(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Russian stuff blowing up: Russian fuel depot still burning after two days [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-06-19 Good. Burn the whole damn thing down. x As of this morning, Russians are still unable to tackle the fire in oil tanks that started in the city of Azov over 24h ago due to a strike by unidentified drones. pic.twitter.com/1HN4ZC7kKa — WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated) June 19, 2024 x Nearly 2 days after a successful Ukrainian drone strike, the Russian Azovprodukt fuel storage terminal in the port city of Azov continues to burn. The fire reportedly spread to an additional storage tank today. (Note the Ukrainian attack drone shaped hole in tank E-1) pic.twitter.com/CjPk4X3pOt — OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) June 19, 2024 This Russian demonstrates the kind of attitude that nobody wants to see at the Olympics. And why was a Russian fencer allowed to represent Georgia? x "F*ck, why do they act like that? F*ckers. Why the f*ck are they allowed to do anything? Have they lost their f*cking minds?" - Russian fencer Maya Guchmazova (competing under the Georgian flag) when the Ukrainian fencer Olena Kryvytska refused to salute her. The incident took… pic.twitter.com/5FEGw3bT8f — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) June 18, 2024 A sad and familiar story. x Captured Russian soldiers share why they went to the frontlines. It's all about money to them - often, to pay off debts. That's reason enough for them to go to another country and kill people. pic.twitter.com/N0U1M1tagq — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) June 18, 2024 Amazing shot drops a grenade into an open hatch from a significant height. Like a hole in one on a par 4. x Precision Drone Strike pic.twitter.com/DwEWDd2uJa — Andrew Perpetua (@AndrewPerpetua) June 19, 2024 The door was open so the drone went in. x FPV Drone lands gracefully inside a Russian tank. Kharkiv front. Video by the ‘Birds of Magyar’ unit. Full: https://t.co/kzu0X5uSwa pic.twitter.com/HVdvxdpKKu — Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) June 19, 2024 That’s nice, but when would it actually get there? x The German media hartpunkt, which specialised in security and defence policy, reports that the German government is currently considering equipping #Ukraine with the new NOMADS air defence system. NOMADS is a Norwegian air defence system which consists of a SHORAD module mounted… pic.twitter.com/io2TYShKPh — German Aid to Ukraine (@deaidua) June 19, 2024 Well, they would still have their army but they’d be pretty blind. x Russians are starting to realize their recon drones are going to be hunted down and killed by FPV drones. It is glorious. Your stupid little RC planes will all burn. — Andrew Perpetua (@AndrewPerpetua) June 19, 2024 x the russian army is 100% dependent on these drones. without them, they basically dont have an army. ukraine is not — Andrew Perpetua (@AndrewPerpetua) June 19, 2024 You may recall that a few days ago a Ukrainian drone attached a Ukrainian flag to the top of a cell tower in Belgorod. x 🔥 In Belgorod, Russians tried to shoot down a Ukrainian flag that had been hung there earlier by a Ukrainian drone, but as always, they failed and ended up just burning down the cell tower. https://t.co/j455hl2nlJ pic.twitter.com/crUlsHCjk7 — Maria Drutska 🇺🇦 (@maria_drutska) June 17, 2024 Ammo trucks make great fireballs. x Donetsk Oblast, a Ukrainian M777 howitzer from the 44th Artillery Brigade drops a 155mm DPICM cluster munition shell on a Russian D30 howitzer and its Ural tow vehicle carrying ammunition, causing a catastrophic cookoff. pic.twitter.com/XdCm1Sw2xK — OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) June 18, 2024 A wounded Russian soldier talks about his experience assaulting Ukrainian positions at Klishchiivka. He says that FPV drones are everywhere and claims to have survived 4 kamikaze drones and 8 munitions drops. He says he used to hate Ukrainians but now he thinks they are less than human. x A Russian soldier talks about his experience of assaulting Klishchiivka, in December 2023 and recently. He says everything has changed, and Ukrainians now have