Today's News: Putting on the pressure

Russian warship, go fuck yourself!

In the last two days, we're had news that Ukraine hit an important north-eastern railway line over a bridge outside of Belgorod, Russia. Earlier, we heard they hit a fuel depot also in this city. 

Then today Ukraine scuttled the warship Moskva in the Black Sea south of Odesa -- this was the warship told by the Snake Island squad "Russian warship, go fuck yourself!" in the first days of the war, a moment now commemorated by a Ukrainian stamp.

Seems like Ukraine is hitting at a fairly wide range.

BREAKING: Head of the Odesa Regional Defense and Ukrainian presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovych confirm the flag ship of the Russian Black Sea fleet, the missile cruiser “Moskva” was hit and on fire following 2 Neptune missile strikes. pic.twitter.com/dLMecCABWl

— Tim McMillan (@LtTimMcMillan) April 13, 2022

Reports of 🇷🇺 #Russia flagman ship cruiser “Moskva” hit by 🇺🇦 #Ukraine & burning in Black Sea. If true, it would be an excellent (almost) instant karma. It’s the very ship to which 🇺🇦 marines told to go f-ck itself in the first day of the war.#StandWithUkraine #ArmUkraineNow

— olexander scherba🇺🇦 (@olex_scherba) April 13, 2022

Never in my worst projections did I envision the sinking of the #Moskva. A tangible victory for Ukraine and a morale killer for Russia. #Neptune

— The Great War & Modern Memory (@ps9714) April 14, 2022

Admitting Ukrainians are better, smarter, faster than 150 million Russians: Priceless

— Jane Hardberry (@FlatTopFenders) April 14, 2022

And Russia is simply furious!

so what they’re saying is they’ll try to decapitate the government in Kyiv, like they did without success for the first six weeks of the war? https://t.co/hGBABOZX3B

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) April 13, 2022

Russia keeps announcing that Mariupol has fallen, and it keeps not being true.

"They have not surrendered" - commander of the Georgian Legion (allied to the Ukrainian military) tells me that the fight for Mariupol is not over, despite Russian claims to the contrary https://t.co/29mPxGsJqy

— Mark MacKinnon (@markmackinnon) April 13, 2022

Here’s why Russia is after Mariupol — and why it may not be the game changer it once was - National | https://t.co/YUd7kPD8cD https://t.co/pJraBaPsos

— Cathie from Canada 🇨🇦 😷🏳️‍🌈 (@CathieCanada) April 14, 2022

Increasingly Mariupol is looking like a Ukrainian sacrifice to keep the Russians fixed.

— Dr Mike Martin ⛵️ (@ThreshedThought) April 13, 2022

When Russia finally does defeat Mariupol, this is what it will get:

Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away. https://t.co/oHlZ3LNv9X

— Cathie from Canada 🇨🇦 😷🏳️‍🌈 (@CathieCanada) April 13, 2022

I won't say this is the first PR war where one side is getting pummeled daily on social media, but I can guarantee you there are enough amazing stories to make this war uniquely accessible to western viewers. https://t.co/uA8QME09sr

— Robert Young Pelton (@RYP__) April 14, 2022

This #Ukrainian lady somehow survived the indiscriminate bombing of #irpin and she will not leave (she takes care of the local strays). She was overwhelmed when supplies arrived. It was such an emotional moment to meet her. There is so much to do here 😔 #nowzadukraine pic.twitter.com/tXjrKVN83L

— Pen Farthing (@PenFarthing) April 13, 2022

And here's an interesting thread, an analysis that the Russian soldiers fighting and dying in Ukraine are from the poorest and most ethnic areas of Russia. Not a single soldier from Moscow has died yet:

What do we know about background and social position of #Russian soldiers, who are deployed in #Ukraine? BBC analysed publicly available info about 1083 Russian servicemen, who were killed in action. Here are some tendencies were found out. Thread

— Olga Ivshina (@oivshina) April 12, 2022

Some other Ukrainian stikes:

A team from Ukrainian SSO blew up the bridge as the Russian military column from the 201st Military Base was crossing it while headed to Izyum. https://t.co/jKUSXj4Rxq https://t.co/BI2V7QFq1k pic.twitter.com/jvL9nD2jNo

— Rob Lee (@RALee85) April 14, 2022

More to come:

BREAKING: The Biden administration will share intelligence with Ukraine that will help them hit targets in Crimea and the occupied territories of Donbas, WSJ reports citing Pentagon sources.https://t.co/9F4xcYJtrg

— Faytuks News Δ (@Faaytuks) April 13, 2022