In this thread I'm focusing on 1) the WILL of the Ukrainian people and 2) the truth about Russian soldiers being manipulated into conducting Putin's war. Others are focusing on military power alone. It's also important to look at willpower, mindset, and intent. 1/x
First, Kyiv, 2/25. A woman survives her car being run over by a Russian tank. Ukrainian residents extricate her from the car. 2/x
Here, the footage of the Russian tank running over the woman's car. Deliberately, wantonly. Putin underestimated Ukrainian resistance, so Russian soldiers get more desperate, more brutal. 3/
There are many scenes where Russian forces abandoned their vehicles. Here, an armored personnel carrier is found abandoned in the Olkhova part of Kharkiv 4/
The inside of an abandoned Russian tank, 2/25/22. Not much room in there. 5/ 
Southern Ukraine is under siege, but continues to resist. Near Oleshki, a firefight ended in a captured Russian tank and dead Russian soldiers. [[ALERT: dead bodies, but no closeups, not gory.]] 6/
Sometimes small steps achieve a lot. These devices are used as target beacons for Russian missiles. Destroy one of these, prevent a missile from reaching you. 7/
Willpower also means sacrificing yourself for a tactical objective. Ukrainian Marine Corp Engineer Skakun Vitaly placed landmines on a bridge at Genichesk to halt a Russian tank convoy. He didn't have time to get away, so he messaged his brothers and said goodbye. 8/
The inverse of the will to resist can be the will to deceive. In Kyiv's Obolon district, Ukrainian forces defeated a Russian tank & Russian soldiers wearing poorly-copied Ukraine militiary uniforms. The false flag op was stopped. [[ALERT: dead bodies, no closeups, not gory]] 9/
In Southern Ukraine today, near Kherson, a large number of advancing Russian tanks were defeated and burned. 10/
I keep seeing scenes of abandoned tanks. We can't know conclusively what the soldiers intended to do, since they're nowhere to be seen. In any event, the Ukraine army is getting some free tanks. 11/
But the Ukrainian will to resist is strong. Here's a military enlistment facility on 2/24. If these people were reluctant to serve, they wouldn't saturate the line like this. They want in. 12/
And joining the military pays off & frees up soldiers with advanced training to do other things. Here's a chase between a fleeing Russian Su-27 (seen first) and a Ukrainian MiG-29. Ukraine 1, Russia 0. 13/
Wow, I didn't realize that so many guns would be widely available this quickly. This is Kyiv earlier today. 14/
Ukrainians are throwing themselves into the path of high-speed Russian convoys in order to stop them. Wow. 15/
A video of a Kyiv military enlistment office. They're signing up. 16/
A captured Russian soldier answers questions. It's clear that many members of the Russian military do not support Putin's cause. This is encouraging. 17/
Urban warfare can be horrific for all sides. One advantage for a city with tall residential buildings is that people can shoot at invading tanks. This Russian tank took fire from all directions, and was indeed stopped. 18/
Resistance can also be assisted with donations. Apparently the makers (producers? directors? not sure) of The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 have donated $245,000 to the Ukrainian army. 19/
This is the true Ghost of Kiev,. He's just a guy, pilots a MiG-29, and shot down 6 planes/missiles across 30 hours. Facts matter. I don't think there's a credible sequence of his activities filmed from the ground (yet). 20/
The large-scale bombing of Kyiv has begun. But Kyiv fights back, bit by bit. A Russian "Z" vehicle, along with its driver, are at an end. He was affiliated with the Chechnyan Kadyrovites. I wonder whether he even believed in Putin's cause. [[CAUTION: DEAD BODY, GRAPHIC]] 21/
Some heavy-duty military equipment + supplies arrive at Kyiv today. Supplied by the US? 22/
City of DNIPRO. Russian soldiers are placing these fiducial targeting marks on homes so missiles can target them. This means Putin wants mass killings. THESE MARKS CAN BE SEEN THROUGH WALLS because of how they retain heat. Taking them inside isn't good enough. Rip them up. 23/
A followup on this one. Objects radiate heat that can be seen through "near infrared cameras" and "thermal imaging cameras" which even civilians can buy. This is what a civilian camera can see. ANY difference in heat can be seen, so the targeting marks must be destroyed. 23a/
Last followup. What you're seeing in this picture is finished drywall, and the wall studs going up vertically, and the heat in an electrical wire from an outlet. The wall is covered. The objects are INSIDE the wall. Militaries have far superior versions of these cameras. 23b/
Amazing. It is uncommon for any military to let POWs call their mothers beforehand. The Ukraine military shows kindness in ways I generally wouldn't expect during war. 24/
I'm hearing reports that Israeli soldiers, on their own initiative, are in Ukraine. Not verified yet. 25/
Also reports that Poland is sending further arms:
- FGM-148 Javelin portable anti-tank missiles, so-called "fire-and-forget"
- Ten thousand FB Radom MSBS Grot assault rifles
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- FGM-148 Javelin portable anti-tank missiles, so-called "fire-and-forget"
- Ten thousand FB Radom MSBS Grot assault rifles
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FB_MSBS_G…
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This Russian POW describes his tactical mission. Every little bit of information helps. 27/
Meanwhile, the US Global Hawk spyplane continues to patrol the Black Sea from 53,000 feet. This is live. 28/
And Putin and Lavrov, finally added to the US' foreign sanctions list. 29/
It's 3:15 a.m. Kyiv time. There are two kinds of people tweeting tonight. People tweeting about Russian military power. And people tweeting about Ukrainian willpower. Watch us. Judge us. These are the critical hours. You know which one I am. 30/
In the midst of the Russian "push" into Kyiv, a Russian soldier is captured. And like many, he didn't expect to be here. Ukrainians let him call his parents. "Dad, I'm in captivity. I'm in captivity, mom. In Ukraine." The parents respond: "How did you get there?
Poland welcomes people regardless of passports or other documentation. Amazing, such solidarity.
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https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1497280830045044741
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The attention of the American people is modulated by its media. Tonight @MSNBC and @CNN are live all night (a Friday going into a weekend!). Americans are paying attention and more likely will support military intervention at some point. We have skin in the game. 33/
Everyone's showing videos of the missile strike on the Kyiv apartment building. I'll only add this one -- captured by one resident's surveillance system. 34/
Citizens across Ukraine showed today that they're capable of systemic resistance. Here, Russians tried to hide overnight in a Kyiv basement. The residents found them. 35/
I have been (and will continue to be) putting up some POW videos. This one is different. Here in Sumy, it's not the Ukraine military or police -- but CITIZENS -- who captured a Russian soldier. They're asking why you did this, what you want, etc. The Russian soldier cries. 36/
This civilian in central Kherson talks about what he's doing and why. He is clearly emotional, but I don't think he's overwhelmed. I think he appreciates the gravity of what's at stake, and how critical his efforts are. 37/
News that troops from Chechnya may be coming to commit atrocities doesn't say anything new about how desperate Putin is. He needs "help." But SURPRISE. There are free Chechens in Europe, and at this very rally they heard the news too. They're on their way to defend Ukraine. 38/
I've seen some Western commentators dismiss the Ukrainian military's advice for citizens to build molotov cocktails. But they're doing it. Here, in Nedrigailvo, a passing Russian truck takes a hit. 39/
LIVE. Current firefight in Kyiv tonight near the Povitroflotsky bridge. Tracer bullets fly across with the Ukraine Defense Ministry building in the background. 40/
But even with combat in the streets, children are born in bomb shelters. This child born last night. 41/
Morning comes, and residents clean up and start over again. This past morning in Kyiv. 42/
People search buildings for the wounded & bring them out to be treated. 43/
At night, Russian scouts are searching through forests and streets for new targets. Some, like this guy, are captured, along with his equipment. The only intent here can be to set up targets for killing the innocent. 44/
The kindness shown by Ukrainians continues to humble me. These are Ukrainians driving down a road with Russian tanks that have run out of fuel. They're not afraid of them. 45/
And then on the other side is Anonymous, declaring war on Putin personally and taunting him. Oh my. 46/
This one is affectionally called "Тікають с*ки" -- B*tches Are Ticking.
The ladies of Ichny didn't let the Russians through. Well done, с*ки :) 47/
The ladies of Ichny didn't let the Russians through. Well done, с*ки :) 47/
Ukraine military says in the daytime of 2/26, Ukrainian forces...
- shot down 11 helicopters
- 3 super-modern Su-30SM fighter plane
- 2 old Su-25 ground support aircraft
- yet another Il-76MD transport plane full of Russian soldiers.
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- shot down 11 helicopters
- 3 super-modern Su-30SM fighter plane
- 2 old Su-25 ground support aircraft
- yet another Il-76MD transport plane full of Russian soldiers.
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The Javelins and other Western-supplied armaments are getting to the soldiers. These are portable weapons that can blow up tanks and armored vehicles. A lot of the "burnt out Russian columns" scenes are due to these types of weapons. Morale is good. 49/
The Ukrainian commanders are resolute. This commander deployed in Mariupol, which has seen a lot of combat, makes an appeal to Russians to save themselves. 50/
Adding in the Javelins and other tank-busting weapons the US and others are supplying to Ukrainians make for scenes like this one in Kharkiv. Burned vehicles (and dead Russian soldiers) everywhere you look. It's not pretty. [[NOT GRAPHIC]] 51/
Night-time is coming to Ukraine now. Armed civilians in Odessa are ready. 52/
At night, Russian soldiers are placing these fiducial trackers on homes, and later troops come in and blow up the houses using the trackers. Destroy the trackers. [[CAUTION: DEAD BODY, GRAPHIC]] 53/
This is stunning. Ukrainians who recently completed service in the French Foreign Legion are en route. And the French Foreign Legion is granting leave to those on active duty so they can go, and giving them first aid kits and other supplies. 54/
Ukrainians with anti-tank and armor-piercing portable missiles are very much in play. Far from a fearful population, this guy looks more like The Terminator. He'll be back. 55/
Live now, very tough firefight in the outskirts of Kharkiv. 56/
Russian paratroopers parachuting down into the Borshchahivka neighborhood of Kyiv. 57/
The popular Dinamo Kyiv Football Club is fully armed and is out there fighting now. 58/
Anonymous hacked Russian State TV to broadcast the truth about Ukraine. Wow. 59/
BREAKING: Ukraine Presidential Advisor Mykhailo Podolyak says Ukraine continues to control all regions. 60/
I normally would never publish specific training techniques for urban combat, but the people of Ukraine may soon need it. These are 30 tips for urban combat for citizens. From a US Marine with extensive combat experience. 61/
30 Tips for Urban Combat from a US Marine with extensive combat experience. In two parts.
President Zelenskyy's February 27 morning address, 7:30 a.m. local time. He's still there! 63/
Ukrainian soldiers seized these weapons & equipment from Russian 'Tigers' taken as POWs on Feb 27. 64/
Ukrainian military's advice to civilian combatants. Between attacks:
CLEAN YOUR WEAPONS 65/
CLEAN YOUR WEAPONS 65/
These Belarus soldiers have defected & now fight for Ukraine. 66/
Here is the awesome power of an NLAW anti-tank anti-armor weapon being supplied by the British ("next-generation light anti-armour weapon").
