(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . More Russian stuff blowing up: Russia tries tunneling at Avdiivka [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-10-21 The Russians are determined to lose thousands of troops and hundreds of armored vehicles in a ridiculous effort to take Avdiivka. They are digging tunnels closer to our positions, firstly, for the purpose of camouflage, and, secondly, to emerge somewhere closer to our positions unexpectedly" He also noted that Ukrainians spotted the use of remote-controlled robotic transport vehicles by the Russians that can carry a decent load. x Russians are digging tunnels in Avdiivka to get closer to the Ukrainian positions, says the spokesman of the 110th Brigade Anton Kotsukon': "They are digging tunnels closer to our positions, firstly, for the purpose of camouflage, and, secondly, to emerge somewhere closer to… — Dmitri (@wartranslated) October 21, 2023 Combat in the trenches. The YouTube video is almost 9 minutes long and shows the difficulties in defending a trench. There is a long written description from one of the soldiers. Here is the beginning: On the way, there were bursts from shells, filled-up holes, and a broken, burned-out dugout full of stinking rubble. The mortar did not give rest. We had to fall into pits from explosions, onto fallen trees. The branches of bushes and simply branches that tangled your legs from which you fell, just taking a new step, caught your eye. The worst has happened for these circumstances. When I fell, I tore my kneecap, and this hole in the wet skin began to interfere with movement even more, and when I fell, I completely tore my knee. The tank started working on us and it was really crazy! Because this pain did not allow me to breathe at all. Imagine a situation in which you run blindfolded across a field of branches, bushes and holes, falling every 10-20 seconds for 4 hours straight... x YouTube Video This post is generating a lot of attention. The speculation is that this is from the Oleshky Sands, which is a national park area on the left bank of the Dnipro River southeast of the city of Oleshky. If that’s true, (big IF) it’s a big effin’ deal. x I just ran across this photo with a cryptic message: "Not everyone will recognize this location, but very soon you will find out good news." I think I know where it is... #OSINT #Counteroffensive #UkraineRussiaWar #UkraineWar #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/CjglC0lKoe — OSINT (Uri) 🇺🇦 (@UKikaski) October 21, 2023 x Either Oleshky Sands reserve or Crimea would be rather impressive for DRG groups of this size. But, I'm sceptical. Formation seems to relaxed and the lack of visible weaponry. Makes me think this is a training area. https://t.co/oDH4S8J1hT — Skilllos ᓚᘏᗢ ඞ (@Skilllos) October 21, 2023 Some video has emerged of the airfield in Luhansk that was hit by ATACMS. x Video of the consequences of the ATACMS strike on Russian airbase in Lugansk pic.twitter.com/6uzrrtywvl — Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) October 21, 2023 The ATACMS attack on the Luhansk and Berdyansk air fields destroyed or damaged a lot more helicopters than originally thought. x Many people have criticised GeoConfirmed's count of "21 helicopters destroyed or damaged" in the recent strikes on Berdyansk and Luhansk airfields. Someone said in a @HelloMrBond Twitter space that GeoConfirmed had "counted empty revetments", which is not true. I can say that… https://t.co/L1kYRlsMlK pic.twitter.com/sNf0yz73pW — Benjamin Pittet (@COUPSURE) October 20, 2023 I can say that this count is based on VHR satellite imagery that I have seen. These images show that the entire area inside the Berdyansk protective berms was peppered with cluster munitions. This type of image cannot be distributed publicly because of copyright restrictions. However, GeoConfirmed did make a mistake when analysing these images by identifying a Pantsir as a helicopter. Here is my analysis based on VHR imagery and displayed through Planet imagery. 