We've already reached Day 34 of #Russia's illegal war in #Ukraine.
It's the day when peace talks resume, but I'm guessing the attendees will be careful about cups of tea, chocolates or shaking hands after the nerve agent stories yesterday.
All war updates here⬇️ in real time:
It's the day when peace talks resume, but I'm guessing the attendees will be careful about cups of tea, chocolates or shaking hands after the nerve agent stories yesterday.
All war updates here⬇️ in real time:
Front lines haven't moved much for a week.
Russia's almost taken #Mariupol (see end of yday's thread).
But a little west #Ukraine troops advance towards trying to reclaim occupied #Kherson.
This post says Russians seem to be leaving the city all morning
Russia's almost taken #Mariupol (see end of yday's thread).
But a little west #Ukraine troops advance towards trying to reclaim occupied #Kherson.
This post says Russians seem to be leaving the city all morning
https://twitter.com/hochu_dodomu/status/1508677066950123530
The big news overnight was the direct hit of the administration building in #Mykolaiv.
Enigmatic leader Vitakiy Kim is safe but jokes he lost his cigarettes!
#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia
Enigmatic leader Vitakiy Kim is safe but jokes he lost his cigarettes!
#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia
9 people have been rescued from the rubble in #Mykolaiv⬆️
No reports of deaths.
Remarkably the missile which destroyed the local govt building was captured on CCTV.
#StopPutinNOW #StandWithUkraine
No reports of deaths.
Remarkably the missile which destroyed the local govt building was captured on CCTV.
#StopPutinNOW #StandWithUkraine
Not sure what Russia is doing here.
This gear is heading north, deeper into #Belarus.
So it could be the invaders removing equipment from the battlefield in north-west Kyiv, and redeploying in #Chernihiv or moving right around to #Donbas area.
This gear is heading north, deeper into #Belarus.
So it could be the invaders removing equipment from the battlefield in north-west Kyiv, and redeploying in #Chernihiv or moving right around to #Donbas area.
https://twitter.com/MotolkoHelp/status/1508696852849639430
#Mykolaiv governor Vitaky Kim says he avoided the blast on his headquarters because he overslept😉
They're still searching for 11 people
Kim, puts a positive spin on the missile attack, claiming it probably shows Russia's given up trying to take the city
t.me/mykolaivskaODA…
They're still searching for 11 people
Kim, puts a positive spin on the missile attack, claiming it probably shows Russia's given up trying to take the city
t.me/mykolaivskaODA…
Surely no one expects Swiss bankers to be hiding anything? 😜😉
#StandWithUkraine
#StandWithUkraine
https://twitter.com/maria_shagina/status/1508709983168483333
While we "doom scroll" through the news and threads, it's vital to remember the human impact, the real testimony from those forced to live through this Kremlin monster's barbaric actions.
#SaveUkraine
#SaveUkraine
https://twitter.com/TetySt/status/1508706337223553024?t=effFeh7gwZSPYcQhKceNcg&s=19
#Ukraine claims it has shot down 2 more cruise missiles, which were heading for #Lviv.
They were intercepted 30km away from the city. Defence chiefs says they were fired from Belarus.
They were intercepted 30km away from the city. Defence chiefs says they were fired from Belarus.
#Dnipropetrovsk oblast has received multiple hits this morning - the region has largely been spared
#Nikopol - missile struck, but no deaths
#Novomoskovsky district, a rocket hit a farm. Equipment damaged, one injury.
#Pavlograd - a viaduct has ben hit, obviously road closed.
#Nikopol - missile struck, but no deaths
#Novomoskovsky district, a rocket hit a farm. Equipment damaged, one injury.
#Pavlograd - a viaduct has ben hit, obviously road closed.
More on #Russia's losses now or "Cargo 200" as they call them.
Still Kremlin going to great lengths to hide the numbers. Interesting thread here:
#StopPutinNOW #SaveUkraine
Still Kremlin going to great lengths to hide the numbers. Interesting thread here:
#StopPutinNOW #SaveUkraine
https://twitter.com/oivshina/status/1508493850377170957
With #Ukraine's Resistance in #Mariupol' in retreat there's less fighting and more people are emerging from shelters. But look at what's left (or rather isn't)
People here just happy they're alive and have some food
credit: TG UkrainaOnlline
People here just happy they're alive and have some food
credit: TG UkrainaOnlline
One person is now confirmed dead after the Russian strike of #Mykolaiv government building this morning.
