(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Russian stuff blowing up: Ukraine continues push towards Glushkovo [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-09-19 The detonation of tens of thousands of tons of ammunition and missiles at the Toropets depot northwest of Moscow caused quite a bit of damage in the adjacent town. Meanwhile, the pile of rubble keeps exploding. x It seems things are still exploding in Toropets. pic.twitter.com/sxPG4cQf5A — Def Mon (@DefMon3) September 19, 2024 New info says that Ukraine sent a swarm of more than 100 drones on this attack. x The Russian ammunition depot recently struck by Ukraine is still smoldering in new satellite imagery from today. More than 100 drones were reportedly used in the attack on this site. pic.twitter.com/rwpBvxjEip — Brady Africk (@bradyafr) September 19, 2024 A pattern has emerged — Ukraine pulls off some spectacular attack that blows up a lot of Russian shit and kills a bunch of soldiers and Russian war bloggers like Fighterbomber go ape shit and denounce the incompetence of the military/political leadership. A few weeks later it happens again. Wash, rinse, repeat. When will they learn that the incompetence is systemic? x Russian mil-blogger "Fighterbomber" assessment on the Ukrainian attack on the ammo depot in Toropets 😁 "Everyone has already spoken out on the topic of bangs and smoke in warehouses in the Tver region. Well, I'll hype it up too. 1. What the fuck difference does it make how… pic.twitter.com/SNdRqEl2jh — Kvist.P 🇩🇰🇺🇦 (@kvistp) September 18, 2024 1. What the fuck difference does it make how much it cost to build the warehouses there if they were operated in violation of every possible rule? For example, if you dump 500 tons of ammunition on top of super-mega-turbo-protected storage facilities that can hold 240 tons of something, and blow them up? Is it the storage facility's fault, or Bulgakov's? Why are you bothering with the warehouses, knowing nothing about how and what was there? No one can even really say what hit the warehouses: missiles (the very ones we've been waiting for for so long), drones, or was it light from Venus that reflected off the upper layers of the atmosphere and caused an explosion of swamp gas? 2. Why was there suddenly a pile of ammunition there? What was the reason? Maybe because there was nowhere else to put it? Or can every beauty blogger name better, closer, more protected warehouses where something like this would have been impossible? Maybe because there was a warehouse there that was better protected by air defense than the others, but it also failed? Maybe there were a bunch of other objective reasons that they couldn't/didn't have time to solve/didn't work out? And it was definitely not Bulgakov who solved them. Yes, whoever was inside that depot was likely instantaneously cremated. She criticized the facility's design, which was said to be capable of withstanding a nuclear blast, and expressed outrage that there were no remains of the soldiers due to the scale of the explosion. x Pro-Russian blogger Anastasia Kashavarova claimed that dozens of Russian soldiers likely died in the recent explosion at the Toropets ammunition depot. She criticized the facility's design, which was said to be capable of withstanding a nuclear blast, and expressed outrage that… pic.twitter.com/iriPsAQTGm — NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) September 19, 2024 What kind of lowlife scum bombs a nursing home? x Russia dropped air bombs on a nursing home in Sumy. At least one person was killed, many were injured. With such acts of terror Putin is trying to break the Ukrainians and force Ukraine to capitulate pic.twitter.com/APgEceWNVk — Денис Казанський (@den_kazansky) September 19, 2024 Or roofers doing their job? Of course, the Russians posted this video so they must be proud of their war crimes. x ❗️RUSSIAN WAR CRIME❗️ Kherson. The Russians are "bored" and instead of military targets, they decided to drop a bomb on ordinary civilian people who are repairing the roof after the shelling. Bastards🤬 pic.twitter.com/EYIosxu2QR — Cloooud |🇺🇦 (@GloOouD) September 19, 2024 Makes you wonder how such a little drone (you can see it at the bottom of the video) packs such a big punch. x Ukrainian FPV drone collapses a house with Russian servicemen inside. pic.twitter.com/BmP5IyBqaS — WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated) September 19, 2024 Germany steps up. x 🇩🇪 In the newly announced support package, Germany will transfer to Ukraine over 20 Leopard 1 A5 tanks and 60k 155mm shells, in addition to other vital equipment. pic.twitter.com/Qdm73YbBXF — WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated) September 19, 2024 Dear Romania, Ukraine is a little busy right now trying to keep Russian drones and missiles from killing their own people. You have modern fighters and air-defense systems. Maybe you could shoot them down yourself. x ⚡️ Romania has called on Ukraine to intercept and shoot down Russian drones that enter its airspace.https://t.co/3oZUxP9J5e — UNITED24 Media (@United24media) September 19, 2024 This could be true. OTOH Russians have been known to exaggerate Ukrainian advances so they can later claimed they heroically seized the land back. x Interesting news from Russian channels about Ukrainian operations in the Glushkovo direction. According to them, Veseloye is surrounded by Ukrainian forces and is continuing toward Glushkovo. "The enemy, having surrounded the village of Veseloye, is trying to build on its… pic.twitter.com/dLTsUucldV — NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) September 19, 2024 Elsewhere in Kursk, Russian residents are shown how Russian propagandists are advocating they be wiped out. x Residents of the Kursk region watch and comment on how their compatriots on TV call for the demolition and destruction of the villages in which they have lived their entire lives. pic.twitter.com/FKAPBReckh — WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated) September 19, 2024 The fact that some Poles have to be told not to freak out when they see German soldiers in Poland tells you just how long Ukraine will hate Russia. x "If you see German soldiers, don't panic. They're here to help," says Polish PM @donaldtusk after announcing that German troops were volunteering to help tackle the floods in Poland pic.twitter.com/h8XwO2egG3 — Daniel Tilles (@danieltilles1) September 19, 2024 Maybe Orban can ask his good pals in Russia to help him out. x The Hungarian parliament in #Budapest, #Hungary, was flooded by the Danube river which continues to rise. If I were king of the EU, not a single Euro-cent would be given to Orban for the restoration of the government buildings there but humanitarian aid for the Hungarian people… pic.twitter.com/sIYggT3jeO — OSINT (Uri Kikaski) 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 (@UKikaski) September 19, 2024 I’d guess they’re shitting their pants in the Kremlin over this. x Telegram founder Pavel Durov is not interested in contacts with Russia in the context of the case of his detention in Paris, said Russian Ambassador to France Alexey Meshkov. - Moscow Times ☹️😂 pic.twitter.com/dYQ3Ib7R8g — Kvist.P 🇩🇰🇺🇦 (@kvistp) September 19, 2024 Russian propaganda whore Vladimir Solovyev seems worried that electronic devices bought in Europe might start blowing up. Good. Keep worrying. Maybe they should file a complaint with the ICC. x Russian propagandist Solovyev is convinced that Europe is now producing explosive gadgets. Will he stop buying new devices now? "You do realize that no one took apart tens of thousands of pagers, radios, tablets, phones, and planted [the explosives]. It means that European… https://t.co/IPAMhSBWo6 pic.twitter.com/EjXB8WgoPz — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) September 19, 2024 Russia didn't have a problem with India putting money ahead of morals by buying up Russian oil. NEW DELHI, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Artillery shells sold by Indian arms makers have been diverted by European customers to Ukraine and New Delhi has not intervened to stop the trade despite protests from Moscow, according to eleven Indian and European government and defence industry officials, as well as a Reuters analysis of commercially available customs data. The transfer of munitions to support Ukraine's defence against Russia has occurred for more than a year, according to the sources and the customs data. Indian arms export regulations limit the use of weaponry to the declared purchaser, who risks future sales being terminated if unauthorised transfers occur. These days you could just as easily hear somebody in Florida or Texas or 20 other states