8 helicopters were completely destroyed, 6 were damaged and probably totalled and a radar was destroyed at Berdyansk. A Pantsir SAM located outside the image to the east may also have been damaged.In Luhansk, at least 7 helicopters were damaged or destroyed (one of which was not included in previous public analyses). Confirmed losses therefore amount to 21 helicopters destroyed or damaged and one radar destroyed. Russia is using Tuvans to communicate over radios in their own language. He compares this to the WWII Native American code talkers. x Propagandist Sladkov came to the Tuvans and showed how the Russian army encrypts communications. Do Russia's ethnic minorities still want to give their lives for Russia in this war with such a humiliating attitude? pic.twitter.com/7rjsiPQVuE — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) October 21, 2023 Russia destroys a post office. What’s the point of that other than terrorism? x The Russian forces struck a post office in Kharkiv tonight, killing 6 people. Doctors are working on saving the lives of another 14 Ukrainians. Stay strong @NP_official_ua, you play a crucial role in this war pic.twitter.com/X2mLIOo5HX — Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) October 21, 2023 I knew nothing about Howard Buffet (Warren’s son) before reading this. So I googled him. Seems he is a Republican who held local office in Colorado and was once implicated in some shady stuff. This is from Wikipedia: In January 2019, the Phoenix New Times ran a 27-page investigative report potentially implying that Howard Buffett used money donated to his charitable foundation principally by his father to gain influence and obtain a position in the Cochise Country, Arizona Sheriffs Department possibly to conduct operations against migrants in the borderlands or to combat drug-runners. The operations implied by the report include the stockpiling or donation of weapons and a questionable defoliation campaign. But I’ll give him credit for going to Avdiivka with humanitarian aid. x Howard Buffett, the son of the famous billionaire and investor Warren Buffett, brought humanitarian aid to #Avdiivka. He came to the long-suffering city together with volunteers from Ivano-Frankivsk and the Global Empowerment Mission. pic.twitter.com/bp0G3gtAT4 — Ukraine Front Lines (@EuromaidanPR) June 16, 2023 This is an interesting thread explaining the ins and outs of the various types of ATACMS. And it explores whether ATACMS can take out the Kerch Bridge. Short answer: Yes, but only temporarily. What is needed is a warhead of about 2,000 kg hitting the bridge foundations. In other words — Germany’s Taurus cruise missiles. x These unitary warheads will certainly do damage to a bridge, but will it be enough? British WW2 experience has taught us that to do fundamental damage to a bridge, you have to destroy its fundaments. And you need the equivalent of 2000lbs (907 kg) TNT to do that. 6/n pic.twitter.com/hjFYIHTtRG — René Duba (@ReneDuba) October 20, 2023 In particular: their experience was that if you do anything else, even a slight variation, it would result only in slight damage to the bridge that the enemy could start repairing without great difficulty. Conclusion: Will ATACMS of different kinds be extremely helpfull in destroying Russian stocks, airfields, troop concentrations, equipment, army bases and logistics as far away as anywhere in Ukraine? Yes. Will it kill the Kerch bridge? At least part of it temporarily. Ukraine continues to probe the left bank of the Dnipro River near Kherson looking for a foothold. x Krynki on the map pic.twitter.com/ZZAI5cKb0P — PStyleOne1 (@PStyle0ne1) October 21, 2023 That fifth SU-25 that was shot down the other day was from a Stinger. Your tax dollars at work. Hello Daddy. x "Hello, Daddy!" Little son of a fallen Warrior sometimes writes letters to his father "in the heavens". His dad promised him they would once climb to the top of the statue of Motherland in Kyiv together. Now the boy reads his letter to his dad from there. Eternal memory to… pic.twitter.com/He7YzQtN0v — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) October 21, 2023 Yes, they certainly deserve to be honored. x These people who risk their lifes to save animals deserve to be seen ❤️🙏 pic.twitter.com/M5pPBxhry3 — Oriannalyla 🇺🇦 (@Lyla_lilas) October 21, 2023 I once ate a pig ear sandwich at a blues festival in the Mississippi Delta, but I wouldn’t eat this. x Canned pig snout for russian rations. pic.twitter.com/6bI8NJLfrD — BroSINT 69™ (@osint_69) October 20, 2023 Must be a Leopard tank. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/10/21/2200728/-More-Russian-stuff-blowing-up-Russia-tries-tunneling-at-Avdiivka?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=latest_community&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/