Thread by @JulianRoepcke

#BREAKING
Heavy Russian attack on the Ukrainian front in northern Lugansk province.
Heavy weapons used.
Dead and wounded on both sides.
Attack lasts for four hours now.
At least one Ukrainian position temporarily overrun.
Ukrainian reinforcements on the way.
#PutinAtWar

#UPDATE
Russian side confirms fighting, but - of course - blames Ukraine (see below).
🚨 National Security and Defense Council to convene in Kyiv in two hours.

Updated map.
These are the locations where fighting is reported (by both sides).
#PutinAtWar #Ukraine

As I get complaints, the Ukrainian Army is not fighting “Russian forces”.
Ok. You are right.
They fight
▶️Russian-paid
▶️Russian-armed
▶️Russian-commanded
forces and have hundreds of Russian GRU/FSB officers and thousands of Russian mercenaries fighting among them.
#FixedItForYou

#Update
The Ukrainian army reports, the fighting ended (requested by "LNR").
According to its information, 2 combatants were killed and 9 injured in the battle.
Among them is one Ukrainian KIA and four Ukrainian WIA.
"We continue to defend Ukraine from the aggressor."
#Ukraine

According to the "LNR", the fighting started when a group of Ukrainian "saboteurs" stepped into a minefield, one died and Ukrainian forces tried to evacuate them.
They also say, they downed an Ukrainian drone during the fighting and six houses were damaged in the Ukr shelling.

Seems like the death toll on the Ukrainian side is higher than admitted so far. ☹️
"LNR" fighters and Russian soldiers collected the body of one killed defender this morning.
They are "ready to hand it over", they claim.
#PutinAtWar #Lugansk