(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . More Russian stuff blowing up, plus wounded Ukrainian soldiers get heroes' welcome at West Point [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-08-11 “Keep going Ivan, there’s plenty of room before we get to the cliff.” x Targeting of the Russian T-90M which fell off a cliff, by the 80th brigade of Ukraine. https://t.co/PdV9uO0muo pic.twitter.com/X74XIa6YQK — Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) August 11, 2023 It’s Russian stuff. And it’s blowing up. x Targeting of two Russian BM-21 Grad MLRS by the 55th brigade of Ukraine and Shadow aerial reconnaissance unit.https://t.co/COFAbEQHmd pic.twitter.com/Dd8BPwGwnZ — Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) August 10, 2023 That was one hell of a big bavovna. x Russian media about the consequences of the explosion in Sergiev Posad near Moscow: On the first day after the explosion, rescuers and experts working on the territory of the Zagorsk Optical Plant discovered 48 body fragments. By the morning of August 11, 172 fragments had been… https://t.co/C17RDG5JDK — Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) August 11, 2023 On the first day after the explosion, rescuers and experts working on the territory of the Zagorsk Optical Plant discovered 48 body fragments. By the morning of August 11, 172 fragments had been found. In addition, 12 bone remains were found at the site of the explosion. According to official figures, 8 people are missing. A total of 80 people were injured in the explosion. 15 of them were hospitalized, three are in serious condition. 397 apartments, 20 private houses and 5 infrastructure facilities were damaged after the explosion, including 2 schools and a college. In addition, 184 vehicles were damaged. Another careless Russian smoker. x 🇷🇺 AS ONE WOULD EXPECT IT A car, with 🇷🇺 government license plates, burns in downtown Moscow. The BMW magically exploded, for no apparent reason, as things tend to do in Russia 🇷🇺… pic.twitter.com/ihLvql1Niz — Jason Jay Smart (@officejjsmart) August 11, 2023 It’ll be better when it’s 100% x Russia’s control on the left bank of Dnipro in Kherson is crumbling fast as Ukrainian SOF teams operate deep in the rear. Here, in a video released by Sobchak, troops of Battalion 1822 raised in Moscow say they’ve lost 40% of their men in two weeks. https://t.co/SGzX4SGsWI pic.twitter.com/dULwwcdVlB — Yaroslav Trofimov (@yarotrof) August 11, 2023 We’re gonna need more duct tape. x Hole in the hull of “Olenegorsky gorniak” (SDK-91, BDK-91) https://t.co/fGGTPRQ2BH pic.twitter.com/yWX6wYEnJx — Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) August 11, 2023 Ukraine is making progress in Robotyne. x ✙ Robotyne ✙ Armed forces of Ukraine liberated many areas yesterday as the battle continues to rage heavily pic.twitter.com/46QWRJpxWC — Getty (@region776) August 11, 2023 But water is good for you. x Someone got an order from russian military to deliver food rations and thought they would never be put in use so just pocketed the money and sold them canned water 😂#RussiaIsLosing #russia #RussiaIsATerroristState #ukraine #russian #russians #moscow pic.twitter.com/mpr9R12baU — Intermarium 24 (@intermarium24) August 10, 2023 This is a setback. Training should have started a year ago. x Only six pilots, which is about half a squadron, will undergo the first round of training, with two more pilots as reserve candidates, the Ukrainian officials reportedly said.https://t.co/bBf80hciH2 — The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) August 11, 2023 Other news on weapons deliveries and other help: x The US Army has confirmed sending five different types of missiles to Ukraine for its Patriot systems, including the highly capable PAC-3 MSE. https://t.co/ggItRSHk7h — The War Zone (@thewarzonewire) August 11, 2023 x 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇪🇬 "The US is in talks with Egypt to begin supplying weapons to Ukraine. Earlier, Cairo refused to help the Russia in this", - WSJ — MAKS 23 👀🇺🇦 (@Maks_NAFO_FELLA) August 11, 2023 x Ukraine Plans to Cancel Visa-Free Regime with Israel and Request Exclusion From Ramstein https://t.co/AOmLugppP0 — Leonid Nevzlin (@Nevzlin) August 11, 2023 x Germany may provide Ukraine with long-range Taurus cruise missiles in the