Rescue work continues.
Look closely and you can see the missile just before it smashes into the building (moving from centre left to bottom right)
#SaveUkraine
Rescue work continues.
Look closely and you can see the missile just before it smashes into the building (moving from centre left to bottom right)
#SaveUkraine
Following my tweet earlier showing Russian equipment heading further into Belarus, the Armed Forces of #Ukraine say "they've noted the withdrawal of certain units from #Kyiv + #Chernihiv. They have a problem rotating the existing group"
However the blockade of Chernihiv continues
However the blockade of Chernihiv continues
A Brazilian journalist has left #Ukraine saying new laws enacted by @ZelenskyyUa have made it impossible to continue.
André Liohn also told of illegal beatings and detentions of reporters and photographers.
noticias.uol.com.br/internacional/…
André Liohn also told of illegal beatings and detentions of reporters and photographers.
noticias.uol.com.br/internacional/…
More inflammatory words from the "leader" of #Chechnya Kadyrov.
"It is necessary to destroy Bandera. I believe these negotiations are of no use. We need to completely finish what we started: to destroy Bandera, Nazis. Only then should we decide what to do next.”
"It is necessary to destroy Bandera. I believe these negotiations are of no use. We need to completely finish what we started: to destroy Bandera, Nazis. Only then should we decide what to do next.”
Putin will give Russian passports to ANYONE who speaks Russian it seems.
A bill has been submitted to parliament; Also anyone whose ancestors lived in Russia will be willingly accepted.
Obviously they try to make this seem about #Ukraine but it's a direct threat to #Belarus too
A bill has been submitted to parliament; Also anyone whose ancestors lived in Russia will be willingly accepted.
Obviously they try to make this seem about #Ukraine but it's a direct threat to #Belarus too
2/
It's likely the little man in the Kremlin is also threatening #Estonia and the other Baltic nations with the "passport war". #Moldova too with Transnistria in the firing line.
We know the next step (as in Georgia, Ukraine) of needing to protect RU citizens (with bombs)
It's likely the little man in the Kremlin is also threatening #Estonia and the other Baltic nations with the "passport war". #Moldova too with Transnistria in the firing line.
We know the next step (as in Georgia, Ukraine) of needing to protect RU citizens (with bombs)
The death toll in the missile attack on #Mykolaiv has risen to seven.
22 others are injured according to emergency services which released these photos from the scene, the Regional State Administration
#SaveUkraine #StopRussia
22 others are injured according to emergency services which released these photos from the scene, the Regional State Administration
#SaveUkraine #StopRussia
⚡️Peace talks in Istanbul already ended
We will never know how many people #Russia killed in the #Mariupol' theatre.
Occupying troops have reached and "cleaned" the scene before state approved media were allowed to film inside the ruined building.
Up to 1000 were believed entombed in the missile strike.
Occupying troops have reached and "cleaned" the scene before state approved media were allowed to film inside the ruined building.
Up to 1000 were believed entombed in the missile strike.
Peace Talks:
#Ukraine adviser @Podolyak_M appeals to friendly countries to become guarantors for any peace deal.
"we have the problem of Crimea which is why we need this security."
#Ukraine adviser @Podolyak_M appeals to friendly countries to become guarantors for any peace deal.
"we have the problem of Crimea which is why we need this security."
Peace Talks - #Ukraine side
"Our guarantee must be the same as NATO article 5 - any guarantor nation must help us immediately. They must give us what we need to restore security.
This is the most important demand."
"Our guarantee must be the same as NATO article 5 - any guarantor nation must help us immediately. They must give us what we need to restore security.
This is the most important demand."
Peace Talks
Podoloyak (Ukr)
"First there will be a referendum, then ratification of guarantor countries, then our Parliament will pass resolution."
"We want to make a deal that neither side will use war to solve the Crimea issue."
Podoloyak (Ukr)
"First there will be a referendum, then ratification of guarantor countries, then our Parliament will pass resolution."
