Thread by @SteveMcfirerisk

Brining multiple threads together into this long thread - Highlighting core themes from the #UkraineInvasion

Human Kindness
Bravery defiance
Winning hearts & minds
Emergency Services response

As ex vice chair #EmergencyPlanningSociety @TheEPSLdn

#StandWithUkriane 🇺🇦 💙💛

https://twitter.com/stevemcfirerisk/status/1497609209298534401

Part 1 - Stories of Human Kindness born of the #UkraineInvasion

https://twitter.com/stevemcfirerisk/status/1497609209298534401

Part 2 Bravery & defiance as a country, its citizens and the global community #StandswithUkraine 🇺🇦💙💛

https://twitter.com/SteveMcfirerisk/status/1497619694269788160

Part 3 Winning Hearts & minds

This war is lost to Putin and the world is now captured by #StandWithUkriane 🇺🇦💙💛

https://twitter.com/SteveMcfirerisk/status/1497610491933466624

Part 4 #EmergencyServices responses are challenging enough at the best of times but perilous within a conflict zone

Special #StandWithUkriane shout out for Ukrainian emergency services 🇺🇦💙💛

Cc @globalfireforum @TheUKFireForum

https://twitter.com/stevemcfirerisk/status/1497382647013810180

Part 5 international aid #StandWithUkriane 💙🇺🇦💛

https://twitter.com/SteveMcfirerisk/status/1497630768872534022

Part 6 key people and resources

@PhilipIngMBE all things military

@Andy_Scollick military intel & phenomenal #Ukraine knowladge

@LucyGoBag go to emergency planning, resilience & disaster recovery

@SpencerGuard urban warfare info

@ThecitizenAID civilian trauma guidance app

Slow to load but invaluable guide to defending a city

mwi.usma.edu/defending-the-…

@DefenceHQ #Ukraine #DefenceIntelligenceUpdate

https://twitter.com/defencehq/status/1497849912905674752

@Andy_Scollick discusses #Ukraine efforts to ensure the government survives this conflict by segregating ministers within the country and in neighbouring countries.

https://twitter.com/Andy_Scollick/status/1497854116034490368

Thanks to @LucyGoBag + @RSPCA_official for pet advice during emergencies

Aware this was problematic during #HurricaneKatrina as people didn’t want to abandon pets but there’s been many lessons learnt since then.

https://twitter.com/lucygobag/status/1497847860565528576

Key @BBCNewsnight trusted press contact @lewis_goodall calling for people to talk about their experiences of crossing the borders from #Ukranie - he’s close to the border & DMs open

@LabourSJ you have an urgent case in need of international press support - pls cross post details

https://twitter.com/lewis_goodall/status/1497867512465219590

Must read thread by @sumlenny on how war will change Ukraine, Russian and Europe

https://twitter.com/sumlenny/status/1497866046543261696

Key journalistic contacts for #Ukraine coverage

@lewis_goodall @BBCNewsnight looking to talk to refugees crossing border from Ukraine

@carolecadwalla @guardian @ObserverUK general coverage

@BethRigby @SkyNews UK political coverage

@CliveMyrieBBC foreign correspondent

+more

Extending the list of expertise on #Ukriane

@Selyst - ex mil helps with sticky security problems

@ChrisHunter1001 weapons technical & news commentator - if memories correct Russian speaking.

@HasisD - Emergency Planning - Disaster - Resilience + more

Professional Bodies & Academic Contacts

@TheEPS1 Emergency Planning to CBRNE

@SocRiskAnalysis @SRAEurope Risk Analysis

@warstudies - kings college london war studies dept

@CSTPV Handa Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV)

@nicholadrummond is a respected authority on military matters & his latest report makes for grim reading

If these reports are true then as Nicholas suggests war crimes & genocide are being committed + commands a international response

💙💛 #StandWithUkriane 💙💛

https://twitter.com/nicholadrummond/status/1497888647588233216

The situation in Europe is now all the more fragile as Putin places the Russian nuclear deterrent on standby

What’s more worrying is seeing military commentators concern & no exit or deescalation strategy in place - if anything Putins upped the anti!

https://twitter.com/maxseddon/status/1497923042101575685

Translation for those who missed it #Putin & #Zilensky meeting their defence ministers

If pictures speak a 1000 words - then this one speaks volumes

From body language to criminal investigation we know you can’t fake a smile - the eyes are truly the window to the soul.

https://twitter.com/tiramarit/status/1497981888668966913

Huge phycological boost for all

Not uncommon for troopers to have mascots or war pets & the relationship is always mutually vs the consequences

https://twitter.com/AlbanianTimes/status/1497567066831790082

Top brief on current situation from a respected military authority

Succinct & depth of detail.

#StandWithUkriane 🇺🇦

https://twitter.com/warinthefuture/status/1498059111690227712

Russian forces believed to have targeted this #Ukraine school

Many of which will now be used as relief & refuge stations for the displaced.

https://twitter.com/ua_industrial/status/1498067061880225792

Before finally signing off here’s the caution to the West following #putins threat of nuclear response

What’s his end games compromise if #Ukraine & West accepts or exit strategy or will it take Russians ousting #Putin?

theguardian.com/world/2022/feb…

Adding @carolecadwalla long thread on the #GreatInformationWar & complexities behind #Putins invasion of #Ukraine

💙💛🇺🇦

https://twitter.com/carolecadwalla/status/1498056686548013062

Tagging onto the #GreatInformationWar

Ex Finish PM @alexstubb sets the record straight on Finland’s @NATO membership and status

https://twitter.com/alexstubb/status/1497619756760895489

⚠️ Breaking News

Atomic Energy Informed by #Ukraine counterparts that missiles have hit the radioactive site

https://twitter.com/irishexaminer/status/1498151863606136832

Earlier in the evening we saw #Russian forces deploy salvos of MLRS missiles against Kherson