coming months, but they are expected to be modified to make it impossible for them to strike Russian territory.https://t.co/0LI92GPVUP — The New Voice of Ukraine (@NewVoiceUkraine) August 11, 2023 Great way to treat your wounded soldiers. Could be worse though — they could be on a plane here in the US that forces the passengers to wait on the plane at the gate for hours. x An aerodrome runway and scorching sun are perfect conditions for wounded Russian soldiers to relax. pic.twitter.com/sLPMbjR8Wm — Dmitri (@wartranslated) August 10, 2023 A touching moment for wounded Ukrainian vets at West Point. x Amazing moment at @WestPoint_USMA when they received Ukrainian injured soldiers. I have goosebumps. @Kind_Deeds_Org 🙏🇺🇸🇺🇦 https://t.co/TkLJ1xn9ch — 🇮🇱 🇺🇦 Knukli (@11Knuk123) August 10, 2023 The photos with this tweet tell a powerful story about the tragedy of this war. x Bucha, march 2022 Izium, september 2022 Kherson, february 2023 Zaporizhzhia, today how many more Ukrainians slaughtered in genocide will be enough? pic.twitter.com/RLTmNGK9XP — вареничок.еріставі 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 (@maksymeristavi) August 10, 2023 The story in the link with this tweet chronicles the journey of 11 women to Russia to find their kidnapped children/grandchild and bring them back home. For those who can’t access Twitter, click here. x A great article👇about 11 Ukrainian women whose kids and grandkids were taken by Russian occupation authorities. Russia had "no plan to send these kids home"--so the women went 1000s of miles into Russia & occupied Ukraine, and bravely got their kids back. https://t.co/JakhBggqNF pic.twitter.com/mxKObMzY5R — billvanesveld (@billvanesveld) August 9, 2023 Here is an excerpt: Organized by a local organization called Save Ukraine, private donors are funding the trip. This will be the organization’s fourth group of mothers to retrieve their children from Crimea, but it’s the first time entering occupied Luhansk. Nathalia’s journey will be the riskiest to date. “No laws work on that territory. It’s a lottery who you will meet,” Olga Yerokhina, the organization’s spokesperson, tells me. The organization’s lawyer, Myroslava Kharchenko, quiets the room. “Congratulations. You are already at the finish line. In a couple of days, you will finally see your children,” she says. “But it will not be easy. It will not be an easy path. For some time, you will be in the country of the aggressor. You have to remember that you are strong.” The group stays silent. A few women have tears in their eyes. She explains the various security protocols that the women should follow and asks the journalists in the room not to publish them. The group will first take a train to Chelm, in Poland, then drive to Minsk where they will board a plane to Moscow. Then they’ll drive down into Crimea and Luhansk. A network of sympathetic volunteers along the route will assist the group. “You have to memorize the driver’s phone number because anything can happen.” Medicine to be denied to Ukrainians in a village in unoccupied Kherson Oblast unless they accept a Russian passport. x Doctors in the Russian-occupied village of Lazurne in the Kherson region will not give medicines to residents who have not received Russian passports, Gauleiter of the local administration Aleksandr Dudka said. "First of all it concerns people who need insulin, they have already… pic.twitter.com/2AJ73oMQC5 — NEXTA (@nexta_tv) August 11, 2023 This should have been done long ago. x YouTube has removed the channel of Scott Ritter, the main foreign "expert" on Russian propaganda, a former U.S. intelligence officer who was convicted of pedophilia. The propagandist will now appear on Solovyov's program. pic.twitter.com/wvyzRmyRzn — NEXTA (@nexta_tv) August 11, 2023 Still not as posh as the luxuries that some American evangelical ministers have amassed. x A modest house of Metropolitan Pavel better known as "Pasha Mercedes" on the territory of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. It turns out that it had three underground floors! There is a sauna, a gym and a wine cellar, but it is already empty. Feel the spirit of Russian Orthodoxy. pic.twitter.com/cffz4BTGbX — NEXTA (@nexta_tv) August 11, 2023 Happiness is a homecoming. 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