Thread by @TWMCLtd

Saturday, and here's the daily thread for Day 297 of the #RussiaUkraineWar. All the news in one place

Another painful morning for Ukrainians Friday, but the rest of the day passed off quite peacefully; spirits remain high

Catch up on what you missed here

So let's start today with news of explosions inside #Russia and on #Crimea

First Crimea - they may try to pass off loud bangs in #Simferopol & #Bakhchisarai as "air defence working". But it seems more than that, one report of several military trucks and fuel trucks were damaged.

Speaking of loud bangs, this was heard in #Belgorod region in #Russia.

Maybe the Russians are fearful of a breakaway Republic? The last one to try that was #Chechnya and its capital got razed to the ground.

#StopRussia #StandWithUkraine

#Donetsk was also hit last night.
This video taken on Mira/Myru Avenue, one of the main streets in the occupied city.

#RussiansGoHome #SaveUkraine

Another video from the now totally ruined #Marinka/#Maryinka, also in #Donetsk region.

The caption gives the name of the song, appropriately "The City That Doesn't Exist" by Igot Kornelyuk.

#RussiaIsATerroristState #StandWithUkraine

Back to occupied #Crimea now and a video from earlier this evening. Huge queues as people waited to get on the bridge to get in/out of the peninsula.

#Russia blames the weather - ferries also stopped operating. mmmm, interesting!

British PM @RishiSunak is brushing off suggestions he may want to cut back on funding for #Ukraine.

But someone in Whitehall was worried enough to leak the story to the BBC's Newsnight.

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

Desperately sad news...
The little boy's body has been dragged from the rubble. He was aged jusy one and a half.

#KryvyiRih #KrivoyRog #RussiaIsATerroristState

Subtle indications that all is not well with occupied #Crimea and the "repaired" bridge! Here's the daily British Intel report.

#SlavaUkraini

After yesterday's bombings, #Kharkiv has restored full power to residents. The metro was not working earlier, but is now.

#Kyiv was not expecting the underground trains to be running for most of the day.

#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia

Why does @Henkel @HenkelUK still give money to #Putin & a Terrorist State?

The Swiss business owns #Persil #Loctite #Ceresit #Schwarzkopf

To disguise the fact they profit from blood money as #Ukraine's people die, it's rebranding as "Lab Industries"

Please RT/Shame
📷Henkel

This time next week #Russia is likely to hit 100,000 - that's the number of dead soldiers, lives wasted at the whim of the dictator in the Terrorist State.

Today another 420 sacrificed according to #Kyiv's figures, plus the 61 Cruise missiles shot down in defence of the nation.

More from #Bellingcat on that 700-page document from the EU outlining precise sanctions.

These guys' commanders were also named. Impressive from both Bellingcat and that the EU followed it up.

Two missiles heading to #Odesa (RU: #Odessa) have been shot down this morning.

#Ukraine's air-defence says the Onyx rockets were launched from a coastal missile complex in temporarily occupied #Crimea.

#StandWithUkraine #RussiansGoHome

I don't often publish maps: they are usually estimates and things can change quickly in any case.

However, this not only looks accurate, it also shows despite almost the entire might of #Russia's army put into taking #Bakhmut, nothing changed in 19 weeks

#Azerbaijan says it will export at least 11.6 billion cubic metres of natural gas to Europe in 2023.

President Ilham Aliyev said made the comments when signing an agreement with #Georgia #Hungary + #Romania in Bucharest.

Fail to prepare... Prepare to fail.

People of #Ukraine are well prepared and 100% resolute to fight for as long as it takes to assure freedom.

The newest iconic structure in #Kyiv has officially been reopened. The "Klychko Bridge" is working again a little over 2 months after being targeted by #Russia in a bomb attack.

All 18 reinforced glass paving 'stones' needed replacing. Well worth a visit when you go to #Ukraine

Consequences of night shelling in occupied #Donetsk.

Three people were injured here in the #Budonivskyi district. 5 cars were damaged in this garage.

#RussiansGoHome #DonetskIsUkraine

Also in #Donetsk - within the past hour 12 "arrivals" in the Petrovskyi district of the occupied city.

