(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Russian stuff blowing up: Ukrainian drones ignite massive fire at a Russian oil depot [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-07-09 A Russian oil depot heroically sacrificed itself to destroy attacking Ukrainian drones. x /1. This morning a Russian oil depot in Kalach-na-Donu, Volgograd region, was attacked by drones. 400km from the frontline. pic.twitter.com/D8iUNekXlC — Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) July 9, 2024 x ⚡🇺🇦💪💥A fifth drone flew into an oil depot in Kalach-on-Don, Volgograd region, Russia. pic.twitter.com/n7Aiu3MJQJ — 🇺🇦 UkraineNewsLive🇺🇦 (@UkraineNewsLive) July 9, 2024 Narrator: No, they didn’t. x 🔥🔥🔥 🇷🇺Russian tank blown up on an anti-tank mine, which leads to the powerful detonation of its ammunition. The crew lived pic.twitter.com/DsczrA98zB — Cloooud |🇺🇦 (@GloOouD) July 8, 2024 Big Bavovna, with bonus turret toss. x Dont you love it!😍 Take 2! A Russian tank, ammunition, and crew get to experience the boom of a Ukrainian TM-62 anti-tank mine in Donetsk region. I don't think anyone is walking away from that! pic.twitter.com/CSrRKoVIau — Challenger Tank In Ukraine🇬🇧🇺🇦 (@ChallengerInUA) July 8, 2024 Burn it down. Burn it all down. x The partisan movement "Atesh" burned down a relay cabinet on the railway section between Rostov-on-Don and Mariupol near the city of Shakhty. This is one of the main railway lines in the region, linking Russia and Ukraine's Donetsk region, and is actively used for transporting… pic.twitter.com/hcWosHK8F1 — NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) July 9, 2024 x Sometime today, Ukraine conducted a strike on an electrical substation in #Sudza, Kursk Oblast, Russia (Image 1) Note the high-voltage overhead lines entering the facility. This is not a local transformer station but a main-line substation along a large power supply route.… pic.twitter.com/zt0NNnGmCy — OSINT (Uri Kikaski) 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 (@UKikaski) July 9, 2024 I guess they didn’t read the fine print. "I returned home because my contract ended. And they put me on the wanted list." "The commander is forcing me to go on reconnaissance, and my contract ended yesterday. I wrote a report, and he laughs. Help". "Nobody warned that the contracts were being extended, there were only rumors on this topic." "I have already written to the president and the prosecutor's office, but I only get empty replies. You are my last hope." x Turns out that among the Russian soldiers who came to Ukraine to “earn extra money”, there are many who think that they can return home at any time as soon as their “contract” ends. Russian blogger and volunteer Anastasia Kashevarova speaks about this misconception. According… pic.twitter.com/Q2JJs8HZpb — WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated) July 9, 2024 And he never loses his cigarette. x I wouldn't want to be at the receiving end of this Ukrainian mortar crew 😳🔥 pic.twitter.com/IWEOrqmbGg — Kvist.P 🇩🇰🇺🇦 (@kvistp) July 9, 2024 A country that would bomb a children’s hospital certainly wouldn’t hesitate to bomb humanitarian aid volunteers. x I understand that it is physically painful to like such videos, but this is the only way to raise posts in X-algorithms, people need to see the truth about what the Russians are doing on the territory of Ukraine. After a Russian drone spotted volunteers delivering humanitarian… pic.twitter.com/Sxo1knhBZs — Katerina Horbunova (@blue_eyedKeti) July 9, 2024 A scene from the new sequel to Ghost Rider. x Orcs- kamikazes on a quad bike. New episode. pic.twitter.com/pJQN2TlTdQ — ✙ Albina Fella ✙ 🇺🇦🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇪🇵🇱🇺🇸🇨🇦🇦🇺 (@albafella1) July 9, 2024 Drone flies right through a culvert to hit a Russian soldier. x Hunting for the orc hiding in a culvert. Part of Robert Brovdi Madyar's new video. pic.twitter.com/tGL9BHqqYJ — ✙ Albina Fella ✙ 🇺🇦🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇪🇵🇱🇺🇸🇨🇦🇦🇺 (@albafella1) July 8, 2024 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Moscow