(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . More Russian stuff blowing up: Ukraine launches broad attack against Crimea, Russia [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-01-04 Ukraine is on the attack tonight. Air raid sirens are going off in Belgorod and Novorossyisk in Russia and in Crimea and Mykolaiv in occupied Ukraine. Russia claims to have shot down more than 50 drones. x More explosions in Bilhorod. Air defense is reportedly very active but arrivals are very much heard. pic.twitter.com/NLzI1y6uWt — NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) January 4, 2024 x Air defense is active near the Kerch Strait. pic.twitter.com/DOjPmBREII — NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) January 4, 2024 x ❗️Ukraine hit the command post of the occupational forces near Sevastopol today. pic.twitter.com/daqduJ6gt2 — WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated) January 4, 2024 This was from a recent strike against Belgorod. x Photo of the aftermath of FPV drones attack on the logistics base of one of the units of the 1st Tank Army of Russia. Shebekinsky district, Belgorod region, Russia: “01/01/2024 at 08:00. The main strike was on the premises of the fuel and lubricants warehouse. From there, the… pic.twitter.com/AWtzn8LHVY — Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) January 4, 2024 The Axis of Evil The Wall Street Journal: • Russia is planning to buy short-range ballistic missiles from Iran, a step that would enhance Moscow’s ability to target Ukraine’s infrastructure at a critical moment in the conflict, U.S. officials said. • Moscow in recent weeks has also begun receiving ballistic missiles from North Korea. • Moscow’s plans have provoked deep concern within the Biden administration x The Wall Street Journal: • Russia is planning to buy short-range ballistic missiles from Iran, a step that would enhance Moscow’s ability to target Ukraine’s infrastructure at a critical moment in the conflict, U.S. officials said. • Moscow in recent weeks has also begun… pic.twitter.com/3WrRZObZYh — Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) January 4, 2024 The missiles from North Korea have already been used. I suppose they aren’t satisfied with the number of civilians they can kill with standard munitions. x 🤬 Russia plans to equip cruise missiles with cluster munitions – National Resistance Centre#RussiaIsATerroristState https://t.co/7gIxatfbzv — Ukrainska Pravda in English (@pravda_eng) January 4, 2024 Czechia and Germany step up again. x Czechia bolsters Ukraine's defense capabilities by supplying 26 Dana-M2 self-propelled artillery units, as reported by ArmyInform. https://t.co/KZ3XTyeJde — Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) January 4, 2024 x Germany announced a new military aid package to Ukraine on 4 January, which includes the Skynex air defense system, Marder armored vehicles, and ammunition for the Leopard tank.https://t.co/ZuH0MERuHH — Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) January 4, 2024 Chelyabinsk is in west-central Russia, north of the Kazakhstan border and south of Yekaterinburg. One less SU-34 is a good thing. x Video by the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine which shows how partisans set fire to a Russian Su-34 in Chelyabinsk. https://t.co/h7tvmScg8j https://t.co/a9f30wYcWO pic.twitter.com/5mZS80gWZG — Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) January 4, 2024 Six Russians who won’t end up as fertilizer. x 65th Brigade of Ukraine captures 6 Russian servicemen in Robotyne area. Zaporizhzhia front. https://t.co/AyPn0rmbvF pic.twitter.com/yPLByFmXBa — Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) January 4, 2024 Russian armor drives right into a minefield and bavovna ensues. x Groundhog Day! The katsaps are still trying to push on #Synkivka in the #Kupyansk sector. ‘‘Being a katsap means doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.” - Me It is incredible to continually watch this happen. In almost any other real world,… pic.twitter.com/0L7SyWb7mu — OSINT (Uri) 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 (@UKikaski) January 4, 2024 Russian TV commentators have joked about making Europeans freeze. I wonder if they are joking now. x Recent fire at a large electrical substation in #Moscow. Three districts in the city are without electricity, water and heating as temps today hover around -25C (-13F). Ha ha!