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More Russian stuff blowing up, plus Russia tries a desperate new tactic [1]

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Date: 2023-06-19

It served honorably and will be remembered well.

x A Ukrainian drone dies in combat while destroying a Russian stockpile of anti-tank mines. By the 72nd brigade of Ukraine. Vuhledar front. https://t.co/vjm3S2KVKm pic.twitter.com/fiXu9UW1w1 — Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) June 19, 2023

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Russia created a Tank Bomb by packing an ancient tank with 6 tons of explosives and sending it toward the Ukrainian lines with the driver jumping out and letting it continue on its own.

Unfortunately for them it went kaboom way too early.

x #Ukraine The Russian Army sent a T-54/55 VBIED filled with 6 tonnes of TNT at AFU lines near Marinka, Donetsk Oblast.



The attempt failed as the remotely-controlled bomb ran into a mine 100m from the front line, and was then hit by a Ukrainian RPG shot, causing a huge explosion. pic.twitter.com/sXXI57wV7v — Cᴀʟɪʙʀᴇ Oʙsᴄᴜʀᴀ (@CalibreObscura) June 18, 2023

It was pretty crude, but if it had gotten through it would have killed many. What Russia failed to do was send one or two other vehicles ahead of the Tank Bomb as sacrificial lambs to clear some of the mines to give the tank bomb a better chance of making it.

x A video of @benweideman then me discussing the Russian T55 packed with explosives. Pack a tank with explosives, have a volunteer drive it, then jump off after pointing it toward the enemy. What a stupid way to conduct armored operations by the Russians. https://t.co/riUntRCUCS — MarkHertling (@MarkHertling) June 19, 2023

Russia, of course, claims the attack was a roaring success.

In a post on its Telegram channel over the weekend, the Russian Ministry of Defense claimed that an uncrewed tank was used successfully to destroy a Ukrainian stronghold. The ministry stated that the tank had been filled with “about 3.5 tons of TNT and five FAB-100 bombs” that were detonated by remote control. The FAB-100 is an air-dropped bomb weighing around 220 pounds. The same Telegram post included quotes from a Russian tank commander, with the callsign “Bernaul,” who, it is said, was responsible for executing the attack. “About 300 meters [980 feet] away from the enemy, the tank operator put the vehicle on manual gas, directing it [to the enemy’s] direction. He jumped out and went to the rear. I stayed behind to observe, and after the vehicle approached the enemy’s positions, I detonated it by radio control,” the Bernaul said.

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Close combat between Ukrainian and Russian troops in a network of trenches. NOTE: The video shows Russian troops getting shot at close range. You have to open the link if you want to watch it.

x Explicit content: fighters of the 73rd Maritime Special Operations of the Ukraine Armed Forces entered a well-equipped Russian trench on the southern front to destroy a group of 10 Russian servicemen (uncensored + some subtitles added). pic.twitter.com/uxFRkm3esL — Dmitri (@wartranslated) June 19, 2023

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Russia is attempting to launch its own offensive near Kreminna.

x Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar says that Russian forces have gone on the offensive in the Kupyansk and Lyman directions. She says Russia has concentrated forces in that area, particularly air assault units.https://t.co/gPeJiEQwu8https://t.co/mXFqst687K pic.twitter.com/ba2iCRkkjj — Rob Lee (@RALee85) June 19, 2023

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An interesting story that Hillary Clinton says Vladimir Putin told her.

x Vladimir Putin told @HillaryClinton a crazy story that changed her perspective on him and the war in Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/G6WXkdUSR9 — Pod Save America (@PodSaveAmerica) June 16, 2023

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Bavovna!

x Ukrainian counterbattery strike on a Russian 2S3 Akatsiya 152mm SPH utilizing an FPV loitering munition.



The 2S3 suffers a catastrophic ammunition detonation. pic.twitter.com/PSzeUsLHwj — OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) June 19, 2023

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Thus with all officials of Russia’s Vichy governments.

x Russian-regime occupational authorities experienced another blow.



Deputy Prime Minister of the Zaporizhzia region, Vladimir Epifanov, has been targeted by car bomb in Russian-occupied Simferopol, Crimea. He, his secretary and a body guard got hospitalized with severe burns.… pic.twitter.com/Tcf2JZJTXq — (((Tendar))) (@Tendar) June 19, 2023

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If it’s a day ending in Y, it must be insurance fraud.

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A Ukrainian drone halts construction of Russian defensive lines without even dropping a bomb.

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This is what all the heroic warriors will be wearing this summer.

It’s also important to stay clean.

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Russians left to die by their own army are rescued by Ukrainians.

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Where’s a Stinger when you need one?

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