoBPpm — NEXTA (@nexta_tv) May 10, 2023 --------------------------------------------------------------— Unless there are technical or logistical reasons for not supplying Ukraine with ATACMS, I fail to see any reason for maintaining this policy, especially now that the UK is supplying missiles with a similar range. x US position on ATACMS remains unchangedhttps://t.co/dY38tKJe5D — Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) May 10, 2023 ---------------------------------------------------------------- The only logical choice is surrender. 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