"We want to make a deal that neither side will use war to solve the Crimea issue."
Peace Talks
"It is very important for us that Russia accepts the articles of the Geneva convention.
No guarantor will back this deal if they do not."
"First 3.5m people must return to Ukraine before we can take this vote (referendum)
"We will continue negotiations with Russia"
"It is very important for us that Russia accepts the articles of the Geneva convention.
No guarantor will back this deal if they do not."
"First 3.5m people must return to Ukraine before we can take this vote (referendum)
"We will continue negotiations with Russia"
Peace Talks
Ukraine:
"We already started negotiating with guarantor countries."
Ukraine:
"We already started negotiating with guarantor countries."
Peace Talks
Ukraine:
"In the occupied territories (Donbas), Ukrainian law must be upheld."
Ukraine:
"In the occupied territories (Donbas), Ukrainian law must be upheld."
Peace Talks
Russian side now speaking.
"First Foreign Ministers must agree and can meet and then after that maybe the Presidents can meet."
But after today we agreed and offered solutions. Maybe FMs can agree meeting quickly and peace is possible."
Russian side now speaking.
"First Foreign Ministers must agree and can meet and then after that maybe the Presidents can meet."
But after today we agreed and offered solutions. Maybe FMs can agree meeting quickly and peace is possible."
Both sides have said the Peace Talks in Istanbul were "constructive"
But Russia seems unlikely to accept proposal to "negotiate" about Crimea.
But Russia seems unlikely to accept proposal to "negotiate" about Crimea.
Peace Talks:
Press briefings now over.
Summary:
Ukraine says it's ready to put a deal to the people, but first there has to be a ceasefire.
The guarantee of peace needs to be legally enforceable - "we do not want a repeat of the Budapest memorandum"
FMs hope to meet soon.
Press briefings now over.
Summary:
Ukraine says it's ready to put a deal to the people, but first there has to be a ceasefire.
The guarantee of peace needs to be legally enforceable - "we do not want a repeat of the Budapest memorandum"
FMs hope to meet soon.
Peace Talks
Russia said it has "decided to reduce military activities around #Chernihiv and #Kyiv"
Also demands Ukraine sticks to Geneva convention re POWs (after video of Ukr soldiers allegedly abusing Russian prisoners)
Russia said it has "decided to reduce military activities around #Chernihiv and #Kyiv"
Also demands Ukraine sticks to Geneva convention re POWs (after video of Ukr soldiers allegedly abusing Russian prisoners)
Details of what Ukraine expects a Guarantor deal to look like:
In case of aggression against Ukraine there will be 3 days to find a solution through diplomacy, after which the guarantor countries MUST supply military help and enforce a No Fly Zone over Ukraine.
In case of aggression against Ukraine there will be 3 days to find a solution through diplomacy, after which the guarantor countries MUST supply military help and enforce a No Fly Zone over Ukraine.
Yet another🇺🇦 journalist has been abducted by Russia.
Irina Dubchenko was detained on Saturday in Rozivka, #Zaporizhia Oblast and taken to Donetsk "in connection with the hiding and support of a Ukrainian serviceman."
All these kidnappings are illegal.
facebook.com/sergiy.tomilen…
Irina Dubchenko was detained on Saturday in Rozivka, #Zaporizhia Oblast and taken to Donetsk "in connection with the hiding and support of a Ukrainian serviceman."
All these kidnappings are illegal.
facebook.com/sergiy.tomilen…
Just 3 days ago I wrote about one of Boris Nemtsov's alleged murderers arriving in #Ukraine to fight in #PutinsWar in Mariupol'.
Now Ruslan Geremeev lies badly injured in hospital, where Chechen madman Kadyrov turned up (safely away from the frontline)
Now Ruslan Geremeev lies badly injured in hospital, where Chechen madman Kadyrov turned up (safely away from the frontline)
https://twitter.com/TWMCLtd/status/1507984806877016068
With reference to the previous post, here is alleged Nemtsov killer, Ruslan Geremeev, in hospital.
#SaveUkraine #StandWithUkraine️
#SaveUkraine #StandWithUkraine️
Yet more kidnappings of Mayors reported in #Kherson region.