an incredible number of drones. This character was attacked by 4 FPVs and 8 munitions drops, but survived. Then this… pic.twitter.com/3PbBw72k1X — WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated) June 19, 2024 Another 1,130 Russians taken off the battlefield. x Russian losses per 19/06/24 reported by the Ukrainian general staff +1130 men +10 tanks +12 APVs +48 artillery pieces +4 AD systems +34 UAVs pic.twitter.com/356wNymtPx — NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) June 19, 2024 x Here are losses I could identify for yesterday. I can't remember if this is a record number. But it is close. I can't schedule a tweet thread, so I will post the link to sources whenever I wake up I guess. Thank elmo for the wait. pic.twitter.com/QkBVMLR1ja — Andrew Perpetua (@AndrewPerpetua) June 19, 2024 Meanwhile, in the workers paradise … x Both countries agreed to provide mutual assistance in case of aggression against either country, as announced by Putin. Additionally, they signed agreements on a comprehensive strategic partnership, the construction of a border road bridge across the Tumangan River, and… — NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) June 19, 2024 x "I don't know any other country where people can breathe so freely," Russian propagandist Pavel Zarubin said during Putin's visit to North Korea. At least he has humor. pic.twitter.com/fwV0f1PRLf — NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) June 19, 2024 Hopefully one day Russians will walk through this cemetery and be shocked at what a waste this whole war has been. x There are so many new graves in Russia that cemeteries are not keeping up with the expansion. The dead from the war against Ukraine are buried in the meadow next to the cemetery. The Volosikhinsky cemetery in Barnaul. H/t @sitizen_toxi pic.twitter.com/gLYKxQTxet — KIU ✪ Russian Officers killed in Ukraine 🇨🇿🇺🇦 (@KilledInUkraine) June 19, 2024 And he’ll probably get sent to Ukraine again. x A "Hero of Special military operation" who raped and then brutally murdered a 12-year-old girl was detained in Russia He was previously convicted 6 times, including for murder. From the colony he went to "Storm Z", was captured and later exchanged. In the Kemerovo region of… pic.twitter.com/AyOsKyR76R — NEXTA (@nexta_tv) June 19, 2024 Chasiv Yar has been turned into another Bakhmut. x Drone footage showing total destruction in the city of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk Oblast. Russo-fascist invaders do not stop attempts to capture the settlement.https://t.co/gSEfQd01tp pic.twitter.com/zZgfyzQ8H0 — WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated) June 19, 2024 So has Vovchansk. x Until russians came to Vovchansk it was a peaceful town. Now it lays in ruins because russians invaded. There is almost nothing left, what did russians gain from it? Why are they doing it? Please watch the video, it's not new, it's from early June, that large white building is… pic.twitter.com/MC1u0CIF2a — ✙ Constantine ✙ (@Teoyaomiquu) June 19, 2024 War criminals identified. Hopefully they’ll be fertilizing a sunflower field soon. WARNING: The video shows the Russians murdering the prisoners. x Ukrainian Defense Intelligence identified murderers of four Ukrainian prisoners of war. In the second half of May, near the village of Robotyne, Zaporizhzhia region, Russians shot unarmed Ukrainian prisoners of war. The Russians' crime was recorded on a drone camera, the Main… pic.twitter.com/ci0hEKCIki — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) June 19, 2024 Brave Russian soldiers eliminate the dire threat to the Motherland from this 50-year-old woman’s vegetable garden. x According to the investigation, on June 18, at approximately 15:30, Russian troops conducted an air strike on the village of Slatyno. An aerial munition hit a vegetable garden on the territory of a private household, where a 50-year-old woman was staying at the time. The… — Andrew Perpetua (@AndrewPerpetua) June 18, 2024 Looting the citizens they are supposedly protecting. x "In the front-line villages of the Belgorod region, the ruzZian soldiers settled in the houses, from which the locals had left, and ransacked them" - "Osman". When ruzZians are not døping for the Olympics they are looting their own villages. Classic.