(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . More Russian stuff blowing up: Russia continues to get chewed up at Avdiivka [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-12-16 Nothing to worry about. Russian soldiers will just steal a few thousand refrigerators from Ukraine. Murmansk is way up north along the Barents Sea and close to the Russian border with Norway. x 🔥 A hangar with 2 tons of freon burned at night in the Murmansk Sea Trade Port (Russia) pic.twitter.com/L1Q8KQyibu — MAKS 23 👀🇺🇦 (@Maks_NAFO_FELLA) December 16, 2023 It’s always good to see a Russian ammo depot going up in flames. x Russian ammunition stockpile exploding after building hit with FPV drone.https://t.co/tJ3S1ek9DZ pic.twitter.com/z5gfCPItU6 — WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated) December 16, 2023 Ukraine has been rolled back from what it gained north of Bakhmut. But Russia continues to get chewed up at Avdiivka. x Bakhmut-Khromove ➡️All Ukrainian gains that were achieved north of Khromove during the summer offensive are undone. Reassessing the situation and by looking at recent geolocated footage, Russia even managed to occupy more land and now controls parts of the T0506 near Khromove. pic.twitter.com/jSjQnF1LsT — NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) December 16, 2023 x Today, Russians attempted another attack on Avdiivka front. Deepstate about today’sattack: “Today, Russians again marched in a column in the area of ​​the Avdiivka Terekon. About 15 AFVs with infantry drove through Krasnohorivka to the south to Terekon, dropped the infantry… pic.twitter.com/eKWwjcV9ld — Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) December 16, 2023 “Today, Russians again marched in a column in the area of ​​the Avdiivka Terekon.About 15 AFVs with infantry drove through Krasnohorivka to the south to Terekon, dropped the infantry and drove back. Thanks to the combined efforts of all the brigades on the site more than half of the equipment was destroyed. The infantry is now concentrated in the windbreaks, its destruction continues. Expect a video of Russian equipment destruction from the Ukrainian brigades in the coming days. Update on the suicide bomber who detonated grenades in a village council meeting. The bomber survived. Police guarded the chamber of MP Serhiy Batrin to prevent relatives of the victims from lynching him. Now the deputy is being interrogated. Some of the victims of several grenade explosions are in critical condition. "There are 20 patients in the hospital. Six of them are in serious condition, two are in critical condition," said hospital director Alexander Fizer. "The injuries vary from damage to internal organs to damage to limbs. Of the six limbs that were at risk, five were saved, and one had to be amputated," he emphasized. x The deputy who exploded grenades in the village council in Transcarpathia regained consciousness Police guarded the chamber of MP Serhiy Batrin to prevent relatives of the victims from lynching him. Now the deputy is being interrogated. Some of the victims of several grenade… pic.twitter.com/4qfTIV1San — NEXTA (@nexta_tv) December 16, 2023 The strike yesterday in Mariupol may have killed more than 50 Russians. x An anonymous Russian Telegram channel claims that over 50 personnel were killed and more than 20 vehicles were destroyed as a result of the strike. Take this information with a whole spoon of 'zrada' salt. https://t.co/DuhSBQwX6z pic.twitter.com/SIpOgi50qb — Mark Krutov (@kromark) December 15, 2023 Notice how his the second guy just stands there while the drone runs him down. He’s probably just thankful the drone didn’t come after him. x It's not dodgeball. I am guessing both of these guys are VDV or SOF and not your run of the mill ChMobiks.#OSINT #Counteroffensive #UkraineRussiaWar #UkraineWar #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/2G7HXQqSxF — OSINT (Uri) 🇺🇦 (@UKikaski) December 16, 2023 Anti-tank mines are not just good for curling. They also blow up tanks. x 2/A Russian BMP-1 comes into contact with a Ukrainian mine close to Robotyne, resulting in a massive explosion and the vehicle's destruction. pic.twitter.com/aea7ZATUdB — Artur Rehi (@ArturRehi) December 15, 2023 The absurdity of allowing Russian athletes into the Olympics gets more absurd. Larin is a champion taekwondo athlete from the Karelia region near Finland. He was barred from the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships because of his support for the war. x He literally serves in the Russian army pic.twitter.com/kf3xZdz2qZ — Pandymyr 🥦 (@BestPandatop) December 16, 2023 DeStalinization continues. x In the village of Pererisl, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, another marker of the Soviet occupation - a monument to a Soviet soldier - has been dismantled 📹 via https://t.co/kCO8B8HPDG pic.twitter.com/w1WnF2TL1S — Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) December 16, 2023 x A monument to the crew of the Soviet armored train "Taraschanets" was dismantled in Kyiv. The Department of Territorial Control of the City of Kyiv announced that the monument will be kept in the museum-workshop of Znoby-Golembievskyi in the future. pic.twitter.com/4btTnjD9xm — NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) December 16, 2023 If you are a male of military age and you aren’t an ethnic Russian, you should probably get the hell out of Moscow. x ‼️What Russians can't do, migrants did More than 80 migrants attacked police in Moscow. According to SHOT, security forces tried to detain the driver, who allegedly dragged a policeman on the hood for several meters. A few minutes later, the offender beat the policeman. Later,… pic.twitter.com/0T0ACZswI7 — PS01 (@PStyle0ne1) December 16, 2023 According to SHOT, security forces tried to detain the driver, who allegedly dragged a policeman on