The tank is demolished. 67/
The tank is demolished. 67/
A cartoon warning Russian soldiers that sunflowers await. 68/
(I have to say, this sunflower theme is great. It's a pretty flower, it's prevalent, and factually it is foreseeable that a dead body left unburied or buried in a shallow grave would be subject to sunflower growth.)
(I have to say, this sunflower theme is great. It's a pretty flower, it's prevalent, and factually it is foreseeable that a dead body left unburied or buried in a shallow grave would be subject to sunflower growth.)
In the early morning of February 27, Ukrainian soldiers attack a Russian convoy around Chernobaekva, Kherson region, and take POWs. 69/
In the early morning in Kharkiv, Ukrainian soldiers disabled a convoy of light-armor Russian vehicles and captured POWs. 70/
In the morning of February 27, Ukrainian medics are treating the injuries of Russian POWs, who say they want to fight for Ukraine when they recover. They didn't realize their commanders were sending them to Ukraine. 71/
Russians fired a missile from miles away & hit Kharkiv. But Ukranian soldiers were there on the ground, and repelled Russian advances. Ukraine still holds Kharkiv. Here, in the morning of 2/27, they survey the dead Russian soldiers. [[CAUTION: DEAD BODIES, VERY GRAPHIC]]
Ukrainian IT CEO and software developers @alexlitreev and @artemtam release the "Cyber Hedgehog." You use your web browser to create denial of service packages against Russian websites. /73
cyber-yozh.com
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This Russian was caught this morning at the River Mall in Kyiv. He was there to plant a bomb to kill civilians when the mall got busy later in the day. Equipment seized, and now he's a POW. 74/
In the morning of February 27, Ukrainian air defense forces shoot down 2 Russian helicopters north of Kyiv. 75/
ALERT: In Bucha, Russian soldiers disguised as Ukrainians are collecting women and children to use as human shields. They're lying to them, saying they're evacuating them to Kyiv. --Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine A. Gerashchenko. 76/
Volodymyr Arnaut, deputy mayor of Nova Kakhovka, was wounded in close combat, but he has survived. 77/
The Ukraine Ministry of Internal Affairs now has a website for Russian families to search for family members serving as Russian soldiers. They're publishing photos, videos, and documents. Amazing. 78/
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In Serebryany, Ukrainian forces decisively won a battle against Russian tanks and armored vehicles. It seems clear that the armaments supplied by other countries are making a difference. This could never have been possible with common weapons. [[NOT GRAPHIC]] 79/
More pictures of today's battle at Serebryany, showing the result of Ukrainian forces' use of assault rifles and anti-tank & anti-armor weapons [[NOT GRAPHIC]] 80/
Ukrainian soldiers examine abandoned tanks and other equipment in the Martynoka village in the Gadyachsky district, February 27. 81/
OHHHHHH SHIT! The Bayraktar attack drones from Turkey have arrived in style. Listen to the celebration in the voices of the Ukrainians piloting this one as a Russian tank is obliterated in the Malina district of the Zhytomyr region. Turn the sound UP. 82/
Evening, Feb 27. Doctors from Israel are en route to Ukraine. 83/
OMFG. Russian soldiers temporarily left their MT-LB amphibious armored vehicle on a dirt road. Local villagers hooked it up and towed it away! The Russians tried to chase them down. It'll be good on the farm I guess.
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Alfred Koch, former Deputy Prime Minister of Russia for Welfare, has just published this scathing critique of Putin. The translation is rough, and I'm sure someone will publish a better one soon. But his statement is POTENT. 85/
In Russian, from Альфред Кох today. 87/
One of the paramilitary Chechens supplementing Russian forces complains about Ukrainian resistance.
“We took one village here, but they drove us back. I had to retreat. It's not 2014 right now. Now 120 (shells) will fly out of nowhere. A drone is circling above us."
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“We took one village here, but they drove us back. I had to retreat. It's not 2014 right now. Now 120 (shells) will fly out of nowhere. A drone is circling above us."
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And POWs captured today still talkin... 89/
A Ukrainian citizen wearing a New York Yankees cap and carrying a rifle sings. 90/
Pres. Zelenskyy announces servicemen will be paid 100,000 kryvnia per month (USD $3353, 3012 Euro) through the duration of the war. He used the word voyna for war (война) 91/
Earlier today in Irpin, Ukrainian forces turn the tables and take out Russian forces. [[CAUTION: DEAD BODIES, but NOT GRAPHIC]] 92/
As a VFX guy, I appreciate good production values. How to make and use a Molotov cocktail, with kinetic text and nice motion blur. 93/
BREAKING: Pres adviser Oleksiy Arestovych announces:
- Kiev: drone strikes have stopped Russian movements toward Kiev
- Kharkiv: Ukraine control
- Berdyansk: Russian control
- Volnovakha: Ukraine control, was recaptured today
- Kupyansk: situation volatile
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- Kiev: drone strikes have stopped Russian movements toward Kiev
- Kharkiv: Ukraine control
- Berdyansk: Russian control
- Volnovakha: Ukraine control, was recaptured today
- Kupyansk: situation volatile
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Ukrainian volunteer captures cache of Russian warplans & publishes examples, along with a statement that really speaks for itself.
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No idea what these mean, but I bet Putin did 4 hours ago when the Ukrainian volunteer published them (and many others). 96/
OMFG. This is in *MOSCOW* tonight. A car crashes into a fence in Pushkin Square. It says "PEOPLE, GET UP!" and "THIS IS WAR". The car caught fire after crashing. Don't know if that was intentional, don't know about the driver.
Wow. /97
Wow. /97
February 28, the digital banner on an Odessa branch of MTB Bank, after the Ukrainian flag, recites the message of the Ukrainians on Snake Island: "Russian ship, FUCK YOU" 98/
February 28, residents in Upper Rogachik in the Kherson region inspect damaged homes in the morning. They find written notes left by Russian soldiers apologizing and saying "we were forced," before moving on to Zaporozhye. 99/
February 28, daytime, billboards start to go up across Ukraine that directly address Russian forces. 100/
February 28. Part of morning cleanup is collecting dead Russian soldiers, taking equipment, and photographing the bodies with identification to put on the website where their Russian parents can find them. [CAUTION: DEAD BODIES, GRAPHIC] 101/
February 28. The morning Ukrainian routine also includes stripping equipment off of abandoned equipment. 102/
Feb. 28. Anatoly Fedoruk, Mayor of Bucha in the Kyiv region, reports that Ukrainian forces defeated a Russian column there overnight. Lots of destruction. 103/
Feb 28, afternoon. Arsen Avakov, former Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs, shows his current neighborhood and flatly tells the Russians they're gonna lose. 104/
Feb 28. Apparently (at least some) Russian forces are using consumer-grade Walkie-Talkies and not modern military-grade communications. The Ukrainians are listening. 105/
BREAKING: February 28, Pres. Zelenskyy formally requests membership in the European Union. 106/
February 28. Ukrainian forces continue to use Turkish Bayraktar drones on the Russians with flourish. 107/
February 28. Ukrainians find a Russian fuel tank abandoned after crashing. 108/
February 28. Earlier today, central police of the Kharkiv Region arrested the Mayor of Yuzhny and three associates for treason, for attempting to ally with Russian forces. Kharkiv Region spokesman: Mayors and others who try to ally with Russia "will be shot on the spot." 109/
February 28. Ukrainian Muslim Isa Akaev makes a direct appeal to Muslims living in Russia: join us. Mr. Akaev leads a volunteer batallion calling itself "Crimea." 110/
February 28. Ukrainians are asking manufacturers to donate iron or steel rails so they can make anti-tank "hedgehogs." 111/
Feb. 28. Morning inspection shows a destroyed Russian tank with its top blown off. 112/
February 28. The residents of Kharkiv are fighting despite the onslaught. Here, residents question some Russian 'saboteurs' dressed in civilian clothing captured overnight. [[NOT GRAPHIC]] 113/
Another very important perspective on Pres. Zelenskyy's request to the European Union. :) 114/
Here's the entire Aeroflot fleet that's in the air now. The highlighted flight, AFL 7236, tried to enter Italian airspace inbound to Verona, but was denied. It's now landed in Istanbul. Isolated from the world. 115/
I started a separate tweet for seized war plans, including some new ones from a tank commander. /116
https://twitter.com/JPaulKirby/status/1498369180952838145
February 28, Ukrainians drive around in a passenger car, throwing Molotov cocktails at tanks. 117/
A Ukrainian PsyOps poster targeting Russian invaders -- "there is a good way to stay awake"
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Another Bayraktar TB2 drone strike against a long column. 119/
And another Bayraktar TB2 drone strike. 120/
February 28. Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov announces that he's joined the Ukraine military. With English subtitles. 121/
An image being widely circulated in Ukrainian social media. Caption is "Father Zelenskyy." 122/
A warning poster about saboteur tactics, esp. hanging/mounting Ukrainian flags/insignia on Russian equipment. Seen in Pobeda settlement, Novaya Basin in Kyiv region, and Krasnostav-Nizhyn highway in the Chernihiv region, according to Valeriy Zaluzhny, head of the military. 123/
February 28, the first batch of StarLink satellite internet kits arrive in Ukraine. 124/
February 28, Ukrainian villagers drop a flaming rag into the open commander hatch of a tank with Russian soldiers inside. [[NOT GRAPHIC]] 125/
February 28, Zelenskyy address. He's still there! (Part 1)
March 1, even as Kiev is bombarded, Ukraine's major newspaper published a database of 120,000 Russian forces invading in Ukraine that was captured by Ukraine forces. 127/
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The database, containing name, military ID, and place of service, is stored on documentcloud. The direct link for the PDF is:
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In the morning of March 1, Pres. Zelenskyy announced the establishment of an official military district of Kyiv. Gen. Nikolai Zhernov will lead the military district. Vitali Klitschko will remain Kyiv's mayor, but the civilian government will have restructured powers. 129/
In the morning of March 1, residents emerged to assess the damages and take care of each other. Here, containers are milk are loaded in a truck for morning delivery. 130/
March 1, a Ukrainian olympic athlete explains why she's taken up arms to defend Ukraine. Ukrainian social media is starting to characterize their response to the invasion as "a people's war." 131/
March 1, the morning routine for Ukraine soldiers includes collecting equipment and identification from dead Russian bodies. Here, equipment, notebooks, COVID vaccine cards, and passports are collected. 132/
March 1. Russians appear not to be collecting their dead. It's a problem for Ukraine, too, since bodies signal the presence of the Ukrainians who defeated them, and clutter the terrain. Here, a dead Russian soldier is partially covered with vegetation. [[CAUTION: GRAPHIC]] 133/
Ukranians want the outside world to join their fight. Residents appear overhwelmingly in favor of EU membership and seem to see it not so much as a lifeline to a desperate population, but as a new source of ass-kicking to complement their own. More "Join us!" than "help us." 134/
A common characterization of what the Russian state under Putin "is": a place where militaries carry out demilitarization; where Nazis carry out de-Nazification; and where Nazis have an anti-fascism legislature. That's the Russian government. 135/
March 1, the Ukraine military defeated a Russian column of tanks overnight near Trostyanets in the Sumy region. Some tanks are damaged, some are undamaged and can be immediately repurposed. In the morning, soldiers survey and harvest. 136/
March 1. The more communications are strained, the harder to verify reported information. Perhaps, for the first time, Ukrainian forces attacked a target INSIDE RUSSIA. Locals saw a burning IL-76 transport at Taganrog air base. UKR military hasn't confirmed. 137/
Another March 1 video of burning equipment at Russia's Taganrog air base. UKR military still hasn't confirmed. 138/
March 1, in the first POW exchange I've heard of, Ukraine & Russia exchange 5 Ukrainian "Terror Defense" soldiers for one Russian military police officer. Nice ratio. Here, one of the freed POWs describes his experience. 139/
March 1, a brief view of the prisoner exchange itself. 140/
March 1, new NLAW and Javelin antitank weapon systems arrive in Ukraine from the US and UK. (blurring in the original) 141/
March 1. Ukrainian SCHOOLCHILDREN rush to put their bodies in the path of a Russian armored vehicle. They surround it from all sides as it tries to leave.