Oleksandr Babich, the Head of the village of Hola Prystan has been abducted.
Nearby, Oleksandr Shapovalov has gone missing from the village of Beryslav.
#StandWithUkraine️
Oleksandr Babich, the Head of the village of Hola Prystan has been abducted.
Nearby, Oleksandr Shapovalov has gone missing from the village of Beryslav.
#StandWithUkraine️
#Ukraine's Armed Forces chiefs confirm #Russia has withdrawn many troops and equipment from around #Kyiv. The invading army is still shelling and firing in almost all villages along the frontline, but no forward movement. It does appear they've retreated defensive trenches.
Eyewitness near #Chernihiv says Russia today resumed firing Multi-Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS) on the besieged city "for the first time in weeks"
That's despite #Russia's pledge to "scale back" in the northern city.
That's despite #Russia's pledge to "scale back" in the northern city.
Virtually all webcams in #Ukraine have been switched off, with some operators receiving a visit from the police. It follow the enactment of the new law.
The only ones surviving now are showing generic skylines or building sites with no traffic/roads visible.
Understandable.
The only ones surviving now are showing generic skylines or building sites with no traffic/roads visible.
Understandable.
#Mariupol' - no way of verifying, but reports of another 70 people forcibly abducted from a hospital.
Both medical staff + patients were ordered out of Maternity hospital No. 2 in the ruined port-city.
It's claimed >20,000 residents have been taken to Russia against their will.
Both medical staff + patients were ordered out of Maternity hospital No. 2 in the ruined port-city.
It's claimed >20,000 residents have been taken to Russia against their will.
#Chernihiv - another explosion heard this afternoon and captured live on CNN.
Interviewee, the city's Mayor Vladyslav Atroshchenko didn't even flinch!
#SaveUkraine #StopRussia
Interviewee, the city's Mayor Vladyslav Atroshchenko didn't even flinch!
#SaveUkraine #StopRussia
#Russia has now lost 600 tanks in #PutinsWar.
The official total calculated by Ukraine was 597 this morning but I've seen 3 more destroyed today already.
The official total calculated by Ukraine was 597 this morning but I've seen 3 more destroyed today already.
1/2
This appears to be as brazen as it is outrageous.
A Russian channel shows the occupiers of #Melitopol distributing humanitarian aid.
However, MelitopolNews Telegram channel analysed the report and says it's actually from a convoy of #Ukraine's aid impounded a few days ago.
This appears to be as brazen as it is outrageous.
A Russian channel shows the occupiers of #Melitopol distributing humanitarian aid.
However, MelitopolNews Telegram channel analysed the report and says it's actually from a convoy of #Ukraine's aid impounded a few days ago.
2/2
Journalists from #Melitopol have frozen the original Russian broadcast to show firstly the aid is unloaded in the same fire station where real Mayor Fedorov's humanitarian aid arrived.
Also all the aid is from Western Europe, nothing from sanctioned Russia!
#SaveUkraine
Journalists from #Melitopol have frozen the original Russian broadcast to show firstly the aid is unloaded in the same fire station where real Mayor Fedorov's humanitarian aid arrived.
Also all the aid is from Western Europe, nothing from sanctioned Russia!
#SaveUkraine
Here's one of the Russian tanks claimed by #Ukraine today. This the result of a fleeing crew near #Kyiv.
Just awaiting a friendly tractor to take it away!
#StopRussia #StandWithUkraine️
Just awaiting a friendly tractor to take it away!
#StopRussia #StandWithUkraine️
A Russian shell has hit a factory in #Brovary, causing a large fire which could be seen for miles around.
However emergency services say they've just extinguished the blaze two hours after the strike.
#SaveUkraine #StopPutin
However emergency services say they've just extinguished the blaze two hours after the strike.
#SaveUkraine #StopPutin
#Azov battalion has put out a statement that they're still fighting to defend #Mariupol' and refused to leave the city.
They also claim to have taken out 3 more Russian tanks (no proof), one of which was destroyed by Molotov cocktails*.
*Note: it's difficult, but not impossible
They also claim to have taken out 3 more Russian tanks (no proof), one of which was destroyed by Molotov cocktails*.