yesterday at the same time that Russia bombed a children’s hospital in Kyiv. If that didn’t infuriate the Indian government, I don’t know what would. But Modi did get Putin to agree not to use Indian citizens as cannon fodder. x BREAKING ‼️ Russia will break contracts with Indian citizens who are fighting in Ukraine NDTV, citing sources, reports that Russia has decided to fire all Indian citizens who signed a contract with the Russian army after Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised the issue with… pic.twitter.com/tKfdLCzca9 — PS01 (@PStyle0ne1) July 9, 2024 Modi doesn’t care. He’s getting Russian oil at rock bottom prices. “It is a huge disappointment and a devastating blow to peace efforts to see the leader of the world’s largest democracy hug the world’s most bloody criminal in Moscow on such a day.” x Zelensky berated India’s Modi overnight for visiting Putin in Moscow as Ukraine was digging out bodies from the rubble of a children’s hospital and other targets of Russian missiles: “It is a huge disappointment and a devastating blow to peace efforts to see the leader of the… https://t.co/pJWRQftXQK — Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) July 9, 2024 The Saudis were NEVER our friends. They never will be. x Saudi Arabia has threatened the G7 countries to get rid of all EU securities if they confiscate $300 billion in Russian assets, Bloomberg reported According to the publication's estimates, Saudi Arabia does not have many European bonds, but EU officials fear that other countries… pic.twitter.com/aTMrfrqVe9 — NEXTA (@nexta_tv) July 9, 2024 About damn time. Link to DOJ release. x Today US DoJ announced seizure of two domains and the search of 968 accounts on X used in a "Russian-government backed campaign" to spread disinformation. Affidavit includes all of the accounts requested from X 👇 pic.twitter.com/QcFNylFVoH — Benjamin Strick (@BenDoBrown) July 9, 2024 Dashcam video from yesterday’s missile attack on the other hospital in Kyiv. x Footage of yesterday's Russian attack on the private Isida maternity hospital in Kyiv Seven people were killed in the attack. pic.twitter.com/0y8yb4JX6K — Oriannalyla 🇺🇦 (@Lyla_lilas) July 9, 2024 Russia claims that the Okhmatdyt children’s hospital in Kyiv was a military target. Because you never know when Ukraine might send a bunch of 10-year-old cancer patients to march on Moscow. x Guess what Russian propaganda is calling this direct attack on a children's hospital? A "high-precision retaliation attack on military facilities." When will this country be completely outlawed? pic.twitter.com/svMdoDU1Vz — Maria Avdeeva (@maria_avdv) July 8, 2024 Plus more from yesterday’s attacks. x ⚡️A veteran with a prosthesis dismantles blockages in the Okhmatdyt hospital. The man's name is Artem Grot, he was a soldier of the 🇺🇦Special Operations Forces pic.twitter.com/43vKFk2bY9 — 🪖Military news (@front_ukrainian) July 8, 2024 x Scenes are too grim to describe here at Ohmatdyt children’s hospital. Somewhere in the foliage lies a woman’s corpse. pic.twitter.com/Y6c0FpLcWt — Oliver Carroll (@olliecarroll) July 8, 2024 x Turn on the sound. Listen to the childrens’ wailing. Bear witness to these atrocities. Terrorists are trying to erase our future. 🎥: lachen_tyt/IG pic.twitter.com/IjNxEWy3J5 — Тетяна Denford 🇺🇦🔱 (@TetyanaUkrainka) July 8, 2024 x You cannot imagine my heartbreak today. I helped clear debris at one of the bomb sites. The most eerie thing is when everyone has to go silent because they’re trying to see if the person they’re trying to rescue is alive only to find out that they aren’t. You. Cannot. Imagine.