(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . More Russian stuff blowing up: Russian version of AWACS plane and bomber reported shot down [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-01-14 If this is confirmed, it’s a BFD, as President Biden would say. One report said they were hit by Patriot missiles. By preliminary information, the A-50 aircraft was shot down. The Il-22 aircraft was damaged but was in the air and was attempting to reach the nearest airfield. However, it disappeared from radars after it started its descent, in Kerch area. x Information appeared (no official confirmation) that on January 14th, fire damage was inflicted on two Russian aircraft, namely the DRLV A-50 aircraft and the Il-22 bomber that were over the Sea of Azov. By preliminary information, the A-50 aircraft was shot down. The Il-22… pic.twitter.com/gzbZCWaK6C — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) January 14, 2024 Big tank bavovna. x 🔥BOOOOOM🔥 🇺🇦Ukrainian soldiers of the 110th Mechanised Brigade, «Flying Shull» group destroyed 🇷🇺Russian tank in Avdiivka direction pic.twitter.com/JdHu1GmBk1 — Cloooud |🇺🇦 (@GloOouD) January 13, 2024 The body bag business is booming. x Russian losses 14.01.2025 ☠️ 370 000 pic.twitter.com/t0IEJHdNcN — The Ukrainian Review (@UkrReview) January 14, 2024 A first look at Russia’s new anti-drone armor. x До вашої уваги новітня система динамічного захисту російської бронетехніки «Фарш-М1». Вона дозволяє росіянам втрачати не тільки техніку, а й мʼясо та показує зростаючий дефіцит ББМ, через що окупантів усе частіше возять не у, а на броні. pic.twitter.com/HUeMP3dxPf — Serhii Sternenko ✙ (@sternenko) January 14, 2024 They’ve ordered some more materials for upgrades, but the shipment from Wildberries hasn’t come in yet and the customer service line seems to be down. x A Russian evacuation MT-LB with all kinds of wooden and rubber implements to improve survivability. pic.twitter.com/C285iGyRDJ — WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated) January 14, 2024 Looks like Russia managed to decapitate a statue. x ❗️Russians shelled Odnorobivka in Kharkiv, damaging eight houses, power/gas lines, and a WWII monument. Viktor Kovalenko, Zolochiv community head, reported to Suspilne media. pic.twitter.com/zOgMjAraJN — Toronto Television / Телебачення Торонто (@tvtoront) January 14, 2024 And now for the More Russian Stuff Freezing update: So the choice is freeze in prison or freeze and die in Ukraine. x Russian authorities are cutting off heating in prisons so that prisoners go to fight in Ukraine, — BILD. Temperatures have dropped to -35°C in many parts of Russia. It seems that Vladimir Putin has decided to use the cold weather to replenish his weakened troops in Ukraine. Many… pic.twitter.com/gE7fJ7YAv0 — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) January 13, 2024 Better get out the candles. x "No panic!" Peskov and Putin report. Russian Rostov reports a massive blackout. According to the local media, dozens of buildings are without electricity, water and heating. Bataysk in Rostov region has no electricity, as well. https://t.co/2O3wYy1Amp pic.twitter.com/Vr73fTL6Q0 — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) January 13, 2024 Novomoskovsk is 230 km south of Moscow. x You won't believe it but yet another town in Russia is now without heat. Novomoskovsk in Tula region - 372 residential buildings, 16 kindergartens and a hospital are without heat because of an incident at the local electricity station. "All resources and means are directed… https://t.co/WE7Jtj1C8M pic.twitter.com/leMxvAOPZT — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) January 14, 2024 No problem. It’ll thaw out in three or four months. x 30 residents of Russian Omsk are afraid of being buried alive under the ruins of their collapsing five-story building. The 1959 building is completely covered with blocks of ice because of a burst hot water pipe. And yet, they support Putin and his regime that spends incredible… https://t.co/UkN4Yz5uRa pic.twitter.com/DR65BAEn0U — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) January 14, 2024 Dark Brandon strikes again. 