Late start today but here we go! #Ukraine πΊπ¦/ #Russia π·πΊ thread
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#US troop reinforcements arrived in #Poland this morning - Polish army
There was shelling north of #Donetsk this early morning. Photo was taken from Kievsky district, reportedly showing a burning structure. #DPR accused Ukrainian Army shelling the city with 120mm mortars
Large group of Russian soldiers with baggage filmed at railway station in Buynaksk, Dagestan
There are fears Putin will use the nuclear exercises as a deterrence against #US and #NATO if he decides to invade #Ukraine. The exercises could have been deliberately rescheduled to coincide with an attack.
2S3 Akatsiya 152mm howitzers on a train in the Rostov region, #Russia
A formation of unmanned An-2 aircraft flying in #Russia, exact location unknown. People say in the Nagorno-Karabakh war, they were used for spotting and decoys for air defence systems. Interesting..
Pro Russian forces dropped four improvised explosive devices on the village of Pavlopil in the #Donetsk region according to the local military-civil administration kanaldom.tv/chetyre-samodeβ¦
Uptick in videos from Bryansk and Rostov region, an area under close surveillance by recon flights last night. There is no doubt anymore #Russia is now moving a large amount of soldiers to the border.
Russian equipment stationed at "long term" camps near the border with #Ukraine (e.g. Yelnya) is being moved closer to the border according to multiple accounts tracking such movements and satellite pictures
Check this thread, absolutely amazing work by @COUPSURE, scary deployments. Scroll down this man's thread and leave him some dollars if you can because these pictures are expensive af.
Up to 60 people in a school in Bilohorivka, #Luhansk Oblast, were killed in a Russian strike. 90 people were hiding in the basement, 30 could be rescued, the rest is still under the rubble.
Aftermath of Russian shelling of #Kramatorsk yesterday
Belarusian army deployed from garrison to the field for exercises. Although this is in line with seasonal exercises this time of the year, #Russia likely seeks to keep up the threat posed to #Ukraine by these exercises in order to fix Ukrainian forces in the north - @DefenceHQ
Ukrainian Operational Command South says Ukrainian military hit two Russian military positions on the Russian occupied Snake Island with a Bayraktar-2 drone
Aftermath of yesterdays Russian strike on a bus stop near the coke and chemical plant in #Avdiivka which killed at least 10 workers
Two Russian Raptor patrol boats were hit by Ukrainian TB-2 drones in the Black Sea yesterday morning, Ukrainian MoD says
Deleted tweet on #US delivery of >additional< 5000 Javelin anti-tank missiles to #Ukraine. The statement was incorrect. The Pentagon said that #Ukraine has >so far< received 5000 Javelin anti-tank missiles from the US.
#US and other western officials believe Putin may officially declare war on #Ukraine on May 9 and start general mobilization - CNN
#Russiaβs military is now significantly weaker, both materially & conceptually, as a result of its invasion of #Ukraine. Recovery from this will be exacerbated by sanctions. This will have a lasting impact on Russiaβs ability to deploy conventional military force - via @DefenceHQ