(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . More Russian stuff blowing up: Another Russian Su-25 goes down [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-10-18 Ukraine is on the attack on the left bank of the Dnipro River just upriver from Kherson. Russia has been bombing Ukrainian positions at the destroyed railway bridge over the Verknya Konka River. There were reports that Ukraine had advanced all the way to the town of Poima, but those were not substantiated. x More footage from FAB bombs being dropped on Ukrainian positions on the exact same area. I do believe Ukrainian raid groups/DRG are active there, but an advance to Poima is out of the question. Seems like Russians have once again set the stages for a 'heroically repelled attack'. https://t.co/CXfQwsspbW pic.twitter.com/obKcI2jd0D — NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) October 18, 2023 This post shows where Poima is located and includes the claim from occasionally correct Russian blogger Rybar that Ukraine captured the town. But take him with a large grain of salt. x BREAKING: Ukraine launched an assault across the Dnipro river last night and has captured Poima near the Antonivsky bridge while also launching an assault on Pishchanivka. The information comes from the pro-Russian Rybar channel, which is extremely worried about the situation pic.twitter.com/GWNy46IYHq — Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) October 18, 2023 More from the Russians. They sound worried. x Very interesting, Russians are banging about a naval operation by Ukrainian forces to establish another bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnieper. They're in a bit of a panic really even though they're trying to cope, you can see it in their commentary.https://t.co/gvM4Qdx3jo pic.twitter.com/opnhhq4BK3 — Dmitri (@wartranslated) October 18, 2023 The Ukrainian Armed Forces have concentrated several brigades of marines to cross the Dnieper, the pontoon fleet (German made) is estimated to be several hundred units, and there are countless boats on the other side. The very fact of the presence of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on our shore is not news: the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been sitting and getting hit for months at the Antonovsky and Zheleznodorozhny bridges. However, the movement of reconnaissance, electronic warfare and communications systems to the front line of defense is a clear sign. Also, recently there have been attacks on our rear areas in order to disrupt logistics, communications and command and control of troops. Big bavovna. Ukrainian drone finds what looks like a stash of mines. x Bada boom boom boom. Bada Bada boom 🎶 8th Mountain Battalion - 10th Mountain Assault Brigade. pic.twitter.com/sAaAPVFEDE — NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) October 18, 2023 Su-25 No.4 this week. x The Press center of the Tavria Group of Forces reports that another Su-25 was downed in the Zaporizhzia direction. This would be the fourth one this week already. pic.twitter.com/MbshLLqVsU — NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) October 18, 2023 Another entry in the turret toss contest. x A T-62 simply finished off by an FPV drone. Nice turret toss also. pic.twitter.com/MuVju1UlHC — NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) October 18, 2023 This attack is near Sevastopol in Crimea, which means it could have been a Storm Shadow missile. No word on what was hit. x 🇺🇦 has just struck a 🇷🇺 supply of military equipment in temporarily 🇷🇺-occupied Crimea. pic.twitter.com/Xx4D9qCofI — Jason Jay Smart (@officejjsmart) October 18, 2023 You can’t run and you can’t hide. x Smile, you are on hidden camera. Accurate work of the FPV drone on the position of the occupiers. 📹: 28th Mechanized Brigade. pic.twitter.com/BOA1pcdLte — Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) October 18, 2023 This is a strike inside Russia. x 🔥 Kursk region, 18 drones hit a military camp near the airfield "Khalino", - SBU At night, SBU launched an attack with drones. Up to 3,000 RU soldiers and 80 units of military equipment were stationed there. The exact number of enemy casualties is currently being determined. pic.twitter.com/bPhg4dJf14 — MAKS 23 👀🇺🇦 (@Maks_NAFO_FELLA) October 18, 2023 There aren’t a lot of these in existence. They’ll have to be used sparingly. x 📰 The United States has reportedly transferred approximately 20 ATACMS missiles to Ukraine, — The New York Times. — UNITED24media (@United24media) October 18, 2023 Putin says that Russia has this ATACMS thing under control. x FULL VIDEO Putin bleated about ATACMS deliveries to Ukraine and agony. He says , “these supplies don’t bring anything good for Ukraine,” “this will not change the situation at the front,” and in general, “we can repel ATACMS missiles.” Yes, they have already repelled it at… https://t.co/otL7J4lews pic.twitter.com/OufdO5qlTi — ✙ Albina Fella ✙ 🇺🇦🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇪🇵🇱🇺🇸🇨🇦🇦🇺 (@albafella1) October 18, 2023 This is what he says he has under control. It’s a pretty awe-inspiring launch. x 6x Ukrainian MGM-140 ATACMS salvo pic.twitter.com/zl9ID1QGxq — OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) October 18, 2023 A colonel bites the dust. There is graphic video posted that shows his body that indicates he was wounded and captured and died before he could be evacuated. x Discovered: ⚡️⚡️ Colonel Ермолаев Павел Валентинович (Ermolaev Pavel Valentinovich) from the Ministry of Emergency Situations was killed in Ukraine. 