*Note: it's difficult, but not impossible
43 more suspected Russian spies have been sent home by various EU countries.
Netherlands expelled 17 staff from its Russian embassy, Belgium 21, Ireland four and Czechia one.
Netherlands expelled 17 staff from its Russian embassy, Belgium 21, Ireland four and Czechia one.
air raid warnings over most of #Ukraine right now, including Lviv, Odesa, Kyiv, Kharkiv, Zaporizhia
The first of the evening bombardment appears to have come in #Kharkiv.
This is taken from outside the city, looking towards the centre.
#SaveUkraine
This is taken from outside the city, looking towards the centre.
#SaveUkraine
The war rages on in #Ukraine, yet remarkably life outside the shelters is springing up in the capital city.
Small signs of some sort of normality returning. There is a video from Dom TV at this link, English speakers won't understand but can see the pics
t.me/c/1271894632/1…
Small signs of some sort of normality returning. There is a video from Dom TV at this link, English speakers won't understand but can see the pics
t.me/c/1271894632/1…
I'm sad to report the death toll in #Mykolaiv is now 12 after a day of removing the rubble from the destroyed regional government HQ
https://twitter.com/TWMCLtd/status/1508764904383201281
#Ukraine and #Russia in one picture
A children's play area in #Chernihiv
(Credit unknown. I have seen a few reposting this, sadly I don't know who the original photo belongs to)
A children's play area in #Chernihiv
(Credit unknown. I have seen a few reposting this, sadly I don't know who the original photo belongs to)
4 Russian servicemen have reportedly been injured in the strike in #Belgorod (see last Tweet)
Explosions in #Kyiv
1/2 #Ukraine is reportedly considering a law to ban the Russian Orthodox Church.
The Russian Patriarch is strongly linked with the FSB and govt. For instance never criticising Putin and other unChristian acts such as blessing missiles knowingly on their way to kill Ukrainians.
The Russian Patriarch is strongly linked with the FSB and govt. For instance never criticising Putin and other unChristian acts such as blessing missiles knowingly on their way to kill Ukrainians.
2/2
It follows an incident in #Cherkasy yesterday when a Russian minister apparently refused requests to pray for a dead Ukrainian soldier. Later the civil army burst in to the church, arresting the minister in front of his flock.
However, banning the church is controversial.
It follows an incident in #Cherkasy yesterday when a Russian minister apparently refused requests to pray for a dead Ukrainian soldier. Later the civil army burst in to the church, arresting the minister in front of his flock.
However, banning the church is controversial.
Many missiles have been intercepted according to the armed forces of #Ukraine. Mostly launched from #Belarus.
Explosions also heard in #Khmelnytsky in central-west #Ukraine.
This was an earlier strike in #Kharkiv (excuse the Russian swearing on the video!). It's now been widely circulated on social media.
#SaveUkraine
#SaveUkraine
Belarusian independent (anti-Lukashenka) agency traced the launch site of the missiles sent to kill in Ukraine.
https://twitter.com/MotolkoHelp/status/1508914907529551872
two sources confirm two missile strikes in #Khmelnytsky tonight.
Initially looks like a hit on another oil depot.
#SaveUkraine
Initially looks like a hit on another oil depot.
#SaveUkraine
After this morning's deadly strike on #Mykolaiv local government building, the popular leader of the region, Vitaliy Kim went to see the damage inside the building.
#SaveUkraine #StandWithUkraine #StopRussia
#SaveUkraine #StandWithUkraine #StopRussia
Volunteers rescuing people from shelters in #Mariupol' were hit by a Russian missile strike as they tried to help women and kids evacuate the city.
One guy kept filming through it all.
Dramatic video - Warning graphic footage.
One guy kept filming through it all.
Dramatic video - Warning graphic footage.
With regards to the potential banning of the Russian Orthodox Church, following the arrest of a Russian minister inside a church yesterday, another claim:
https://twitter.com/arnewb/status/1508917301063602185
Looks like a bad few days for soldiers from #Bryansk in #Russia
2 captains and a major among the 21 dead, and they're only the ones reported, the on
vk.com/club201190697?…
2 captains and a major among the 21 dead, and they're only the ones reported, the on
vk.com/club201190697?…
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