(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . More Russian stuff blowing up: Russian colonel's morale boosting trip goes kablooey [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-01-09 It’s good to see these damn things going up in a big bavovna. x Avdiivka, a Russian TOS-1A thermobaric MRL cooks off after taking Ukrainian fire on the eastern flank of the city. pic.twitter.com/87TxHe740D — OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) January 9, 2024 That’s a hell of a cook off. I have seen two interpretations of what is going on in Krynky. The first says that because Russia has gotten armor into Krynky, even though it was destroyed, it’s just a matter of time before Ukraine has to withdraw. The other says that Russia has suspended offensive operations in Krynky because of massive losses. I guess we’ll see. x Krynky, a Ukrainian FPV munition hits a Russian T-72B3, causing a catastrophic ammunition detonation. pic.twitter.com/vyGmG5iF7q — OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) January 8, 2024 More from Krynky, which is becoming an armored vehicle graveyard. Note at the end how the drone goes for the soldier, who is apparently carrying ammo, instead of the vehicle. x /3. Another part of the repelling yesterday’s big Russian attack on Krynky, Kherson region. https://t.co/shkcWPSFzL — Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) January 9, 2024 They say they want their leadership to pay attention to them. Maybe Putin will put them up in one of his palaces. "It's the fourth day without heating. Everyone who could, has already self-evacuated..." - residents of Elektrostal near Moscow showed how their house looks like. "The entrance is frozen completely. All the radiators destroyed. It's 5 degrees Celsius in our apartments. Those who stayed are surviving as best they can - with gas, all kinds of heating devices," a resident of the house said in the video. …. Residents of Voskresensk near Moscow recorded a video message to Putin complaining about the lack of heating. "It feels like they want to wipe our Voskresensk off the map. Like they want to destroy us!" - residents of Voskresensk say, noting that the administration knows about everything, but does not act. "We are freezing. It's 11-12 degrees in our apartments. Currently, it is 6 degrees Celsius in my room. Tell me, how is it possible to survive at this temperature? No words! I mean, we do not live, but exist. And so we ask the leadership to pay attention to us. Voskresensk administration knows all our problems, as they said: "We are aware, we have everything under control." But what's the point? Nothing changes! ... No progress. Everything is getting worse and worse. Reconstruction of the boiler house is postponed from year to year. All the boilers have exhausted their resource. They have turned to dust. ... Our residents are left alone with their problems. We have no one to rely on," - residents of the city said in their appeal. x Moscow region continues to freeze: ◾️"It's the fourth day without heating. Everyone who could, has already self-evacuated..." - residents of Elektrostal near Moscow showed how their house looks like. "The entrance is frozen completely. All the radiators destroyed. It's 5… https://t.co/A6A8DR7aOQ pic.twitter.com/1wtd9VPxNU — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) January 9, 2024 Don’t worry. Only three more months till spring. x Residents of the Moscow Region town of Elektrostal are warming themselves by the fire because they still have no heating. They recorded a video in which they shouted "WE ARE FREEZING!" and asked for help from the authorities. pic.twitter.com/kU3V3CsbgJ — NEXTA (@nexta_tv) January 9, 2024 Speaking of shitty conditions. x 1/ Mobilised Russians are stoically enduring appalling conditions on the front lines in Ukraine, without food or water and with endemic theft of their supplies and equipment by their own side. Meanwhile, many of their wives are afraid to speak up for fear of retaliation. ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/PpnZNgeJQf — ChrisO_wiki (@ChrisO_wiki) January 9, 2024 2/ A report by Radio Free Europe highlights the experiences of mobilised Russians fighting in Ukraine through the accounts of two families, one from north-west Russia and the other from the Sverdlovsk region in the Urals at the far eastern edge of Europe. 3/ Tatyana is the wife of a contract soldier named Sergei, who went to war voluntarily last July. She says that most Russian soldiers are, like her husband, simply looking to earn money to support their families and pay off their mortgages. 