(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Russian stuff blowing up: Report says US to make more Patriot systems available for Ukraine [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-06-20 This would be great news. x Scoop: The US is set to halt all open orders for Patriot air defence systems & interceptor missiles until Ukraine has enough to defend itself from Russia’s air attacks. 3 people with knowledge of the decision said the move would be announced today. https://t.co/NF6sq6Vt94 v @FT — Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) June 20, 2024 So is this: x Romania will donate Patriot air defense system to Ukraine. Official website of the president of Romania: «Considering the significant deterioration of the security situation in Ukraine, as a result of Russia's constant and massive attacks on civilians and civil infrastructure,… pic.twitter.com/IEz4SLi9sL — Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) June 20, 2024 And this: x ⚡️South Korea to reconsider Ukraine weapons supplies in response to Russia-North Korea pact. Up until now, Seoul has only provided humanitarian aid to Kyiv, though it has been reported the country has indirectly supplied artillery shells via the U.S.https://t.co/ObE8OH2Pza — The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) June 20, 2024 When I first read this one I thought “vaporized” was just an exaggeration, but HOLY SHIT, there isn’t much left that resembles a truck. This video shows the detonation of an FAB-3000 Russian glide bomb in Lyptsi near the Russian border. The FAB-3000 is a testament to the engineering prowess of conventional munitions, weighing approximately 3,000 kg and carrying 1,400 kg of TNT. It features a maximum penetration capacity of 183 mm, an armor destruction radius of 42 m, and a fragment dispersion radius of 260 m. The "destruction radius" refers to the area within which the bomb can cause direct, significant damage to structures and personnel due to its blast and shockwave. The "fragment dispersion radius" denotes the wider area over which bomb fragments scatter, posing lethal risks to personnel and causing secondary damage. x Impact of what is reported as a Russian FAB-3000 (!) UPMK module guided bomb in Lyptsi, Kharkiv region. This is the first time the use of such a big bomb is recorded. pic.twitter.com/02jnbOZHvZ — NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) June 20, 2024 New Russian worker incentive program — build it on time or go to the Gulag. x Russian defense minister Belousov made a surprise inspection of the construction of barracks for Russian naval infantry in the Far East. He threatened everyone with criminal responsibility if they were not built on time. He said that "people will be coming back soon." Did he… https://t.co/TOqLBCwrnt pic.twitter.com/HIEP3Vsc9r — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) June 20, 2024 You learn something new every day. I haven’t seen this video and I don’t want to. x fucking russians dropped a grenade on a sleeping dog — Andrew Perpetua (@AndrewPerpetua) June 20, 2024 Afipsky and Enem are outside the city of Krasnodar, which is about 250 km east of the Kerch bridge. Tambov is about 560 km northeast of Kharkiv. x 🔥🔥🔥⚡️In Russia, drones attacked three fuel facilities at night The Afipsky oil refinery, an oil depot in the village of Enem in the Republic of Adygea, and an oil depot in the area of Tambov were damaged. pic.twitter.com/qyjSOo1i2C — PS01 (@PStyle0ne1) June 20, 2024 x The Russian Lukoil oil depot in Krasnodar Krai is burning this morning, after multiple Ukrainian attack drones hit the facility around 0230. At least one Ukrainian drone hit the facility's tank truck depot, likely setting multiple vehicles ablaze. pic.twitter.com/rFn35NqxMq — OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) June 20, 2024 Meanwhile, the depot in Azov continues to burn for the third day. x 🔥And the oil depot in Russian Azov continues to burn for the third day. https://t.co/3IOILCBgmn pic.twitter.com/HmPFCfXnrG — Maria Drutska 🇺🇦 (@maria_drutska) June 20, 2024 Knock, knock x Video from a Russian serviceman: “An artillery strike on a dugout where Russian conscripts were located. Belgorod region.”https://t.co/DV67hE7Oku pic.twitter.com/aJbgethXZU — Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) June 20, 2024 Motorcycle vs. anti-tank mine. Spoiler alert: Motorcycle loses. x Russian motorcyclists hits an antitank mine pic.twitter.com/PSqBYtSgph — Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) June 20, 2024 Close combat. x Two Russians killed at short range pic.twitter.com/iTJBT8gqJ4 — PS01 (@PStyle0ne1) June 19, 2024 Compare how Ukraine treats Russian prisoners of war to how Russia treats POWs. x During a video call with a Russian captive, his wife marvels at how he has gained weight. Meanwhile, Ukrainian Defenders lose 40-50 kg of weight during their imprisonments. They are not allowed to call home. Their families often know nothing of their fate. 📹: libkos stories https://t.co/whCUumGtV6 pic.twitter.com/N3bvOBffux — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) June 20, 2024 If only there were more Russians like her. x Farida Kurbangaleeva, a former anchor of the Russian federal television program "Vesti", has been put on the wanted list. Earlier she was put on the list of "terrorists and extremists" in Russia Kurbangaleeva resigned from the "Russia" TV channel after the annexation of Crimea… pic.twitter.com/eHuz7OQczN — NEXTA (@nexta_tv) June 20, 2024 I don’t think heaven is the direction they went. WARNING: Briefly shows blurred dead Russians. x "Brother, you're in heaven already. No need for a crematorium" - a Russian soldier shows Russian realities on the frontlines. pic.twitter.com/x1GR8xpZxp — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) June 20, 2024 The wrath of God descends on Moscow. x /2. Moscow right now. Impressive 😌 pic.twitter.com/lPbEDO1YX9 — ✙ Albina Fella ✙ 🇺🇦🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇪🇵🇱🇺🇸🇨🇦🇦🇺 (@albafella1) June 20, 2024 Belarus being Belarus. x #Belarus Franak Viacorka was sentenced to 20 years during a trial in