the hood for several meters. A few minutes later, the offender beat the policeman. Later, a crowd of more than 80 people approached them and began pushing the police officers. As a result, they had to fire two shots into the air. A total of 82 people were detained. Unprecedented raids on migrants have been taking place in Moscow recently. Military registration and enlistment offices massively organize “one-day conscription”, sending newcomers from other regions to the army. Can you blame them for not wanting to be part of this: This tweet includes a video from a Russian soldier describing how dead soldiers are identified. WARNING: The video in the link shows a dead Russian soldier. “The hardest video And the worst thing is that it was filmed for a widow, a mother of 3 children aged one to 7, as proof that her husband’s body has not yet been evacuated. In Rostovsky they take away from there themselves or send on board what is left of our guys. Until now, the smell of death in the atmosphere is recreated in the head, at the first memory, it is impossible to forget, never Like gurneys, bags with numbers … Relatives are given masks, sprayed with aromatic oils, taken to look at photographs of the remains and asked not to look around on the way to the building with the investigators. I also remember the fighter’s mother and wife. They nervously and took turns holding the DNA test folder in their hands … I’ll write about the Rostov morgue again someday, when I get the strength. And “shock”: half of the fighters filmed are no longer with us ... Pray for our boys Help them Our guys have no one but us Don't skimp on kind words Write letters And God grant that everything ends quickly and our boys return home." Apparently they didn’t cover this in training camp. x Kryna, The Darwin Award for self-destruction is awarded posthumously to a Russian with an RPG. pic.twitter.com/zlqFWP9yqT — War_Watcher 🇺🇦🇬🇧 (@war_crimes_uk) December 16, 2023 They also must not have covered how explosive reactive armor works. x Early Darwin awards entry. Congratulations, Russian Army: You’ve Invented A Self-Exploding Truck. It’s a very bad idea to stick explosive reactive armor on a thinly-protected vehicle.https://t.co/CGnn27Z211 — sailing the seas of cheese (@dadderley) December 10, 2023 The Forbes article from the above tweet is here. “A fair degree of base armor is needed to survive the explosions inherent in explosive reactive armor,” the U.S. Congressional Budget Office explained in a 2012 report. “Thus, reactive armor cannot be added to all vehicles—a limitation that includes, for example, trucks.” Stick ERA on a truck, and that armor might actually destroy the truck when it goes off, as surely as an incoming enemy round would do. It’s apparent the Russian crews of those Gaz trucks appreciate the basic risk. They added thin metal plates underneath the ERA, seemingly hoping the plates will protect the trucks from their own explosive protection. But these plates might not be thick enough, or of the right metallurgical quality, to do the job. “These trucks lack inherent armor, making the installation of explosive reactive armor on them dangerous and ineffective,” the independent Conflict Intelligence Team noted. “Although small plates of thin armor can be seen under the ERA blocks in the photos, this does not change our conclusion.” Can’t blame them for not wanting to leave their homes, even if it isn’t very safe. x "We don't want to go to someone else's village, we want to be at home," say residents of Blahodatne village in Mykolaiv region who live in ruins. 📹 hromadske pic.twitter.com/DLfBcNwAZh — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) December 16, 2023 Pretty inventive. x The brilliant @Benjaminwittes & co made a projector protest at the Russian embassy in #Berlin yesterday. pic.twitter.com/3K74rI0WXR — Benjamin Tallis 🇺🇦 (@bctallis) December 16, 2023 I don’t think that’s how it’s supposed to work. x Russia is another dimension. pic.twitter.com/mM99TeTsnx — Jay in Kyiv (@JayinKyiv) December 16, 2023 Ukraine has received the first batch of a new kamikaze drone called AQ 400 Scythe, built by Ukrainian company Terminal Authority. The drone has a range of 750 km with a payload of 32 kg. The payload increases to 70 kg by reducing the range. The AQ 400 Scythe represents a long-range drone (750km) designed for launch from short airstrips or catapults, capable of carrying payloads of up to 32 kilograms (expandable to 70kg by reducing range). Its hallmark features include rapid assembly, mass production capabilities, and cost-effectiveness, marking it as a pivotal asset in modern warfare. Terminal Autonomy has strategically established drone kamikaze production via a network of smaller facilities and engineering firms adept at producing similar platforms. While the company procures certain components beyond Ukraine, primarily from Germany and the United Kingdom, the project prioritizes a maximal localization of production within Ukraine’s borders. The AQ 400 Scythe’s development underscores a paradigm shift in warfare technology, harnessing the prowess of unmanned systems to deliver strategic advantages on the battlefield. The system’s streamlined production process and focus on cost-efficiency demonstrate Terminal Autonomy’s commitment to providing cutting-edge capabilities while ensuring a strategic, localized production footprint. The little girl is so happy to see her father. x I didn't see this video before. It's not recent as the weather don't seems very cold. But anyway it is so beautiful: pic.twitter.com/cqhJTVX29H — Oriannalyla 🇺🇦 (@Lyla_lilas) December 16, 2023 The future is adorable. x 7:51 pm in #Kyiv Ukrainian future in traditional clothes. pic.twitter.com/upaSPzqKCa — Yaroslava Antipina (@strategywoman) December 16, 2023 To the rescue. 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