Chechen units have arrived at the front in #Mariupol
#Russia is developing a special operation to disguise Belarusian soldiers in Russian uniforms and send them to #Ukraine - NSDC Secretary
Destroyed Ukrainian equipment in Varvaryvka, #Luhansk oblast
Russian naval forces have established a distant blockade of #Ukraine's Black Sea coast, effectively isolating Ukraine from international maritime trade - #UK Defense Intelligence
Russian naval forces are also continuing to conduct missile strikes against targets throughout #Ukraine - #UK Defense Intelligence
#Russia has already conducted one amphibious landing in the Sea of Azov and could look to conduct further such operations in the coming weeks - #UK Defense Intelligence
Residential building was hit by Russian strikes in #Kyiv's #Obolon overnight, luckily no casualties
Large Russian column in Melitopol yesterday
Aftermath of shelling in Snihurivka in the Mykolaiv oblast
Three civilians killed due to nighttime bombing of Okhtyrka in #Sumy region - mayor
UPDATE: New reports by rescuers say there sadly are casualties. At least 2 dead and 3 injured so far. Rescue works ongoing.
Kadyrov says there are 5000 fighters of the Chechen special forces near #Mariupol, calls on Ukrainian forces to lay down their arms by tonight
Russian strike in the area of the Antonov plant in #Kyiv
Russian troops and RT journalist at the Ukrainian naval base in Berdyansk. Russians say they seized multiple ships in good condition, ammunition and food.
Protests against Russian occupation in the #Kherson oblast. Russian soldiers firing warning shots.
Head of the #DPR claims they shot down this Ukrainian Tochka-U filled with cluster munition. The debris killed at least 20 people. In the answers on my tweets of course everyone knows a different truth. Fact is, many civilians are dead and injured.
Russian ships are approaching Russian occupied Berdyansk harbour
The Kremlin said on Monday that Russian forces could take full control of major Ukrainian cities and it had sufficient military clout to fulfil all of its aims in #Ukraine without any help from #China - Reuters
Pentagon:
- No indications #Russia sending in military reinforcements from elsewhere in Russia
- 100% of the forces it assembled prior to invading committed to the fight, under 90% left after losses
- no indications of #Belarus sending in forces to join the fight
via @DanLamothe
Russian Foreign Ministry says “The missile attack on #Donetsk should not go unpunished"
A British journalist has reportedly been injured in #Ukraine today and is now in intensive care
#China appears open to giving #Russia military support, #US tells allies
The Daily Mirror reports that three British ex-special forces troops are feared to have been killed in the deadly Russian airstrike on a base close to the Polish border yesterday mirror.co.uk/news/world-new…
Russian military equipment was destroyed in a forest near #Kyiv
Up to 60 people in a school in Bilohorivka, #Luhansk Oblast, were killed in a Russian strike. 90 people were hiding in the basement, 30 could be rescued, the rest is still under the rubble.
Aftermath of Russian shelling of #Kramatorsk yesterday
Belarusian army deployed from garrison to the field for exercises. Although this is in line with seasonal exercises this time of the year, #Russia likely seeks to keep up the threat posed to #Ukraine by these exercises in order to fix Ukrainian forces in the north - @DefenceHQ
Ukrainian Operational Command South says Ukrainian military hit two Russian military positions on the Russian occupied Snake Island with a Bayraktar-2 drone
Aftermath of yesterdays Russian strike on a bus stop near the coke and chemical plant in #Avdiivka which killed at least 10 workers
Two Russian Raptor patrol boats were hit by Ukrainian TB-2 drones in the Black Sea yesterday morning, Ukrainian MoD says
Deleted tweet on #US delivery of >additional< 5000 Javelin anti-tank missiles to #Ukraine. The statement was incorrect. The Pentagon said that #Ukraine has >so far< received 5000 Javelin anti-tank missiles from the US.
#US and other western officials believe Putin may officially declare war on #Ukraine on May 9 and start general mobilization - CNN
#Russia’s military is now significantly weaker, both materially & conceptually, as a result of its invasion of #Ukraine. Recovery from this will be exacerbated by sanctions. This will have a lasting impact on Russia’s ability to deploy conventional military force - via @DefenceHQ