Incredible.
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Incredible.
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March 1. Ukraine security chief Oleksiy Danilov announced that a preventative military strike on Belarus is under consideration and forces are ready to execute if the order is given. 143/
March 1. Ukraine reports it eliminated one group of Kadryovite Chechens sent to assassinate Pres Zelensky, Danilov, and others in a fight in Gostomel. 144/ focus.ua/voennye-novost…
March 1. A Ukrainian father and child sleep in a bathtub while their cat watches over them. 145/
March 1. Ukrainians in Odessa prepare to defend their city. 146/
March 1. Brave Ukrainian residents don't wait, even at night during attacks. These residents of Zhytomyr try to rescue people after Russia attacked their neighborhood with a Caliber cruise missile. [[NOT GRAPHIC]] 147/
March 1. Professional and civilian residents of Zhytomyr search for survivors to rescue, climbing inside house frames and digging through rubble after the aerial bombardment from Russia. 148/
March 1. This is not a yard sale or farmer's market. This is a massive civilian-organized Molotov cocktail factory earlier today in Transcarpathia / Zakarpattia. The level of organization is remarkable. Those folks are BUSY. 149/
March 1. There are so many examples of this. Here, the Ukraine military lets a captured Russian POW call his parents. He cries and talks about how many Russian soldiers are getting killed and that no one takes away the corpses. 150/
March 1. Two Ukrainian soldiers dance in a field with an NLAW and surface-to-air missile. Ukrainian social media added a soundtrack and now it brings some comic relief. 151/
March 1. Ukraine is also using drones for general ground surveillance. Here, both an explosion on Russian forces and a broad view of Mariupol can be achieved remotely, without putting pilots and decisionmakers in danger. 152/
March 1. Some key Russian assets were seized or destroyed, including a Pantsir S-1 and a TOR air defense system. 153/
March 2. Pres. Zelenskyy published a statement in Hebrew. "I am now addressing all the Jews of the world - do you not see what is happening here? ... We see how Naziism is reborn again[.] Scream against the killing of civilians. Scream about the dying Ukrainians now." 154/
March 2. Apparently Tor-M2 surface-to-air missile tanks take *two* green tractors for farmers to haul away. 155/
March 2. This is not an exodus. This is a human wall. The people of Energodar begin to assemble at the entrance to the city to use their own bodies to prevent invasion. Mayor Dmitry Orlov: we do not need to be saved, we are in our own country, we are on our own land. 156/
March 2, the ladies of Ukraine continue to make Molotov cocktails. 157/
In the morning of March 2, the Ukraine military loads a captured mobile rocket launcher system that ran out of fuel. 158/
March 2. Another human wall blocking invasion, here in Starobelsk, in the Luhansk region. 159/
March 2. No one can say Ukraine isn't a democracy. Russians gave the city of Konotop an ultimatum: surrender completely or be destroyed completely. Mayor Artem Semenikhin called residents forth, and took a vote. They voted to fight. 160/
March 2. During morning regrouping, Ukrainian soldiers harvest tanks and weapons. 161/
March 2. Remnants of Russian planes were found in Kyiv and Kharkiv after last night's fighting. These likely came from a Su-34 (stock photo at the end for reference). 162/
March 2. Ukrainian soldiers found destroyed Russian equipment after last night's battles in Mariupol. 163/
In the morning of March 2, the residents of Zhytomyr emerge and get back to it after last night's missile attack on their neighborhood. Even amid the destruction, life will go on. [[NOT GRAPHIC]] 164/
March 2. The shopkeeper isn't there, but residents turn a refrigerator into an improvised cash register. (In other footage, Ukrainians note the presence of Orange Fantas around Russian equipment as evidence of looting.) 165/
March 2. Three POWs are taken to the World War II memorial in Nikolaev. One talks to his family. Roman Kostenko, a deputy head of Ukraine's liberal Holos party, will lecture them on who and where the actual fascists are. 166/
March 2. The POWs in front of the WW2 memorial in Nikolaev. 167/
March 2. At Nikolaev, yet another case of a young Russian exploited by his commanders. 168/
March 2. Ukraine military distributes contact information for Russian parents. At one level, it looks like a PsyOps poster to provoke unrest in Russia. But Ukraine nonetheless *is* giving parents information. It's brilliant information warfare precisely because it's true. 169/
March 2. Now with English subtitles! Pres. Zelenskyy address, March 2. Part 1 of 4. 170/
March 2. Pres. Zelenskyy address, part 2 of 4. 171/
March 2. Pres. Zelenskyy address, part 3 of 4. 172/
March 2. Pres. Zelenskyy address, part 4 of 4. 173/
March 2. Captured war plans reveal scheduled Russian activities day by day, including maps of planned invasion routes and force strength. 174/
March 2. "How Do I Surrender Properly? Instructions for All Occupiers from Russia and Belarus" with headings:
- Who can I surrender to?
- How do I surrender?
- Surrendering in groups
- Guarantees for POWs
- At the beginning of detention
- At the end of detention
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- Who can I surrender to?
- How do I surrender?
- Surrendering in groups
- Guarantees for POWs
- At the beginning of detention
- At the end of detention
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March 2. Ok wow. UKR will now release *captive* *live* POWs and dead bodies to Russian parents. In Kyiv! There's a protocol:
- Check a Telegram channel for pictures
- Use the contact info
- UKR will confirm
- Go to the Ukraine border with POLAND
- UKR will escort you to Kyiv 176/
- Check a Telegram channel for pictures
- Use the contact info
- UKR will confirm
- Go to the Ukraine border with POLAND
- UKR will escort you to Kyiv 176/
They have truly leveled up with this one. It's battle strategy, bringing mothers to Kyiv and creating doubt whether mothers are *in* Kyiv. It's information warfare. It's PsyOps. And it's humanitarian. And basic human decency. All at the same time. A masterful creation. 176a/
March 2. Ukrainian forces defeated a tank from the "200th Brigade" of Chechen Kadyrovites. Here, soldiers inspect the tank. [[CAUTION: DEAD BODY, MILDLY GRAPHIC" 177/
March 2. Intelligence now suggests Russia is making a "deep fake" video of Pres. Zelenskyy announcing a surrender to disorient and distract Ukrainians. 178/
March 2. Ukraine forces shoot down a Ka-52 Russian helicopter and harvest equipment. 179/
March 2. Meanwhile, in Russia itself, unrest continues to grow and people continue to assemble in protect. Here, tonight, an old woman is arrested at a "No to War" rally. 180/
March 2. The old woman arrested in Russia held signs expressing support for Ukraine, denouncing the war, and warning about Putin's recent invocation of a nuclear alert. 181/
March 3. Pres. Zelenskyy's morning address, with subtitles, Part 1. He announced that every Ukrainian is being paid $215 now. He committed to continue paying pensions and restore all damaged property. He said Russia should learn the words 'reparations' and 'contributions.' 182/
March 3. Pres. Zelenskyy's morning address, with subtitles, Part 2. 183/
March 3. Pres. Zelenskyy's morning address, with subtitles, Part 3. 184/
March 3. Pres. Zelenskyy's morning address, with subtitles, Part 4. 185/
March 3. A morning inspection near Moskovsky Bobrik shows several Russian tanks, destroyed overnight by Ukrainian forces while trying to isolate Kharkiv. 186/
March 3. Train service is still up for Kharkiv, Kyiv, and Odessa. Ukrainian Railways, Ukrzaliznytsia, published this status map as of the afternoon of March 3. 187/
March 3. Ukraine forces inspect a Russian T-72A tank destroyed overnight in the Chernihiv region. 188/
March 3. A Ukrainian Su-24 supersonic attack plane strikes Russian forces. 189/
March 3. Ukrainian special forces harvest rifles and other Russian equipment after an overnight operation. 190/
Late on March 2, Minister of Internal Affairs Anton Gerashchenko announced that Volodymyr Struk, Mayor of Kremennaya, was found dead from a single gunshot wound. His wife said he was kidnapped March 1 by men in camouflage. The Mayor had been cooperating with Russian forces. 191/
March 3. Morning address by Kharkiv mayor Igor Terekhov to residents. No subtitles. 192/
March 3. Ukrainian soldiers defeat and capture an Russian ensign. The ensign had already applied rubber Esmarch tourniquets to his limbs. 193/
March 3. Ukraine forces inspect tanks piloted by Chechen Kadryovites that were destroyed overnight near Kyiv. 194/
March 3. While inspecting Russian equipment destroyed overnight, Ukraine forces discover that a truck with conspicuous medical insignia was instead being used to store ammunition. 195/
March 3. Ukraine is establishing military districts that overlap with civilian government. Here in Odessa, the mayor and the new Ukrainian military commander Maxim Marchenko, talk to Odessa residents about upcoming challenges. 196/
March 3. Captured POW Mikheev Artem Andreevich, a platoon commander of Russia's 30th artillery brigade, makes a statement to his wife and 4-month-old daughter. He was responsible for a BM-27 Uragan-based assault on houses and apartments. 197/
March 3. Yet in Moscow, a newspaper shows a happy Russian soldier giving a thumbs-up. 198/
March 3. Ukraine govt. publishes "Fascism Has a New Face" with English titles. It's a demonstrative video showing how many Putin has killed in how many countries. Explicit link of Putin to Naziism. 199/
March 3. Simple question from Odessa Mayor Gennady Trukhanov to Russia: "Who the fuck are you saving us from?" 200/
March 3. Ukraine forces inspect an abandoned Russian tank. 201/
