(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Russian stuff blowing up: Is Russia seeking a way out? [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-04-14 This would be fascinating, assuming it’s true. Of course, Russia’s alleged demands are ridiculous and unacceptable, but it is intriguing that they are not looking for a freezing of the current lines. Perhaps Russia sees the writing on the wall with US aid to Ukraine resuming shortly. x 2/ The reason for Yermak's visit (if it happened) isn't known, but at the same time #Russia put forward new proposals to stop the war, and Washington is the conduit.#Ukraine has allegedly been informed attacks on all power structures will continue unless it starts peace talks. — Tim White (@TWMCLtd) April 14, 2024 3/#Russia's new "concession" is that the occupied parts of #Kherson and #Zaporizhzhia become "autonomous" (where have we heard that before) with absolute rights to block #Ukraine legislation in the areas.Moscow pretends these regions could eventually return naturally to Ukraine. 4/But #Russia demands ALL of #Donetsk, #Luhansk and a fair chunk of #Kharkiv region to be taken into the Russian Federation.#Putin knows this is unacceptable to #Ukraine and the #USA but banks on tRUmp riding to his rescue. The Kremlin war crim knows he needs a quick result. I hope Turner’s right. But don’t hold your breath. As the saying goes, money talks and bullshit walks. x ⚡️ The package of US aid to Ukraine will be put to a vote this week and will pass with an overwhelming majority of votes, Chairman of the Intelligence Committee of the US House of Representatives, Mike Turner expects. https://t.co/EdvkTD3JnU — NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) April 14, 2024 The Boulevard of Tossed Turrets x Time for an afternoon ☕️! And a look around the battlefield! Russian troops drive past four destroyed tanks towards the east! Oh dear! pic.twitter.com/pydkm56VOq — Challenger Tank In Ukraine🇬🇧🇺🇦 (@ChallengerInUA) April 14, 2024 Drones are having to be used to try to fill the gaps from a shortage of artillery shells. So this is good news, but you can’t fight a war with drones alone. Ukraine also needs shells, shells and more shells. If this war has taught the west anything, it’s that there is a woefully inadequate capacity to produce the artillery ammunition that would be needed to counter a Russian invasion. x ⚡️Deputy commander: Drone deliveries to Ukraine's front line this year already 3 times higher than in 2023.https://t.co/qg8vJBpXty — The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) April 13, 2024 Speaking of drones, this is an interesting video on the development of “Flying Claymore” drones against Russian infantry. x YouTube Video A Russian soldier describes the horror of the war for Russia at Robotyne. Once again we are driving with one of the commanders along front-line roads to the positions of the soldiers. The sounds of heavy artillery fighting can be heard everywhere. The earth is literally shaking beneath us. We're not eating, we're flying... at any moment an enemy missile or FPV drone could arrive. The enemy is shelling all roads, reaching everywhere. On the roadsides there are crosses and monuments to heroically fallen warriors... The commander says: "this is the cross of the Grad MLRS crew, very young guys, the FVP-drone got them, and they had full ammunition, they set out to work... This is a monument... the HIMARS flew to their positions and all died ..." And so the whole front road is like that. These stories bring a lump to my throat and tears to my eyes... young guys, our guys... You no longer hear explosions nearby, but the whole horror of this war is before your eyes... everywhere there are fragments of missiles, lonely burnt trees like ghosts near crosses… With a heavy heart we move on... they are waiting for us in the trenches, they need our help. Our soldiers heroically continue to fight. it's hard .. everyone is tired ... they are advancing centimeter by centimeter in bloody battles. Only when you are there with them you understand how difficult it is for them... In the evening, the earth began to shake again, the cats all huddled close to their beds... 5 km from us, heavy fighting began. We hear "exits and arrivals", endless flashes and roars, the artillery duel continued until the morning... Having arrived back home, we turned on the TV and there they told us that the "Little Russians" are exhausted, they had nothing to fight with and that their capitulation would soon be... no.. unfortunately, everything is not like that in reality! They have everything! And missiles! And swarms of drones! Both technology and communications! Drones do not allow you to raise your head, walk, drive, or just breathe! Missiles fly like drones in flocks! Baba