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Russian stuff blowing up, plus de-mining with a 2x4 and a wheelbarrow [1]

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Date: 2023-05-18

KABOOM

x Epic detonation of a ammunition with a drone dropped grenade. By the 79th brigade. pic.twitter.com/8BjKuuwUyM — Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) May 16, 2023

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KABOOM, Part 2

x Marinka, Donetsk Oblast, a Ukrainian FPV loitering munition targets, and destroys, a rare Russian Murom-M thermal surveillance system. pic.twitter.com/I1pPXUZKHF — OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) May 17, 2023

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KABOOM over and over.

x Compilation of Ukrainian DIY suicide drones.



What makes those drones impressive is their cost-efficiency. Most of them do not cost more than 2000 USD, but they neutralize Russian vehicles like that Msta-S which cost $2 million. Thousands of those birds are waiting.



Source:… pic.twitter.com/a5DUcb5k92 — (((Tendar))) (@Tendar) May 18, 2023

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Another train derailment.

x In Crimea, there was a diversion on a railroad. IED was detonated at about 8 am near Chistenkoe. 8 wagons derailed. pic.twitter.com/TPVkHqUNDY — Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) May 18, 2023

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If there is ever a Museum of Russian Stuff Blowing Up, this would make a fine exhibit.

x Destroyed Russian anti-aircraft complex "Pantsir-S1". As stated at the beginning of May, 20km south of Donetsk, most likely destroyed by HIMARS. pic.twitter.com/0Z46EHdTBl — Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) May 16, 2023

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Just needed some duct tape.

x The damage to the Patriot system was so limited that it has now been fixed, official says. https://t.co/YOhcj4FMRq — Idrees Ali (@idreesali114) May 18, 2023

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A guide to getting in and out of Bakhmut. This by itself would make a gripping movie.

x Entering Bakhmut. Guides.



Video courtesy of the 3rd Assault Brigade. pic.twitter.com/85BwwBiln0 — Dmitri (@wartranslated) May 18, 2023

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Russia’s war in Ukraine continues its slide a downward demographic slope.

x 1/ The demographic impact on Russia of the war in Ukraine is starkly revealed by the statistic that in 2022, the war likely caused the death of every second Russian who died between the ages of 20 and 24. ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/Xc7bAkqr1I — ChrisO_wiki (@ChrisO_wiki) May 17, 2023

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This seems likely to escalate.

x The Finnish Foreign Ministry says that Finland's embassy in Moscow and consulate in St. Petersburg now have frozen accounts



No further comment but a story to watch — Samuel Ramani (@SamRamani2) May 17, 2023

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What took them so long?

x YouTube began to block videos about PMC "Wagner"



YouTube began to remove videos about the private military company "Wagner," the Moscow Times reported. The service explained that the PMC is a "criminal and terrorist organization," accordingly it is prohibited to post materials… pic.twitter.com/M3FXV5oYmr — NEXTA (@nexta_tv) May 16, 2023

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When you don’t have multi-million dollar high-tech demining equipment, you make do.

Speaking off low-tech demining equipment.

x Ukrainian military destroy anti-personnel mines "Lepestok" using wooden blocks pic.twitter.com/tGN21eBavg — Getty 🇺🇦 (@region776) May 17, 2023

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In the end, this is why Ukraine will win this war. You never see this kind of praise for any Russian units.

x Wide usage of smokes and fast maneuverability methods, work with armor, tanks etc.

High morale during firefights (helps to stay focused and help to deal with fear) good communication and tactical movement order.



Impressive and respect 🇺🇦💪 pic.twitter.com/vqRRSaD3gQ — 🇮🇱 🇺🇦 Knukli (@11Knuk123) May 15, 2023

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This is almost as good as the Hitler in the Bunker videos from “Downfall.”

x I translated his speech and added subtitles. https://t.co/IZyL1TV7OG pic.twitter.com/2pLwPhiaur — Escalatory Memes for Depressed Majors (@SecretNofun) May 15, 2023

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Prizoghin is totally going to burn in hell for eternity. And the sooner he goes there, the better.

x Wagner Group founder Prigozhin released a video of him standing over the body of what he claims was an American volunteer soldier fighting in Bakhmut.



According to the ID shown in the video, the man killed is Nicholas Dwain Maimer from Boise, Idaho. pic.twitter.com/815dvJnssq — Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) May 16, 2023

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It’s like the clock has been turned back to the 1930s.

x 🚀 In Russia, the developers of the Kinzhal missile are accused of treason



Chief researcher of ITAM SB RAS Valery Zvegintsev was suspected of high treason. The reason is an article in an Iranian journal about gas dynamics. Although, as he claims, the text has passed a number of… pic.twitter.com/fMzyOe6vS5 — Lew Anno Suport #Ukraine 24/2-22 (@anno1540) May 17, 2023

x Police raided a karaoke club in Evpatoria, Crimea after being tipped off that the club refused to let Z-Patriots perform the Russian National Anthem and other Russian ‘patriotic songs’.



The owners and the staff have been detained and will be charged with... Wait for it!

Can… pic.twitter.com/POZ70pHQwf — Natalka (@NatalkaKyiv) May 17, 2023

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And finally -— Russian media has gotten hold of some bad LSD.

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