March 3. Ukraine releases a compilation of Russian POWs talking to their parents describing what they'd actually encountered in the invasion. "The Truth." 202/
March 3. Ukrainian intelligence reports that Russians are moving GRAD weapons from Sumy back into Russia in Popovka, suggesting Russia might launch attacks in its own country to justify Russian casualties to the Russian public, further invasion, etc. 203/
If this is true, the announcement made moments ago that Russia has agreed to a limited cease-fire to permit civilian evacuations may be related. 203b/
March 3, Ukraine soldiers save a baby caught in wreckage. 204/
March 4. With English subtitles. This morning, Pres. Zelenskyy made a statement regarding European support, and gave a morning address. Here's the statement re. Europe. Part 1 of 2. 205/
March 4. Pres. Zelenskyy's statement re. Europe, part 2. 206/
March 4. In Pokrovsk, morning inspection reveals a undetonated Tornado-C cluster bomb. 207/
March 4. More abandoned Russian equipment is harvested near Kyiv. 208/
March 4. Ukrainian forces capture Russian POWs in the field. 209/
March 4. This is an explosion at an arms depot in the Kursk region of RUSSIA. Russian media claim the explosion occurred as a result of repairs to military equipment. That'd be one hell of a repair accident. 210/
March 4. Staff for opposition leader Alexy Navalny announce a rally this Sunday, March 6, at 2 p.m. in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and the main square of wherever you are. 211/
March 4. Earlier today, Ukraine forces bombed an air field being used by Russia in Kozarovichi, north of Kyiv. 212/
March 4. Ukraine forces capture a 'first-aid kit' used by Russians. Among other things, it contains a syringe with needle, an expired rubber tourniquet, and a bottle of liquor. 213/
March 4. A Russian soldier died reading a book on how to get rich. Oh my. (face blurred in the original) [[NOT GRAPHIC]] 214/
March 4. Ukraine forces on morning inspection find destroyed tanks and transport near Kharkiv. 215/
March 4. Wow. Russian Senator Lyudmila Narusova says:
- Some conscripts have been withdrawn from Ukraine
- Conscripts were forced to sign their contract, or their signature was forged without their knowledge
- In one particular company of 100 soldiers, 96 were killed
216/
- Some conscripts have been withdrawn from Ukraine
- Conscripts were forced to sign their contract, or their signature was forged without their knowledge
- In one particular company of 100 soldiers, 96 were killed
216/
March 4. Ukraine forces destroy Russian Su-25 fighter with surface-to-air missile. Plane parts and body parts were found at the crash site. [[NOT GRAPHIC]] 217/
March 4. Ukraine security services capture POWs. 218/
March 4. Statement of POW Dmitry Sergeevich Koloyartsev, lieutenant in military unit 58198 219/
March 4. After defeating a Russian convoy, many POWs are captured. This is the initial process that happens in the field, before medical attention is provided. One POW continues to smoke a cigarette, for example. 220/
March 4. Immediately after POWs are captured in Voznesensk in the Nikolaev region, basic information is collected. 221/
March 3. Here, 12 Russian soldiers voluntarily surrender to Ukraine forces. 222/
March 3. Ukrainian forces retake Kulbakino airport in Nikolaev. 223/
March 3. Yet another set of Ukrainian villagers steal abandoned Russian equipment. Here it's part of an artillery system. Go villagers! 224/
March 3. Ukrainian forces shoot down a Russian Su-25SM ground support plane near Makarov in the Kyiv region. 225/
March 4. Pres. Zelenskyy's evening address. (No subtitles. His office usually releases a version with subtitles within a few hours.)
https://twitter.com/JPaulKirby/status/1499853175741894664
March 4. Ukrainian forces seize an unexploded FAB-500 missile from last night's attacks in Kharkiv. 227/
March 4. Ukrainian forces blow up the Transnistria bridge connecting Ukraine to Moldova, to cut off Russia's supply lines. 228/
March 4. Morning inspection in the woods reveals a dead Russian soldier with a planning/operational document. [[CAUTION: DEAD BODY, GRAPHIC]] 229/
March 4. New NLAW anti-tank weapons from the UK arrive in Kyiv. 230/
March 4. Drone footage of early-morning battle in Bucha between both sides. Ukraine has thus far kept Bucha. 231/
March 4. Intended for Western audiences. In the fields, another free tank. 232/
March 4. Another POW intake in the rain. 233/
March 4. Russian grocery store chain Ashan/Auchan (Ашан) imposes per-customer rations:
- 10 kg (22 lbs) of sugar
- 10 bottles of vegetable oil
- 5 2kg (4.5 lbs) bags of flower
- 3 bottles of salt
- 10 boxes of pasta
- 10 packs of rice and cereal
234/
- 10 kg (22 lbs) of sugar
- 10 bottles of vegetable oil
- 5 2kg (4.5 lbs) bags of flower
- 3 bottles of salt
- 10 boxes of pasta
- 10 packs of rice and cereal
234/
March 4. Ukraine military publishes captured Russian map showing Putin is indeed behind his intended goals. 235/
Pres. Zelenskyy releases selfie video abt 30 minutes ago in response to false reports of his demise. I'm still here, and the Dictator of the Orcs is not. (No subtitles) 236/
March 4. Ukraine intelligence reports that Russia intends tomorrow March 5 (which is right now as I post) to plan a general attack on Orikhiv in the Zaporozhye region to expand a land bridge at Huliapil. 237/
March 4. Farmers find and take yet another TOR-M2 surface-to-air missile system. It'll keep the neighbors away. 238/
March 4. Ukrainian soldiers found other Ukrainians captured. They attacked, freed their people, and in turn captured the Russians. This particular Russian POW being interrogated was himself an interrogator. Karma. Part 1 of 2. 239/
March 4. Part 2 of 2 of the interrogation of the interrogator. 240/
Now with subtitles. Pres Zelenskyy's ~10pm address.
https://twitter.com/JPaulKirby/status/1499877011476697093
March 4. Wow. Ukraine forces captured a Russian POW in a dense urban area. Nearby citizens give him food and drink as Ukrainian soldiers stand back to give him time. Amazing, even now, the hearts of these people. 242/
March 5. First heads-up from last night. Heavy attacks, but the resolve from the hard-hit areas that their role is to deplete resources. Their resolve is such that they die in Kharkiv to save Kyiv. Just extraordinary. 243/
https://twitter.com/JPaulKirby/status/1499965687485370375?t=xzDwS2Vsvhlk2JN24qrcnQ&s=19
March 5. Pres. Zelenskyy's March 5 morning address, with subtitles. 244/
https://twitter.com/JPaulKirby/status/1500154570131001344
March 5. Normally the military or local residents capture POWs, but local police do too. Here, four Russian POWs are captured. 245/
March 5. Ukraine forces inspect the debris of a Russian helicopter shot down. Based on the terrain, appears to be the same site as the helicopter shoot being documented elsewhere. 246/
March 5. Presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovich about POWs. "We are a Europoean army. It is critical to treat prisoners humanely." No subtitles. 247/
https://twitter.com/JPaulKirby/status/1500169671944937473
March 5. Two explosions erupted in Belgorod, RUSSIA. 248/
March 5. Three Russian POWs make statements about their treatment and prior expectations. 249/
March 5. This Russian loyalist from the long-occupied Ukraine territories in the east is fighting with very -- very -- old equipment. I think I saw that helmet in a Korean War museum. 250/
March 5. Destroyed Russian vehicles. Going offroad is not working out. Terrain is uneven, melting, muddy. Ukraine is deliberately flooding areas, and it continues to rain and snow across the country. It will be very cold in the next few days. The weather is working out. 251/
March 5. Pres. Zelenskyy's evening address.
"Every meter won [back] is a step towards victory. This is a chance at life. Ukrainians, in all our cities where the enemy has entered: Feel it. Go on the offensive."
No subtitles (yet). 252/
"Every meter won [back] is a step towards victory. This is a chance at life. Ukrainians, in all our cities where the enemy has entered: Feel it. Go on the offensive."
No subtitles (yet). 252/
https://twitter.com/JPaulKirby/status/1500193787045289985
March 5. Russian POWs are mostly being captured by military or civilian forces. But local police occasionally do the deed. Here, local police capture 4. 253/
March 5. "Find Your Own" is the project cataloging POWs & KIAs and making appeals to Russian families. Here, director Victor Andrusiv addresses Russian citzens. We observe the Geneva Conventions, and your military leaves your children behind once captured or killed. 254/
March 5. Ukraine publishes a detailed list of Belarus soldiers participating in the invasion, based out of Belarus' 11th Air Force and Air Defence group. Oops. 255/
March 5. Two Russian POWs are transported to a secondary location. Identified as:
- Sevikin, serial no 75390
- Ivan Lipetsk, sn 12128
[[CAUTION: nonlethal facial injuries.]] 256/
- Sevikin, serial no 75390
- Ivan Lipetsk, sn 12128
[[CAUTION: nonlethal facial injuries.]] 256/
March 5. A Russian POW identifies himself for the Find Your Own project. Alexey Koremyanovich Samsidov, native of Chelyanisk, Russia. 257/
March 5. Ukrainian forces defeat a Russian convoy near Kharkiv. Substantial equipment is taken. Note the snowfall. Terrain is getting rough. 258/
With subtitles. Pres. Zelenskyy's Mar. 5 evening address.
- This is a chance to live.
- Ukrainians!
- Go on the offensive!
- You need to go outside!
- You have to fight!
259/
- This is a chance to live.
- Ukrainians!
- Go on the offensive!
- You need to go outside!
- You have to fight!
259/
https://twitter.com/JPaulKirby/status/1500217678610501639
March 5. More debris from the helicopter site is recovered. 260/
March 5. In Irpin, Ukrainians perform initial assessment of a captured POW. This stage is often dangerous, confrontational & intrusive. Is he dead? Need medical attn? Weapons? Equipment? Etc.
