(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . More Russian stuff blowing up: Russia uses Ukrainian POWs as human shields in combat [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-12-13 Russia blazes new territory in the commission of war crimes. x ❗Russian forces use Ukrainian POWs as human shields. Video shows Russian soldiers leading captured Ukrainian soldiers with their hands up as cover to fire on Ukrainian positions. One Russian soldier shot a prisoner who fell to the ground dead. pic.twitter.com/l774xAE3rv — UNITED24media (@United24media) December 13, 2023 Drunk Russian soldiers plus a grenade = Dead Russian soldiers. WARNING: The video shows the dead soldiers. x Video from Russian military. Drunk Russians were playing with a grenade which, not surprisingly, exploded.https://t.co/1pAHVJjW47 pic.twitter.com/Pjkte0OAeK — Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) December 13, 2023 A tour of Krynky on the left bank of the Dnipro River shows there isn’t much left of it. x Krynky. "Russian World". Heavy gunfire. Date unknown, probably quite recent. pic.twitter.com/6mXIR7YvRG — WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated) December 13, 2023 This demonstrates why Krynky has been destroyed. x Geolocated videos in Krynky since October 27th pic.twitter.com/nFwTB4XScF — Andrew Perpetua (@AndrewPerpetua) December 13, 2023 Bradleys getting the job done in Stepove, which is north of Avdiivka. x Stepove, north of Avdiivka, three Russian armored vehicles cross the contested railway line, moving south. From the town, a concealed Ukrainian M2A2 Bradley IFV rips into the formation with 25mm Bushmaster chaingun fire, destroying the lead two Russian vehicles. pic.twitter.com/UB44acFmPt — OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) December 13, 2023 Big bavovna in Belarus. x 🔥An electrical substation is on fire in Vitebsk, Belarus - the fire was preceded by explosions! 👀 Belarusians report on social networks that water and electricity have disappeared in several areas. pic.twitter.com/1lYt2C2zma — MAKS 23 👀🇺🇦 (@Maks_NAFO_FELLA) December 13, 2023 Drones will find you at your most embarrassing moments. x 🇷🇺Russian invader decided to pee on sacred Ukrainian land on the outskirts of Avdiivka. Thanks to CSO SBU, the invader was punished with FPV kamikaze drone, bought by Serhii Sternenko 🔥 pic.twitter.com/xeaNn8SW9e — Cloooud |🇺🇦 (@GloOouD) December 12, 2023 Sergey won’t have to worry about a drone finding him. x 🇷🇺Russian soldier Sergey from Rostov region made the only right decision in his life and surrendered to the 🇺🇦Ukrainian 92nd Assault Brigade in Bakhmut direction. Sergey expressed a desire to fight for Ukraine interests, and even voluntarily, loudly shouted "Glory to Ukraine!" pic.twitter.com/sghug846M9 — Cloooud |🇺🇦 (@GloOouD) December 11, 2023 I think that plane is just snake-bit. x Russian media published a video of a Russian truck that transported a damaged Su-34 for repairs and flew into the ditch itself. pic.twitter.com/csYa5l5SYi — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) December 13, 2023 They’re not even trying to look like a civilized nation. x Sergey Mironov, a Russian politician and MP, calls for killing Ukrainians - to lift the moratorium on the death penalty and hang Ukrainians in squares: "The crimes of the Ukronazis should be punished by the death penalty! The moratorium should be lifted. In the USSR, war… pic.twitter.com/449hWUZVz8 — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) December 13, 2023 Elections, schelections. Who needs ‘em? We have Daddy Putin. I want one of those hats, BTW. x Warmonger, supporter of Putin and the war, Russian singer Tsyganova, about "elections" in Russia: "Putin is not elected, people live and die with him." That one time when they said the truth. pic.twitter.com/g4C855g8Au — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) December 13, 2023 She is absolutely correct. Yet Republicans’ only concern is scoring whatever political points they can. x For those in town making choices on security assistance to Ukraine, if you need more reasons, then I have a warning to share with you about the Kremlin. I feel that I have a duty to warn. /1 — Dara Massicot (@MassDara) December 11, 2023 The Kremlin is starting to gloat that it is beating us – the west. If they feel like they can win by outlasting the political will of the United States and Europe about Ukraine, they will become much worse in the years to come, cocky and partially reconstituted. /2 It is my job to look at different futures being rebuilt on the horizon. And I tell you that a bruised , vengeful, and overconfident Russia is one of them that I see on the path we are on, unless choices are made now. /3 Why? Every time the Russians think that they have “won” in a conflict under Putin -- Georgia 2008, Ukraine 2014, Syria 2015 – they learn something about us – and they become overconfident in their abilities and in a few years they try bigger and bolder operations. /4 If the Kremlin concludes they can outlast Ukraine and Western support, they will tell themselves they overcame or defeated US and NATO intelligence, planning, weapons, tactics, will, and defense production. It would be an inaccurate but dangerous conclusion for them to arrive at. If Russia were to conclude that their repetitive brute force methods and DIB can overcome western aid to Ukraine and outlast NATO political will and types of support- the outcome would be very dangerous, and it must not be allowed to happen. It could upend deterrence./6 Ukraine really needs several more Patriot systems. x Ukraine will put into operation the second Patriot air defense system, provided by Germany, by the end of the year, according to Schultz🇩🇪 Norway has also announced the transfer of additional NASAMS air defense systems🇳🇴 https://t.co/HkFm2DSK64 — Maria Drutska 🇺🇦 (@maria_drutska) December 13, 2023 This is astounding — Russia’s losses in killed and wounded amount to almost 90% of the original ground force that invaded Ukraine in February 2022. What’s in Ukraine now is almost entirely a replacement army. x ‼Russia has lost 87% of its total ground forces and two-thirds of the tanks it had before the invasion of Ukraine, according to CNN. These figures are based on a declassified assessment by U.S. intelligence provided to Congress. ▪️ Intelligence estimates indicate that out of… pic.twitter.com/IWncDIJrqS — Maria Drutska 🇺🇦 (@maria_drutska) December 13, 2023 This bound to improve morale in Russia’s army. This is one way to get rid of your problem officers. x Russian Colonel General Mikhail Teplinsky, commander of RuAF's left bank Dnipro forces, has ordered the re-creation of the "White Guard." Assault units made up of 100% officers.