Yaga is a serious problem, she destroys combat crews, equipment... Fighters with shovels, their hands bleeding, dig in vehicles to save equipment from mines being dropped from this flying creature. x Russian serviceman involved with transport and evacuation describes on his Telegram the Robotyne foothold as an area of extremely intensive fighting that is very dangerous due to Ukrainian firepower which, as he says, isn't lacking. He then puts a spotlight on the Russian TV… pic.twitter.com/V9bfgFxSHo — WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated) April 14, 2024 A good analysis of where most Russian losses come from. x In other words, Ukraine destroys Russians as they drive to the front. Once at the front, the infantry disperse into various underground shelters to hide until such a time a large enough force is gathered to begin assault operations. — Andrew Perpetua (@AndrewPerpetua) April 14, 2024 The assault operations don’t have nearly the casualties as you may expect. And this is what you hear from Ukrainian assaults as well, where you see Ukrainians say they captured a trench without casualties, but took heavy casualties in the subsequent artillery barrages. Ukraine doesn’t really have the ammo to perform such huge barrages on Russian forces, but they do have drones which probably inflict similar casualties. And we often see this as well, with large numbers of Ukrainian drones attacking Russian trenches. So, piecing it together and using basic logic: most Russian casualties probably come during the force accumulation phase. Few during the assault phase, and then more again during the post assault bombardment. The bombardment likely being primarily via drones. This is all exacerbated by Ukraine’s lack of infantry, forcing them to more readily abandon positions due to lack of manpower. And also its lack of ammo. Mortar ammo in particular, which is most effective against this sort of infantry assault. Meanwhile, in the flooded Orenburg/Orsk/Kurgan region … x Dog rescue operation in flooded area in Orenburg region of Russia. pic.twitter.com/zvao4ApiKt — Kirill Bakanov (@WeatherSarov1) April 14, 2024 x Besides the Orenburg region, water problems are also occuring in the Kurgan and Tomsk regions in Russia. The water level in the Tobol river has risen to 5+ meters. In the Tomsk region, water in the Tom river is also rising rapidly pic.twitter.com/RbLcpImRyQ — NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) April 14, 2024 Nobody puts Baby in the corner. x Yelyzaveta, callsign "Mala" ("Baby"), who recently turned 22, serves in Odesa border guard detachment at the front, Mykolaiv region. Two years ago, "Baby" came to serve as a cynologist. Now she is a shooter in a mobile firing team that hunts down Shahed drones to prevent them… https://t.co/BBIiswL06L pic.twitter.com/IyePFcP6Ug — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) April 14, 2024 Yana Stepanenko, 12, ran the Boston Marathon on Saturday with the prosthetic legs she received after losing her legs in a Russian shelling attack. x 13 квітня 12-річна Яна з Краматорська пробігла Бостонський марафон на протезах Яна Степаненко втратила обидві ноги під час обстрілу міста. Метою дівчинки є збір на протез для пораненого бійця ЗСУ. Яна лише нещодавно із ним познайомилася, але вже дуже хоче йому допомогти. 🎥:… pic.twitter.com/eMevjQpAM5 — Ukrinform (@UKRINFORM) April 14, 2024 Rex was rescued after his house was hit by a drone and then reunited with his family. x Please watch this story of Rex the dog. His home was ruined by Russian shelling, and Rex was trapped inside by the debris. Rex's owner was injured, his daughter took him to the hospital (the ambulance couldn't get there because the shelling was that intense). Volunteers rescued… pic.twitter.com/gT0Psage8v — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) April 14, 2024 You can take away electricity and make life tenuous, but you can’t take away music. x Since ancient times, the song has been an integral part of life for Ukrainian people. We sang everything that was on our hearts. "Ой попід гай зелененький" 📽️ zhorzhyny (TikTok, Instagram) pic.twitter.com/prgOrQRYMC — Olga Patlyuk 🇺🇦 (@OlgaPatl) April 13, 2024 x 💙💛 People watching the sunrise to the sounds of a piano in Odesa. #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/GQASFQI7lu — Natalka (@NatalkaKyiv) April 14, 2024 The war in photographs. x 🇺🇦Photographer Olena Hrom from #Ukraine submitted a series called Stolen Spring. She has now won the international Fine Art Photography Award❤️ pic.twitter.com/7ZZV5lKpne — Sofia (@SlavaUk30722777) April 12, 2024 [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/4/14/2235138/-Russian-stuff-blowing-up-Is-Russia-seeking-a-way-out?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/