261/
261/
March 5. In Mariupol, Ukraine forces remove live soldiers, dead soldiers, and a MLRS missile system after defeating Russian forces. This shows a more active phase of war than other videos. 262/
March 5. Still photos from the restaging re. the previous video. Relocating bodies and debris from a known place of combat keeps force deployments secret. The raw scenes are messy. [[CAUTION: DEAD BODIES, GRAPHIC]] 263/
March 5. Initial intake of another Russian POW from the scene in #261 in Irpin. 264/
March 5. Ukraine forces capture a Russian Msta-S self-propelled howitzer. 265/
March 5. A Ukrainian grandmother, Melania, bakes pies for the military, "So that the guys have the strength to fight and come back alive." 266/
March 5. Belarus may be sending its military to join Russian forces, but some in Belarus are defecting. This company of volunteers from Belarus explain why they're fighting in Ukraine for Ukraine. 267/
March 5. It may be daytime, but for this Ukraine soldier it's time for bed. He's relaxing and soon will sleep. 268/
March 5. Equipment (and credit card) harvested from POWs, KIAs, and the Russian MLRS in Mariupol (same op as 262) 269/
March 5. In an open field in Nikolaev, lots of dead Russians scattered where they fell, one Russian POW, and a captured vehicle starting the cleanup process. [[CAUTION: MANY DEAD BODIES, NOT GRAPHIC]] 270/
March 5. Seized documents show the roster of Russian Unit 01485. Find Your Own says most are dead. 271/
March 5. A Russian POW with obvious periorbital hematomas (black eyes) begins to identify himself. Military unit 71718. Not clear how he got the black eyes. But... 272/
March 5. A Russian POW with full head bandages discusses his mission, covered by a blanket next to a bathtub. He's a Senior Lieutenant from Zelenograd, Russia. 273/
March 5. Ukraine forces take down a Russian tank with a short range missile, from the vantage point of the missile system viewscreen. Cool. 274/
March 5. Russian POW capture with ID from Saturday. Does not look happy. 275/
March 6. Ukrainian rail service reports it is *still* operational in Kharkiv, with some new additions:
- two-story car
- 18 sleeper cars
- 10 more cars from their reserve
- this PM, 19 more cars
- the high speed Hyundai Rotem arriving at 8:30
276/
- two-story car
- 18 sleeper cars
- 10 more cars from their reserve
- this PM, 19 more cars
- the high speed Hyundai Rotem arriving at 8:30
276/
March 5. The city of Kyiv opens a twitter account. 277/
https://twitter.com/Kyiv/status/1500147585092313089
March 5. A Russian POW in Mariupol says he didn't fire a single shot. This is an extension of the initial capture video in 262. 278/
March 6. Social media is abuzz about the Russian soldiers invading Irpin who got stuck in the elevator of a building whose building manager decided to trap them. 279/
March 5. A Russian POW is given medical care and interrogated. At one point he says, "you have a good team here." Abt 4 mins. Part 1 of 2. 280/
March 5. A Russian POW is given medical care and interrogated. Part 2 of 2. 281/
March 6. A Say No to War rally is held in Almaty, Kazakhstan. 282/
March 6. Pres. Zelenskyy's morning address, given about 11:40 a.m.
"We have already won our future, but we are still fighting for our present." 283/
"We have already won our future, but we are still fighting for our present." 283/
https://twitter.com/JPaulKirby/status/1500454679628685315
March 6. With subtitles. Stmt after destruction of Vinnytsya airport. "It is your humanitarian duty to protect people. If you at least do not give us aircraft for us to be able to protect ourselves, there can only be one conclusion: You also want us to be slowly killed." 284/
March 6. How to set up and operate a British NLAW (next-generation lightweight anti-tank weapon). 285/
https://twitter.com/JPaulKirby/status/1500488064220770312
March 6. How to set up and operate an American FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank weapon. 286/
Javelin. Правила использования.
Javelin. Правила использования.
https://twitter.com/JPaulKirby/status/1500487377520930830
March 6. The constant snow in some areas quickly covers destroyed or abandoned equipment. During morning review, Ukrainian soldiers inspect a snowy column of 35 destroyed Russian vehicles. 287/
March 6. Ukrainian soldiers harvest a destroyed Russian UAZ-469 light offroad vehicle. 288/
March 6. Ukrainian soldiers and volunteers prepare to evacuate residents of Irpen sheltering under a bridge. 289/
March 6. The evacuation of Irpen is hurried, with women & children carried in tarps and wheelbarrows. Many others are staying to fight. 290/
March 6. Ukrainians do not leave pets behind. 291/
March 6. Ukraine forces are destroying a lot of columns. Russia is backfilling the destroyed tanks and armored vehicles with buses, commercial trucks, and passenger cars. As if. 292/
March 6. In Starobelsk, an alienated territory of Ukraine, people remove the Russian flag and raise the Ukraine flag. 293/
March 6. During a Moscow protest, a police paddywagon crashes into a pole & sustains heavy damage. Cause presently unknown. Hmm. 294/
March 6, just this evening, Ukraine forces shoot down another Russian plane near Kharkiv. The city has been battered, but Ukraine has held the city for days despite intense bombardment. This is part of that. 295/
March 6, earlier today, Ukrainians parade a captured Russian GAZ Tigr all-terrain vehicle down the street with the Ukraine flag on the hood. 296/
March 6. Ukrainian forces inspect a field of dead Russian soldiers. [[CAUTION: DEAD BODIES, VERY GRAPHIC]] 297/
March 6. 6:09 pm -- the moment of impact when a Ukrainian surface-to-air missile shoots down a Russian plane tonight near Kharkiv. 298/
March 6, 6:10 p.m. Turns out a lot of people recorded the Russian plane shot down. This is one with clear sound of the progressive structural failures and combustion (breakin up). 299/
March 6, 6:10 p.m., near Kharkiv. A wider view of the Russian plane mid-breakup, also with sound. 300/
March 6. Daily inspection from last night's battle in Nikolaev shows a lot of dead Russian soldiers. [[CAUTION: DEAD BODIES, CLOSE UP, VERY GRAPHIC]] 301/
March 6. Ukrainian Railways is using its considerable experience cutting and welding heavy metal objects, such as railroad tracks, to make anti-tank hedgehogs and other obstructive devices. More and more each day. 302/
March 6. LIVE COMBAT today near Kyiv. First person POV of Ukrainian special forces combat mission, destroying two Russian tanks. [[CAUTION: GRAPHIC]]. 303/
March 6. In Severodonetsk, a Ukrainian counterattack on Russian forces destroys a vehicle with several Russian KIAs. [[CAUTION: DEAD BODIES, GRAPHIC]] 304/
March 6. In a fierce counterattack in occupied Mariupol, Ukraine's Azov Regiment destroyed 7 tanks, 5 BBMs & 2 GAZ Tigrs. Around 40 Russian soldiers KIA, 2 captured as POWs. [[CAUTION: DEAD BODIES, VERY GRAPHIC]] 305/
Pres. Zelenskyy's March 6 evening address, with English subtitles. 306/
https://twitter.com/JPaulKirby/status/1500607842549702657
Pres. Zelenskyy's March 7 morning address, with English subtitles. 307/
https://twitter.com/JPaulKirby/status/1500842304948654085
March 7. Most railway service is still up, though portions of Kharkiv are beginning to be compromised. (The icons often say operational, but service intermittent or safety situation in flux.)
This is as good a map as any of what parts are still free. 308/
This is as good a map as any of what parts are still free. 308/
Not sure if this poll made it into the main thread:
https://twitter.com/JPaulKirby/status/1500848399226220549
Thank you everyone for your feedback. The poll results overwhelmingly support showing everything, but with a significant minority supporting everything short of the very most destructive. I will use this to determine what I publish going forward. Thank you again. /309a
March 7. Ukrainian telephone operators get emergency calls from Russian soldiers using stolen calling cards, asking to be connected to a hospital in Belgorod, Russia because of gunshot wounds.
The operators: "Russian soldier, fuck off." 310/
The operators: "Russian soldier, fuck off." 310/
March 7. This Russian POW, here seen post-interrogation, is a deputy commander of the 47th aerial regiment, based in Voronezh, Russia. He piloted 3 sorties killing civilians. He initially claimed he did not know what he was bombing, but later recanted. Part 1 of 2. 310/
March 7. Part 2 of 2 of a Russian POW, post-interrogation 311/
March 7. UKR Railways update:
-New routes west through Volyn and Zakarpattia, trip+border crossing = 9-16 hours, vs. 28 hours through Medika-Przemysl.
-Pedestrian crossings available at Uzhhorod, Mukachevo.
-Catering and medical at all stations.
-No fares charged. 312/
-New routes west through Volyn and Zakarpattia, trip+border crossing = 9-16 hours, vs. 28 hours through Medika-Przemysl.
-Pedestrian crossings available at Uzhhorod, Mukachevo.
-Catering and medical at all stations.
-No fares charged. 312/
March 7. Statement of Russian POW senior sergeant Roman Bukhantsov. Discussed activities as chief of communications hardware company of command post 47. 313/
March 7. High-ranking Russian officers are also being captured. Here is Lieutenant Colonel Maxim Krishtop. He's the deputy commander of all of Russia's aviation regiment. I imagine he has a lot to say. 314/
March 7, 2022. 10:00p.m. Kyiv time. Pres. Zelenskyy's evening address. I am praying.
https://twitter.com/JPaulKirby/status/1500944449798651904
March 8. Pres. Zelenskyy's morning address, without subtitles. 316/
https://twitter.com/JPaulKirby/status/1501131913993625600
March 8. The Ukraine military publishes instructions on today's (hopeful) humanitarian corridor from Sumy. One route for people, a second route for cargo. 317/
March 8. Ukrainian Railways reports most stations still fully operational. Of the three stations in embattled Kharkiv, one is still operating. 318/
March 8. Ukrainian Railways shows what they're doing. Transporting, feeding & treating people, catching saboteurs, lifting tanks, making hedgehogs, etc. 319/
March 8. It appears that Ukrainian journalist Andriy Tsaplienko may have been compromised. One of his social media channels is sending clumsily-translated advice which urban warfare experts deem to favor only Russia--clearing rubble from roads to Kyiv. As if. 320/
March 8. Pres. Zelenskyy's March 8 morning address, with subtitles. 321/
https://twitter.com/JPaulKirby/status/1501168708458319872
March 8. Morning inspection in Nikolaev reveals Russian equipment destroyed in overnight battle. 322/
March 8. Local Ukrainians drive two tanks through a field in rural Nikolaev. Why steal one when you can steal two? 323/
March 8. A Ukrainian grandmother in the Ternopil region bakes bread in bulk for soldiers. 324/
March 8. Vitaliy Kim, Mayor of Nikolaev, has a message for Russian forces. "We will find you and destroy you." 325/
March 8. Ukrainian soldiers advance in Kharkiv with antitank weapons. An injured church stands in the far background. 326/
March 8. Ukrainian forces strike a Russian tank using a Bakraktar attack drone, carried out by Ukraine's 128th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade. 327/
March 8. During morning inspect, Ukrainian forces find Russian tanks and other equipment abandoned in place, still functional. 328/
March 8. Although a lot of images document abandoned vehicles, Russian soldiers are abandoning smaller items in the field, too. Here, a Ukrainian soldier tries out a Russian SOBR ballistic shield for close combat. 329/
March 8. This scene in Sumshchina shows the effects of a Bayraktar drone strike carried out by the Ukrainian military. The wide debris field shows twisted fragments of armored vehicles, mangled bodies, and body parts. [[CAUTION: DEAD BODIES, BODY PARTS, EXTREMELY GRAPHIC]] 330/
March 8. In a surprise but not surprisingly, Pres. Zelenskyy goes into the streets of Kyiv Tuesday morning and records a video, winking at the end. This man. 331/
March 8. During morning inspection, a Ukrainian soldier poses in front of an abandoned Russian T-72B3 battle tank. 332/
March 8. A Ukrainian soldier destroys a Russian tank using a UK-supplied NLAW anti-tank missile. 333/
March 8. These are Ukrainian victims, not Russian soldiers. Many times when we see the rubble of shelled buildings, innocent people were inside. This is part of the aftermath of last night's Russian attacks in Sumy. [[WARNING: CIVILIAN DEAD BODIES, CHILDREN, VERY GRAPHIC]] 334/
March 8. Ukrainian forces capture 8 Russian soldiers in Snigirevka, near Nikolaev. 335/
March 8. Amazing. Summary: unarmed angry elderly man and woman expel 4 Russian soldiers from their home in Voznesensk. Worth all 4 minutes.
