(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Russian stuff blowing up: Russia's elite 83rd Airborne Brigade reportedly decimated at Vovchansk [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-06-29 There are reports that Ukraine has carried out its first strikes with F-16s. There is no confirmation of this yet, so take it with a grain of salt. Also still unconfirmed is the Ukrainian strike on Russia’s big-ticket S-500 air-defense system in Crimea. x "The first strike carried out by an F16 and confirmed by direct contact in the International Legion. We're finally there." 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 https://t.co/FOvW967oxd — Oriannalyla 🇺🇦 (@Lyla_lilas) June 29, 2024 x F-16 in Ukraine. Have already carried out the first attack. Hopefully confirmation will come soon. https://t.co/rMF2chhEg0 — Jürgen Nauditt 🇩🇪🇺🇦 (@jurgen_nauditt) June 29, 2024 Destroying Russia’s air defense capabilities remains a priority for Ukraine. x The SBU special forces destroyed eight Russian air defense systems using "RAM" strike drones, including four TOR-M2 SAMs, three Pantsyr-S1, and one BUK air defense system. pic.twitter.com/NLrwDkGZM7 — NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) June 29, 2024 Russia has lost nearly its entire 83rd Airborne Brigade at Vovchansk. According to a well-regarded Ukrainian correspondent who writes under the pseudonym “Nikolaev Vanek,” the 83rd Airborne Brigade has retreated from Vovchansk after a costly three-week deployment. “The entire 83rd Airborne Brigade is urgently withdrawn to the rear to restore combat capability,” Vanek wrote. “There are too many casualties, they can't fight, there are too many 500s.” In Russian military parlance, a “code 500” is a soldier who refuses to fight. If confirmed, it’s a stinging loss for the new Russian northern grouping of forces, which includes around seven regiments and brigades. And Russian losses in Vovchansk could get a lot worse, as the survivors of an entire battalion—that’s hundreds of troops—have been trapped in a chemical plant in central Vovchansk for two weeks. x 83rd brigade is broken from reports pic.twitter.com/hFBTFG9tUs — david D. (@secretsqrl123) June 28, 2024 A Russian deputy defense minister is quite a catch for French intelligence. Since Tatyana Shevtsova is sanctioned in the West we can only assume she is spilling her guts in exchange for asylum. They have to be shitting their collective pants at the Kremlin. She was dismissed about two weeks ago and was rumored to be neck deep in corruption. I guess she decided to take her chances in the West rather than end up on a sidewalk after an accidental fall from a window. x Shoigu’s ex-deputy fled with billions to France, propagandists from claim. Tatyana Shevtsova was responsible for financial flows at the Ministry of Defense and over the years of work she acquired expensive apartments, land plots and luxury cars. But after Shoigu’s resignation… pic.twitter.com/4wcUCzJbVK — Jürgen Nauditt 🇩🇪🇺🇦 (@jurgen_nauditt) June 28, 2024 This is an additional 42 officers confirmed killed in the last week. They weren’t all killed in the last week. That’s just when they were confirmed. x Russia is consistently losing an average of 5–6 officers a day. At least 4 327 Russian officers have been eliminated in Ukraine since 24 February 2022. Weekly update: +42 newly registered. Each name is confirmed by a Russian source via funeral notices, obituaries, graves etc. pic.twitter.com/yvNViQGPaI — KIU ✪ Russian Officers killed in Ukraine 🇨🇿🇺🇦 (@KilledInUkraine) June 29, 2024 x About half of the results of a search for the phrase “farewell will take place” on the Russian social network VK are military people. This is a subjective observation, but the ratio of civilian and military obituaries is roughly even. — KIU ✪ Russian Officers killed in Ukraine 🇨🇿🇺🇦 (@KilledInUkraine) June 29, 2024 Bavovna! x ⚡️ The Ukrainian military posted a video of the destruction of a russian BM-21 Grad MLRS using an FPV drone. 👉 Follow @blyskavka_ua pic.twitter.com/ZHZaW9eTQN — BLYSKAVKA (@blyskavka_ua) June 29, 2024 Russian soldiers play hide and seek with a drone in the ruins of a building. WARNING: Video shows dying Russian at the end. x 🔞 Orcs with a brick vs Ukrainian biomosquito. I hope they enjoy the “special military operation”. Avdiivka direction. Graphic content warning. pic.twitter.com/yxJdqoe9P6 — ✙ Albina Fella ✙ 🇺🇦🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇪🇵🇱🇺🇸🇨🇦🇦🇺 (@albafella1) June 29, 2024 If I were Mr. Zaklyazminsky, I’d be in hiding. x #Ukrainian team of hackers “Cyber ​​Resistance” published letters from the email of Dmitry Medvedev’s assistant, Alexey Zaklyazminsky. The hack took place at the beginning of 2024, and for 6 months the boxes were under constant monitoring. pic.twitter.com/PWHRpAbaBf — Aurora Borealis 🤫 (@aborealis940) June 29, 2024 Can’t make enough of these. The missiles for the Patriot system are made by Lockheed Martin. x ⚡️US awards $4.5 billion contract to produce Patriot air defense missiles. The news comes after the U.S. announced in late June that it will prioritize deliveries of air defense missiles to Ukraine over orders from other countries, particularly Patriot and NASAMS missiles. — The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) June 29, 2024 A Russian prisoner describes what a joy it is serving in the second best army in Ukraine. x "Lying there and rotting. Corpses are everywhere. Wherever you step. Uncovered and unburied." Russian soldier Ivan Ivanovich Mikerov, a native of the town of Belozersk, Vologda region, call sign "Sinetok", was captured on the Kharkiv direction, where he carried injured and dead.… pic.twitter.com/I5XjQhKtRl — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) June 28, 2024 Among the prisoners recently freed are a leading Crimean Tatar politician and an art researcher. x He knows he will be safe in Ukraine. Some Crimean Tatars naively believed that their rights were going to be respected under russian occupation. None of that happened. Since 2014, russia started a massive persecution & imprisonment of Crimean activists. https://t.co/cWXZw8u7K0 — TheLvivJournal (@LvivJournal) June 29, 2024 x "Don't cry, don't cry, it's all over. I'm already in Ukraine" - Olena Pekh, released from Russian captivity, tells to her daughter during a video call. Olena is a researcher at the Horlivka Art Museum. She was held captive by the Russians for six years. Upon returning home,… https://t.co/waX7YChbLi pic.twitter.com/xy4fCwpt0C — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) June 29, 2024 This seems pretty damn stupid to me. Seems like the army could use a resourceful guy like this. x "In the Sumy region a local resident is on trial for making weapons to defend his village at the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion". Judicial system is as stupid as that. While corrupt politicians, judges & gangsters can break any laws they want. (@suspilne_news)#lviv pic.twitter.com/xXqcu6eFKr — TheLvivJournal (@LvivJournal) June 28, 2024 Swallows and cats living together. x Good morning to all good people, fellas and friends 🫶🫂💗 it's Friday here 😁 #SlavaUkraini #HeroyamSlava #UkraineWillWin #CrimeaIsUkraine #StandWithUkraine Swallows and cats support Ukraine 🐤🐈♥️🇺🇦 and #RussiaIsATerroristState so FUCK OFF RUSSIA 🇷🇺🖕 FUCK OFF RUSSIA 🇷🇺🖕 pic.twitter.com/G78oQRNHMR — Ivan Farsky ⚪⚫⚪ (@ivanofarsky) June 28, 2024 Smile. It’s the weekend. 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