(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . More Russian stuff blowing up: Russia's largest nuclear-powered icebreaker catches fire [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2023-12-25 The largest nuclear-powered icebreaker in Russia, the Sevmorput, has caught fire at the dock in Murmansk in northern Russia. A smaller nuclear-powered icebreaker, the Sibir, was docked alongside it and was pulled away by tugs. x An incident has occurred involving the Nuclear-Powered container ship, #Sevmorput, in Murmansk, #Russia. It is the biggest Nuclear-Powered ship in Russia.https://t.co/xMtKuDU8Xl pic.twitter.com/bD9oznDqFp — Global War Monitor 🇺🇦🇮🇱 (@Global_Wars) December 24, 2023 Russia says nothing to see here: MOSCOW -- Russia's emergencies ministry said a fire broke out on a nuclear-powered container ship and icebreaker in the northern port of Murmansk but was quickly extinguished. The ministry said in statements on Telegram that the fire occurred late Sunday in a cabin of the Sevmorput vessel and spread to about 30 square meters (300 square feet). The fire was put out about an hour after the initial report and there were no injuries, it added. The statement did not disclose what caused the fire or how close it was to the ship's reactor. The 260-meter (830-foot) Sevmorput is the only nuclear cargo ship in service. Another careless smoker in Horlivka, which is north of the city of Donetsk and Avdiivka. x The former Epicenter in #Horlivka, which they renamed Galaktika and recently started using for military logistics, is burning 🤩🤩🤩 pic.twitter.com/91IASywbNr — Aurora Borealis 🤫 (@aborealis940) December 24, 2023 Burn, baby, burn. x ⚡️Destroyed 🇷🇺Russian tank T-80BV in the city of Avdiivka, Donetsk region. pic.twitter.com/Xr1lIv2o3O — 🇺🇦Ukrainian Front (@front_ukrainian) December 25, 2023 So, does this mean there is a morale problem in the Russian Army? x "There is information about an increasing number of Russians refusing to participate in assault operations. In particular, in units of the 1st Army Corps. Entire groups of Russian servicemen began to surrender," spokesman Colonel Olexander Shtupun said. https://t.co/vKcIQXLI9a — NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) December 25, 2023 And when you hammer into Sinkovka 4 times a year, ten attacks each, the fighters begin to consider you butchers. They are imbued with the horror of mutual destruction at a for now favorable rate." And less and less combat-ready. The result for the year is obvious: - in the spring of the refuseniks there was a minimum, mainly due to lack of resources and lack of training. Now we have reached the point where units at the platoon/company level are failing. The same is true near Avdeevka, as was shown in the stories from there. Moreover, the fighters of that brigade had the opportunity to compare a well-prepared offensive in the Svatovo area (or to the south, I don't remember exactly) with a stupid hammering of 4 companies in one opornik near Avdos. There were a platoon of refuseniks for each company, many casualties in killed and wounded. Didn’t even slow down for him. x Russians abandon Russians. Near Novomykhailivka, Donetsk region. https://t.co/5BEHy7FX8s — Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) December 25, 2023 Yeysk is across the Sea of Azov from Mariupol. x In the coastal city of Yeysk, Russia, locals report that an explosion was heard near the airport. pic.twitter.com/1CFyV9vScl — NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) December 25, 2023 Seven hundred sixty Russians who could have been home with their families. Instead they go home in body bags or just lie in fields uncollected. x Russian losses per 25/12/23 reported by the Ukrainian general staff. +760 men +19 tanks +31 APVs +33 artillery systems +2 MLRS +2 AD systems +2 aircraft +32 UAVs +2 cruise missiles pic.twitter.com/A8gIRCvkhz — NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) December 25, 2023 “Alexey Navalny has been found in colony IK-3 in Kharp, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. It is one of the furthest northern prison colonies in Siberia. x Alexei Navalny was found in prison in the village of Kharp in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District According to the politician's supporters, Navalny was seen by his lawyer today. He is fine. Navalny's associates did not provide details. pic.twitter.com/pzbipT114c — NEXTA (@nexta_tv) December 25, 2023 Well, at least he wasn’t poisoned and then thrown out of a 12th story window. x Russian propagandist Anton Krasovsky, who called for drowning of Ukrainian children on RT, has been hospitalized with suspicion of poisoning. It is yet to be confirmed whether it was the work of Ukrainian military intelligence. — Iryna Matviyishyn (@IMatviyishyn) December 25, 2023 We’re up to five Sukhoi aircraft this week. x Ukrainian Christmas Eve during wartime: our warriors shot down not only about 30 "Shahed" drones and several missiles, but also two more Russian "Su" aircraft. Russian terrorists lost five aircraft in a week. This Christmas sets the right mood for the entire year ahead—the mood… pic.twitter.com/djCTsXTBPn — Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) December 25, 2023 x The AFU General Staff has confirmed the destruction of an Su-30 fighter jet over the Black Sea The aircraft was part of the 43rd Independent Marine Attack Aviation Regiment, which is based in the village of Novofedorovka near Sak and is the main strike air component of the… pic.twitter.com/FAvbQXK4xo — NEXTA (@nexta_tv) December 25, 2023 x The Russian Su-34 is a new kill that was shot down last night in the #Donetsk AO. The Su-30SM is a very interesting story. It was armed with Kh-31A antiradiation missiles and was attempting to destroy the same Patriot air-defense system that most likely shot down 3 x Su-34's on… pic.twitter.com/vRFLjcLcR8 — OSINT (Uri) 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 (@UKikaski) December 25, 2023 A museum piece vs. a drone. x Maxim gun 1896 vs Drone 2023. Video by 30th Brigade of Ukraine.https://t.co/bCYPos1gpd pic.twitter.com/gaQB5zTl5P — Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) December 25, 2023 This video shows two Russians running down a road with large sacks. A drone hits and kills one of them. The other guy sits on his sack and just waits for a second drone to come and take him too. WARNING: The video is graphic. x What a moments of Orcs pic.twitter.com/3iSvRT2Uex — Getty 🇺🇦🇹🇼 (@region776) December 25, 2023 This Russian begs a drone not to kill him. x 🇺🇦Ukrainian 110th Mechanised Brigade gave a chance to Russian invader to survive in Avdiivka direction. Instead of destroying him, they showed him the way to the Ukrainian positions, but he did not surrender and hid in his own trenches. There will be no such mercy next time… pic.twitter.com/0eZ62AWIHb — Cloooud |🇺🇦 (@GloOouD) December 25, 2023 A motel in Rostov in Russia doesn’t want a bunch of drunken soldiers staying there. Imagine that. At first they refused to check into a motel in Millerovo. By the way, it's a good motel, I spent the night there in 2019. Adding spice to the scandal was the fact that the motel was owned by... deputy head of the city of Millerovo. And his mother-in-law manages it. And the plot of land belongs to the son of the deputy head. After the scandal, the hotel suddenly closed, and all links disappeared from the Internet. The second case is from Rostov, where military personnel were also not allowed into the Amaks hotel. They explained this by the lack of passports; they refused to check them in with a military ID. What can I say? It's disgusting, of course. Most often it is explained by the riotous lifestyle of the military. But, firstly, in such cases there is always military police, who will happily crush the revelers. Secondly, I'm constantly on the road. I've literally been living on the road for the last 2 years. Constantly moving, hotels. All sorts of different ones. Mostly cheap and bad. There are a lot of military men in the neighboring rooms with me. And here's what I'lI say: there are very few people who want to get drunk on the road. Usually, drinking parties take place in resort areas, where people pop out specifically to relax, sleep off and get drunk. But on the road there's no time for that. The deadline for returning is pressing, the road is long and difficult (try taking a long- distance ride on Bukhanka), late lights out, early rise. I don't rule out that they could have a shot [of drink] overnight, very much so. But civilians do the same, and now we are talking about a mighty drinking party because of which supposedly the military are not allowed to move in. x Russian volunteer Roman Saponkov complains that locals in the Rostov region, bordering Ukraine, are not allowing the military into hotels due to drunk behaviour. In one case, the motel belonged to the city's acting (or deputy) head where servicemen were refused. I'll say, wait… pic.twitter.com/08l2ooxNzj — WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated) December 23, 2023 Meanwhile, over in Serbia: Christmas in a bomb shelter. x Pupils of the Dmytrushkiv school had to sing carols in a shelter, because of an air alert💔 They really wanted to wish their teachers a Merry Christmas. Even though we can't prevent shelling, we can help equip a comfortable bomb shelter for these kids:https://t.co/x1S4sMiL5Y pic.twitter.com/CWd9yuLadf — UNITED24 (@U24_gov_ua) December 25, 2023 Christmas at the front. x Know how to find light through darkness. Even in such difficult times, as Ukrainian defenders do at the front. Merry Christmas everyone. 🎄🇺🇦 Video: mykhailo.puryshev Instagram pic.twitter.com/nTUUxCGSyN — Oriannalyla 🇺🇦 (@Lyla_lilas) December 25, 2023 x #Christmas Eve on the front line: Ukrainian soldiers near Kupyansk ❤️🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/ODWiKOdgzF — Viktoriia/Перемога 🔱🌻 (@home_fella) December 24, 2023 Christmas compassion When a trench looks pretty good. x A homeless dog found the right person ❤️🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/5dx3fwGXLG — Oriannalyla 🇺🇦 (@Lyla_lilas) December 24, 2023 And a Christmas poem. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/12/25/2213755/-More-Russian-stuff-blowing-up-Russia-s-largest-nuclear-powered-icebreaker-catches-fire?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/