- 3 Russian soldiers break in
- Owners confront them
- Dog barking
- Russian fires warning shot
- Owners move *closer*
- ...
Part 1 of 2
- 3 Russian soldiers break in
- Owners confront them
- Dog barking
- Russian fires warning shot
- Owners move *closer*
- ...
Part 1 of 2
March 8. Part 2 of 2.
- 4th Russian enters then leaves
- Extensive yelling
- Man moves against one of the soldiers
- Woman advances
- Soldiers retreat
- Man closes, then reopens gate
- Walks into street
- Yells at Russians some more
- Walks back in.
These PEOPLE. 337/
- 4th Russian enters then leaves
- Extensive yelling
- Man moves against one of the soldiers
- Woman advances
- Soldiers retreat
- Man closes, then reopens gate
- Walks into street
- Yells at Russians some more
- Walks back in.
These PEOPLE. 337/
March 8. Pres. Zalenskyy's evening address, with subtitles. 338/
https://twitter.com/JPaulKirby/status/1501520741048725506
March 9. Pres. Zalenskyy's morning address, with subtitles. 339/
https://twitter.com/JPaulKirby/status/1501549401617145858
March 9. Ukrainian railways posts an update. Kharkiv still has service. Odessa still has service. Kyiv still has service. Not much changed since yesterday. (Yesterday's map included for comparison.) 340/
March 9. Ukrainian Railways posts first pictures of Sumy evacuees arriving in Lviv, about 900 women, children, and foreigners. A followup train arriving later today will bring another 1,200 people, and they are currently providing evacuations from Bucha and Irpen. 341/
March 9. Find Your Own releases a PsyOp video targeting Russian mothers, depicting how kids turn into POWs or combatants whose fate rests on the trigger finger of a Ukrainian soldier. Has echoes of "It's 3 a.m." from the 2008 US Presidential election. Four stars. 342/
March 9. Pres. Zelenskyy personally releases a video of an attack on a maternity hospital in Mariupol. "This is an atrocity! How much longer will the world be complicit? Close the sky immediately! You have the power. But you seem to be losing humanity." 343/
New in UKR social media, linking US opposition to Polish inability to send MiG-29s
BOTTOM:
- "Russia: If Polish MiGs go to Ukraine, then..."
- "Poles:"
TOP:
- "American Youth"
The humor is that the word for youth is a close rhyme with the plural form of MiGs: мlги vs. мігі 344/
BOTTOM:
- "Russia: If Polish MiGs go to Ukraine, then..."
- "Poles:"
TOP:
- "American Youth"
The humor is that the word for youth is a close rhyme with the plural form of MiGs: мlги vs. мігі 344/
March 9. Key intelligence victory from a few days ago. 345/
https://twitter.com/JPaulKirby/status/1501604645482999816
March 9. During early morning inspection, Ukrainian forces identify a dead Russian soldier partially submerged in water, identified as D. I. Trofimov. 346/
March 11. POW interrogation suggests large-scale desertion and shooting squads. 348/
https://twitter.com/JPaulKirby/status/1502606458667548673
March 12. Ukrainian forces seize a BRDM armored recon vehicle and capture a POW (blurring in the original). This is notable for how the "Z" marking is repeated across most of the BRDM, more like a decoration than a simple emblem / designation. 349/
March 12. POW Rustem Samvelovich Agiev, dob 5/29/1989, cmdr of tank company, grp 58198, Moscow region. 351/
https://twitter.com/JPaulKirby/status/1502616912286601218
March 12. A Russian reconnaissance drone makes an unexpected landing. Green AA batteries and all. 352/
March 12. A Wagner Group mercenary is captured & interrogated.
https://twitter.com/JPaulKirby/status/1502641452710514689
March 12. Starlink satellite internet service shows up like a local WiFi network. The service allows Ukrainians to stay online without sending internet traffic through Ukrainian infrastructure. 354/
March 12. Ukrainian forces capture a functional T-80 battle tank near Kharkiv. 355/
March 12. Ukrainian residents seize a Msta-S artillery tank after destroying battle tanks near Sumy. 356/
March 14. The Kharkiv Pas station is still open. Odessa is still open. The operational status of the railways has changed very little over the past few days. They're still broadly open. 357/
March 14. A Russian POW of asian descent talks to friends in Russia about what actually is happening in Ukraine. 358/
March 14. An unusual POW situation, because he's originally Ukrainian. He defected to Russia, came back now as an invader, then surrendered. 359/
https://twitter.com/JPaulKirby/status/1503425938679345152
March 14. From yesterday, Ukrainian forces captured 8 POWs -- in Mariupol. However devastated and surrounded, the Ukrainian military still has a presence there. 360/
Ukraine does release imagery of Russian KIAs and their identification. This publication was a little different. Since the entire 80th Regiment died, they also published ID plates of the Russian vehicles and the official manifest. 361/
March 14. Two POWs were captured earlier today in Gogolev, in the Kyiv region. Interrogation proceeding. 362/
March 14. The two in 362 were wandering aimlessly around the village (Gogolev is a village near Brovary in the Kyiv region) and were initially captured by residents. 363/
[clarifying 361] Ukraine does release imagery of Russian KIAs and their identification. This publication was a little different. Since the entire group from the 80th Regiment of the Army died, they also published ID plates of the Russian vehicles and the official manifest. 364/
March 14. It wouldn't be Monday without another farmer dragging a tank. Here, a MLRS launch system. 365/
March 14. Ukrainian forces shot down a Russian cruise missile inbound to Kyiv, preventing an explosion. Here, the residents of Kurenevka look over what's left of the missile. 366/
March 14. A specialized group are operating inside Mariupol. This rare live view of combat late this morning shows the destruction of several Russian tanks through the lens of the onboard targeting system. [[CAUTION: LIVE COMBAT, LETHAL, NOT GRAPHIC]] 367/
March 14. The more aerial surveillance drones, the better Ukraine's live situational awareness. Here, a drone surveys ground combat earlier today, including the destruction of several Russian vehicles. [[CAUTION: LIVE COMBAT, LETHAL, NOT GRAPHIC]] 368/
March 14. Ukrainian soldiers teach an elderly man to master a Browning M2 machine gun. 369/
March 15. Usually Ukrainian Railways runs the trains. Usually POWs are Russian. The two worlds inverted & collided, as station guards caught two Ukrainians trying to sabotage equipment, from Luhansk and Brovary. They're not POWs; they're in custody and charged with treason. 370/
March 15. Pres. Zelenskyy's address to British military authorities. 371/
https://twitter.com/JPaulKirby/status/1503741357638172680
March 15. The volunteer Azov regiment publishes a photo of a dead major general. ID not yet verified. 372/
https://twitter.com/JPaulKirby/status/1503769029714059270
March 15. Pres. Zelenskyy's address to British officials (371), with subtitles. 374/
https://twitter.com/JPaulKirby/status/1503786262989266958
March 18. An escorted convoy of 36 buses leaves Lokhvytsia, inbound to Sumy with the hopes of evacuating people from Sumy to Lokhvytsia. 375/
March 18. This center in Berdyansk is finally getting evacuees from Mariupol. Overnight 2,600 people slept in the center, which provides medicine, food, and clothes in addition to shelter. 376/
March 18. Ukrainian Railways seizes more than 1,000 packs of cigarettes and fires two train conductors, Tetyana Boyko and Larysa Vinnyk on suspicion of smuggling. The cigarettes were found among refugee belongings on the Odessa-Przemysl train. 377/
March 18. Ukrainian Security Services warns about fraudulent emails purporting to be solicitations for money by the Natl Bank of Ukraine. 378/
March 18. Former US Marine "Civ Div" now fighting in Ukraine. He once fought in Syria against Turkey, but now uses Turkish Bayraktors rather than evading them. 379/
March 18. Ukrainian forces successfully launch a OTR-21 Tochka ballistic missile against Russian forces. 380/
March 18. Humanitarian aid from Belgium arrives at a volunteer-managed hub near Kyiv. This 20-ton truck had medical products, medication, clothing, hygiene products, and food. 381/
March 18. This is 55-year-old Vasily Stefko, from Kushnitsa village in Transcarpathia. He has 2 leg amputations, but is fighting. 382/
March 18. During morning review, Ukrainian forces inspect a column of Russian equipment destroyed overnight in the Sumy region. 383/
March 19. Ukrainian Railways status map. Karkhiv and Odessa are still up. 384/
March 19. And, compared to the March 16 map, Ukrainian Railways is restoring services. Zaporizhia is now back up. 385/
March 19. Ukraine warns of mines & other sabotage explosives being left by Russian forces. Often concealed with cellphones, weapons, first aid kits, food, children's toys, dead bodies, etc. 386/
March 19. Evacuations from Mariupol continue. Here, buses with around 500 evacuees arrive at a center in Zaporizhia. The final step is a bus trip to Berdyansk, but people can rest and get food, clothes, and first aid in Zaporizhia and take a later bus if they want. 387/