🇷🇺 claim: “He went to specoperaciya in August, in September he was taken prisoner and Khokhols tortured him to death in captivity.” pic.twitter.com/tpqQCLjAya — KIU ✪ Russian Officers killed in Ukraine 🇨🇿🇺🇦 (@KilledInUkraine) November 17, 2022 This is a long thread that details the plight of a group of Russian convicts-turned-soldiers. It’s a very similar story — soldiers are thrown into the front lines with little or no direction or support. They get no IDs, so it’s as if they don’t exist. So they put together videos recording their plight because they worry that when they die their relatives will get nothing. They say it is like they are shadows. The thread is quite long but I have included the beginning of it below. x 1/ Two videos have been published from Russian former convicts who signed contracts to fight in Ukraine as part of a 'Storm Z' assault unit. They provide an insight into the units which have been used by the Russians to carry out so-called 'meat assaults'. ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/0qLUtC71Sp — ChrisO_wiki (@ChrisO_wiki) October 18, 2023 2/ The men were selected for a special detachment, known as the 'blacks' for their all-black outfits worn for night missions. They were entirely wiped out within only six weeks of the contracts being signed. Their story is told in the thread below: 3/ On 7 April 2023, shortly before the men were sent into the 'meat grinder' near Svatove in eastern Ukraine, several of them recorded videos giving their accounts as an apparent testimony to their relatives in case they were killed. They were subsequently listed as missing. 4/ By this time, the men had realised that (in the words of another member of the detachment) they were "absolutely fucked". They were serving in secret, without documentation, pay or ID tags, and say in the video that they are "like shadows". 5/ This has been a typical story for many Russian convict fighters, who have been termed "ghost soldiers" for the way the authorities have concealed their existence, covered up their deaths and refused to compensate their relatives. God bless the holy warheads and the sacred plutonium. x 🤡 Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, has declared God's participation in the creation of Russia's nuclear weapons Russia's nuclear weapons were created thanks to God and St. Seraphim of Sarov, Patriarch Kirill said Wednesday. "If not for the work of… pic.twitter.com/X03D8FRxYH — NEXTA (@nexta_tv) October 18, 2023 Gonna need a lot of Viagra to pull this off. x Russian authorities intend to double the population of Russia in the next 50 years per Putin's order. Leader of Russian Liberal Democratic party Slutsky said that by 2073, Russians are expected to number at least 290 million people. Does Putin still expect to be in power then? pic.twitter.com/vGdAz8Udn7 — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) October 18, 2023 Years from now, Ukrainian children will be asking, “Grandma, what did you do during the war?” x Ladies of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. 📹: iryna_lv_ / TikTok pic.twitter.com/KyheoZPmBk — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) October 17, 2023 Avdiivka is mostly destroyed but there are many people and pets who still live in that hellscape. x Avdiivka 🇺🇦 An elderly couple finally accepts evacuation.#lviv pic.twitter.com/YCqblsSRMp — TheLvivJournal (@LvivJournal) October 18, 2023 The cat concurs on choice of targets. x Ukrainian soldier and his cat about to smash a suicide drone into a Russian target pic.twitter.com/ZsQQCMaQZk — Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) October 18, 2023 Rest in peace. x 23-year-old Danylo proposed to 20-year-old Diana when they were taking cover together in an air raid shelter last year. They were killed last night in Zaporizhia when their apartment was hit by a Russian strike. Via @olex_scherba pic.twitter.com/gkN8r8XpaW — Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) October 18, 2023 Saved. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/10/18/2200113/-More-Russian-stuff-blowing-up-Another-Russian-Su-25-goes-down?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web 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/