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Mar 1 • 21 tweets • 8 min read
New thread regarding the #Russian offensive against #Ukraine
The Ukrainian military released a statement summing the situation across the country a few hours ago.

The statement notes Belarusian preparations for an offensive that were picked up by open sources yesterday ⬇️
source:
facebook.com/10006907384482…
There are reports via AFP that 70 Ukrainian soldiers were killed in Okhtyrka, in Eastern #Ukraine, when their base was shelled.

It could be tied to this strike ⬇️
Fighting inside Mariupol - possibly just a small Russian unit. The city has either been surrounded or is on the verge of being surrounded.
Video of the aftermath of shelling in the outskirts of Kharkiv #Ukraine
Fragmentation anti-personal submunition used by #Russia. Those are fired in by multiple-launch rocket systems in #KharkivMassacre
All out attack against Kharkiv:

Airstrike destroys Kharkiv Regional Administration building #Ukraine
Geolocation (via @no_itsmyturn)
google.com/maps/place/50%…
According to preliminary reports there are at least 20 casualties following the airstrike in Kharkiv.

Presidential Advisor Mikhailo Podoliak commented: "The mask is off Russia is actively shelling city centers"
unian.ua/war/podolyak-v…
Video of Russian helicopters being shot down north of #Kyiv
Possible geolocation:
google.com/maps/place/50%…
Russian PoW in Kharkiv #Ukraine
Artillery strike against civilian buildings in Kherson, southern #Ukraine
Picture of the aftermath of the strike in #Kharkiv
#Ukraine's Zelensky released a video message, calling the strike in the center of Kharkiv an act of terror and #Russia a terrorist state.
Had to cut the video, but it can be watched in its entirety here:
facebook.com/zelenskiy.offi…
Separatist sources have released a message asking residents of #Mariupol to evacuate "in order to save your life, that of your children and loved ones". They claim to have set up two humanitarian corridors.

Those who followed the Syrian civil war know exactly what that means
It means they will bomb Mariupol indiscriminately (in fact they already are and have been, but this suggests it will escalate further)
Heavy civilian casualties reported in Mariupol

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Mar 2
Thread on the #Russian invasion of #Ukraine - March 2
At 12:00 last night Ukrainian authorities reported that #Belarusian forces are in a state of high combat readiness and concentrating along the border of #Ukraine.
#Ukraine's intelligence shows significant aerial activity in #Belarus, as well as the movement of supply convoys of ammunitions and food
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Mar 1
Kharkiv is being massively bombed tonight.

This is because this city, which is just a few kilometers away has been resisting since the very first day of the Russian offensive.
#Russia's failure to capture it is also one of the key elements explaining the relatively limited advances in the east/center. I think Russia expected that the city would quickly fall, the Sumy-Kharkiv line being broken, which would lead advances towards Dnipro.
Russia had amassed a significant force opposite Kharkiv, but the city still holds, which is key to the broader Ukrainian ability to delay the Russian advances, and avoid being dealt a killing blow.

So Russia is resorting to mass-shelling.
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Mar 1
Weapons depot likely hit (secondary explosion and shockwave seen on video)
I see some people mentioning thermobaric. This does not look like a thermobaric weapon to me and thermobaric weapons used by Russia are fired in volleys.
This rather compares to a Beirut blast-type explosion (which is not better). Lots of explosives detonated at once by an initial detonation.
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Mar 1
The #Russian ministry of defense said that it will strike facilities belonging to the #Ukrainian security service, and the 72d center of special operations in Kyiv, claiming that those are responsible for cyber attacks.
The Russian ministry of defense is calling on residents of Kyiv living near these facilities to leave.
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Mar 1
Four people wounded in this attack in Kherson #Ukraine
The #Russian Foreign Ministry says that a flight transporting a Russian delegation, headed by Sergei Lavrov, to Geneva was banned by Estonia and Poland
Ukrainian news outlet (UNIAN) reports that a fake recording of Zelensky stating that a surrender has been signed in Kyiv was aired in Kherson, in southern #Ukraine
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Mar 1
#Breaking today Zelensky will address the #European parliament in a video message - Ukrainian parliament
Zelensky just finished speaking to the European parliament. Other Ukrainian officials speaking making a call to support #Ukraine's EU membership

live:
multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/webstreaming/p…
Zelensky got a standing ovation before starting his message #Ukraine Image
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