#OSINT #Counteroffensive #UkraineRussiaWar #UkraineWar #UkraineKrieg #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/mssAIQLFA3 — OSINT (Uri) 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 (@UKikaski) January 4, 2024 Meanwhile, Russia’s missile campaign against Ukrainian apartment buildings continues. x "At night, Russia attacked Kurakhove in the Donetsk region with five S-300 missiles," the Ministry of Internal Affairs said. 4 apartment buildings, a kindergarten, a school, a cafe, a preventive clinic and administrative buildings were damaged. Luckily there are no victims. pic.twitter.com/WC0VYQIEWT — NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) January 4, 2024 Maksymenko had been a prisoner since the beginning of the war. Others released include defenders of Snake Island and soldiers captured in the Chernobyl zone at the start of the war. x ⚡️Sergeant Vadym Maksymenko was released from captivity today. He was captured on February 24, 2022 at the Chonhar entry-exit checkpoint in the Kherson region. This was reported by Daria Zarivna, communications adviser to the head of the President's Office. 👉Follow… — FLASH (@Flash_news_ua) January 3, 2024 x 48 Ukrainian prisoners of war released today were considered missing in action. Now they’re coming home. Imagine the immense joy that their families had as they learned that their loved ones are alive and would be included into POW exchange lists. — Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 (@IAPonomarenko) January 3, 2024 x "Halyna Fedyshyn, the last female marine who was a prisoner, is at home! She went through the difficult path of defending Mariupol, the Ilyich plant, Azovstal and hellish captivity," 36th Marine Brigade commander Serhii 'Volyn' Volynskyi who's brigade defended Mariupol said. pic.twitter.com/VrwBzt31IC — NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) January 3, 2024 She was released and got engaged. x A military woman who returned from Russian captivity yesterday was proposed to by her lover (also a military man) They went through the battles for Mariupol together, endured separation as a prisoner of war, and now the couple is finally together again. pic.twitter.com/m2DzlDvhju — Oriannalyla 🇺🇦 (@Lyla_lilas) January 4, 2024 When your war is so unpopular that the wounded have to desert. x #Ukraine's military intelligence report Russia's stopped giving leave to its injured Russian soldiers, as so many of them are deserting once back in Russia. And due to grossly overcrowded medical facilities in occupied Ukraine, lightly wounded Russian soldiers are refused… pic.twitter.com/zaQvLvqpsI — Glasnost Gone (@GlasnostGone) January 4, 2024 These farmers are back to blocking the border with Ukraine over issues that have nothing to do with Ukraine. x As of this morning, Polish farmers renewed the blockade of the Medyka-Shehyni checkpoint on the border with Ukraine. They are demanding corn subsidies, liquid loans for farmers and maintaining the agricultural tax at last year's level. https://t.co/00m1yAxE3W — NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) January 4, 2024 It’s been a while since there was news from Europe’s largest nuclear power plant. This news is not good. x Ukraine called a move by Russian occupiers to block access to IAEA experts at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant is attempt to hide real safety situation at the station According to Energoatom, Russian troops denied entry to areas where reactor cores are located https://t.co/1wtMEkKfh1 — Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) January 4, 2024 He should be more concerned about ending up like Ceausescu, Gadhafi or Mussolini. x Lukashenko amended the law concerning Belarus president to suit himself. He made sure to avoid criminal liability even after losing power. According to the amendments signed by Lukashenko, the former president of Belarus will be inviolable, as well as members of his family.… pic.twitter.com/6RNDvQPurC — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) January 3, 2024 They’ll make fine fertilizer. x Putin's "United Russia" party has created its own private army and started recruiting. It is called the Espanola PMC, the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine reported. The Espanola formation was previously part of the Vostok battalion as a volunteer unit of Russian hardcore football… pic.twitter.com/HNXaeInoAX — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) January 3, 2024 Air mail delivery x This is so cute... A #Ukraine pilot constantly saw a young girl wave to him when he flew his Mi-8 over her house near #Kupiansk on his way to another mission. So this time he expressed his thanks for her support and surprised the girl with sweets dropped from his plane. pic.twitter.com/LlWnafyn1Z — Tim White (@TWMCLtd) January 3, 2024 The Jaws of Life saves a deer. May I have this dance? 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