(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . More Russian stuff blowing up: the spirit of Christmas can't be snuffed out [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-12-10 Russia’s strategy for clearing a road of mines is apparently to drive armored vehicles down it to blow them up. Novomykhailivka is south of Marina and southwest of the city of Donetsk. x Novomykhailivka, Russian forces attempted a mechanized assault directly into the town via the main eastern access road. Ukrainian forces had heavily mined the above-mentioned road. Seen below, the remains of at least 4 Russian IFVs that attempted the assault. pic.twitter.com/WYhKnpd8c6 — OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) December 10, 2023 Drones are so ubiquitous now that they are used to go after individual soldiers. WARNING: This video isn’t gory, but it shows drones killing and wounding Russian soldiers. x One of the maddest FPV drone footage 😁 pic.twitter.com/MeisWzqr7l — Getty (@region776) December 10, 2023 And they’ll put up with this too. x Belgorod without eggs! In Belgorod, as in many russian cities, there is a shortage of chicken eggs. Citizens have been queuing for them since 5 am. It's the city that relentlessly and mercilessly bombing Kharkiv and wants us to join their russian world... pic.twitter.com/o6VTb2XUhU — Kate from Kharkiv (@BohuslavskaKate) December 10, 2023 Must have been one of those top-of-the-line North Korean explosive devices. x On December 7, Russian media reported that an explosive device went off spontaneously during fire training at the Dubrovichi training ground in the Ryazan region. Now, it has now become known that the commander of the regional SOBR (Special Rapid Response Unit), of Rosgvardia,… pic.twitter.com/uTHO3OWoss — Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) December 10, 2023 Speaking of shit that doesn’t work right. Simple but effective. x Railway boxes in Russia being lit on fire by pro-Ukrainian partisans. -Relay cabinet near the village of Lazenki, Novo-Peredelkino District, Moscow Oblast (55.656435, 37.362762) -Relay cabinet near the village of Artemevo, Novo-Peredelkino District, Moscow Oblast#OSINT… pic.twitter.com/pv3NtLx1g6 — OSINT (Uri) 🇺🇦 (@UKikaski) December 10, 2023 Frozen stiff. x 💔 These conditions are so hard... pic.twitter.com/Bqb2f51nNs — Oriannalyla 🇺🇦 (@Lyla_lilas) December 10, 2023 Krynky is Ukraine. WARNING: The video shows a wounded Russian soldier. x 🔥| 🇷🇺Russian BMD-4M together with VDV’s landing party were destroyed by the 🇺🇦Ukrainian 35th Marine Brigade on the outskirts of Krynky, left bank of Kherson region. This is how most of Russian assaults end. And according to my information, there will be more such videos...… pic.twitter.com/nrIGkTrpj3 — Cloooud |🇺🇦 (@GloOouD) December 9, 2023 Nice of Russia to continue supplying Ukraine with tanks. x Captured 🇷🇺Russian «T-80UE-1» tank in service of the 🇺🇦Ukrainian 93rd Mechanized Brigade. Since start of the full-scale invasion 🇷🇺Russia's 4th tank division lost 7 of these rare tanks (visually confirmed), with 5 of them being abandoned and later captured by 🇺🇦Ukrainian forces… pic.twitter.com/KZFgyfnS5V — Cloooud |🇺🇦 (@GloOouD) December 10, 2023 Zelenskyy is in Argentina for the inauguration of the new right-wing president, who is a real piece of work. But Ukraine needs every friend it can get. Next Zelenskyy will be visiting Ukraine’s most important friend right now — the United States. Hopefully he can convince some Republicans in Congress to quit being assholes — at least on the issue of Ukraine aid. x Today, I participated in @JMilei’s inauguration in Buenos Aires and congratulated the new President. This is a new beginning for Argentina and I wish President Milei and the entire Argentinian people to surprise the world with their successes. I am also certain that bilateral… pic.twitter.com/WFjsZsDYIQ — Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) December 10, 2023 Sweden demonstrating again that it is a great asset to NATO — much better than Hungary. x The Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces, General Micael Bydén, visited the positions of the #UAarmy in the Eastern direction and met the artillery men from the 45th Artillery Brigade. We are grateful to our Swedish partners for their steadfast support! 🇺🇦🤝🇸🇪 pic.twitter.com/5H2USDPHdL — Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) December 10, 2023 Two hundred thousand sounds like a lot — and it is a lot — but Ukraine needs way more than that. Supplying the artillery shells needed in this war has been one of the biggest challenges. x "Germany will be able to deliver ~200.000 artillery shells to Ukraine next year. This is a significant part of the planned million," German Chief of Defence, Carsten Breuer said. He added that German industry is currently increasing production. https://t.co/aAWTC8Ujh2 — NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) December 10, 2023 Some people are just so full of hate. x In #Dnipro, unknown persons burned a memorial to the victims of the Russian strike on a residential building. The police are looking for the arsonists. pic.twitter.com/gc2zDOPIiL — NEXTA (@nexta_tv) December 10, 2023 And some people just can’t be defeated. x This video perfectly describes the life of Kharkiv residents. The city does not live a day without the sound of sirens, but people does not forget that there are small things that make this life more pleasant. Video: @benzionovicharina pic.twitter.com/I1VUreFse0 — Oriannalyla 🇺🇦 (@Lyla_lilas) December 10, 2023 That prosthetic arm isn’t excellent state of the art. But he’s kind of lucky anyway. He was in a Storm Z unit (i.e. cannon fodder) and only lost his arm. x Video from a Russian soldier from the STORM Z unit. His name is Igor, he demonstrates his prosthesis installed after losing a limb. pic.twitter.com/sfsVGsKFdh — PS01 (@PStyle0ne1) December 10, 2023 I don’t know about art, but it’ll make a nice exhibit in the museum once the war is over. x Russian Grad MLRS transformed into some kind of Artworkhttps://t.co/AjcCTLc2lg pic.twitter.com/XPrZoBTpXm — Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) December 10, 2023 Santa isn’t stopping here no matter how nice the tree might look. x Y A L T A 💙💛 A Christmas tree is installed in Yalta. We are waiting for the festive salute from the Armed Forces of Ukraine 🥂 Trukha⚡️Crimea | pic.twitter.com/0ANxeSkoOm — Iris Schneider (@IrisEllen0355) December 10, 2023 The spirit of Christmas can’t be destroyed by rockets or hard conditions. x This video perfectly describes the life of Kharkiv residents. The city does not live a day without the sound of sirens, but people does not forget that there are small things that make this life more pleasant. Video: @benzionovicharina pic.twitter.com/I1VUreFse0 — Oriannalyla 🇺🇦 (@Lyla_lilas) December 10, 2023 Jingle Bells, HIMARS Shells NASAMS battery Oh what fun it is to ride in an Abrams MBT x We ordered our St Javelin Ugly Christmas sweaters last night. Money goes to support Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/WEEjYX3QT1 — Louïse Hitchcock Din #Fella (@ashlarblocks) December 10, 2023 Nice. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/12/10/2210784/-More-Russian-stuff-blowing-up-the-spirit-of-Christmas-can-t-be-snuffed-out?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/