Another Russian General …

[ichkeria]

… two colonels and two lieutenant colonels among 150 Russian military killed in a single HIMARS strike in Kherson earlier.

The general in question is General Nasbulin of the 22nd Army corps and the attack is one of well over thirty in the last few days on command posts and ammunition stores in S and E Ukraine.
Luhansk city, 80km behind the front line, was also hit.
It looks also as if the US has given the go-ahead for the longer range 300km rockets to be sent to Ukraine

The tide may be turning

[Khandro]

It was aggression that returned Crimea to Russia granted, but a little research into the history of the region would not go amiss.
(see Kissinger above)

Russia has now the the huge Kerch Strait bridge which connects Russia with the Crimea, so the coast isn't strictly necessary to them for access.