Share this page!

Victor Kovalenko Profile picture
Twitter logo
Mar 8 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
Summary for 12 days of war by the Gen. Staff of the #Ukraine Armed Forces via the #Ukrainian state news agency @Ukrinform (where I worked as a political reporter after my graduation long time ago). Read the thread below⬇️
Update Mar 7: The Russian troops amassing the following units near #Kyiv to storm it. 1) Kadyrov Chechen unit, 2) 27th SpecOp unit Kuzbass (Kemerovo), 3) 604th SpecOp police unit Vitiaz (Moscow), and 4) private mercenary army 'Liga' (former "Vagner' currently avoiding sanctions).
Update [3] Mar 7: The #Russian Army continues to move troops to storm #Kaniv city on #Dnipro River (dam/bridge) and Novomoskovsk city with 1st tank army (~12 battalions), 20th infantry army (~8 battalions), 6th infantry army (~2 battalions), 14th corp (~2 battalions).
Update 4 Mar 7: The Russian Army is trying to renew failed previously offensive on Severodonetsk city in eastern Donbas region with 144th infantry division.
Update 5 for March 7: The #Ukraine Army captured the 3rd in a row Russian anti-aircraft system Pantsir-S1 (SA-22 Greyhound) and destroyed a Russian helicopter with it.
Update 6 for March 7: Almost 2,000 residents of the city of #Mariupol on Azov Sea were lucky to escape from their city encircled by the #Russian Army. #Ukraine
Update 7 for March 7: Today one of the #Ukrainian fighter jets successfully intercepted the Russian cruise missile and destroyed it. This proves the strong capability of the Ukraine Air Force to defend the Homeland in the skies.

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
　

Keep Current with Victor Kovalenko

Victor Kovalenko Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @MrKovalenko

Victor Kovalenko Profile picture
Mar 9
Summary of the 13th day of #defense of #Ukraine from the #Russian Army invasion. Source: General Staff of the #Ukrainian Armed Forces. [Thread below⬇️]
[2] The #Russian Army slowed its offensive but continues mostly missile and artillery attacks on civilian infrastructure.
[3] The Rus. Army keeps pushing to encircle capital #Kyiv, cities of #Sumy, #Kharkiv, #Mariupol, #Mykolayiv, #Chernihiv, as well as to create a land corridor to #Crimea and move the #Ukrainian #Army father west to the limits of #Luhansk & #Donetsk provinces.
Read 4 tweets
Victor Kovalenko Profile picture
Mar 7
PART 3 FINAL. A #Rus soldier (almost killed by comrades) concludes his story how his Lt. & he shielded & tried to save lives of #Ukrainian civilians in #Kharkiv despite the deputy commander of their regiment Lt.Col. ordered to kill civilians together with Lt. and him. [Thread]
[3-2] A Rus. soldier: “First, my Lt. [Ivan Alexandrovich Levankov] got a bullet in his helmet, [from the Rus. soldiers ordered by Lt.Col. to fire at their Lt. and Ukr. civilians] but it didn’t go through. The next bullet hit his neck and broke an artery, so he died.”
[3-3] A Rus. soldier: “Then they [his comrades] fired at a mother woman and she also got killed. Then me and her daughter began retreating, so my comrades began firing at my legs. If not a garage nearby, they could also murder me and that girl.”
Read 7 tweets
Victor Kovalenko Profile picture
Mar 7
PART 2. A #Rus soldier (almost killed by comrades) continues telling his story how his Lt. & he shielded & tried to save lives of #Ukrainian civilians in #Kharkiv despite the deputy commander of their regiment Lt.Col. ordered to kill civilians together with Lt. and him. [Thread]
[2-2] Rus. soldier: “Then your guys arrived & began firing at us. When our guys were firing back, a Lt. Ivan Alexandrovich Levankov [a commander of other unit] and me began saving Ukrainian civilians who were under fire according to the Lt.Col. order”
[2-3] Rus. soldier: “We hid those civilians behind the concrete roadblocks. There were a mother, approx. 50 with her daughter, approx.. 22-25. Our Lt. ran to them, took them out of their car shouting “Get over there!” We all hid behind the blocks.”
Read 5 tweets
Victor Kovalenko Profile picture
Mar 7
In this SSU video, a #Russian soldier (almost killed by comrades) tells his story how his Lt. & he tried to save lives of #Ukrainian civilians in #Kharkiv despite the deputy commander of their regiment Lt.Col. ordered to kill them together with Lt. and him. [Video 1. Thread]
[2] Rus. soldier: “Our ‘Zampolit’ [dep. com-r of regiment] ordered to fire at those… to block the roads. – Wait! Where? – In #Kharkiv, the freeway around the city. – When? – On Feb 24. – What was your mission? – No mission. The ‘Zampolit’ of our regiment made up all our tasks.”
[3] Rus. soldier: “When we began to block the freeway [in Kharkiv on Feb 24], civilians started protesting saying they need to go home, to work, somewhere else. Soon, our regiment Lt.Col. ‘Zampolit’ got annoyed and ordered to open fire at civilians.”
Read 4 tweets
Victor Kovalenko Profile picture
Mar 7
Humor is a weapon. The #Ukrainian soldiers share anecdotes & funny sayings to keep up morale. For example, a Soviet propaganda saying "I'd learn Russian only bcs Lenin spoke it" had been transformed into "...because I need to interrogate Russian POWs." [Thread⬇️]
[2] "Look, Moscovites die here an hour earlier than they arrive. Arrived at noon, and killed at 11:40am. This is a direct time portal to hell".
[3] "If the Russians won't accomplish their goals while ground is frozen, that's it. The Ukrainian gardeners will absolutelly never allow them onto their vegetable fields."
Read 4 tweets
Victor Kovalenko Profile picture
Mar 6
In this March 5 video (shared by "Ukraine 24" TV), the #Russian Navy pilot Major Alexei Golovetskiy confesses how he flew on his SU-30sm on a bombardment mission over #Mykolaiv area but was shot down by the #Ukraine missiles. [Translation below⬇️]
[2] Rus. pilot: “Today, on March 5, I took off [from Saki airfield in Crimea] and received coordinates where to fly. After I verified the coordinates several times, I realized that they are behind the border on the territory of #Ukraine. I flew there and began guarding.”
[3] Rus. pilot: “I guarded the area [over Mykolaiv province in southern Ukraine] and conducted reconnaissance. We didn’t find generally anything. There were no targets, I mean no target marks left on the ground.”
Read 6 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Don't want to be a Premium member but still want to support us?

Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Or Donate anonymously using crypto!

Ethereum

0xfe58350B80634f60Fa6Dc149a72b4DFbc17D341E copy

Bitcoin

3ATGMxNzCUFzxpMCHL5sWSt4DVtS8UqXpi copy

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!

Like this author's thread?

Get emails when @MrKovalenko has new unrolls!

Check out other threads from @MrKovalenko!

Read all threads by @MrKovalenko

:(