Thread by @TWMCLtd

It's Day 203 of the war. #Russia's inhuman, unprovoked, not to mention illegal war in #Ukraine.

The UN is powerless, some would say pointless. It's purely up to Ukraine and its' supporters to #StopPutin

Live updates in this 🧵, or catch up on y'day here

Big attack on the southern #Ukraine city of #Mykolaiv overnight.

The mayor has so far only said some private houses were hit. No news on casualties yet.

#Nikolaev #RussiaIsATerroristState #StandWithUkraine

Once again we've seen far fewer attacks than "normal" from #Russia in the last 12 hours. In fact it's newsworthy that there was not a single rocket fired on #Kharkiv overnight.

#RussiansGoHome #StopRussia

Quite a few categories here still well above average, including four aircraft grounded (two planes in 2 hours I wrote about y'day)

#Russia's losses in the war* continue to mount

*#Ukraine's estimates

Shady partners, shady tactics.
Did anyone expect anything less from #Russia?

#RussiansGoHome #StopRussiaNOW

The monument to #Russia's Catherine the Great in #Odesa has been daubed with paint.

I'm guessing this is in retaliation to #Odessa Mayor Trukhanov's statement in favour of keeping the statue when many, including the President and military want it removed.

#SaveUkraine

Last night this picture was released of an alleged "torture chamber" in newly liberated #Balakliia in #Kharkiv region.

The Lord's Prayer has been scrawled on the wall.

Emotive though it is, it proves nothing. We need more proof.

#StopRussia #SaveUkraine

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@amnesty again being heavily criticised for this.

Many may think there's nothing wrong with it, but let me explain the reasoning.

If "Sasha" was jailed in #Russia for her views, why not show a figure with a Riot Police officer beating her? Why not depict a gun at her head?

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You must not illustrate this with a drawing Ukrainians/Russians hugging. They are NOT one people.

False equivalency. Exactly what #Russia tries to put into media.

@amnesty must know this. So it's either a crass mistake or deliberately pro-Russian.
@AgnesCallamard must go

Regarding allegations of torture in recently de-occupied area of #Ukraine, a lot of witness testimony is emerging.

The worry is #Russia will never be held to account. If the civilised world can't make this happen it allows all tyrants carte blanche.

bbc.co.uk/news/world-eur…

This was published last night.
More proof of what I, and many others, have been saying for years.

#Russia openly funds extremism, especially now nationalistic right wing candidates/movements/parties.

This really has worked in causing domestic problems:

washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

Not all areas of #Ukraine escaped violence overnight.

Thankfully no deaths or injuries in South #Dnipropetrovsk region despite 75+ rockets being fired on #Nikopol and #Marhanets.

Nikopol was attacked twice. 20 buildings, several gas pipelines and power lines were damaged.

Interesting that #Russia's war bloggers and the Wagner group are still insistent they remain in control of (the east) part of #Kupiansk, over the river Oskil.

🇷🇺MoD also says it stopped #Ukraine's push from #Vuhledar towards #Donetsk airport.

#StopRussia

Wearing #Ukraine's colours, an impressive State of the (European) Union address from Ursula von der Leyen this morning.

And a signal to other countries which #Russia likes to think is in "its orbit"

#StopRussia #StandWithUkraine

Checking for open windows and cup of tea...

Volodymyr Sungorkin, editor-in-chief of Komsomolskaya Pravda, has died, aged 68. Officially he had a stroke.

A traditionally Kremlin-loyal newspaper, it has sometimes sneaked in criticism in recent times.

#RussiaOnFire

This time a fierce blaze over a 1,000 miles north of #Moscow (1,700km) in the town of #Monchegorsk in #Murmansk province.

A nickel refinery is on fire at the 'Kola MMC' plant.

Wow - the #EU is set to cut funding to #Hungary because of Korbán's actions and graft.

The proposal set to be announced at the weekend with member states to vote on the matter with only a qualified majority needed.

bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Traitor Yevhen Balitskyi, #Russia's imposed "Head" of the occupied part of #Zaporizhzhia, says they've handed out "more than 15,000 Russian passports" in the region.

Amusingly, reports yesterday that border guards in Crimea refused to accept the "pseudo passports" from #Ukraine

#Russia says it's arrested a resident who was spying for #Ukraine.

Releasing this video, the FSB says he collected and transmitted data on military facilities in the Vladivostok region. Interesting that Russia admits Ukraine has people over 5,000 miles (8k km) from Moscow!

