Welcome to Thursday's daily thread documenting #Russia's war on #Ukraine.
It's Day 169 of the illegal invasion.
If you need a recap of yesterday's events, here's the link to the start of the thread.
The first ship to legally leave #Ukraine's Black Sea ports with food since the war, has still not managed to dock
The #Razoni has now headed back to dock near Mersin on #Turkiye's southern coast. It left #Odesa last week with its cargo of corn, but supposedly cannot find a buyer
Interesting news overnight in #Belarus where around 8 small explosions were reported at the Zyabrovka airfield.
#Russia has taken over this site near #Homel and launched numerous strikes on #Ukraine from here.
Belarus says "an engine fire" was to blame, which seems unlikely.
#Russia's credibility is collapsing says British Intelligence.
The Kremlin's important "defence" export market is in danger of shrinking rapidly because of inability to fulfill orders and nations perhaps seeing it's not as effective in battle as they thought.
#StopRussia
Three civilians have died in #Dnipropetrovsk region as a result of heavy Russian shelling.
The Governor says over 120 grads were fired at #Nikopol alone.
Scores of high rise and residential buildings were hit. 9 others are injured.
You may be interested in this new "infrared" satellite image from the "mystery" explosions in #Crimea
The destruction of #Russia's Saky air base looks even more devastating here. That's some big bang on the occupied territory.
#Ukraine strikes do seem most likely.
#SlavaUkraini
#Ukraine confirms it successfully hit more of #Russia's bases in #Kherson in the last 24 hours.
One of the consequences is likely a loss of power for the Occupiers around #Chaplinka, where one motorist found an unexpected obstruction on the road!
#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia
#Russia has now seen the deaths of 43,000 military personnel in #PutinsWar of choice, according to the daily figures from #Kyiv.
A well above average 14 Russian tanks were destroyed in the last 24 hours, presumably as various attempted advances in the east were repelled.
#Latvia's Parliament, the Saeima, has voted in favour of recognising #Russia as a State Sponsor of Terrorism.
The statement was passed following Russia's targeted military attacks against the civilian population in Ukraine.
#StopRussiaNow #SlavaUkraini
Astonishing photo published today showing an enormous crater following a missile attack yesterday in #Zaporizhzhia.
credit: Getty images
#StandWithUkraine #StopRussiaNOW
Seen in #KrivyiRih - @BorisJohnson is still a hero in #Ukraine.
#StopRussia #StandWithUkraine
Top trolling from #Ukraine's Ministry of Defence to tourists from #Russia!
#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia
CCTV footage has emerged of the explosion at the airfield in #Belarus which happened overnight.
As I reported earlier in the thread, this base is completely controlled by #Russia these days and the launchpad for many bombings of #Ukraine.
Is this just an engine fire?
Something strange in #Russia.
Two private Robinson R44 helicopters disappeared in #Krasnoyarsk at the same time. Two tourists are reported to be on board. Both flew from Norilsk to the Putoransky Reserve.
A search is underway but there's no signal from emergency beacons.
The @UN Secretary General urged a safe perimeter to be made around the Nuclear Power Plant in #Enerhodar, to ensure security.
Meanwhile Germany's Environment Minister said they don't have information about any radioactive leak, but the situation is “unclear and dangerous”.
Another safety breach?
Sabotage?
Big addition to #RussiaOnFire collection here.
In #Dolgoprudny, Moscow region, a military base burned down.
Victims and cause both unknown!
#StopRussiaNOW
Britain's Defence Minister has said #Russia is now "unlikely to ever succeed in occupying #Ukraine."
Ben Wallace added that the Kremlin's invasion is now "starting to fail"
#StandWithUkraine #StopRussianAggression
#Ukraine's nuclear energy agency, #Energoatom says Europe's largest nuclear power plant was shelled on four separate occasions today.
#Russia controls the territory but stores weapons and soldiers inside the site. Ukraine argues Russia is trying to weaken the West's support.
Meanwhile the @UN Security Council is meeting in New York to discuss the situation around the #Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in #Ukraine.
Head of @IAEA, Rafael Grossi, called on 🇺🇦 &🇷🇺 to allow its representatives to visit the station as soon as possible.
But 🇷🇺 controls the site!
Former President of #Russia, Dmitry Medvedev allegedly turned up in #Ukraine today.
Whether to boost his image, or sent by Putin, who remained behind in his Kremlin fortress, Medvedev was said to be in #Luhansk for a meeting with leaders of puppet states of #Donetsk and #Luhansk
It really has been a quiet day in #Ukraine, but now things are hotting up in occupied #Kherson.
Maybe it's feeding time for #HIMARS or other western MLRS? #NovayaKakhovka has reportedly seen multiple explosions in the last few minutes.
#StopRussia #KhersonIsUkraine
Just over the Dnipro from #NovayaKakhovka, missiles land in the village of #Vesele.
This is where #Ukraine hit the Kakhovka bridge a few days ago, near the hydro-electric power station.
#SlavaUkraini #StandWithUkraine
Also in #Kherson oblast, one of the funniest things seen today is a "hedgehog" defence deterrent made of wood!
Surely #Russia doesn't really think this will slow #Ukraine's tanks liberating the city does it?
credit: TG kherson_typical
Already problems with the occupiers in #Mariupol'
Workers at the state water utility are on strike - the so called "DPR" has not paid salaries.
Apart from a few vanity projects for show back home, little has changed for residents.
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