(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . More Russian stuff blowing up: Convicted Russian cannibal gets a pardon for fighting in Ukraine [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-11-23 This is a despicable crime — you fire a missile at an apartment building, which starts a fire. Then you wait a little while, long enough for rescuers and firefighters to arrive and fire another missile to try to kill them. x Kherson. The Russian army again attacked the residential quarters of the city. One of the enemy shells hit a high-rise building. A fire broke out in the apartment. As soon as the rescuers started extinguishing the flames, the enemy opened fire again. Despite the danger,… pic.twitter.com/TylTdOb1ev — Oriannalyla 🇺🇦 (@Lyla_lilas) November 22, 2023 Ukrainians hit the jackpot, finding a convoy of Russian trucks loaded with ammunition. Might want to put those fires out, guys. Just sayin’. x In the Kherson region, Ukrainian soldiers ambushed a convoy of Russian trucks loaded with ammunition, and after neutralization took the ammunition away with them pic.twitter.com/T7COp7Xdyv — Oriannalyla 🇺🇦 (@Lyla_lilas) November 23, 2023 Since he’s a prison inmate, I guess that means he gets to lead a meat assault. In early 2023, the former mayor was sentenced to 16.5 years in prison for bribes worth 38 million rubles (~$300,000). The sentence was later commuted to 12 years in prison. This is not the first time that a convicted or defendant Russian official has gone to war to avoid criminal liability. Earlier, former deputy head of Khakassia Sergey Novikov, convicted of bribery, went to the front lines. x The former mayor of Russian city of Vladivostok, convicted of bribery, has gone to war against Ukraine. According to media reports, Oleg Gumenyuk had been looking for the opportunity to go to the frontlines since the beginning of Russia's invasion. In early 2023, the former… pic.twitter.com/fWEkaw1iq6 — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) November 22, 2023 Twenty to one is staggering. x The amount of killed Russian soldiers around Avdiivka is unique. Talked to a Ukrainian officer yday who told me the death ratio since early October is around 20:1 in favor of the AFU. “Even better than in Bakhmut”, he said, while admitting the Russians advance – at that cost(!). pic.twitter.com/MaF4Y8PYUL — Julian Röpcke🇺🇦 (@JulianRoepcke) November 22, 2023 I have no problem believing that North Korean ammunition is crap. x I cannot prove this one way or the other, but there are multiple reports of Russian artillery pieces being destroyed due to the poor quality of DPRK rounds. Could be true, could be PSYOP.#OSINT #Counteroffensive #UkraineRussiaWar #UkraineWar #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/gyAVrCox4D — OSINT (Uri) 🇺🇦 (@UKikaski) November 24, 2023 A Russian correspondent was killed by shrapnel while doing a report about shelling. I’m not sure you can call someone who works for state-run media in Russia a journalist. But even if he was, reporting from a war front is a very dangerous job and sometimes journalists get killed or wounded. x "Russia-24" state channel reporter Boris Maksudov passed away after a Ukrainian defender strike against a group of journalists who were covering "shelling by AFU of settlements in Zaporizhzhia Oblast". The strike was carried out earlier on 22 November, the authorities initially… pic.twitter.com/sy9TV0rfWS — Dmitri (@wartranslated) November 23, 2023 x The Russian ""journalist"" who by chance looked like any other Russian soldier pic.twitter.com/V4S049iyhQ — PStyleOne1 (@PStyle0ne1) November 23, 2023 Farewell to another quisling. x Ukrainian Media: The SBU eliminated a top traitor from the Kharkiv region who fled to Russia. We are talking about the deputy head of the occupation administration of the Kharkiv region Oleksandr Slisarenko. Due to the injuries received as a result of the explosion, he went to… pic.twitter.com/rTynseJ6Nf — OSINT (Uri) 🇺🇦 (@UKikaski) November 23, 2023 Russian losses were high again today. 36 armored personnel carriers and 33 artillery systems, plus 1,130 troops. x Russian losses per 23/11/23 reported by the Ukrainian General Staff. +1130 (!) men +20 tanks +36 APVs +33 artillery systems +3 MLRS +2 AD systems +15 UAVs pic.twitter.com/ajtEWoCtga — NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) November 23, 2023 It’s not as spectacular as an ammo dump going bavovna, but it leaves the Russians without a way to see what’s going on. x Four Russian Murom recon-/surveillance complexes were destroyed. pic.twitter.com/eMtIsAIWeX — NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) November 23, 2023 Russia isn’t the only one who can target energy infrastructure. x 💡 Blackout in Moscow region 💩 Russian media reports that an explosion occurred near a substation in the city of Lytkarino, Moscow Region. After that, all the lights in the district went out, and a fire started at the place of the flash. 