The Kremlin has just issued a statement that Putin won't be attending The Queen's funeral on Monday.
LOL
Could've sais he won't attend Man City v Dortmund tonight or be shopping in M&S either!
Persona non grata: the small man was not invited to UK neither was anyone from Belarus.

#President @ZelenskyyUa is visiting the "de-occupied" town of #Izium (Izyum) in #Kharkiv oblast.

It's just three days since Russian occupiers, fearful of being encircled, fled the area.

Hopefully non blurred photos soon!

#SlavaUkraini #StandWithUkraine

Stung by the criticism, even in🇷🇺 media, #Russia's Defence just plucks figures out of thin air even more ludicrously than usual.

Today's🤥highlights:
70 military units in #Zaporizhzhia region hit
250 #Ukraine soldiers die 'in precision strikes in DPR'
2 brigades hit in #Kharkiv

More problems for #Moscow with Russia's ceasefire between #Armenia and #Azerbaijan crumbling overnight.

Armenia demands help from #Russia which can't spare troops! Azeris don't trust the Kremlin.

Also shots fired in a skirmish on the #Tajikistan-#Kyrgyzstan border

The 20yo gymnast who disgraced himself by wearing a "Z" during competition at the start of the war, has benefited from a partial climbdown by the (Russian leaning) governing body.

He's still banned for a year, but so is #Russia - no extra suspension.

insidethegames.biz/articles/11280…

In the last week or two, it's become clear from friends fighting that #Ukraine's soldiers fear they won't have enough winter gear - temperatures already dipping.

I've been trying to organise purchase and transport of equipment using trustworthy contacts.
Fundraiser coming soon.

I'll be in #Poland this weekend - we have great volunteers able to deliver direct to units where we know men & women fighting on the frontline.

There's a shortage of supplies in #Ukraine and costs are so high. We plan to buy in w. Europe and transport

The exiled, rightful, President of #Belarus - one hopes she can take her rightful place as leader of a free country in the not too distant future.

When the white and red flag flies in #Minsk the whole population will have more secure and prosperous lives.

We did get more photos of #Zelenskyy in #Izium/Izyum.

#Ukraine's President said "Earlier, when we looked up, we always looked for the blue sky. Today, when we look up, we are looking for only one thing - the flag of Ukraine."

#SlavaUkraini #StopRussia

The village of #KrasnyKhutor in #Russia is lunder a kilometre from the #Ukraine border.

Russians complain the "peaceful" settlement in #Belgorod region has been shelled.

Ukrainians point out it looks like ammunition boxes at 5 seconds on the corner of the house (not conclusive)

Fun video here from #Luhansk.

It's alleged (I have no proof but seems highly possible) that troops returning after the retreat from #Kharkiv were told they'd be sent straight to the front in #Donetsk

Mothers, wives & girlfriends intervened to stop the redeployment
#SlavaZhinkam

As the #EU reveals its energy price policy, Vice President Frans Timmermans says "the situation is unprecedented, so our measures must be unprecedented."

#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia

Jubilant #Ukraine soldiers raise the flag in liberated #Hryhorivka.

This is #Kharkiv region and is just 10km from the Russian border on the east. The territory is already secure to the northern part of the border with #Russia.

#SlavaUkraini

More photos of the devastation across #Mykolaiv by this morning's shelling by #Russia.

#Nikolaev #Ukraine #RussiaIsATerroristState

📷TG novostiniko

8 cruise missiles were fired at #KryvyiRih this evening, hitting critical water structures.

Officials believe the city was hit by Kh-101 missiles delivered by a Tu-95MS bomber plane.

The city is appealing for people not to panic over fears about water supplies.

#StopRussiaNOW

Following strikes by #Russia in #KryvyiRih there are now fears of both water shortages & floods in #Ukraine's 7th largest city.

Locals report the river has already risen by 3 metres in an hour.

Engineers are already on site trying to repair the damage.
#RussiaIsATerroristState

One man filmed one of the #Russian missiles as it headed into and hit the city of #KryvyiRih.

#StandWithUkraine #RussiansGoHome

Kryvyi Rih / Krivoy Rog, #Dnipropetrovsk region
A bridge has already been swept away as water levels surge through the city.

An hour ago Russian missiles smashed into critical infrastructure in the city. It's believed the Inhulets Dam has been deliberately destroyed.
#KryvyiRih

Kryvyi Rih / Krivoy Rog, #Dnipropetrovsk region

Not surprisingly there are now reports of chaos in shops as people try to stock up on water, predicting supplies will be hit for a long time. Officials in #KryvyiRih deny there will be long term problems.

