(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . More Russian stuff blowing up, plus Ukraine loses a Challenger tank [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-09-05 Looks like he pissed somebody off. x This night someone burned the Land Cruiser of Valery Babakov, General Director of the Navis Design Bureau, in Moscow The bureau is one of the key developers of GPS and GLONASS satellite navigation systems. Such systems are widely used in Russian weapons. pic.twitter.com/pRj25oZQc8 — NEXTA (@nexta_tv) September 5, 2023 Another military enlistment office is targeted. x In #SaintPetersburg, an explosion occurred near the military registration and enlistment office building on Krupskaya Street. An improvised explosive device went off in the ventilation shaft leading to the bomb shelter. The FSB is on the scene. At the moment the details are… pic.twitter.com/uUSo45JDZx — NEXTA (@nexta_tv) September 5, 2023 Ukraine lost its first Challenger tank. This is unfortunate but to be expected during war. x The AFU lost its first Challenger 2 tank. In a video uploaded 18 hours ago, where also a damaged Ukrainian T-64BV is visible, the tank supplied by The UK is seen burning while shelling continues on the background. Presumably Zaporizhzia direction. pic.twitter.com/1NAb7SbV1G — NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) September 5, 2023 Russia can go on wasting missiles by blowing up empty fields. x Russian forces launch at least 4 x S300 missiles at AFU positions NW of #Verbove in the #Zaporizhia AO (47.450374, 35.934432 - EjShahid). It appears they land in an empty field showing the high degree of inaccuracy for these missiles when used in ballistic mode. Russia really… pic.twitter.com/EJVn4D3RDQ — OSINT (Uri) 🇺🇦 (@UKikaski) September 5, 2023 He fucked around. He found out. x In the self-proclaimed 'LNR' it is reported that the head of customs and FSB agent Yuriy Afanasyevskii was blown up in his apartment. Sources indicate this is the work of the SBU. He received multiple shrapnel wounds and is now in ICU in critical condition. pic.twitter.com/5GZFlHmOty — NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) September 5, 2023 Should have set it on fire. x This is how Ukrainian residents treat a car of a local collaborator on the left bank of the occupied Kherson region. The wheels of his car were punctured and they painted the coat of arms of Ukraine on it. pic.twitter.com/7izhdEZdKL — NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) September 5, 2023 Destroying 38 artillery pieces in one day is great. x Many pleasing figures in #Ukraine's daily tally of #Russia's battlefield losses. 38 artillery systems and 4 MLRS in the last day are both great along with 4 items of "special equipment" and again well over 500 dead soldiers.#RussiansGOHOME pic.twitter.com/ivnYka9onb — Tim White (@TWMCLtd) September 5, 2023 This is at Kurdyumivka, which is south of Bakhmut and Klishchiivka. If this is true and Ukraine can hold onto it, this is bad news for Russia that Ukraine is occupying part of that rail line. x A Russian channel claims AFU managed to create a bridgehead at the railway tracks near Ozarianivka. Russians are trying to knock them out of their positions. If there is a truth to it, my guess would be one of the black circled area's (blue=railway). pic.twitter.com/mc73MlhqLI — NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) September 4, 2023 Forced conscription of citizens in occupied countries is a war crime. Yet another example of Russian soldiers being treated like dirt. x 2/ The regiment (formally the 1486th Motor Rifle Regiment) is one of several that have mostly been recruited from St Petersburg and the surrounding Leningrad Oblast. It comprises men mobilised from September 2022 onwards, plus volunteers. — ChrisO_wiki (@ChrisO_wiki) September 5, 2023 3/ According to one of the regiment's members, a man called Dmitry, after mobilisation 1,700 men were sent for two months to a military training camp at Privetninskoye, a village in the Vyborg district of the Leningrad Oblast. Now, he says, "half are no longer alive." 4/ The men's problems began almost immediately. Dmitry says that "at the very beginning, in September, we were given one set of uniforms, a 20-kilogram "Modul" bulletproof vest and an automatic rifle. 5/ "In winter, we were given a home-made Belarusian VKPO (all-season basic uniform). And two months ago – pants and socks. That's all, actually." 6/ The situation with ammunition was equally bad. Dmitry says it was only "issued twice. Once on entry and the second time three months ago." The men have had to rely on "trophy" ammunition captured from the Ukrainians. x 8/ "And it was without a firing pin. The officers found the firing pin somewhere in Russia through their acquaintances and brought it back. They fixed it. We also had one short-wheelbase Ural truck for a battalion of 550 men." — ChrisO_wiki (@ChrisO_wiki) September 5, 2023 Speaking of Russian soldiers being treated like dirt. Ukraine’s counteroffensive was in its second month when Andrey, a Russian soldier, called his wife to say his unit was taking heavy casualties. They were so badly equipped, he said, it felt like the Soviet forces in World War II. “They are f*****g us up,” Andrey said by telephone on July 12, comparing the onslaught to the worst moments of Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union. “No f*****g ammunition, nothing … Shall we use our fingers as bayonets?” The conversation was one excerpt from 17 phone calls placed by Russian soldiers fighting in the south and east of Ukraine that were intercepted in the first two weeks of July by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), the country’s main intelligence agency. The expletive-laden intercepts, shared with the Reuters news agency by a Ukrainian intelligence source, provide a rare – albeit partial – glimpse into the conditions of some Russian soldiers as Kyiv prosecuted a major counteroffensive, which started in early June, two military analysts told Reuters. South Korea creates a separate command for drones. Another example of how drones are changing the battlefield. Probably not a bad idea for the U.S. to do the same. x ⚡️South Korea created the world's first Operational Drone Command. A separate organization of planning, management and application of operational and strategic level is being created for drones. pic.twitter.com/M6rwfkSkdo — Getty (@region776) September 5, 2023 Are there any weapons systems that Poland hasn’t bought yet? x BREAKING: Poland signs another huge air defense deal! 🇵🇱 is buying 138 iLaunchers together with more than 1000 CAMM-ER missiles. 23 new air defense batteries to be created MBDA UK will be involved, but Polish companies will play the main role The total cost is USD 13 billion pic.twitter.com/pXRGClCvZS — Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) September 5, 2023 Girl tells interviewer, “Putin is a dickhead.” Kombat kitty karma [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/9/5/2191623/-More-Russian-stuff-blowing-up-plus-Ukraine-loses-a-Challenger-tank Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/