March 19. A convoy of buses leave Bakhmut inbound to the Luhansk region, hoping that Russian troops will let them through. 388/
March 19. These people were trapped in Severodonetsk, but now have a bus to take them to safer parts. 389/
March 19. People evacuating from Bucha arrive in Belogorodka, where they can get food, clothes, and first aid, and then continue to Kyiv. A train will take them west. Perhaps some will stay in Kyiv to fight. 390/
March 19. Ukraine's intelligence agency, GUR, releases an updated list of Russian casualties. 391/
March 19. Ukraine unveils a website of resources for everyone fighting. From "How to Reduce the Morale of Occupiers" to "How to Start and Steal a Russian Tank"
Amazing. Works well with the Google Translate browser extension. 392/
sprotyv.mod.gov.ua
Amazing. Works well with the Google Translate browser extension. 392/
sprotyv.mod.gov.ua
And the website is slick, and deep with content. This is just one page of many. 393/
March 19. Atrocity. According to Ukrainian intelligence, Russia is mobilizing the male civilian population of uncontrolled ORDLO areas as human canaries. You fling them out into unknown areas and identify Ukrainian force locations by seeing how many ORDLOs are fired on. 394/
March 19. Ukrainian Railways says that of the 6,616 iron/steel hedgehogs they've made, 945 are sitting idle in warehouses. They provide a staff name and phone number to arrange pickup/delivery. That's customer service. 395/
March 19. Rare daytime footage of Ukraine's 30th Separate Mechanized Brigade firing medium-range missiles from an undisclosed location. 396/
March 19. Shoppers, mainly older women, struggle to get cartons of sugar doled out by people behind a sliding metal door. I tried setting it to Yakety Sax, but it didn't work. They're not clumsy invaders; these women are struggling to keep their families fed. 397/
March 19. During morning inspection, Ukrainian forces found, and seized, several pieces of abandoned equipment, near Chernihiv. 398/
March 18. If Ukranian residents aren't fighting, they're helping in other ways. Some spend most of their time cooking and baking food meals. This is a typical scene of a bulk meal delivery to nearby soldiers. 399/
March 18. Men in a Mosque in Ukraine are ready for combat. 400/
March 19. Mariupol resistance persists. Tanks were destroyed earlier today by the Azov regiment. 401/
March 19. Morning inspection shows a long column of destroyed Russian equipment from last night's battles. 402/
March 19. Ukranians test out one of the newly arrived FGM-148 Javelins from the U.S. They seem happy with the result. 403/
March 19. Anything helps. A group of self-declared anarchists accept a lot of Vz-59 machine guns supplied by the Czech Republic. The Vz-59s were developed in 1959, thus the name, but are still used by the Czech and Slokavian armies. Easy to clean. 404/
March 19. Ukranian soldiers on morning review found a wasteland of equipment and bodies near Zaporozhye. 405/
March 21. Ukraine Security Services warns of Telegram channels used for RU PsyOps against Ukraine:
-Legitimate
-Resident
-Cartel
-Gossip Girl
-Black Quarter
-Political Quarter
-Atypical Zaporozhye
-Trempel Kharkiv
-Odessa Frayer
-Dnieper live
-Nikolaev live
-Kherson live 406/
-Legitimate
-Resident
-Cartel
-Gossip Girl
-Black Quarter
-Political Quarter
-Atypical Zaporozhye
-Trempel Kharkiv
-Odessa Frayer
-Dnieper live
-Nikolaev live
-Kherson live 406/
March 21. Buses depart Brovary in the Kyiv region headed to the village of Tarasikva, where evacuees will be taken to an undisclosed location. 407/
March 21. Mariupol residents previously evacuated to Berdyansk leave on 11 buses headed to an undisclosed location. 408/
March 21. The 17 buses seen in 407 return to Brovary late in the night, having evacuated hundreds from the village of Tarasivka. Nearly 300 cars from Tarasivka went back with the motorcade. 409/
March 20. 250 cars and 20 buses evacuate around 1600 people, including 843 children, from Bobryk village, here arriving in Brovary. 410/
March 21. Early this morning, 100 people from Vorzel arrive at the Belogorodka center. They'll receive food, clothing, and first aid. They can rest, or immediately take the next bus to Kyiv. 411/
March 21. Thirty buses depart Brovary inbound to Velyka Dymerka. They'll attempt to evacuate the residents and will hopefully return by nightfall. 412/
March 21. Ukrainian Security Services detains a Ukrainian resident who made a TikTok video last night of Ukraine forces. Their location, around a shopping center, was subject to a missile strike shortly after. 413/
https://twitter.com/JPaulKirby/status/1505955560503619585
March 21. Behind the scenes in the Berdyansk center, where nearly 3500 Mariupol residents have found food, clothes, medical care, psychological counseling, and rest. Most take a bus onward, but many Berdyansk residents are sheltering other Mariupol evacuees in their homes. 414/
March 20. Individial Ukrainians in occupied areas are self-organizing, raising and pooling money to buy individual components, drones, generators, etc., to sustain smaller-scale fighting. Here are a bunch of mini electric generators one group in the Donbas region bought. 415/
March 22. A convoy of 24 buses leaves Zaporizhia in early morning headed to Berdyansk hoping to evacuate Mariupol residents. 416/
March 22. Hours later in Berdyansk, several hundred Mariupol residents prepare to board buses in [416] to return to Zaporizhia. Thirty-five families with children with disabilities are included in their ranks. 417/
March 22. Ukrainian Railways establishes new emergency routes between embattled Kharkiv and Donetsk, warns that security may require last-minute changes and that routes will likely change every day. 418/
March 21. This POW interrogation is in a FEAR DOWN/EGO DOWN posture. Ukrainian Security Svcs poses hypotheticals about shooting civilians. He admits that shooting unarmed civilians would violate the Geneva Conventions. Then the hypothetical changes. 419a/
(cont'd) But if he breaks into a home and the occupants defend themselves? He demurs. He knows he has orders to shoot, but can't defend it. The point is to diminish his ego, conditioning him for more invasive questioning. The interrogation proceeds. 419b/
March 22. The Ukrainian intelligence agency publishes the latest combat losses figures, as of March 21, day 26 of the war. 420/
March 22. The external intelligence agency, GUR, publishes statistics a day behind, as in [420]. On the other hand, DSS, Ukrainian's internal intelligence agency focused on communications, publishes current-day stats. Here's today's snapshot of Russian combat losses so far. 421/
March 22. Aerial view of ground combat, Ukranian forces destroy an ammunition truck with American Javelins near occupied Donetsk. 422/
March 22. Morning inspection by Ukrainian forces reveals destroyed Russian equipment that's been sitting idle for so long that vegetation and debris are settling on it. Maybe it was windy one day. 423/
March 20. Yes, there are recent videos where Russian soldiers are firing on peaceful assemblies. But there are other places where righteous Ukrainians push Russians back, as here in occupied Energodar on Sunday. The assembly drives the Russians back and the van drives away. 424/
March 22. Remember that Mariupol has had no heating, electricity, or water for ~3 weeks. Yet Mariupol lives on through them. These evacuees are alive, standing, talking, and carrying belongings. Here are 800 who arrived in Lviv by the # 119&120 train lines from Zaporizhia. 425/
March 22. Battle in Mariupol does continue. The city is devastated, but Russia still has not taken it. Here is an aerial view of a Ukranian Natl Guard tank firing on Russian tanks, artillery & infantry. 426/
March 22. Ukrainian forces destroy Russian equipment on the sea, too. Here, on the Azov coast, they destroy a high-speed "Project 03160" Raptor patrol boat. The boat is seen at the very beginning and very end. 427/
March 22. Protest is becoming difficult in Belarus as well as Russia. Here, four Belarus citizens show the Ukraine and Belarus flags and no-war signs. They conceal their faces, but they are expressing themselves. 428/
March 22. This is (was) a $14 million Russian Pantsir-S1 surface-to-air missile system. Ukrainian journalist Yuriy Butusov is allowed to inspect it. 429/
March 22. One of the newest POWs is Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Koshel. He's the head of a information and psychological countermeasures group in North Ossetia. Captured by Ukraine's 128th Separate Minng Assault Brigade. 430/
March 22. Aerial view of Ukrainian forces locating Russian equipment hidden in forests, then destroying it. [[CAUTION: LIVE COMBAT, LETHAL, NOT GRAPHIC]] 431/
March 22. "They Say the Eyes Are the Mirror of the Soul."
Video produced by Ukraine's border guard showing determined, confident, and alert border guards. 432/
Video produced by Ukraine's border guard showing determined, confident, and alert border guards. 432/
March 22. In a now deleted tweet, Russian state media boasted of a "quick strike" on Ukraine military facilities in Kramatorsk, posting a picture of destroyed, mangled equipment.