#lviv pic.twitter.com/p4OGA8AMaY — TheLvivJournal (@LvivJournal) June 19, 2024 NATO should mass troops and armor on the Finnish-Russian border to force Russia to bring those troops back and out of Ukraine. x ⚡️Russia has moved the vast majority of its ground forces previously stationed near Finland to the war in Ukraine, Yle reported on June 19, citing an undisclosed Finnish military intelligence source.https://t.co/eFJnBHC9uG — The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) June 19, 2024 If this war has demonstrated one thing, it’s that the West doesn’t have nearly the production capacity for artillery ammunition that would be required in a ground war against Russia. x American defense manufacturer Northrop Grumman plans to set up an ammunition production line in Ukraine. The facility, bankrolled by Ukraine, will produce medium caliber ammunition, potentially expanding into 155mm artillery shells and tank ammunition. pic.twitter.com/GpGhOjbNis — OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) June 19, 2024 There is also the problem of how to provide other systems in a timely fashion. Missiles don’t do much good if it takes 4-5 years to get them. x 🇺🇸US will redirect 🇨🇭Switzerland's order for the PAC-3 MSE, which are still produced, to 🇺🇦Ukraine, and only then will fulfill the Swiss contract, - Blick 🤔 However, these missiles are not scheduled to be delivered until 2028/29. pic.twitter.com/rBSYM8euq4 — MAKS 24 🇺🇦👀 (@Maks_NAFO_FELLA) June 19, 2024 So far they haven’t gotten much bang for their buck. x I have been telling this for months 👇: "Russians are pouring crazy money into the search for individuals to carry out various kinds of sabotage. This is the systematic work of the Russian Federation. The SBU is constantly working, but you need to understand the scale" - Zhorin pic.twitter.com/UL7uGvD0gB — TheLvivJournal (@LvivJournal) June 19, 2024 Russia evades sanctions by funneling purchases from Western countries through its former Central Asian republics. x The EU is the lowest common denominator of its 27 members. Greek shipping oligarchs use it to undermine the G7 cap. Germans export to Russia via Central Asia. Here is Bulgaria, whose exports to Kyrgyzstan are up 1600%. Fundamental reform is needed. This just isn't good enough... pic.twitter.com/9P8p3evTAw — Robin Brooks (@robin_j_brooks) June 17, 2024 It’s not going to stop at 10k. x ⚠️ More than 10 thousand Russian military personnel refused to fight . Since February 2022, garrison courts have received more than 10 thousand cases against military personnel with charges under Art. 337 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Unauthorized abandonment… pic.twitter.com/Nvzoi5uiq9 — PS01 (@PStyle0ne1) June 19, 2024 Russian women singing the praises of their light non-alcoholic Russian beer over that stuff they make in Germany. If you prefer non-alcoholic Russian beer over German beer, I have a bridge I’ll sell you cheap. x "Scholz, you are off your game!" "Putin's squads" burn portraits of the German Chancellor and praise Russian beer. pic.twitter.com/ZHWMbZFvWE — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) June 19, 2024 This is sad and pathetic. Magadan is in Russia’s Far East on the Pacific coast. x In Russian Magadan, the Little-One-2024 baby stroller contest was held. Tank stroller and "head wounds" on babies. I still cannot believe this is reality. pic.twitter.com/yBAODoxuMu — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) June 19, 2024 Rest in peace. x 💔 Kyiv says goodbye to Valentin Korenchuk, call sign "Bee", the pilot of the 40th aviation brigade. He died at the end of April during a combat sortie. Valentin was one of the first to fly to defend Ukraine. He has carried out more than 80 sorties. Rest in peace hero 🕊🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/BajzEx8tru — 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐊𝐎𝐌𝐒𝐀 | 🇪🇺🇫🇷🇵🇱🇺🇦 (@tweetforAnna) June 18, 2024 x Rest in Peace young Ukrainian soldier. You were brave, you were kind, and I salute you. 💙💛💔 pic.twitter.com/GgXZf3OOjq — Lorenzo The Cat (@LorenzoTheCat) June 15, 2024 Murchyk is on the job. 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