(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Russian stuff blowing up: Ukraine hits Crimean air base for second day in a row [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-05-16 Ukraine hit the Belbek Air Base in Crimea for the second night in a row. Your US tax dollars being put to good use. x According to some reports by Crimean Telegram channels, last night there was a direct hit to the main Russian warehouse of missile and artillery weapons where most of the missiles for the Su-27, Su-30 and MiG-31 aircraft were stored in occupied Crimea. Waiting for official… https://t.co/XlTrhPwZJI pic.twitter.com/cryOCwUl29 — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) May 16, 2024 It’s a pity there is no video. We might have seen another appearance by Ammo Dump Jesus. x Overnight, a Ukrainian 🇺🇦 ATACMS strike on Belbek Air Base reportedly struck a warehouse with missiles for Su-30, Su-27, and MiG-31 fighter jets, reports ATESH Crimean Partisan Group pic.twitter.com/QY2y7p07kD — Ukraine Battle Map (@ukraine_map) May 16, 2024 I know an even better way — fly them back to Russia and leave them there. x Russia military bloggers plans on how to save their helicopters from ATACMS pic.twitter.com/Q4SysBvmjK — Getty (@gettylegion) May 16, 2024 Another long-range strike inside Russia. Tula is about 120 miles south of Moscow. x Footage of Ukrainian drones roaming over the Tula region last night. Explosions can be heard. https://t.co/ZWqHwyot2f pic.twitter.com/hHLVJEVBw7 — NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) May 16, 2024 Russia adds to its war crime tally in Vovchansk — Cluster munitions in a town with civilians and executions of civilians. x Russia hit Vovchansk with cluster munitions. Five people were injured, including Tamaz Gambarashvili, head of Vovchansk administration. "In broad daylight, when dozens of people are being rescued from the shelling, volunteers and civilian emergency services are working. Five… pic.twitter.com/MebHGreSL9 — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) May 16, 2024 x "There are reports of the first executions of civilians by the Russian military", said Minister Ihor Klymenko. "In particular, one of the residents of Vovchansk tried to escape on foot, refused to follow the commands of the invaders, and was killed by the Russians." (2/2) — Guillaume Ptak (@guillaume_ptak) May 16, 2024 x "It doesn't matter if they'll kill me there or here. At least I'll know I'm home." Mrs Marusia decided to stay in Vovchansk... This video, her grief, her tears... heartbreaking. Russia has no regard for human lives anywhere. 📹: Radio Liberty pic.twitter.com/0J8ZztsvvD — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) May 16, 2024 Poor kitty x Evacuation from Kharkiv, Ukraine after brutal Russian attack. I can feel that cat's trauma. Photo: @BBCWorld pic.twitter.com/T3gMJfSqqO — Lorenzo The Cat (@LorenzoTheCat) May 15, 2024 Two days? 🤣😂 Andrey Yurgens, a member of the 138th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces, was also captured in Vovchansk, who reported that his brigade, together with the 25th Motorized Rifle Brigade, had the task of capturing Vovchansk "in two days." x BREAKING ‼️ Ukrainian journalist Butusov embedded with the Ukrainian army in Northern Kharkiv reports that the Russian offensive has stalled / stopped Russians have suffered significant losses while Ukrainian troops have become more effective Prisoners tell stories of… pic.twitter.com/BU7WioNbXJ — PS01 (@PStyle0ne1) May 16, 2024 x Russian elite troops assault a hospital in the center of Vovchansk The video shows a hospital in Vovchansk, Kharkiv region, being stormed by Russian occupiers. One of the invaders for some reason climbed on the visor of the building and fell to the ground. Others jumped through… pic.twitter.com/eRe860FBMI — NEXTA (@nexta_tv) May 16, 2024 x Ukrainian Border Guards are engaged in heavy fighting in and near Vovchansk. pic.twitter.com/8SKEgCscmb — NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) May 16, 2024 x Insane POV footage by 🇺🇦Ukrainian special forces of the GUR in Buhruvatka, Kharkiv Region. 0:00 battle inside forest 0:50 captured POW 0:54 captured AK-12 rifle 1:47 BMP destroyed by AT-4 pic.twitter.com/74gdkm5gyr — Cloooud |🇺🇦 (@GloOouD) May 16, 2024 Russia’s losses are escalating thanks to its Kharkiv operation. x AFU reported Russian combat losses for the last 24-hours: Note: I wrote on May 10, 2024, when the Russian counteroffensive started in #Kharkiv, that the Russians were making a mistake. I believe it was Myroshnykov who also wrote "things will turn sideways" for them. It is still… pic.twitter.com/FOj34b9EcA — OSINT (Uri Kikaski) 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 (@UKikaski) May 16, 2024 This guy is a fugitive under prison sentence from Moldova. x Fugitive oligarch Ilan Shor has been granted Russian citizenship. He himself stated this in an interview with a Russian blogger. It is not known when exactly he received it. In February, he began flying to #Russia regularly, and a month later he moved there from #Israel. pic.twitter.com/jkgVAS3kug — Denis Dermenzhi (@iamdenya_de) May 16, 2024 Meanwhile, in Georgia, the protests continue unabated. x This not a moment it’s a movement! Tbilisi Now 🇬🇪🇪🇺#NotoRussianLaw #TbilisiProtests 📸Bachana Sajaia pic.twitter.com/EkoRkhLqpT — Mariam Kasrashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 (@KasrashviliM) May 15, 2024 Update on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico: x Slovakia's prime minister is awaiting another operation, but the medication he is taking may cause complications - Pravda According to the newspaper, Robert Fico's condition has stabilized after the operation, but remains serious. pic.twitter.com/qI5wFiYkMK — NEXTA (@nexta_tv) May 16, 2024 With apologies to whoever wrote the famous Pepsi jingle: There’s a whole new way of not livin’ ... You don’t have a lot to live and Pepsi’s got a lot to give. x These new pepsi ads are wild. pic.twitter.com/lzlz9FbRjE — Andrew Perpetua (@AndrewPerpetua) May 15, 2024 Bavovna x 2 x Destroyed Russian 2S19 Msta-S self propelled howitzer. By the 10th Brigade of Ukraine. ~20km from the frontline. Bakhmut front. (48.6106944, 38.3168611)https://t.co/5sGHnJBOpO pic.twitter.com/V40qeJnCRZ — Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) May 15, 2024 x Detonation of the BC of the Russian T-80BVM tank after the arrival of a Ukrainian kamikaze drone in the Avdeevsky direction💥#UkraineWarNews #UkraineWar #UkraineRussiaWar #RussiaIsATerroristState pic.twitter.com/D33nvTMrZV — ⚔️ Hunter UA ✠ 🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@UaCoins) May 16, 2024 Bradley: It takes a licking and keeps on ticking. x Result of the Lancet strike on a M2A2 Bradley IFV near Avdiivka a few days ago. As you can see it wasn't destroyed. Although the armor was penetrated, the rest of the vehicle remained intact. https://t.co/lnTlPrVX0Y pic.twitter.com/uKpErPruWB — Cloooud |🇺🇦 (@GloOouD) May 15, 2024 You have multiple diseases? No problem. We’ll send you to Ukraine for a meat assault. You’ll get blown up but your diseases will be gone! Hooray! x Russians are short of meat waves ‼️ In Krasnodar, about 20 conscripts are forcibly held in a collection point. They came to the military registration and enlistment office to confirm their unfitness for service. According to one of the guys, he suffers from a number of… pic.twitter.com/IY7XzjvIRc — PS01 (@PStyle0ne1) May 16, 2024 According to one of the guys, he suffers from a number of diseases that prevent him from being sent to serve. He confirmed these data with medical certificates. Today he was invited to the recruiting station on Yaroslavskaya for a control medical examination. For the same purpose, 19 more people unfamiliar to him came there. At some point , the military commissars took away the men’s documents , “assigned” them the rank of private and told them to wait to be sent to a military unit in Kurganinsk. According to the conscript, they are forced to change into uniform and are threatened with physical force if they refuse . An ambulance and police officers were called to the scene, but at the moment this has had no result. Here’s a job in Russia with a lot of job security — processing dead soldiers. x What is going on here? Russians whining? 🐖☠️😈 pic.twitter.com/qZOapGKKmQ — PS01 (@PStyle0ne1) May 15, 2024 Naturally Russia hit a center for handicapped children in Kherson, because that’s what Russia does. x #Kherson My friend’s center for handicapped children damaged today. Russians hit the city with 3 aerial bombs. 15yo injuries: face, shoulder. 39yo woman: shrapnel wound to the cervix, pelvi 78-year-old woman: a ligament injury and wounds to her arms. 88 yo woman … 20 overall pic.twitter.com/btS1CvCqRD — Zarina Zabrisky 🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@ZarinaZabrisky) May 15, 2024 Rest in peace. x The son of a fallen Ukrainian defender Taras Onyskiv receives a Ukrainian flag from his father's brothers-in-arms. 📷: Ostap Govda pic.twitter.com/x2VT0IpO61 — UkraineWorld (@ukraine_world) May 16, 2024 x Artur Yakubov, the imam of a Kharkiv mosque, died defending Ukraine at just 34 years old. After the start of the full-scale war, he witnessed the Russian invasion and the first battles in Kharkiv region with his own eyes. Artur took his family abroad and returned to Ukraine. His… pic.twitter.com/WtVnuMERKX — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) May 16, 2024 Bavovna! Bavovna! Bavovna! Sound on. x Meanwhile, residents of Kharkiv chant "Bavovna" at the Art Fortress concert in the basement of the Kharkiv Opera House. pic.twitter.com/qICrmYMLE9 — Maria Avdeeva (@maria_avdv) May 15, 2024 Happy Vyshyvanka Day x Ukrainian military in vyshyvankas🇺🇦 May they be your lucky charms. pic.twitter.com/LxVmn9Ca8t — UNITED24 (@U24_gov_ua) May 16, 2024 x Happy Vyshyvanka Day from Ukraine! pic.twitter.com/jYnC2IEJY3 — Saint Javelin (@saintjavelin) May 16, 2024 [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/5/16/2241008/-Russian-stuff-blowing-up-Ukraine-hits-Crimean-air-base-for-second-day-in-a-row?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/