propose something like this. x Former Chechen Prime Minister Muslim Khuchiev proposed to remove Darwin's theory of evolution from Russian school textbooks. "Everyone knows that this is a false theory, it goes against religion. This is the first step, I believe, in the spiritual corruption of children. We can… pic.twitter.com/l4cI3pKP73 — WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated) September 19, 2024 Since Kadyrov is completely full of shit, the real story is probably that he got drunk and drove it into a pond. x Ramzan Kadyrov said that Elon Musk disabled his Cybertruck "Gives expensive gifts from the heart, and then remotely disables them. Recently, Musk remotely disabled my Cybertruck. That's not manly. Had to tow the iron horse. Why Elon? Who does that?" Kadyrov wrote. In August,… pic.twitter.com/pVlNF7IWUD — NEXTA (@nexta_tv) September 19, 2024 Maybe next the parliament can tackle the problem of multiple villages with the same name. x Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada voted to rename 327 settlements that had names linked to the Russian Empire or Soviet Union. This move, part of ongoing decommunization efforts, reflects Ukraine's push to shed historical Russian and Soviet influences. The renaming follows a 2015 law… pic.twitter.com/qsnr2hipop — NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) September 19, 2024 In Russia, this would be classified as an armored column. x 🇺🇦This is so cool! Meet Andriy a combat medic in #Ukraine who rides an electric mono wheel so he can save lives faster❤️ pic.twitter.com/HGlWjpVez5 — Sofia (@SlavaUk30722777) September 19, 2024 In the U.S. when you want to take over a company, you put together an army of lawyers. In Russia they are more direct. Ya know, this would make a good Netflix series. x This shitshow in Russia is fascinating Long story short the ex husband of the CEO of online retailer Wildberries tried to carry out an armed corporate raid in broad daylight and sent Kadyrov thugs resulting in a shootout/casualties. Meanwhile the wife is supported by FSB. Can’t… pic.twitter.com/PiIBgCOxep — Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 (@OlgaNYC1211) September 19, 2024 They violently take over cemeteries? What kind of fucked-up country has a “cemetery mafia?” 2/ A criminal gang led by Moldovan native Roman Ikizli is reported to have taken over cemeteries in the Leningrad region, using bribery, threats and violence against competitors. In September 2024, they were reported to have seized control of a district hospital. 3/ Although municipalities own public cemeteries, by law they must create a specialised burial service or transfer these functions to a business selected through competition. The 'cemetery mafia' has been able to exploit this process to obtain cemeteries by bribery and violence. 4/ Ikizli's gang has reportedly expanded its influence across the Leningrad region since 2017. According to the VChK-OGPU Telegram channel, "the houses of those who tried to resist caught fire at night, and competitors were attacked right during burials in cemeteries." 5/ The gang took over cemeteries in the Lomonsov region in 2020 and, using baseball bats and other weapons, partly seized control of cemeteries at Petrodvorets and Kronstadt in St. Petersburg. The police have turned a blind eye, almost certainly with the aid of plentiful bribes. x 1/ With an estimated 200,000 men killed so far in the Ukraine war, Russia's cemeteries are booming. A 'cemetary mafia' is profiting by violently taking over cemeteries, funeral businesses and even hospitals, attacking funerals, and setting fire to rivals. pic.twitter.com/rpYIVN5ra8 — ChrisO_wiki (@ChrisO_wiki) September 19, 2024 OTOH, maybe Russia is more enlightened than us in some ways. 😂 Probably doesn’t interrupt work much since they’d only need about 2 minutes. I’m too sexy for my camo, too sexy for my boots. x I'm sexy, and I know it. pic.twitter.com/eKIh8fkhR3 — In Ukraine (@InUKRofficial) September 19, 2024 The Deadpool Dance and NSYNC seem to be quite popular in Ukraine. x Duo Deadpool Dance. pic.twitter.com/tltuVf4hBZ — In Ukraine (@InUKRofficial) September 18, 2024 Recon cat patrol [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/9/19/2271473/-Russian-stuff-blowing-up-Ukraine-continues-push-towards-Glushkovo?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/