(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Russian stuff blowing up: One Russian general reportedly wounded, another is arrested [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-05-21 Ukraine’s SCALP strike on a Russian target in Luhansk yesterday targeted a Russian HQ. Colonel General Gennady Anashkin, who was recently named interim commander of the Southern Military District, is reported among the wounded. As a result of the strike, 13 military personnel were killed and another 26 were injured. It is noted that the building that was struck was used as a command post for the South group of troops (forces). At the time of the attack, a meeting was being held in the building. Also, two sources not related to each other report that the commander of the Southern Military District, Colonel General Gennady Anashkin, was wounded. x 🚨👇 According to the usually well informed TG channel 'dosier shpiona', Ukraine targeted the HQ of the Russian group South during a senior meeting in Lugansk yesterday. The Colonel General Gennady Anashkin is reportedly wounded https://t.co/B88WfTrnZ3 pic.twitter.com/p4F4isppoZ — PS01 (@PStyle0ne1) May 21, 2024 Ukraine is certainly wasting no time in using its new ATACMS missiles. x 💥 ATACMS strikes on Russian military bases in the city of Dovzhansk in occupied Luhansk - deep in the rear, over 150 km from the frontline. The city is just 10 km from the Russian border in southeast Ukraine and has been occupied since 2014. Fuel and lubricant storage destroyed. pic.twitter.com/RIsxTW5VJ1 — Igor Sushko (@igorsushko) May 20, 2024 The purge continues. This is the same guy who popped off (bad pun intended) and criticized the Russian war effort last summer prior to his being removed from his command. x Russian media report that Ivan Popov, ex-commander of the Russian 58th army, has been arrested. He is accused of fraud of over 100 million rubles. Previously, Popov led the Russian army in Zaporizhzhia direction. In the summer of 2023, he was removed as commander. Prior to… https://t.co/IUuho0Es2y pic.twitter.com/aGs3NYtEUC — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) May 21, 2024 Looks like another pile of burning garbage to me. x Destroyed modified Russian T-62 without a turret, was supposed to be an improvised Assault Breacher, an assault tank for demining. About a week ago Russians published a video of that tank-‘Scorpion’, as they called it, claiming that it survived “8 ATGM hits and countless… pic.twitter.com/vxCQUyjxms — Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) May 19, 2024 Dang! Someone should put that fire out. x Fuel depot is on fire in #Belgorod 🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/0PzjFwXTLY — Aurora Borealis 🤫 (@aborealis940) May 21, 2024 Duct tape isn’t gonna fix that one. x Oh, no orcs! Get out quick! pic.twitter.com/d5RWc4merb — Challenger Tank In Ukraine🇬🇧🇺🇦 (@ChallengerInUA) May 21, 2024 Russian air defense system is hit by a fixed-wing drone inside Russia. Side note: What are the Russians doing placing an air-defense system in the middle of an open field? x 🔥| Another one 🇷🇺Russian air defence launcher «Buk» was destroyed by a RAM strike drone in the Kursk region pic.twitter.com/rbNeXEZw1I — Cloooud |🇺🇦 (@GloOouD) May 21, 2024 A new kamikaze drone is introduced on the battlefield. This one is launched from a high-tech platform that includes a string that is pulled and released by the operator. There is speculation that this new drone innovation might come from the latest UK aid shipment, which includes weapons from a top-secret factory in Nottingham. x Unknown technology 🤷🏼‍♀️ pic.twitter.com/sB5128P2Qm — Aurora Borealis 🤫 (@aborealis940) May 21, 2024 A Ukrainian regular army soldier is impressed with the old dudes in the Territorial Forces. x "It's like something you see in movies. There are trees falling, the ground is flying," - a Defender of the 28th Mechanized Brigade shares about the Territorial Defense Forces that are working in neighboring positions with his 28th Brigade. They are holding positions near the… pic.twitter.com/A5jDtFTZxW — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) May 20, 2024 I’m not sure what to call this monstrosity. It’s a turtle tank/demining trawler combo thingamajig. Anyway, it hits a mine and goes bavovna and a Russian survivor decides to risk running across the field where they just hit a mine. x During the escape, an 🇷🇺🐂 Russian triceratops exploded on its own mines pic.twitter.com/GHgxep9igI — Slava 🇺🇦 (@Heroiam_Slava) May 21, 2024 Missiles are launched from a Ukrainian naval drone toward Russian positions in the Kinburn peninsula. x Video published by Russian source. As said, Ukrainian naval drone launching unguided missiles in the direction of Russian positions on the Kinburn Peninsula, Mykolaiv/Kherson region. https://t.co/KG5kmIkvzU pic.twitter.com/HVxLXn3ybN — Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) May 21, 2024 Drones are already starting to make their post-war transition to useful employment. x Thinking about taking break ? pic.twitter.com/BVDZ3KHz4h — Slava 🇺🇦 (@Heroiam_Slava) May 21, 2024 Russia is doing the same thing in the Black Sea that they have been doing in the Baltic Sea near Kaliningrad. Eventually someone has to do something about it other than clutch their pearls. x Russia is jamming the GPS systems in Romania in the regions neighboring the Black Sea, right near the NATO base. pic.twitter.com/NjBVbOGSae — PaulC (@PaulConRO) May 20, 2024 Nothing but the best for the second army in the world. I wonder if they upgraded it with one of those new-fangled automatic transmissions. x Russian "Z-bloggers" boast that the Russian army was given a vehicle from 1958: "Gorkovsky is here. 28th Reserve Rifle Battalion of the 60th Red Banner Motor Rifle Brigade guarding the Kursk region. Big thanks to the volunteers for finding and sending us a 1958 GAZ-69 assault… pic.twitter.com/3pLXHY78oH — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) May 21, 2024 Russian health care. x "Kill him," - a Russian priest gives advice on dealing with a sick husband. Violence is the foundation in Russia. pic.twitter.com/2rT23Fkqeh — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) May 20, 2024 He shouldn’t be forced to become an adult so soon. x "I had a good childhood" Had. Our children talk like adults now. I notice it a lot and it makes me livid. Ukrainian children were forced to become adults because of Russian cruelty, greed and insatiable appetite for domination no matter the cost. Fucking death cult, may it rot. https://t.co/xr0i8hGDUG — Anastasiya Paraskevova (@UkrainianAna) May 21, 2024 They went back and found three hardy survivors. x #Vovchansk. 7 dogs survived during a direct russian shelling to a house … Now they all are safe in Kharkiv, 4 of them are with owner, and 3 of them are im a temporary shelter. PayPal: animaladoption.ua@gmx.de#war #russiaisaterroriststate #evacuation #Ukraine #animalrescue pic.twitter.com/VLsHkdIZd4 — Animal Rescue Kharkiv 🇺🇦 (@AnimalRescueKh) May 21, 2024 A Combat Cat gets to go home on leave. x A Ukrainian soldier took a cat from the front line and took him home to his family. pic.twitter.com/IW82kIyaSw — UkrARMY cats & dogs (@UAarmy_animals) May 19, 2024 But the frontline soldiers still have their Secret Squirrel. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/5/21/2241873/-Russian-stuff-blowing-up-One-Russian-general-reportedly-wounded-another-is-arrested?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/