(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Russian stuff blowing up: The Yak is back [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-11-29 Let’s take a short break in coverage of the war in Ukraine to check in on how Russia and its puppet regime in Syria are doing. Uh oh, things look bad for the bad guys. x Absolutely historic footage from #Aleppo tonight. Rebel forces reached the statue of Bashar's deceased brother Bassel al-Assad at the eastern edge of the New Aleppo district, taking down the regime flag.#Syria. pic.twitter.com/oacvTCwIZM — Thomas van Linge (@ThomasVLinge) November 29, 2024 But surely Russian’s crack troops will come to the rescue, right? x "We call on the Syrian government to restore order at the front in Aleppo." - Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov 😆 pic.twitter.com/vvbSneIUwx — Kvist.P 🇩🇰🇺🇦 (@kvistp) November 29, 2024 Well, surely the Assad forces got all their equipment out of Aleppo safely, right? x Rebels in Syria broke through to the outskirts of Aleppo and entered the city: the assad administration and the russian contingent are fleeing, ClashReport The rebels are already at the Aleppo International Stadium. They claim to have captured 31 tanks, 20 BMPs, and 3… pic.twitter.com/qG6BcgCRM6 — Jürgen Nauditt 🇩🇪🇺🇦 (@jurgen_nauditt) November 29, 2024 Don’t worry, Assad. Russia has lots of Scooby Doo vans and Chinese golf carts they can send you. x ❗️ Syrian rebels have captured a massive depot of Russian weapons, ammunition, and military equipment Meanwhile, government troops and officials loyal to Assad are fleeing Aleppo. The rebels are advancing so quickly that OSINT analysts can't keep up with updating maps. Remind… pic.twitter.com/aw8zD8TaKD — NEXTA (@nexta_tv) November 29, 2024 OK, but surely things are going well for Russia’s pals in Georgia after their big electoral victory. x 🇬🇪🇪🇺 Protests against the suspension of Georgia's European integration continued all night in Tbilisi. ❗️Georgian President Zurabishvili was also at the protest. She asked a questions to security forces: "Who do you serve - Georgia or Russia? Who did you swear an oath to?" pic.twitter.com/GFctqrxeqh — Malinda 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇵🇱🇨🇦🇮🇹🇦🇺🇬🇧🇬🇪🇩🇪🇸🇪 (@TreasChest) November 29, 2024 Back in Ukraine, the Yak is back! x Vintage drone-hunting Yak-52 plane returns to Odesa skies Ukraine’s vintage Soviet-era training aircraft is back after a four-month hiatus, resuming its mission to intercept Russian surveillance drones.https://t.co/MkVSt94hPJ — Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) November 29, 2024 The Yak-52, which costs mere hundreds of dollars per flight hour, presents a cost-effective solution against drones valued around $100,000. In a remarkable three-month period starting May, the aircraft reportedly shot down at least a dozen Russian drones, with increasing kill markings documenting its effectiveness, Forbes notes. The plane’s return follows a four-month absence after Russian forces apparently attempted to destroy its potential home airfield in July. Fresh photos and videos might provide further insights, though the crew might be cautious about publicizing their operations. Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate has been so impressed with the Yak-52’s performance that they have begun training gunners to hunt Russian unmanned aerial vehicles using locally-made Aeroprakt A-22 sport planes. Two thousand Russians in one day. x Say you are losing the war by not saying you are losing the war... AFU reported Russian losses for the past 24-hours include 2,030 casualties or the loss of the equivalent of 3 battalions in one day. "Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle (goes on… pic.twitter.com/kDleKDhMPY — OSINT (Uri Kikaski) 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 (@UKikaski) November 29, 2024 So, what’s going on with the ruble today? Tsar Vladimir says no need to panic. 🤣 Russian authorities are trying to stem panic over the ruble’s sharp fall this week, with the central bank forced to intervene on Wednesday to support the currency. The ruble weakened to 114 against the greenback on Wednesday, hitting its lowest level since March 2022, shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine. Russia’s central bank (CBR) was forced to intervene on the day to prop up the ruble, saying it would halt foreign purchases on the domestic currency market for the rest of the year “in order to reduce the volatility of financial markets.” Following the intervention, the ruble was trading at 110 against the dollar on Thursday morning. Russian President Vladimir Putin commented on the situation earlier, saying there was no need to panic about the depreciation of the ruble and that the currency’s fluctuations were affected by budget payments and seasonal shifts. Did Russia promote a new landing ship to submarine? x It is possible the Russian BSF pr. 11711 Ivan Gren-class LST “Peter Morgunov” was struck by Ukrainian UAV/s last night while at dock in #Tuapse, #Krasnodar Krai, Russia.#OSINT #Ukraine #Russia pic.twitter.com/8YfNGEkYwy — OSINT (Uri Kikaski) 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 (@UKikaski) November 29, 2024 Bavovna! x The very short life of a Russian tank pic.twitter.com/yQMOt7X9P4 — 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝕯𝔢𝔞𝔡 𝕯𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔦𝔠𝔱△ 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇺🇲🇬🇷 (@TheDeadDistrict) November 28, 2024 That’s a few thousand dollars worth of drones to take out a multi-million dollar radar. x 🤩 Wow, I've never seen this before... 