Thread by @TWMCLtd

It's the daily thread of #Russia's war on #Ukraine.
We are at day 167, soon we will reach 6 months since the illegal invasion.

It was a mercifully quiet night in Ukraine, but if you missed any of yesterday's news, check back through the thread here:

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The situation around Europe's largest nuclear power plant remains worrying. #Russia still hasn't permitted the #UN or #IAEA into the #Zaporizhzhia plant in #Enerhodar.

That's usual for #Russia - they give themselves time to make the sire "clean" (move the artillery out!)

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There have been reports online of a Russian General threatening to blow up the nuclear plant in #Enerhodar rather than let it be recaptured by #Ukraine.

I avoided reporting this and @TheStudyofWar now also considers it "fake news" and distracting

understandingwar.org/backgrounder/r…

#Russia has been firing from the nuclear plant virtually every day towards the #Ukraine town of #Nikopol.

Overnight another 120 shells launched according to Dnipropetrovsk Governor Valentyn Reznichenko.
No deaths and just one civilian injured.

📷credit nikopol.nikopolnews.net

#Moldova fears it will be #Russia's next target.

The Deputy Prime Minister Oleg Serebrian believes false reports of infrastructure in the country being mined and the increasing calls from some for Transdnistria to unite with Russia are vital signs:

odessa-journal.com/moldova-believ…

In #Kharkiv 4 missiles land early this morning.

#Ukraine again says no military targets were near the hits in Industrial zone where tram rails and a 2 storey building were damaged. No injuries.

No photos yet, but new cctv video of a missile smashing into a car in #Kharkov y'day

I'm sceptical about polls - it's all about how you phrase the question, so bear that in mind..

Over half of Russians believe the war has "dragged on" and most would be in favour of Putin ending the "special military operation" according to the Russian Field sociological service.

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#Russia really is scraping the barrel now to convince the public 50,000 deaths is worthwhile in #PutinsWar.

They dredge up 77 years old documents to "prove" some Ukrainians were "plotting" with Nazis.

What they fail to say of course is that Russia plotted and aided Nazis..

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...from 1939-1941, Russian leaders signing pacts with Nazis.

Considering #Russia had murdered and carried out a genocide of 5-10 million Ukrainians (#Holodomor), it's not too surprising patriots would side with anyone to try to break free from the tyranny of the Soviet Union

This is definitely NOT someone burning toast in #Kherson. Looks like another far more serious problem for the invaders from #Russia.

Blue skies and smoke over Russian bases is just about the perfect start to the day for #Ukraine's patriots.

#StopRussia #StandWithUkraine

Looks like #Ukraine's rockets are causing a lot of damage in #Kherson already.

The base at Novoalekseevka is really getting going now.

#StopRussiaNOW

Targets also being hit by #Ukraine it seems in occupied #Donetsk region.

This is from the Kuibyshevskyi district of the city a short while ago.

#StandWithUkraine #StopRussianAggression

While before sunrise in #Donetsk oblast it looks as though #HIMARS may have struck a Russian base in #Volnovakha. That's midway between Donetsk and Mariupol'

#StopRussia

Over the last month, #Russia, on its most successful front, managed to advance only 300m a day.

That's the assessment today from British Intelligence.

#StopRussiaNOW #StandWithUkraine

A bumper "crop" of Russian soldiers for #Ukraine yesterday.

This is mainly as a result of the multiple #HIMARS strikes on Russian bases in #Kherson and #Donetsk the night before last.

#StopRussianAggression

Another exchange of bodies has occurred between the two sides. This time 17 bodies of fallen Ukrainian and Russian soldiers were passed back to the respective sides.

#StandWithUkraine

A man who was injured after a rocket attack in #Uman' yesterday, has today died of his injuries.

Debris from the missile fell on him when air defence hit the missile in the central #Ukraine city.

In #Kherson region, reports of an explosion in #NovayaMayachka.

Certainly air defence is active in the occupied region.

#StopRussia #StandWithUkraine

So I took a flight and it all kicked off in #Crimea while I was offline!

Big explosions at the Saki military airfield on the occupied peninsula.

Initially #Russia blamed #Ukraine however they now say "a violation of fire safety regulations" caused this:

#StopRussia

#Ukraine also distanced itself from the fireball in #Novofedorivka on #Crimea

Satellite photos show 43 aircraft were at Saki just before the catastrophe. Obviously #Russia says none was damaged!

Considering they admit 9 people are injured it seems unlikely all aircraft escaped

#Crimea - there was plenty of damage from blasts in nearby apartment blocks following the blast at the Saki military air base.

Two warehouses of weapons seems to have been ignited.

If a military strike is ruled out, it raises the very real possibility of sabotage.

#StopRussia

The @nytimes immediately said the explosions in #Crimea were the work of #Ukraine's armed forces.
This may still be possible, and for Russia it could be embarrassing to admit.

However Kyiv states "The MoD cannot establish the cause of the fire"

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So, #Russia's claims that no aircraft were damaged don't look to be holding up too well!

Same lies as always. What a great day for #Ukraine if the majority of their jets, helicopters and weapons at the Saki airfield have gone up in smoke.

#StopRussianAggression #SlavaUkraini