4/ "No one is fighting for the Motherland now," she says. "No matter who you ask, everyone goes there to improve the well-being of their family." Sergei is earning 200,000 rubles ($2,210) a month, three times his former civilian salary. They go there to improve the well-being of their families — at the expense of Ukrainian families. 5/ However, much of the initial recruitment bonus was used up buying personal equipment at inflated prices. The soldiers also have to deal with endemic theft of their personal effects by their fellow soldiers, as Tatyana explains. 6/ "One guy had his warm tactical gloves stolen while he was on parade. Another guy's rucksack went missing with a new warm suit while he was on a mission. He came back from combat alive, but the rucksack was gone. He asked where it was, and they told him it had been burnt. ... 9/ When the men got to the front line they lacked even shovels. "They just dropped them off in an empty field and let them do what they wanted. So my husband slept in a body bag. 10/ "He got into a sleeping bag that he brought from home, climbed into the body bag, zipped himself up, put a tube in his mouth and stuck it out through the slit so that he could breathe. 11/ "They don't get anything out there. No gloves, no warm underwear, no ammunition. They didn't even give them shovels. But they did give them body bags." Considering how many Russian soldiers feel about their commanders, Col. Ospanov might have succeeded in lifting their morale. x Russian Telegram channels report that Arman Ospanov, a Russian colonel and head of the armored service of the Russian Airborne Forces, went to the occupied territories of Ukraine to raise the morale of personnel. There, he stepped on a mine and died. pic.twitter.com/OjiE0bhmvT — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) January 8, 2024 Being popular and influential in the Russian military can get you killed. But at least he didn’t step on a mine. After Prigozhin's mutiny and his confrontation with Shoigu and Gerasimov, Teplinsky was put under surveillance because of his ambiguous behavior. He could not be removed immediately like Surovikin because he was popular with the troops. So they decided to get rid of him gradually, first of all by destroying his image and support from the army, especially in the Air Forces. Some sources claim that, for this purpose, a special group was created from among the officers of information counteraction of the Russian Armed Forces. They established a network of channels and groups on social media that create and distribute materials aimed at discrediting Teplinsky. Teplinsky was also assigned to one of the potentially most difficult areas of the war. At the end of October, he became the head of the Dnepr group of troops, whose area of responsibility includes the occupied Kherson region and part of Zaporizhzhia. Teplinsky has great ambitions, and he is unsuccessfully trying to eliminate our Ukrainian stronghold at any cost. That is why the Russians are suffering huge losses in equipment and personnel, especially in airborne units. Of course, this hurts Teplinsky's reputation, as previously it was believed that he valued the lives of Russian soldiers above all else. Also, the Russian web pages discuss the subject of the general having two families. In addition, mental health issues are often mentioned, which allegedly also raises questions. By the way, today he turned 55 years old. And there are no official congratulations, which may also indicate disgrace. x It seems that the Kremlin is trying to get rid of Russia's most influential General Teplinsky. The commander of the Russian Airborne Forces, General Mikhail Teplinsky, is very influential and popular among the Russian military. Recently, the Russian media have resumed a… pic.twitter.com/5QPIHc7ACJ — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) January 9, 2024 Damn. What a shame. x 2/ The VChK-OGPU Telegram channel reports that an acute shortage of fuel and lubricants has affected almost all units of the 'volunteer corps' created by the GRU's First Deputy Head, Lt Gen Vladimir Alekseev, particularly in the areas of active combat in Bakhmut and Avdiivka. — ChrisO_wiki (@ChrisO_wiki) January 8, 2024 Electronic warfare units taken out by drones. x Ukrainian FPV drones taking out EW - radio interference signal units. - Russian electronic warfare (REB) These units worked on the 2.4/5.8 bands and suppressed Ukrainian Mavics. pic.twitter.com/85bztWn5Kl — GWAR69 🇩🇰🇺🇦 (@GwarWorin) January 9, 2024 Robotics — the future of warfare. x Thanks to