4 FPV drones destroy the precious Zoopark radar station. The Zoopark costs USD 24 mln The long-range FPV drones only USD 2400 pic.twitter.com/0kD6tBfLkv — PS01 △ (@PStyle0ne1) November 29, 2024 The first drone in this video waits by the side of the road until a Scooby van passes by. x ⚡️🇺🇦Ukrainian SOF continue to destroy 🇷🇺Russian logistics in Kursk region pic.twitter.com/aIFtgUdlWG — 🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 (@front_ukrainian) November 28, 2024 Something’s burning in Crimea. x It looks like some Russian air defense system just exploded in Crimea, Simferopol's'kyi district. Rocket fuel detonation. Typical pattern observed after air defense systems are destroyed. pic.twitter.com/nLLBjTklYi — Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) November 29, 2024 Something’s also burning in Rostov. x Russian Rostov Oblast's oil depot on fire after Ukraine's drone attack Last night, Ukraine targeted at least two Russian oil facilities, setting one ablaze. Ukraine launched drone attacks on the Atlas depot in Rostov Oblast and Tuapse refinery (both in southwestern Russia),… pic.twitter.com/f077gXfjOF — Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) November 29, 2024 I predict failure for this. * The frontlines would be frozen by a ceasefire, and a demilitarized zone imposed. * For agreeing to this, Russia would get limited sanctions relief, and full relief only when a peace deal is signed that is to Ukraine’s liking. * A levy on Russian energy exports would pay for Ukraine’s reconstruction. * Ukraine would not be asked to give up on reclaiming occupied territory, but it would agree to pursue it through diplomacy alone. * It accepts "this would require a future diplomatic breakthrough which probably will not occur before Putin leaves office." x 🇺🇸🇺🇦 Trump’s Ukraine envoy has a plan to end the war that Putin may revel in, - CNN ▪️The frontlines would be frozen by a ceasefire, and a demilitarized zone imposed. ▪️For agreeing to this, Russia would get limited sanctions relief, and full relief only when a peace deal is… pic.twitter.com/eRqEcwXTtk — Malinda 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇵🇱🇨🇦🇮🇹🇦🇺🇬🇧🇬🇪🇩🇪🇸🇪 (@TreasChest) November 29, 2024 Lukashenko belongs in the dock at The Hague. x Reports revealed a horrifying torture camp in Belarus set up for Ukrainians, including children Investigative journalists uncovered human rights abuses occurring within this facility such as severe beatings and harsh interrogations https://t.co/jPw0JZN6Rz — Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) November 29, 2024 Oops. Russian "Z-blogger" Olga Kurlaeva published a post yesterday in which soldiers of the Belgorod territorial defense forces from the BARS detachment allegedly fired at a Ukrainian Furia reconnaissance UAV. But later, other 'Z-bloggers' found out that it was a friendly drone of soldiers from the Russian North grouping of troops, which cost more than 10 million rubles. Kurlaeva deleted her post. x Russians shot down a Russian drone for 10 million rubles ($94,300) after mistaking it for a Ukrainian drone. Russian "Z-blogger" Olga Kurlaeva published a post yesterday in which soldiers of the Belgorod territorial defense forces from the BARS detachment allegedly fired at a… pic.twitter.com/Em7rI2SeuV — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) November 29, 2024 Zelenskyy makes a key appointment. x Major General Mykhailo Drapatyi, appointed to lead the Ukrainian Ground Forces, is known for commanding the 2nd Battalion of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade, which entered Mariupol in May 2014. Drapatyi was inside the famous "flying BMP" of the Ukrainian army that rammed through… pic.twitter.com/gAJeMlUoFG — NEXTA (@nexta_tv) November 29, 2024 Imagine getting shot because you drove your personal car. x 1/ Russian soldiers who use their own or donated vehicles on the front lines now face being executed along with their commanders, according to Russian milbloggers, in a sharp escalation of the Russian army's counter-productive campaign against personally owned vehicles. ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/LZuLP6hIjh — ChrisO_wiki (@ChrisO_wiki) November 28, 2024 May they rest in peace, home where they belong. x 🕯️🇺🇦 The bodies of 502 fallen defenders were returned to Ukraine. 💔 397 from Donetsk direction, 24 from Luhansk direction, 64 from Zaporizhzhia direction, and 17 bodies were returned from the Russian morgues pic.twitter.com/JkjHJOuW9M — Malinda 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇵🇱🇨🇦🇮🇹🇦🇺🇬🇧🇬🇪🇩🇪🇸🇪 (@TreasChest) November 29, 2024 They refuse to be terrorized. x While russians are bombing Zhytomyr, young Ukrainians in the shelters sing Ukrainian songs. Unbreakable 🇺🇦 Video: markov_20 Tik Tok Source: Shotam pic.twitter.com/zi1jNMdSDs — Oriannalyla 🇺🇦 (@Lyla_lilas) November 29, 2024 When you don’t have your game console, you have to improvise. x Mortal combat pic.twitter.com/uR4lB2PftR — In Ukraine (@InUKRofficial) November 29, 2024 Dance Party Ukraine! x Time to dance pic.twitter.com/qlciEFMQHc — In Ukraine (@InUKRofficial) November 29, 2024 Love conquers all. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/11/29/2289224/-Russian-stuff-blowing-up-The-Yak-is-back?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/