There are already reports that most of the water supply in #KryvyiRih has been restored by engineers.

This was stated by Governor Aleksandr Vilkul but not confirmed by residents yet.

At the same time as the 8 missiles were fired at #KryvyiRih, the Russians also tried to hit #Zaporizhzhia.

Two missiles were intercepted by the city's air defence. No known damage.

Another small bridge slowly swept away in #KryvyiRih, a large city in central-southern #Ukraine.

The tide of water caused by the bombing of the Inhulets Dam upstream.

No casualties reported despite the 8 missiles fired.

#StandWithUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState

** WARNING ** - Graphic video

Four people have died in #Kherson after a missile hit the city. Two of the dead are thought to be children.

#Russia says a #Ukraine attack but some locals on social media wonder if it was a malfunctioning Russian rocket.

** WARNING ** graphic photo

#Kherson - locals say the missile hit upper floors of a house in the Tavriiskyi district north of the centre.

Power lines were brought down and caused sparks on the road.
A man on his bike reported to be among the four dead.

#StopRussia #SaveUkraine

President @ZelenskyyUa responds to the terrorist attack in #KryvyiRih.
"Can it break us? Not at all."

#Russia hit a dam and other infrastructure this evening.

#KrivoyRog #Dnipropetrovsk #Ukraine

#Ukraine's Defence Secretary @OleksiyDanilov, says #Russia suffered 9-10 times more deaths than Ukraine in the recent #Kharkiv counteroffensive.

"This is a very interesting indicator, because according to the laws of war, you lose much more in the offensive than in defence."

Some residents of #KryvyiRih are holding their breath this evening and hoping the city will not be flooded.

The Mayor says the damage caused by #Russia's missiles has been repaired. Tap water is flowing again.
However water levels continue to rise after the hit on the dam.

#Russia proposed a peace deal for #Armenia and #Azerbaijan after recent border clashes.

Armenia relies on Russia's support. Here's what the people think in the capital #Yerevan of signing a peace deal: mass calls for the Prime Minister to resign.

More now from #Kherson where a missile has killed four people this evening.

#Russia's Occupiers released video uncharacteristically quickly, which I posted earlier. Immediately they said it was a #HIMARS hit.

But Telegram channel hueviyherson has a compelling argument:

Another recruitment drive for the Wagner mercenaries.
Putin's chef Prigozhin has a captive audience... literally.

More murderers, rapists and robbers from the prisons - everyone welcome. Lots of vacancies for some reason😅😜

Explosions in #NovaKakhovka.

The occupied town in #Kherson region has just been rocked by this:

#StopRussia #SaveUkraine

Two rockets have reportedly hit #Kharkiv oblast in the last few minutes.

One in the region and one in the city.

#RussiaIsATerroristState

An unidentified flying object crashed earlier today in the Russian region of #Stavropol.

Probably a drone - but whose is it and why was it there?

#StopRussia

Explosions also hit in #Kropyvnytskyi (RU: #Kirovograd)

This is how #Russia's army lived in occupied #Ukraine.

I'm sure that hundreds of officers around the world will see this and say the lack of discipline was bound to be reflected on the battle field.

#StandWithUkraine #RussiansGoHome
Video by Igor Zakharenko

Unconfirmed reports from #Russia's sources tonight that #Ukraine has "landed 5 boats full of troops" at Kinburn Spit.

That's the tiny slither of land marked on the map below. It's a risky manoeuvre if true and really does emphasise that Ukraine has fire control over the region.

This mystery was solved.

Apparently it was a Russian Kh-47M2 Kinzhal "hypersonic" missile, or at least the booster.

Seems something went wrong. These missiles were only introduced 5 years ago.

Thx @OfficerEnclave @twotime2equals4

#Mykolaiv / #Nikolaev struck by rockets.
Maybe up to 5 landing in the region according to social media posts.

#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia

⚡️Breaking⚡️

Unconfirmed reports that @ZelenskyyUa has been involved in a road accident on his way back to #Kyiv from #Izium.

#Ukraine's President is said to be ok without serious injuries. The driver of the other car is in hospital.

⚡️Breaking⚡️

More on the news of President #Zelenskyy being involved in an accident tonight.

Ukrainian journalist Sergii Nykyforov posted the news on his Facebook page.

#Ukraine #Kyiv

Sergii Nykyforov is the Press Secretary of the President. He reiterates Zelenskyy's unharmed.

The accident is being investigated.