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More Russian stuff blowing up: Ukrainian missile strikes high-value Russian target [1]

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Date: 2023-11-09

There are quite a few reports today that Ukraine used HIMARS missiles to hit a building in occupied Skadovsk, which is on the Black Sea coast in Kherson Oblast. The reports all indicate that this was a high-value target of Russian officials and that several were killed.

One report indicated the officials were not military, but FSB. More info, hopefully, will be forthcoming.

x Extremely high value target destroyed in AFU Missile Strike today:



At approximately 0900 local (0700Z) there was an AFU missile strike on a boarding house in occupied #Skadovsk, Kherson Oblast, in which "very important officials" were being quartered. Several Russian sources… pic.twitter.com/ibLBlwolTN — OSINT (Uri) 🇺🇦 (@UKikaski) November 9, 2023

x UNCONFIRMED - reports that 8 fairly senior personnel of the Occupiers have died in the morning attack on #Skadovsk



The area is sealed off. Many emergency vehicles attend the town in the part of #Kherson held by #Russia



A building, where officers reportedly gather, was hit. pic.twitter.com/DitwcezoDe — Tim White (@TWMCLtd) November 9, 2023

A Russian soldier in a trench throws himself on a drone-dropped grenade to save his comrade.

x A Russian throws himself on the grenade pic.twitter.com/94zbgycnlV — PStyleOne1 (@PStyle0ne1) November 9, 2023

This is the opposite of a soldier throwing himself on a grenade.

x “A seriously wounded [Russian] soldier who cannot help himself, he screams, asks for help. His brothers-in-arms are 10 meters away from him, and they are not helping him” – Valery Sakhashchyk, Belarusian military man who, after the Russian invasion, called on his fellow citizens… pic.twitter.com/wg1ANuwudu — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) November 9, 2023

It has been my opinion that one of the goals of Ukraine’s offensive across the Dnipro near Kherson is to suppress the Russian artillery pressure on the city, which has been intense.

x In Photos: "They can't sleep anymore and they scream at night."

Nearly a year since its liberation, Kherson is enduring nearly daily attacks from Russian forces. With no end in sight, parents are trying to decide how get their kids to safety. https://t.co/DpfBT3tth7 pic.twitter.com/fDfqjZpbBy — Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (@RFERL) November 9, 2023

Just as the drone is launched, the missile enters from stage left.

x 🔥| Russian crew of UAV "ZALA" sent to hell - together with the drone itself and the ground station😈



"ZALA" is used by the Russians for reconnaissance of Ukrainian positions and, in particular, for adjusting kamikaze drones “Lancet”. pic.twitter.com/paSkhEfJlK — Cloooud |🇺🇦 (@GloOouD) November 8, 2023

There is no absolutely truth to the report that passengers must bring their own spare parts with them.

x Russian airlines ask not to scrap old airplanes - there is nothing to replace them with



Regional Russian airlines have about 100 An-24 and An-26 passenger airplanes, their average age is 50 years.



Representatives of the companies have called for extending the technical life of… pic.twitter.com/2T5xlYGwrP — NEXTA (@nexta_tv) November 9, 2023

At last report, the “butter” factory was churning with explosions.

Don’t hate me. I just report this stuff.

x The governor of the Kursk region, Roman Starovoyt, announced an alleged attack by Ukrainian drones on a butter factory in the city of Sudzha. Russia claims that 3 cluster munitions were allegedly dropped. There were no casualties but damage to the enterprise. pic.twitter.com/cB8nZdUZ3D — NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) November 9, 2023

For all of Russia’s military ineptitude, they do manage to improve and adjust in places.

x Last week, Russian forces used an Iskandr SRBM missile to target the UAF 128th Brigade and potential CP during an award ceremony, killing experienced artillery teams. /2 pic.twitter.com/a5V59BLosR — Dara Massicot (@MassDara) November 9, 2023

This gathering is a fleeting event, or time-sensitive target, so the Russians either had foreknowledge of it, or observed it by drone footage and had the ability to quickly call an Iskandr strike in - which is a CAA-level asset /3 I haven’t seen Russian forces strike a time-sensitive target like this with Iskandr SRBMs, correct me if I’ve missed one. Usually they are used them to target fixed sites (buildings, villages, bridges etc), because they want them to arrive on target, meaning, /4 ..last week's strike against the 128th means they feel confident enough in their targeting loop to launch this type of missile against a time-sensitive target. It suggests improvement in their recon-strike loop. /5

Another interesting thread. This one suggests that Putin can’t stop the war because then he would have to deliver on domestic issues, which is like waiting for a snowy day in hell.

x 1/ Does Vladimir Putin actually want an end to the war in Ukraine? An interesting commentary by the Russian political scientist Vladimir Pastukhov suggests that Putin is "addicted to war like a drug" and that continuing it indefinitely is essential for the regime's survival. ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/Jopt9kofYy — ChrisO_wiki (@ChrisO_wiki) November 9, 2023

Everybody is a LOTR fan.

x More accurate translation:



"The situation in Krynki - It feels like elves were delivered a truckload of FPV drones. I'm done.”



Rusnya is crying because of FPV drones. They sometimes calls Ukrainian elves because Russians are orcs😄 pic.twitter.com/pd6W8ke8DX — Getty (@region776) November 9, 2023

That’s a shame about your fancy schmancy air defense system.

x ⚡️ "Russia's newest S-300V4 air defense system was detected and destroyed in the South," Commander Ternavsky. pic.twitter.com/0Vqn5C8chc — Slava (@Heroiam_Slava) November 9, 2023

It’s also a shame about your TOS-1 thermobaric MLRS. TOS must stand for Totally Obliterated Soldiers.

x You gotta give the Russian arms industry what it deserves: they have a unique ability to create vehicles that guarantee Ivan is not coming back home, as it is the case with this TOS-1. As if the tanks with survival rates approaching 0 were not enough. pic.twitter.com/b0UkMN0h92 — Dmitri (@wartranslated) November 9, 2023

It looks pretty. It isn’t.

x POV from a 🇺🇦Ukrainian paratrooper of the 80th Air Assault Brigade shows how 🇷🇺Russian forces shell his position with incendiary ammunition near Bakhmut, Donetsk Region. pic.twitter.com/m3YBuBLJZX — Cloooud |🇺🇦 (@GloOouD) November 9, 2023

Should have stayed home with the grandkids.

x This video shows his captain’s stars and the warm mood of those mobilized in the barracks. pic.twitter.com/ji3iDg9qjF — KIU ✪ Russian Officers killed in Ukraine 🇨🇿🇺🇦 (@KilledInUkraine) November 9, 2023

Not unlike the Winged Victory of Samothrace.

x "They are dilapidated, some without arms and legs, but admirable, surprising and of great value. I decided to realize something similar in Ukraine"

Marta organized the first shooting in mid-December last year, during blackouts. The military still agreed to partake in her project. — UNITED24 (@U24_gov_ua) November 9, 2023

Another joyous reunion.

She had a dream and it came true.

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