🤯 Red Army history in 2023 🧵 1/https://t.co/L9Mmv57loO — Trent Telenko (@TrentTelenko) December 12, 2023 Per Andrii Kovalov, Spokesman for the Gen Staff of the AFU:"These are some kind of attack battalions, modelled on the White Guard units of the 1920s. The main criteria for officers in assault units are the inability to command subordinates, personal indiscipline… ...and poor motivation." So, let me give you the bizarre BLUF:RuAF has a huge officer shortage in the junior and field ranks in an army that has never had a non-commissioned officer corps. And it is now concentrating the few it has left into meat assault units?3/ The _worst_ few 'failing' junior and field grade officers at commanding troops.In so many words, these new White Guards of Russian Colonel General Mikhail Teplinsky are a 'failed officer' penal unit. Russia attacked Kyiv yesterday with repurposed S-400 anti-aircraft missiles and Iskander missiles. Naturally, their targets had nothing to do with the military. x Kyiv today Children’s playground. Kindergartens. Hospitals. Residential buildings. People live with thoughts all over Ukraine that the next house can be theirs. The next hit can be into their families. Weapons. Sanctions. Funding. We need all of this. Yet, we also need a clear… pic.twitter.com/ZQTdXd7NJd — Maria Drutska 🇺🇦 (@maria_drutska) December 13, 2023 x The aftermath of the Russian missile attack on Kyiv last night. Look at the size of the crater. This is a residential area, many elderly people live there. Imagine how scared they were. Most apartments in that building don't have windows now, in winter. 📷&📹: Telegraf, SESU pic.twitter.com/ccgLRpOaTf — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) December 13, 2023 Surviving the meat assault is just the first step to surviving the war. Then you have to survive the medical care. x We don’t abandon our own! Firmly and clearly. After the operation in Lugansk, the unfinished russians were transported to Rostov. So that they would not occupy the beds, they were kicked out of the hospital and settled in an abandoned shithouse to wait for the bus. Ironically,… pic.twitter.com/Hl7epSk162 — PS01 (@PStyle0ne1) December 13, 2023 There is a report out from a Russian source about a Russian pilot of a KA-52 helicopter being raped and beaten to death by a group of drunken Chechens. His body was thrown into the woods. The tweet about the report is quite graphic, so I’m not embedding it. But there is going to be a special place in hell for the Kadyrovites. I was listening to Morning Joe today and there was actually an extended discussion about Ukraine, which is rare these days. But the gist of it was that the United States needs to bring about negotiations to end the war because this can’t go on for years. It’s a crock of shit. First, Russia won’t agree to anything as long as it thinks it can still win. Second, any ceding of Ukrainian territory to Russia is a non-starter in Ukraine and ought to be. Third, giving Russia even a square inch of Ukraine would shatter forever the concept that international borders can be changed by force, the concept we were enforcing when we freed Kuwait in the Gulf War. Fourth, it would mean no accountability for war crimes committed in Ukraine. x It’s an insult to Ukraine and it’s lost heroes for other countries to suggest to even think of negotiating with the Ru filth . After the atrocities committed time and again I for one hope they never do and never give one inch of land to Putin . He must not gain anything from… — Gaz M 🇬🇧 (@gaz_EOD) December 13, 2023 Denmark steps up in a big way with 1 billion Euros. No one in Washington should complain about Europe not doing its part. x Denmark's government will present a new support package for Ukraine worth €1bn (£860m). The announcement comes as Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy is meeting with leaders of Nordic countries in Oslo, Norway - https://t.co/8m9Ygis8bU 🇩🇰🤝🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/lUVmxD97GB — Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) December 13, 2023 Norway as well. x Norway will donate additional NASAMS to Ukraine for a sum of 335mln NOK ($30.5mln). Some are sent from 🇳🇴 warehouses to ensure fast delivery to 🇺🇦, while more is ordered from the industry for delivery later.-🇳🇴Ministry of Defence. 🇳🇴🤝🇺🇦https://t.co/qDB3z5oaAC pic.twitter.com/D6HPRiwaIw — Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) December 13, 2023 Who says crime doesn’t pay? x ⚡️ EU Commission unblocks $11 billion for Hungary ahead of summit. The European Commission decided on Dec. 13 to unblock 10.2 billion euros ($11 billion) in EU cohesion funds for Hungary, a part of the sum blocked due to the rule of law concerns.https://t.co/ULHn7VKYd1 — The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) December 13, 2023 Rest in peace. x Too much mothers are losing their sons. Ukraine needs more weapons. Russia needs more sanctions.#ArmUkraineNow pic.twitter.com/NWjLZ2Fxlq — Oriannalyla 🇺🇦 (@Lyla_lilas) December 13, 2023 My favorite Christmas music. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/12/13/2211548/-More-Russian-stuff-blowing-up-Russia-uses-Ukrainian-POWs-as-human-shields-in-combat?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/