The claim was belied by the obvious "Z" on the equipment. Oops. 433/
The claim was belied by the obvious "Z" on the equipment. Oops. 433/
March 22. Mining equipment manufacturer Metinvest supplies 50 construction vehicles to Ukraine forces. Plus, the exchange happened in Kryvyi Rih, very close to occupied/contested areas, showing UKR supply lines are active deep into the country and very close to Russia. 434/
March 22. "Wali," fmr member of Canada's 22nd Royal Reg. and reputed as the deadliest sniper in the world, posted a photo (left) and gave interviews showing he's still alive. Russia often reports he's just died. His decision to fight in Ukraine was reported March 8 (right). 435/
March 22. Kharkiv, still in contention. In early morning, Ukrainian soldiers review a field full of Russian equipment and forces destroyed overnight. [[CAUTION: DEAD BODIES, GRAPHIC]] 436/
March 20. Several intercepted calls between Russian soldiers still in the field and relatives, with Ukrainan-added subtitles. One cries. "If they give the command 'go ahead' ... we all die. If they give the command 'go back' we all die also. We have no way out." 437/
March 23. "Be not deceived." We see so many images of Mariupol's damage. But this morning, the Ukraine National Guard still fighting there challenges us to see something else in these images. They released a video (next tweet) along with a message: Mariupol is still alive. 438/
March 23. "Mariupol today. It is still alive! People are breathing here, hungry, in basements of burning houses. Their hearts are still beating under the rubble, in hope of salvation. Our Mariupol still feels pain, but it is still a living organism waiting to be saved!" 439/
March 23. This convoy left in early morning, and will try to deliver humanitarian aid today. Food, to Berdyansk, Polohy, and Huliapole. A fuel truck, to Berdyansk for a risky trip to bring gas to Mariupol. 440/
March 23. Ukraine intelligence agency GUR reports that Russian oligarch Peter Aven and Kazakh billionaire Alexander Mashkevich recently met in Moscow and noted that because Putin is isolated from ordinary influence, oligarchs are considering paying for him to be removed. 441/
March 23. This self-organizing may be vital to retaking contested territories. Forget armies or militias. When you're randomly driving along and you see a guy randomly trying to set a building on fire, that extent of sabotage is hard to stop in a city Russia needs to use. 442/
March 23. And the trains keep running. Kharkiv, still running. Odessa, still running. The custom routes between Kharkiv and Donetsk also still going, too. 🚄🚃🚃 443/
March 23. In occupied Chernobayevka near Kherson, Ukrainian residents are struggling. Russian forces delivered material they called "humanitarian aid." The locals burned it. 444/
March 20. Ukranians are spreading this video in Russian-popular channels. I added subtitles. It's a 1971 hidden-camera USSR experiment on indoctrinating pre-conditioned children to recite obviously false statements in groups. Is the pyramid black? Is the porridge sweet? 445a/
(cont'd) This was one of many secret experiments on adults & children conducted by psychologist Valeria Mukhina. Soviets "commissioned" director Felix Sobolev to compile a film of some of the tests, titled "Me and Others." They banned their own film after a brief release. 445b/
March 23. These farmer videos have become at once the Candy Crush of the month and a sublime distillation of Ukraine's self-organized persistent mild warfare. So here's a new one. 446/
March 23. The journey to safety is one step closer for the people in the 20 buses and 130 cars arriving late tonight in Brovary. They came from Velyka Dymerka and Bogdanovka. Many are elderly or disabled. 447/
March 24. Ukrainian Railways is beginning to open formal medical clinics in some of the train stations. This is the start of the cardiology center at the central Kyiv station. 448/
March 24. In early morning in Mariupol, a Ukraine National Guard deployment destroyed 1 artillery tank and 3 armored trucks. [[CAUTION: LIVE COMBAT, LETHAL, NOT GRAPHIC]] 449/
March 24. Later in the day, the Ukraine National Guard destroys a Russian armored personnel carrier in a residential area of Mariupol. [[CAUTION: LIVE COMBAT, NOT GRAPHIC]] 450/
March 24. If it's early morning in Zaporizhia, there's another convoy of buses leaving to bring back people from Mariupol. 451/
March 24. The first mass POW exchange. In return for 10 Russian troops, Ukraine secured the release of:
- 10 Ukrainian troops
- From Snake Island, the entire crew from the lighthouse and from the rescue craft "Sapphire"
"Russian ship fuck you" seems to have carried the day. 452/
- 10 Ukrainian troops
- From Snake Island, the entire crew from the lighthouse and from the rescue craft "Sapphire"
"Russian ship fuck you" seems to have carried the day. 452/
March 24. Ukrainian Railways notes it has rescued around 3 million people and transported 430,000 abroad through 5 primary evacuation corridors. 453/
March 24. This is today's railway status, which is unchanged from yesterday. Ukrainian Railways titles it, "The Month of the Massacre: A Map of the Stations that Worked." Kharkiv, still up, Odessa, still up, Kyiv, still up. 454/
March 24. At the port of Berdyansk this morning, the Ukrainian Navy destroyed the Russian landing ship "Orsk." SBU released this very short video of it. 455/
March 24. The large explosion of the Russian landing ship Orsk could be heard for miles across the Black Sea. Another view. 456/
March 24. A longer view of the aftermath of the Orsk destruction. 457/
March 24. And a better view across the Black Sea of the aftermath of the Orsk destruction. 458/
March 24. In the Sumy region, Ukranian forces capture and begin field intake of around 15 Russian POWs. 459/
March 24. Many ID tags and documents were taken from the POWs. 460/
March 24. Ukrainian forces took back the village of Lukyanovka in the Kyiv region, forestalling another potential route of Russian invasion into the city. 461/
March 24. An US-only group liberated a village in Ukraine today. "Another day in paradise. Got my man right there, my commander. Got the USA patch on his shoulder. Got burning buildings. We got mortars! We got rockets! We got all the fun stuff to make it a beautiful day." 462/
March 24. An American volunteer says, "Now I don't know if you guys know what this is behind me, but that's a Russian tank. First tank we've taken out." The Ukrainians say, "Welcome to America!" 463/
March 24. The American volunteer detachment in Ukraine wraps up for the day. "It's been a crazy day. But I shit you not, I just stole a 50-caliber machine gun off of a tank. And I did it with a Leatherman given to me by Chuck in Connecticut. Peace, Chuck!" 464/
March 24. Ukrainian forces defeat an artillery battery. Aerial view. 465/
March 24. This morning, Ukrainian forces disabled and seized a refill unit for a TOS-1A Solntsepek flamethrower system. 466/
March 24. Ukrainian forces inspect a field where a single Russian soldier was found alive, suspected of hiding in the field overnight. He is captured as a POW and field intake begins. 467/
March 24. This is part of the aftermath of Ukraine's recapture of Lukyanovka today. Soldiers inspect destroyed Russian equipment amid heavliy damaged homes. 468/
March 25. Ukraine National Guard releases this picture of Mariupol this morning. Overnight, they destroyed 5 trucks, 2 ballistic missile system vehicles, and 1 drone. More than 2 dozen Russian soldiers died. 469/
March 25. Ukraine's intelligence agency, GUR, has been publishing the identities of Russian forces. This morning, they identify the members of Unit 53185 (42nd Motorized Rifle Division, 50th Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment). 470/
gur.gov.ua/content/voenno…
gur.gov.ua/content/voenno…
March 25. Ukraine now makes voluntary civilian defenders eligible for military pensions, including death benefits to surviving family members, and eligible for ordinary retirement benefits at earlier ages (55 for men, 50 for women). 471/
March 25. Ukraine has modified its criminal code to allow non-Ukrainian independent IT professionals to probe and repair communications infrastructure vulnerabilities. I.e., if you sign up, you can hack. Ukraine's NSA analogue will announce bug bounties in the near future. 472/
March 25. On the 30th anniversary of Ukraine's Security Services (SBU), Pres. Zelenskyy presents awards to SBU staff for courage and valor. 473/
March 25. Unretrieved Russian corpses create new problems over time. These are typical scenes of advanced decomposition. After enough time, predatory dogs or even a strong wind can spread body parts across a neighborhood. [[CAUTION: DEAD BODIES, VERY GRAPHIC]] 474a/
(cont'd) This happens with natural disasters, too. Dogs are a frequent vector. Often the first body parts to naturally detach are the feet. We give pet dogs "bones" to chew on; detached feet are the real thing. Unless this gets cleaned up, we will be seeing a lot of feet. 474b/
March 25. This is Mariupol. The Ukrainian National Guard destroys 2 ballistic missile vehicles, as observed by a surveillance drone. Mariupol is still fighting. 475/
March 25. "Yeah buddy! One! Two! Three! Four! Russian tanks taken out. Call that a good day." An American volunteer fighter makes a progress report. Yeah buddy! 476/
March 25. Volunteers from Georgia (the country, not the state) are fighting in Irpen. Here, they take a survey around high-status buildings and get ready to deploy. 477/
March 25. Ukrainian forces prepare a Russian tank they seized for a counteroffensive near Kyiv. 478/
March 25. During morning review in the Chernihiv area, Ukrainian soldiers inspect equipment destroyed overnight. The tank is burnt and dismembered. Good weapons. 479/
March 25. Ukranians are flooding social media channels frequented by Russians with this PsyOp cartoon. It elides the defeat of Nazis with the devastating effect of international sanctions on Russia. 480/
March 25. Lithuania still accepts train service from Russia. But if you take the train from Moscow on the Kaliningrad line, once you cross over into Lithuania you'll start to see station billboards showing what's happening in Ukraine (in two parts). 481a/
(cont'd) Billboards appear in Vilnius and Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai 481b/
March 25. In his morning briefing, presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovich announced that another Russian general is dead: Lieutenant General Yakov Ryazantsev, cmdr of the 29th Army of the Southern Military District. Killed in Cerhnobayekva. Another one bites the dust. 482/
March 25. Orphaned children from Polohy are fed, clothed, and otherwise attended to after arrival this morning in Zaporizhia on evacuation buses. This morning's convoy from Polohy brought 117 people, including 35 orphans. 483/
March 25. Ukrainian soldiers seize a working T-72B3 battle tank while fighting continues. 484/
March 25. Live combat, showing the viewscreen of a Stugna-P advanced artillery system. A Russian tank is destroyed. [[CAUTION: LIVE COMBAT, LETHAL, NOT GRAPHIC]] 485/
March 25. Another emerging genre of video is the aerial view search-and-destroy of assets hidden in forests. Here's another one. 486/
March 25. Since this Wednesday, Ukrainians have been spreading this video into Russian social media. I added English subtitles at the bottom. [[CAUTION: INJURED CIVILIANS, GRAPHIC]] 487/
March 23. Russians in the sparsely-populated Kamchatka peninsula are collecting donations of items identified by the Russian government. 487/
March 25. As daylight ends on Friday, more than 500 Melitopol residents arrive at Zaporizhia in a convoy of evacuation buses and private cars. Safety is one step closer. 488/
March 25. These are Ukrainian civilians acting independently, and quite heavily outfitted and armed. They're returning at end-of-day from a (self-appointed) mission North of Kyiv. 489/
March 25. And now we know her name. The infamous Russian-allied sniper "Bagira" is actually Irina Starikova, born 3/18/1981. She was captured earlier today, already injured, has received medical treatment for her injuries, and is now being interrogated. 490/
March 26. Near Kharkiv, Ukranian forces capture sleeping several POWs, who don't seem to mind the cold given their state of undress. 491/
March 26. A set of Russian combatants are being noted for an armpatch describing themselves as hunters. "This Will Be a Glorious Hunt" -- "Зто Будет Славная Охота"
This dog, at least, didn't hunt very long. [[CAUTION: DEAD BODY, GRAPHIC]] 492/
This dog, at least, didn't hunt very long. [[CAUTION: DEAD BODY, GRAPHIC]] 492/
March 26. Yet another demonstration that a motivated army of soldiers who believe in their cause will fight as long as it takes. 493/
March 26. It's still not clear how these battlefield markings integrate into a broader Russian strategy of indoctrination. This map at least suggests that "Z" has a more practical meaning. 494/
March 26. Maksim Kavaleu, from Belarus, works every day to make meals for Ukrainian soldiers and people from the Red Cross. You can thank him here: facebook.com/KnightMetalhead
495/
495/
March 26. Close combat in Sumy leads to Ukraine's recapture of territory with numerous Russian POWs taken. [[CAUTION: LIVE COMBAT, NOT GRAPHIC]] 496/
March 26. The Ukraine National Guard made a video of their operation to recapture the village of Olkhovka. It really speaks for itself. In 4 parts. Here's part 1. 497a/
Part 2 of 4 of the recapture of Olkhovka. 497b/
Part 3 of 4 of the recapture of Olkhovka. 497c/
Part 4 of 4 of the recapture of Olkhovka. 497d/
March 26. Music seems to help these Ukrainian soldiers relax between combat. 498/
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