(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Russian stuff blowing up: Russia fires Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-05-12 You could see this coming once they arrested his chief deputy. Shoigu has been promoted to obscurity as Secretary of the Security Council of Russia. Nonetheless, he should stay away from tall buildings with open windows. x Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has been fired. Shoigu, a close partner to Putin, led the Russian MOD for over 11 years. pic.twitter.com/4wI09VjVRG — OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) May 12, 2024 x Shoigu was very close to Putin, selected to lead the MOD as a neutral party, without any military experience. Andrey Belousov, First Deputy Prime Minister, and a longtime economist, replaces him. https://t.co/cK3gmhB3bx pic.twitter.com/ILgMperKQT — OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) May 12, 2024 A high-rise apartment building in Belgorod was blown up. Russia claims it was from debris after they shot down a Ukrainian missile. Some Ukrainians are suggesting this was a false-flag operation by Russia. x During Russia's escalation of military operations in Kharkiv region, there was an explosion in a residential building in Belgorod today. The entrance of a multi-storey building collapsed: dozens of people were injured, and there are also dead. It is highly probable that this… pic.twitter.com/DHr9oz5mkw — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) May 12, 2024 x ⚡️ The roof of an apartment building in the Russian city of Belgorod has just collapsed Several rescuers were trapped under the rubble. pic.twitter.com/110EQbhf48 — NEXTA (@nexta_tv) May 12, 2024 The cause of the strike may very well have been another errant Russian FAB-500 glide bomb. x 2/2: In the below GIF of the first 2-seconds of the explosions, it is clear the blast initiate at the building and moved in an outward direction. The only other explanation I can think of is that a low angle-of-attack projectile like a Russian FAB-500 UMPC glide bomb penetrated… pic.twitter.com/smm4EtfLl2 — OSINT (Uri) 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 (@UKikaski) May 12, 2024 The Russian offensive in the Kharkiv area (or whatever it is) is dropping a lot of shells on Vovchansk, a small city at the border which was occupied by Russia in 2022 before being retaken by Ukraine in September 2022. x Situation in Vovchansk grows increasingly complex. City is under constant shelling, 20 gliding bombs were launched during a single day. Urgent evacuation advised for remaining residents. Photos @EMaloletka pic.twitter.com/kz9MdtYkAY — Maria Avdeeva (@maria_avdv) May 12, 2024 x An elderly woman courageously recites "My Testament" by Taras Shevchenko from memory, while being evacuated from Vovchansk in Kharkiv Oblast. 📹sparts_wolf/IG pic.twitter.com/E5GBt1Y4hZ — Iryna Voichuk (@IrynaVoichuk) May 12, 2024 x In Kharkiv Oblast, residents of border settlements are being evacuated.. For more than two days, the evacuation of residents of settlements, whose lives and health are threatened by constant shelling by the occupiers, has been going on. Currently, more than 4,500 residents have… pic.twitter.com/ohPlOISk0D — Oriannalyla 🇺🇦 (@Lyla_lilas) May 12, 2024 Another Russian dam has collapsed — this time in the Siberian city of Omsk. x In Russia, a dam has burst in the Ust-Ishim district of the Omsk region. Residents are being evacuated. Another collapsed dam and humanitarian catastrophe in a country that spends its budget to kill its neighbors and threatens the whole world. pic.twitter.com/71FVvxSit2 — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) May 11, 2024 A Russian war criminal talks about how he doesn’t take Ukrainian prisoners, he just shoots them. It would be justice to see him in the dock at The Hague, but the sooner he is fertilizing a Ukrainian sunflower field, the better. He says that he hasn't taken Ukrainians prisoner since 2014, but killed them right away. Milchakov is known for torturing and executing Ukrainian prisoners of war. He has repeatedly been photographed against the backdrop of dead Ukrainian soldiers. x Alexey Milchakov, war criminal, co-leader and co-founder of the Rusich Group, that operated from 2022 within the Wagner Group, calls for the killing of prisoners of war. He says that he hasn't taken Ukrainians prisoner since 2014, but killed them right away. Milchakov is known… pic.twitter.com/BsPYFV5ctg — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) May 12, 2024 Meanwhile, in Georgia the protests continue. x 🇬🇪 World, are you still watching? Tonight might have just been the biggest gathering of Georgians marching in Tbilisi against the russian violations and law infiltrating the Georgian government! Please watch, share, stand with the brave people of Georgia!🇬🇪 #NoToRussianlaw https://t.co/D7P98pOqfM pic.twitter.com/BD9Q3XMWyd — Їne Back Їversen (@IneBackIversen) May 11, 2024 A Russian soldier from Yakutia, which is in Russia’s Pacific Far East, claims that his comrades who survive come to see themselves as occupiers instead of patriots. "Our commanders are idiots"— the Yakut complained about the lack of professionalism of the commanders, because of whose orders a large number of Russian military personnel are dying. He also said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are superior in the number of drones and artillery accuracy. According to the attack aircraft, due to the above reasons , his unit advanced only 100 meters forward the entire time , suffering huge losses in personnel. The leadership does not take losses into account, does not evacuate the bodies of the dead and continues to send soldiers on “meat assaults.” The fighter gave an example of a case when out of 120 servicemen, only he survived. “Out of 120 people, I was the only survivor. Now the brothers only regret that they went to war, but while they were going they were bragging...” says a stormtrooper from Yakutia. x “We only have losses, from loss to loss we survive. 100 people are sent, 100 die,” a serviceman from Yakutia about the large losses of the Russian army and the lack of professionalism of commanders. The fighter said that his brothers, who came on vacation, radically changed… pic.twitter.com/5TaQ7B5Y5D — PS01 (@PStyle0ne1) May 11, 2024 Happy Mother’s Day to all the women of Ukraine. x Ukrainian women - unbreakable, free, and strong. 📷127 TDF Brigade pic.twitter.com/uKLRXzcFnL — Ukraine Territorial Defense Forces (@TDF_UA) May 10, 2024 This dog’s breed? Ukrainian Tank Terrier, of course. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/5/12/2240209/-Russian-stuff-blowing-up-Russia-fires-Defense-Minister-Sergei-Shoigu?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/