… pic.twitter.com/KoHjibYXtc — Rima Med 🇺🇸🇱🇹🇺🇦 (@rima_medUA) July 8, 2024 x A kindergarten in the Holosiivskyi district of #Kyiv, which was damaged by an enemy attack yesterday 💔💔💔 Fortunately, the children were in shelters during the alarm 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻#RussiaIsATerroristState 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 pic.twitter.com/iUWLDvJmEy — Aurora Borealis 🤫 (@aborealis940) July 9, 2024 Indeed, what is a major doing evacuating the wounded? x I don’t know what it says about the army when majors are pulling wounded soldiers out of the gray zone...https://t.co/T04WurVlja pic.twitter.com/zBJTZQayc0 — KIU ✪ Russian Officers killed in Ukraine 🇨🇿🇺🇦 (@KilledInUkraine) July 9, 2024 Nothing suspicious about the sudden death of the guy in charge of Defense Ministry construction projects, which would seem like a fabulous opportunity for bribes and kickbacks. Nothing to see here. Move along. General Khandayev is one of the influential figures in the construction of Ministry of Defense facilities throughout the country. According to the Dagestan newspaper Chernovik, Khandayev was directly subordinate to the former deputy head of the Ministry of Defense Timur Ivanov , who was arrested on charges of corruption. According to the publication, Khandayev was responsible for work related to the quartering of the Caspian flotilla, and also supervised the construction of GVSU No. 4 social infrastructure facilities. x The head of the Department of State Expertise of the Ministry of Defense has died The head of the State Expertise Department of the Russian Ministry of Defense, General Khandaev, died at the age of 61. For those around him, Khandaev’s death came as a complete surprise. Sources… pic.twitter.com/ZgDpJkuqt0 — PS01 (@PStyle0ne1) July 9, 2024 Russia wants Navalny’s widow. Yeah, and people in hell want ice water, but they ain’t getting it either. x A Russian court has ordered the arrest of Yulia Navalnaya, Alexei Navalny's widow, in absentia for participating in an "extremist organization." She says: "Vladimir Putin is a killer and a war criminal. He belongs in prison, and not a nice one, like in the Hague." https://t.co/tAmrdigVBg — max seddon (@maxseddon) July 9, 2024 One more reason why Ukraine is going to win this war. x This is awesome. pic.twitter.com/XWrTVuj8NR — Andrew Perpetua (@AndrewPerpetua) July 9, 2024 The beatings will continue until morale improves. x The russian occupiers publish the pits in which they keep their soldiers who don’t want to go into a meat assault. Z-source: https://t.co/9e4eXv6Jzv pic.twitter.com/r2y7QZy0O0 — ✙ Albina Fella ✙ 🇺🇦🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇪🇵🇱🇺🇸🇨🇦🇦🇺 (@albafella1) July 9, 2024 If they get one, they should call it the Red October. One ping only, Vasily. x i see nothing wrong with this.. give them. pic.twitter.com/bDjwKeujHx — david D. (@secretsqrl123) July 8, 2024 Move along. Nothing to see here. x Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are building a luxury resort in Albania that will be managed by Aman Resorts, owned by Russian businessman Vladislav Doronin, Reminder that Doronin among other things is also Blavatnik’s partner (front man for Kremlin) Of course, Ivanka and Kushner… — Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 (@OlgaNYC1211) July 9, 2024 Rest in peace. x Kryvyi Rih is mourning the ten people killed in a russian missile strike on the city yesterday. A local Telegram channel posted pictures of the four deceased, and I believe the world should see these eyes that russia has closed forever. 🕯️Oksana Dovbnia-Ostapenko 🕯️Vadym… pic.twitter.com/Irb7zbxBAa — Iryna Voichuk (@IrynaVoichuk) July 9, 2024 x Yesterday, 10-year-old kid Maksym Simanyuk was killed during a missile attack on Kyiv.The guy died together with his mother and sister at home when a rocket flew there. The kid had dreams and just wanted to live a happy life. pic.twitter.com/TXLC4FWRma — Mamuka Mamulashvili (@Mamulashvili_M) July 9, 2024 x A dog called Labrador did not survive today's Russian missile attack. He lived in a shelter, and when the explosions started, his heart was too weak. Volunteers tried to rescue him for hours, but nothing worked. You can see how hard he's breathing in the video. Another animal… https://t.co/eqPjTa3MPh pic.twitter.com/H8Ykkm4rP6 — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) July 8, 2024 And to all a good night. 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