😂😂 x 🥶 According to the Russians, Biden is doing everything to freeze them, this is how it looks like :) pic.twitter.com/9rpdnFURzf — MAKS 23 🇺🇦🏆 (@Maks_NAFO_FELLA) January 14, 2024 And now for the More Russian Stuff Burning Up update: Reinsured just last month? What fortunate timing. I wonder what the air quality in St. Petersburg is like. x Wildberries warehouse in St Petersburg looks like this now after a massive fire yesterday. Russian media report that the most probable version of the cause of fire is arson. Reportedly, just in December the warehouses and the goods were re-insured. https://t.co/Yr6w4Nm0M3 pic.twitter.com/aNk1nunbuf — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) January 14, 2024 There are many companies in the United States that would do this in a millisecond if they thought they could get away with it. x What a terrible humiliation #Russia: Warehouse workers at Wildberries, a Russian ripoff of Amazon, go through strip searches before starting and ending their shifts to mitigate theft - Igor Sushko pic.twitter.com/4jmY3BzSa1 — Jack Straw (@JackStr42679640) January 13, 2024 Careless smokers in Sochi too. Sochi is the coastal resort city on the Black Sea that hosted the Winter Olympics, Formula 1 races and is the site of one of Putin’s palaces. x Sochi, Russia ❗ Bavovna 🔥🔥🔥💨🤌 Tonight on Vidovaya Street in the Matsesta microdistrict, a building is in full flames! No details yet. The cause of course is unknown at the moment. pic.twitter.com/zuun9ipa9i — LX (@LXSummer1) January 14, 2024 And yet another careless smoker. I wonder if it was just recently insured too. x #RussiaOnFire Kazan, Russia ❗ Bavovna 🔥🔥🔥💨🤌 The "Astoria" Hotel at the shopping center "KazanMall" is on fire. The roof caught fire. Lots of dark smoke rises 💨 Not much details yet. The cause of course is unknown at the moment. pic.twitter.com/xkR4ap1G7K — LX (@LXSummer1) January 14, 2024 Wait! Russia is violating international law?!?! Say it ain’t so! x ⚠️ There's a rising trend in using chemical-laden ammunition by Russians, with 626 cases noted since the invasion's onset. In January alone, 51 cases were recorded, and the daily instances of chemical agent use have reached up to 10. 1/2 pic.twitter.com/40mNjzZ1nO — Toronto Television / Телебачення Торонто (@tvtoront) January 13, 2024 This item is one of the more bizarre things I’ve seen in this or any other war. I won’t embed the tweet because it’s that graphic. You can find it here if you really want. But you’ve been warned. It describes how a Russian soldier had the severed finger of one of his comrades embedded in his backside as if it were shrapnel. Yep, that little flashlight is gonna turn the tide of the war to Russia for sure now. Oh wait, did they come with batteries? x Russian soldiers are "showing off" their upgrades — headlamps from the Russian Ministry of Defense. Not very happy faces. Any thoughts? pic.twitter.com/g7cyTONxFC — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) January 13, 2024 Now we have drones that wait for their victims to come to them. x ‼️The Russian marines from the 810th report about "drone ambushes" "Ukrainians land the drone, turn off the engines, and wait for the target to pass or drive by. When the target appears, they suddenly attack. Be careful and vigilant." Nasty Ukrainians 😈 pic.twitter.com/qqjuTS6MTd — PS01 (@PStyle0ne1) January 13, 2024 Should have stayed home. x Deputy Commander of the 43rd Independent Naval Attack Aviation Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Chornobryvyi Alexander Ivanovich, born in 1985. Killed by Ukrainian missile strike on bunker on the Saky airfield, Crimea. https://t.co/0P0NLOuCFW https://t.co/KjB1td3a8L pic.twitter.com/HKH2FphJT9 — Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) January 13, 2024 Rest in peace. x Katherine Mielniczuk, 26yo British combat medic who died in Ukraine, “devoted her life to helping others” her family says. Nicknamed "Apache", she spent nearly 2 years treating wounded & delivering aid on the frontlines. She was the most selfless person one could hope to meet. pic.twitter.com/6T4qfZDPhh — Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) January 14, 2024 x The star went out... She was only 23 years old, and on January 16, she was supposed to marry her lover Sergey. In September 2022, her father Vitaly Filipov was killed at the front, and after that the girl most wanted to get to the front. Her wish came true, but on January 9,… pic.twitter.com/smOnNYpLNL — Mykhailo Rohoza (@MykhailoRohoza) January 13, 2024 x Yevgen Kulik returned from the French Foreign Legion to his homeland in Ukraine and died in battle near Bakhmut with the death of the brave! pic.twitter.com/B940wBfgTQ — Mykhailo Rohoza (@MykhailoRohoza) January 14, 2024 More happy reunions. x Sincere emotions when this dog see his master coming back ❤️🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/40CyaptC46 — Oriannalyla 🇺🇦 (@Lyla_lilas) January 14, 2024 x The son came from captivity in which he stayed for 2 years. He hugged his father whom he did not see for 679 days. Glory to the hero ❤️🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/U5QQ6K5IBP — Oriannalyla 🇺🇦 (@Lyla_lilas) January 14, 2024 A grateful kitty [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/1/14/2217277/-More-Russian-stuff-blowing-up-Russian-version-of-AWACS-plane-and-bomber-reported-shot-down?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/