The self-proclaimed Donetsk Peopleβs Republic on Saturday claims shelling by #Ukraine damaged a water supply station in Vasilievka tass.com/world/1406319
BREAKING: Russian state media claim shell landed in #Russia's Rostov region; security forces at scene - TASS
Residents of a number of cities in the #Donetsk region were without water after Russian hybrid forces on February 19 fired at the pumping station of the South Donbass water pipeline on the contact line radiosvoboda.org/a/news-donbas-β¦
Unconfirmed but really intense video of heavy shelling at the frontline east of #Mariupol this morning. Scary!
Videos of shelling are always hard to confirm. Years of war, tons of videos. Always can be old. But some sources on Twitter have been credible over the years. Most videos also fits to reports from locals on the ground.
Heavy impacts in Novoluhanske, north-east of #Horlivka, power reportedly down
#DPR's Basurin claims "as a result of sabotage in the DPR, there are wounded and dead citizens"
IMO #US intelligence was always right. Even the leaked date of February 16 now seems pretty realistic after we know when all these videos were made. Putin just couldn't let the western intelligence to be correct.
BREAKING: Tass claims another shell exploded in the Tarasovsky district of the #Rostov region in #Russia, "presumably, this is ammunition is from a Grad system, the source said"
Image of alleged GRAD rocket in Tarasovsky district of Rostov region, #Russia
Russian led forces have shelled Ukrainian checkpoint in Schastia
Russian RT News claim that RT Arabic journalists came under fire in the village of Zaitseve
#NATO has closed its office in #Kyiv and moved to Brussels and to Lviv: "The safety of our employees is a high priority, so the staff has now been moved to Lviv and to Brussels." direkte.vg.no/nyhetsdognet/nβ¦
Reportedly train station in Belgorod, date unknown
Even more from Belgorod. Large accumulation of tanks in a field. Reportedly from today. Can't confirm but fits with other videos of tanks on the move in Belgorod.
RIA claims an explosive device was found under a bridge near Krasnodon on the route of evacuation buses ria.ru/20220219/lnr-1β¦
"Just now, people's deputies of the Servant of the People faction, members of the National Security, Defense and Intelligence Committee, together with foreign journalists, came under heavy artillery fire near the Novoluganskoye settlement."
A lot of Russian attack and transport helicopters flying low in Evpatoria, #Crimea
Many people already noticed, some made threads on it. It seems like a lot of Russian military vehicles close to the border with #Ukraine have white "Z" markings.
Short brake!
Battle at Pisky / airport area
#Donetsk: "Intense and dense shooting in the north"
A lot of equipment arriving in Gomel today, one day before the end of the joint "exercises". Everything is moving to the border. Another convoy of pontoon bridges also arrived today.
The State Duma at its next plenary session, scheduled for February 22, will discuss the situation related to the aggravation in Donbas and the reaction of the West - Speaker of the House tass.ru/politika/13770β¦
Yes, some video from @MotolkoHelp say "2020". It's obviously a typo. The account was created in 2021.
Shebekinsky district in the Belgorod region, close to the border with #Ukraine. Unclear if it's from tonight.
Multiple Russian convoys we saw in videos today looked "combat ready" or ready to move in, packed with additional bags and equipment or even manned with multiple soldiers.
Belgorod region, reportedly today
More Russian "Z" troops in Belgorod today, including Grad MLRS
Unconfirmed video from Bershakovo, #Russia which is only 10km from the border with #Ukraine. User uploaded it one hour ago saying over 200 military vehicles passed through. Again, unconfirmed.
I don't want to be this guy but this was quiet obvious to happen and people who repeatedly said "no they will leave after the exercises, it's just exercises!" should honestly ask themselves, how could i NOT see this coming?
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Russian RIA news has an own subsection for news from the occupied areas of #Ukraine now called "Aggravation of the situation in the DPR and LPR" ria.ru/obostrenie-sitβ¦
Around 1,000 refugees from DPR and LPR arrive in Voronezh region - TASS tass.com/society/1406597
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First news this morning: #Russia is withdrawing troops.
But mostly just closer to the border with #Ukraine or to different areas. Buildup seems to continue. More tweets to follow.