remote operation, the turret saves the life and health of machine gunners. Can be installed at trenches, on armor or cars or UGV platforms. Back in end August 23 - 30 of these platforms were sent to the front. pic.twitter.com/t6zQZo7vJq — GWAR69 🇩🇰🇺🇦 (@GwarWorin) January 9, 2024 Oryol (Orel) is north of Belgorod and Kursk. x Russian governor confirms the attack by two drones on a fuel and energy facility in the Russian city of Oryol. According to Russian media, a Ukrainian kamikaze drone hit the Orelnefteprodukt oil depot, and another drone struck the building of a local energy provider,… pic.twitter.com/KjjwxOe16Z — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) January 9, 2024 x Consequence of the drone attack at the Orelenergo facility,Orel,Russia. It's reported that 2 reached their target,injuring 3 people.https://t.co/CvhTo7Z9bc Drones attack oil depot, industrial facility in Russia's Orel - Ukrinform https://t.co/dOfDGx5SlJ @aborealis940 pic.twitter.com/mmqv86meSW — Muzzleflash (@RcMuzzleflash) January 9, 2024 He fucked around. He found out. x Serbian mercenary Dejan Berić has joined war criminals to kill Ukrainians and now complains that Russians behaved like criminals toward him. pic.twitter.com/qXMHwlRNro — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) January 9, 2024 More fallout from the scandalous Almost Naked Party in Moscow in which members of the elite showed (in addition to various body parts) that they no longer live in the country they thought they did. The rapper Vacio got 15 days in the slammer — and then the real punishment came. He was summoned to the military recruitment office. Off to Avdiivka with him! In the tweet below it refers to “one sock.” He wasn’t wearing it on either of his feet. WARNING: the video shows his near naked performance. x The lead singer of the group "Puppies" went on stage wearing one sock during a performance in St. Petersburg Thus, the guy decided to support the rapper "Vacio" who is now serving 15 days after the scandalous "almost naked" party in Moscow. State Duma deputies have already… pic.twitter.com/mrzoe6nA8B — NEXTA (@nexta_tv) January 8, 2024 Orban’s blackmail is getting ridiculous. Boot his ass out of the EU already. x Hungary has put forward a new demand to lift the €50 billion veto for Ukraine, - Politico, citing sources Hungarian authorities have made it clear that they can lift their veto on EU aid to Ukraine, provided that the funding is reviewed every year. "In practice, this would… pic.twitter.com/meb7HkxaYu — NEXTA (@nexta_tv) January 9, 2024 Russians keep finding a myriad of ways around sanctions. x KAMAZ, a Russian truck manufacturer supplying vehicles for Russia’s war against Ukraine, acquires spare parts from Austria through relatives of its owner Sergey Kogogin, who are still not subject to EU sanctions, the Trap Aggressor project revealed. https://t.co/YuXWUcA9ad — Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) January 9, 2024 They threw out eggs!!! Those are worth more than gold in many parts of Russia. x There are very rich people among #Crimeans 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/zXvHTimgm7 — Aurora Borealis 🤫 (@aborealis940) January 9, 2024 LOL I was standing on the sidewalk in Toronto and watched a policeman drive up to me. "You should get this car out of here, sir," the policeman said to me. "Why? She doesn't seem to bother anyone," I said. The policeman got off the motorcycle, silently took out the receipts, wrote out a $300 fine on one receipt and, looking into my eyes, shoved it under the windshield wiper. "Scoundrel," I said. The policeman tore off another $300 receipt and silently shoved it under the windshield wiper. I called him a fascist. He repeated the operation with the receipt. This went on for about 15 minutes, until he ran out of receipts. He got on a motorcycle and drove away. He didn't give a fuck. I shrugged my shoulders and went on my way. I didn't give a shit either. It wasn't my car, but some Russian's. x I was standing on the sidewalk in Toronto and watched a policeman drive up to me."You should get this car out of here, sir," the policeman said to me."Why? She doesn't seem to bother anyone," I said.The policeman got off the motorcycle, silently took out the receipts, wrote out a… — Mykhailo Rohoza (@MykhailoRohoza) January 8, 2024 Winston the Cat recaps the Top 10 Russian naval disasters of the Ukraine war. x YouTube Video Kombat Kitty finds a high perch from which to observe emery movements. I can only imagine how cold that water was. 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