Local chat says shells hit Moskvina and Zheleznodorozhnaya streets.
Injuries reported.

#StandWithUkraine

In #Bakhmut, trenches have been made by #Ukraine's troops right in the town centre.

#DonetskIsUkraine #RussiansGoHome

Occupied #Mariupol' today: the contrast of the two photographs sickens me.

There again, the whole illegal invasion by #Russia is sickening, inhuman.

#RussiansGoHome #StopRussia

#Ukraine hackers claim to have replaced the main channel in #UlanUde with some truths about the war.

It features some broadcasts by Aleksandr Nevzorov, a well known Kremlin critic and former #Russia MP, who fled to Ukraine and received citizenship.

#SlavaUkraini

#Kherson has been shelled again in the last few minutes.

Some are saying a geriatric hospital has been hit in the #Stepanivka suburb.

#StandWithUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState

The hit on the elderly people's centre in #Kherson has been confirmed. Seems it's not exactly a hospital but more of a help centre.

#StandWithUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState

#Kherson - the attack happened while humanitarian aid was being distributed

One person writes:
"I don’t know yet if this is a strategy by #Russia, but volunteers be careful when distributing aid..
Yesterday in Chornobaivka and now Stepanivka hit exactly during aid distribution."

A landslide in the mountainous Transcarpathia region of west #Ukraine caused panic for nearby residents.

video: Telegram

#RussiaOnFire

This is in #Vladivostok in the far east of #Russia; over 1,000 square metres is blazing at these warehouses.

The man filming says the fire started in a trash bin, but they couldn't extinguish it.

Doesn't seem like anything interesting is stored or made here.

Apologies to all my followers and the good people of #Switzerland.
#Henkel is based in #Germany. My mistake - the Russian press agency reported the news and I did not check location.
Anyway, @Henkel still needs to get out of #Russia or prove this is wrong

#Moldova has banned six pro-Russia TV channels for broadcasting lies about the war.

All 6 are closely tied to Ilan Shor, who is in exile in Israel. He has backed, and many think orchestrated, protests against Western-leaning President Maia Sandu.

reuters.com/business/media…

A Russian man, convicted in #Norway in 2018 of making a home made bomb and expelled from the country, has been arrested for trying to re-enter Norway.

The 22 year old's lawyer says he was fleeing mobilisation and persecution in #Russia

nrk.no/osloogviken/bo…

Reports of another Russian base receiving a #HIMARS calling card in #Zaporizhzhia oblast.

This time the strike was in the village of #Troitske, about 25km north of #Melitopol'
Locals report 2 hours of burning and explosions, with the destruction of many vehicles and troops.

The traditional "Christmas Tree" (in Ukrainian 'yalynka') has been lit in #Kyiv.

After much deliberating officials decided to go ahead with a tree despite the war, specifically to try to keep life as normal as possible for kids.
Lights will be 🟡+🔵 and be powered by a generator

I've seen three videos today all from #Donetsk and all showing numerous bodies of killed Russian soldiers.
Two are said to be from #Bakhmut.

Unlikely these are coordinated, which means it's even more of a bloodbath out there.

#SlavaUkraini #StopRussia #RussiansGoHome

#Ukraine's entry in to @Eurovision this year will be a two-piece band from #Ternopil' called #Tvorchi

They are Andrew Hutsuliak and Jeffery Kenny, who's originally from Nigeria.

Their song "Heart of Steel", sung entirely in English just won the country's selection programme.

Uh-oh a rich Russian falls to his death from a balcony.

Dmitry Zelenov, founder of developer Don-Stroy died in Antibes, France.

However he had heart problems and not long before had undergone an operation on blood vessels.
Zelenov lost most of his fortune in the 2008 crash

oooh, could it be?

In the town of #Yelan' in #Volgograd, the sky was lit up amid various reports of explosions.

It's over a thousand km from #Kyiv, but only 750km from #Kharkiv, so theoretically within range of #Ukraine's "super drones"... waiting for details!

#StopRussia

It's that time of year...
What can be more traditional and Christmassy than Santa ("Ded Moroz") arriving on a.... errr Armoured Personnel Carrier? WTF?

#Russia is an insane nation. Official.
Thanks @CarolynnePries1 for her submissions today!