absentia. Like me, he didn't receive any details of the case. Tomorrow, the "court" in Minsk will again consider our case involving 20 analysts, including me. We might hear the sentence. How cynical. pic.twitter.com/NwYKcFXNFX — Hanna Liubakova (@HannaLiubakova) June 20, 2024 This is a compelling essay on the differences between Western colonialism and Russian/Soviet colonialism and how those differences make Russia’s message appealing in Africa. In 2023, I found myself at a small conference in Nairobi that brought together a dozen or so senior editors and publishers from across the African continent, a Ukrainian journalist, an exiled Russian editor, and myself. The conference was hosted by Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, a German foundation affiliated with the country’s center-right Christian Democratic Union. The foundation, which despite its association is independent from the CDU, is a big player in media development in Africa. And it was concerned about the growing spread of Russian narratives across the continent, which prompted them to organize the conversation. In the room in Nairobi, there was plenty of sympathy toward Ukraine and plenty of concern about clearly malicious disinformation campaigns undertaken by influencers across Africa. But there were also compelling explanations as to why Africa is currently finding Moscow’s messages more persuasive than those being pushed by the West. Ukraine, my African colleagues explained, was perceived as a “Western project.” Delivered primarily through Western diplomatic and news channels, the Ukrainian message in Africa was met with resistance because of the West’s perceived refusal to account for the US wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya. “You may call it whataboutism, but it is grounded in real questions that no one has answered,” one African editor said. Russia’s message, on the other hand, “lands well and softly,” Nwabisa Makunga, an editor of the Sowetan in Johannesburg, told me at the time. The challenge for her team, she explained, was to objectively navigate overwhelmingly pro-Russian public sentiment and a widespread belief that Ukraine caused the invasion. During my trip to Nairobi, one of the editors shared an unpublished op-ed sent to him as an email from the Russian Ambassador to Kenya, Dmitry Maskimychev. It read: “If you look at the leaders of the Soviet Union, you will find two Russians (Lenin, Gorbachev), a Georgian (Stalin), and three Ukrainians (Brezhnev, Khruschev, Chernenko). Some colonialist empire! Can you imagine a Kenyan sitting on the British throne? Make no mistake, what is currently happening in Ukraine is not a manifestation of Russian ‘imperialism’ but a ‘hybrid’ clash with NATO.” It is an effective message that lands equally well with many Western intellectuals who continue to argue about the rights and wrongs of NATO enlargement and not the fact that a sovereign country has the right to break away from its colonial masters. Ukrainian philosopher Volodymyr Yermolenko is among the most prolific voices when it comes to comparing Russian and Western colonial styles. He is also the one who first introduced me to the idea of “sameness” as an instrument of domination. The message of Western colonialism was: “ ‘you are not able to be like us’, while the message of Russian colonialism was ‘you are not allowed to be different from us,’ ” he explained at the Zeg Storytelling Festival in Tbilisi in 2023. While there were differences in the way the Russians and the Europeans constructed their empires, the result was the same: violence, redrawn borders, repression of cultures and languages, and annihilation of entire communities. Add returning stolen art to the list of things Russia must be required to do to end the war. The original Facebook post from the Kherson Art Museum is at this link. x The Ukrainian “Stolen Art…” project reproduces the painting stolen by Russians from the Kherson Art Museum during Russia’s occupation of Kherson in 2022. It replicates a painting by Mykhailo Bryansky called “Portrait of a Girl in an Embroidered Dress” Through this project, the… pic.twitter.com/YDBrY5G7yv — Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) June 19, 2024 Should have stayed home with your wife. x Senior Lieutenant Щербаков Максим Андреевич (Shcherbakov Maxim Andreevich), commander of an artillery battery, was eliminated near Marinka, Ukraine on 10 June ’24.https://t.co/l8UNCuPig8 pic.twitter.com/qYdh366OR4 — KIU ✪ Russian Officers killed in Ukraine 🇨🇿🇺🇦 (@KilledInUkraine) June 13, 2024 x putin generates many young widows... pic.twitter.com/VwKaTI56Rv — KIU ✪ Russian Officers killed in Ukraine 🇨🇿🇺🇦 (@KilledInUkraine) June 19, 2024 During times of great loss and grief, it can be comforting to take refuge in the familiar and “normal,” like hamburgers and a Coke. when the world is going to shit, you know the golden arches will be there whilst you have a little cry and comfort eat, Tim doesn't want to leave the factory until we get revenge for our guys so it looks like I'll be bringing him all his food this week. x Tim just got a call, we lost 4 international fighters to drones on an assault yesterday, I'm pretty fucking numb and Tim is taking it hard, I don't think the world understood what it meant to get McDonald's back, when the world is going to shit, you know the golden arches will be… pic.twitter.com/Ds056bBo2w — Richard Woodruff 🇺🇦 (@frontlinekit) June 18, 2024 Dad’s home. x People who are living war know what matters the most. Life is precious and fragile, do not waste time, no one knows what will happen tomorrow ❤️ pic.twitter.com/B8NwdTedSa — Oriannalyla 🇺🇦 (@Lyla_lilas) June 20, 2024 These dogs must be liberated. x 🇷🇺🇰🇵Putin Receives Pungsan Puppies During Visit with Kim Jong-un During his visit to North Korea, Russian President Vladimir Putin was gifted Pungsan puppies by Kim Jong-un. These dogs are a rare breed, exclusively bred in North Korea.#Russia #Putin #NorthKorea #Korea #KimJongUn… pic.twitter.com/zfuoiDPtMZ — Attentive Media (@AttentiveCEE) June 20, 2024 Patron gets some help. 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