BREAKING - The #Ukraine state enterprise EnergoAtom reports that the #Russian Army units that captured the defunct #Chernobyl nuclear power plant are leaving the plant in two convoys of about 100 vehicles to #Belarus. [Thread⬇️]
[2] On the morning of March 31, the #Russian Army commanders expressed to the #Ukrainian personnel at the #Chernobyl nuclear power plant their intentions to leave the station for Belarus. Sources: #Ukraine state enterprise EnergoAtom + State Committee of Special Communications.
[3] Yesterday's information had been confirmed by EnergoAtom that the Russian soldiers indeed dug the trenches in the highly radioactive Red Forest. After the first symptoms of Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS) Russian soldiers began panicking, revolting, and demanding retreat.
[4] The #Ukraine's State Committee of Special Communications also reports that the #Russian Army units that previously encircled the city of #Slavutych (across the river from #Chernobyl#nuclear power plant) are also retreating to #Belarus from the radioactively contaminated area
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"The Russian Army lost 40% of its troops. Any military in the world can't allow itself to lose that much of entire armed forces during one military operation," said a #Ukraine President's aide A.Arestovych for #BBC Ukraine. Thread⬇️ Link: bbc.com/ukrainian/feat…
[2] "The #Ukraine military killed 6 top Russian officers at #Mariupol. They fight very professionally & can defend the city for months. Due to similar calibers, they can get more arms & ammo from the Russians they eliminate," said A. Arestovych for BBC Ukraine.
[3] "It won't last for months. Russia won't hold this territory for months. I think that at the end of April - beginning of May everything will gradually end," said A. Arestovych for BBC Ukraine.
Calming pills from the #Ukraine President @ZelenskyyUa aide A. Arestovych: In a week or two, the Russian Army will withdraw from the capital #Kyiv province and will focus on the defense of the eastern occupied in 2014 area of #Donbas. [Thread⬇️]
[2] Calming pills from the Ukrainian presidential aide A. Arestovych: The Russian command realized that they can't capture large Ukraine cities, so they declared the end of the 1st phase and a start of the 2nd - "liberation" of Donbas.
[3] Calming pills from the Ukrainian presidential aide A. Arestovych: The Russian Army will focus on 3 tasks: to encircle our troops in Donbas, to occupy Mariupol city, and to hold the ground on the south. If they lose #Kherson city, their entire #Mariupol operation will fail.
BREAKING - Today the #Ukraine Army destroyed the large #Russian landing military ship "Orsk" in Azov Sea while it was docked and unloading in the occupied #Ukrainian city of #Berdiansk, Zaporizhzhya province. The ammo on the ship exploded. Two more ships were damaged but escaped.
[2] The Russian landing ship "#Orsk" destroyed today by Ukrainian Army could carry up to 20 tanks, 45 APCs and 400 Marines. It was annihilated immediately after the Russian TV broadcasted a propaganda report from the occupied port of #Berdiansk.
[3] One more video of exploding #Russian landing ship "#Orsk" which was hit today by the #Ukrainian Armed Forces in the port of the temporarily occupied #Berdiansk city.
The #Ukrainian Navy shared details of the operation which was aimed to destroy the modern #Russian patrol boat 'Ivan Bykov' in Black Sea two days ago. Burned out, it finally sank today. [Video + Thread⬇️] #Ukraine
[2] As the #Odesa-based newspaper Dumskaya reported, it was a specially designed secret operation of the Ukraine Navy. Two #Ukrainian speedboats provoked the Russian boat to follow them, so it sailed right into the prepared area of artillery fire and was successfully destroyed.
[3] The Dumskaya claims that this is for the first time in the world military history when the military vessel was destroyed by the land-based MLRS system. (To be verified by historians).
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.
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).