🔌 According to preliminary data,… pic.twitter.com/OTqL6JA3yF — PStyleOne1 (@PStyle0ne1) November 23, 2023 An undignified way to go. The drones will even find you while you have our pants down. He seems nice, in a Jeffrey Dahmer sort of way. x 2/ 44-year-old Denis Gorin from Aniva in the Sakhalin region has been tried three times for murder and cannibalism, most recently serving a 22-year sentence after being convicted of three murders in 2018. He appears to have signed a contract recently with the Russian MOD. pic.twitter.com/YQecNkeFs2 — ChrisO_wiki (@ChrisO_wiki) November 23, 2023 Now they’re war criminals. x Head of a Russian political party, Sergey Mironov, and his new wife, have adopted a child kidnapped from Ukraine. Russian media"Vazhnye Istorii" has obtained documents confirming that the 70-year-old MP, leader of the party "A Just Russia" Sergey Mironov, who actively supports… pic.twitter.com/SP9BdIYrVX — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) November 23, 2023 At the end of August 2022, Inna Varlamova arrived in Kherson region together with Mironov's first deputy in the State Duma, Yana Lantratova. They did not leave alone. The local occupation authorities issued power of attorney for them to take out two children - 10-month-old Margarita Prokopenko and two-year-old Ilia Vashchenko, Hromadske reported. These children lived in an orphanage in Kherson before the full-scale war began. In December 2022, Sergey Mironov and Inna Varlamova adopted Margarita Prokopenko, taken from Kherson. She was just over a year old. At the request of the adopters, the personal data of the child can be changed, which was done: the girl became Marina Sergeevna Mironova. Her name and parents were changed, but also the place of birth: instead of the Ukrainian Kherson - Podolsk near Moscow. x This isn't just disgusting and shocking — it's a war crime. Sergei Mironov and his wife adopted a child abducted from Ukraine. Margarita Prokopenko, a 10-month-old girl, was in orphanage in Kherson during Russian occupation. From there, she was illegally transported to Russia,… pic.twitter.com/0aKANlUYWF — Maria Avdeeva (@maria_avdv) November 23, 2023 This is freaky. If you look at the photo, the kids are wearing cams hats and black bags — as if they are in body bags. It’s seems like a sick hyper-nationalism — as in everyone is willing to die for Russia. The text above the photo is as follows: "Military party or Birthday party in military style. To undergo the course of a young fighter, take the oath and receive military ranks are the main objectives of a Military party for boys and girls over 7 years old.The program includes: combat equipment, minefield passage, bomb throwing and much more." x A story from Russian life: This is an announcement on Russian social media offering to hold a children's birthday party (text translated below). Are the kids wearing black bags in the photo? It seems they are. The text above the photo is as follows: "Military party or Birthday… pic.twitter.com/Bs6bDy0yoN — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) November 23, 2023 Gosh, I can’t imagine why. x Russian "military correspondent" Maxim Fadeyev admits that there is no longer a pro-Russian population left in the Ukrainian-controlled territory. After everything that Russia has done, even those who used to treat Russia well, now hate it and help the Ukrainian army. 📹:… pic.twitter.com/rIbCv0RFqu — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) November 23, 2023 Rest in peace. x Multiple world kickboxing champion Serhii Lysiuk died at the front after being seriously wounded. Honored Master of Sports of Ukraine, six-time world kickboxing champion Serhii Lysiuk volunteered for the frontline at the beginning of the full-scale invasion. On November 12,… pic.twitter.com/gnQxv8k5HT — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) November 23, 2023 Too much coffee? Life in the trenches is so glamorous. x First snow on the frontlines: Ukrainian soldier Dmytro Hapchynskyi, husband of the famous artist Yevheniia Hapchynska, shared a video from the trenches. Snow immediately turns the fortifications into mud corridors. 📹 kodvody_smile pic.twitter.com/Wbo9ABKf0l — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) November 23, 2023 Christmas in a frequently targeted city. x Instead of a thousand words. For the second year, the main Christmas tree in Kharkiv is installed in the subway - due to constant missile attacks, it would be too dangerous to have it outside. 📷: UNN pic.twitter.com/S1IrL4dPmQ — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) November 23, 2023 It’s amazing they survived. x Two horses that had been roaming the ruins of Avdiivka since the spring of 2023 were rescued by Ukrainians.#Ukraine #Ukrainian #Ukrainians #RussianEmpireMustFall #RussiaIsATerroristState pic.twitter.com/wk9dPtnjxJ — Intermarium 24 (@intermarium24) November 21, 2023 It’s so cold they need two kittens to stay warm. x Glory to our Defenders! Two special heating devices pic.twitter.com/lPQNvHTYdh — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) November 21, 2023 Anybody got a light? 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