#StandWithUkriane 🇺🇦

https://twitter.com/kylejglen/status/1498029093421563906

Various report of #thermobaric weapons being used against #Ukraine position

https://twitter.com/alertchannel/status/1498048725666701316

This clip shows the #thermobaric rocket launder platforms - of the type deployed against #Ukraine

https://twitter.com/ufobreddit/status/1497773071557615616

Another clip of what’s believed to be a #thermobaric missile detonation 8& #Ukraine

https://twitter.com/mutahmett/status/1498022991724261385

Example of #thermobaric missile launchers being used against #Ukraine

Images of a #thermobaric launchers and their devastating effects on positions

Comparison between the USA Mother of all bomb (MOAB)
Vs
The more powerful #Russian #thermobaric Father of all bomb (FOAB)

These powerful weapons suck all available oxygen into create a more powerful blast - incinerating everything within its detonation zone 150-300m

Further confirmation a nuclear disposal site near #Ukraine capital of #kyev had been hit by missiles

Risks to life and environment have been flagged by @UN Atomic Energy Authority

https://twitter.com/breakingnewsie/status/1498164580203184128

inews.co.uk/news/missiles-…

Strategic update from @MarkUrban01 @BBCNewsnight

Appears the #Russians may link fronts & consolidate.

Over to @PhilipIngMBE @Andy_Scollick for what this means to #UkraineResistance

https://twitter.com/markurban01/status/1497882527050219520

Yesterday complied detail & photos on why #Russian cluster bombs sinister casings - specifically target children

Seen this in Afghanistan, Chechnya and Syria - now #Ukraine

A percent intentional fail to detonate on primary deployment in civilian areas to cause secondary deaths

https://twitter.com/lucygobag/status/1498187408365531143

Here’s more examples of brightly coloured & shaped cluster bomblet’s which specifically target children to kill or maim.

@bellingcat has been tracking the deployment of cluster bombs in #Ukraine since 2014 & the more recent #Russian invasion

In the early days of the 2022 conflict, the use of cluster munitions even appear to have impacted sites around schools and hospitals

bellingcat.com/news/2022/02/2…

Cluster bombs are indiscriminate, that is why there have been long-standing efforts to ban them

Convention to this effect entered into force in Aug 2010 & some 119 countries have signed up, agreeing not just to destroy their stocks of these weapons but to halt their manufacture

Not only do cluster bombs have a devastating impact on the intended target, whether a military or as were seeing in #Ukraine civilian targets

The unexplored bomb-let’s can be strewn across a wide area awaiting a child to think it’s a shiny & colourful new toy with deadly effect

@DefenceHQ #Update
#DefenceIntelUpdate

https://twitter.com/DefenceHQ/status/1498306272839585793

Footage of #Russian MLRS use on the #Ukraine city of #Kharkiv

Area heavily populated with civilians

💙💛 #StandWithUkriane 💙💛

https://twitter.com/ralee85/status/1498270787081547777

Not sure of the ordinance used in this one but savage all the same & unexplored munitions will be a ongoing threat to civilians.

Any weapons technicals on who can please advise on the ordinance + destructive force + advice for #Ukraine civilians

💙💛 #StandWithUkriane 💙💛

https://twitter.com/yzalxela/status/1498271827713536000

@BBCNews podcast trending on #UkraineInvasion

Featuring

@vicderbyshire
@ggatehouse
@lewis_goodall

Production detail by @SamBonham

https://twitter.com/sambonham/status/1498042982423056393

Adding to the experts list

@nicholadrummond - top military commentary + more pointed analysis & doesn’t suffer fools!

@pinstripedline - outstanding military & political observations - replicated but never equaled

@Justin_Br0nk - air power & check out today’s post

https://twitter.com/justin_br0nk/status/1498324442690342920

Part 7 International demonstrations - new sub thread

See also international aid + hearts and minds

Please help post the main international demos to this thread

💙💛 #StandWithUkriane 💙💛

https://twitter.com/moellerl/status/1498326577377128449

London & U.K. #StandingWithUkraine

💙💛💙💛💙💛💙💛💙💛💙💛

https://twitter.com/commonsspeaker/status/1498381872245710848

Excellent thread on #Putin putting nuclear forces on alert + what this means

It’s one of many CBRNE threats used to put fear into the civilian population & use as leverage during negotiations.

Remember the worst thing about fear is fear itself & he’s a master manipulator 💙💛

https://twitter.com/lorenzwojciech/status/1498345320195018756

Update 5 thread from @WarintheFuture

Incorporates the early @DefenceHQ & post asking why #Russia hasn’t deployed its full air support?

https://twitter.com/WarintheFuture/status/1498423792938323972

Reminder why international pressure is so important

So that these covenants are maintained or those responsible are held for war crimes

💙💛 #StopWarInUkraine 💙💛

⚠️ Warning - viewer discretion advised

Yesterday imposted a thread on the indiscriminate lethality of #thermobaric rockets

Today we sadly see the full force of their destructive power

International community must #StopWarInUkraine & condemn this indiscriminate war!

💙💛🇺🇦

https://twitter.com/talkradio/status/1498563429770084355

An important and pointed position statement on the call for “No Fly Zone” vs which will take @NATO into a direct conduct with Russia

Vs

An mutually agree “Safe Zone”

As @b_judah indicates we have to be very careful of the language a we do not want a war with Russian people.

https://twitter.com/b_judah/status/1498473465111887875

Great thread from @SamBendett on UAVs deployment during the #UkraineInvasion

https://twitter.com/sambendett/status/1498366542362431495