Here's the daily thread for Day 41 of #Russia's full scale war, massacres, rapes + myriad other crimes and war crimes against #Ukraine
Ukraine, a nation which has never been at war in its short recent history until Russia's illegal invasions in 2014 and February 2022
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Ukraine, a nation which has never been at war in its short recent history until Russia's illegal invasions in 2014 and February 2022
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Another night of heavy bombardment is ongoing.
Many cities hearing explosions - but most chat on social networks say the sounds seem like Russian missiles being hit by air defences. It's amazing how soon these guys become weapons audio experts.
This is #Kharkiv, no details yet
Many cities hearing explosions - but most chat on social networks say the sounds seem like Russian missiles being hit by air defences. It's amazing how soon these guys become weapons audio experts.
This is #Kharkiv, no details yet
Many countries stepping up sanctions after the gruesome discoveries in #Bucha.
A host of European countries expelled Russian diplomats with more actions to come.
Meanwhile #Australia has banned exports to Russia of jewelry, wine, vehicles, leather, fur goods + any luxury items.
A host of European countries expelled Russian diplomats with more actions to come.
Meanwhile #Australia has banned exports to Russia of jewelry, wine, vehicles, leather, fur goods + any luxury items.
Over 18,000 Russian troops have died in the war according to #Ukraine. The total is likely to be updated to 18,500 later this morning.
Meanwhile Ukr confirms it has over 600 Russian Prisoners of War detained as of now.
Meanwhile Ukr confirms it has over 600 Russian Prisoners of War detained as of now.
#Russia's also still losing plenty of equipment while #Ukraine's farmers benefit!
This looks in decent condition and likely to be recycled if possible for future use against its original owners.
This looks in decent condition and likely to be recycled if possible for future use against its original owners.
#Ukraine's 93rd Kholodny Yar brigade has been quietly liberating a number of villages in the southern part of #Kharkiv oblast. a week ago they won the battle for #Trostyanets.
Here are some more trophies in another village now free of Russians
Here are some more trophies in another village now free of Russians
I am expecting more horrors of war to be revealed today in other towns outside of #Kyiv.
#Ukraine's continued the curfew with mines and booby traps left by Russians when they retreated.
Here's a road many foreign reporters may be going on today...
#Ukraine's continued the curfew with mines and booby traps left by Russians when they retreated.
Here's a road many foreign reporters may be going on today...
https://twitter.com/TWMCLtd/status/1511094993016000512
"It's not a hostage situation" says a Red Cross spokesman about a scene that's looking very similar to a hostage situation.
The @ICRC convoy to #Mariupol was stopped, the crew detained, 12 miles west of the besieged southern city.
reuters.com/world/europe/r…
The @ICRC convoy to #Mariupol was stopped, the crew detained, 12 miles west of the besieged southern city.
reuters.com/world/europe/r…
Three more #Ukraine citizens found tortured and murdered.
That's according to Governor of #Sumy state Dmytro Zhyvytskyi.
Ukrainian army found the bodies after Russian troops left the town of #Konotop on Sunday.
That's according to Governor of #Sumy state Dmytro Zhyvytskyi.
Ukrainian army found the bodies after Russian troops left the town of #Konotop on Sunday.
A 69 year old journalist has been abducted by Russian forces in #Kherson Oblast.
Previously a journalist there was beaten when snatched.
There are currently three Ukrainian reporters thought to have been "arrested" by the illegal occupiers.
khpg.org/en/1608810349
Previously a journalist there was beaten when snatched.
There are currently three Ukrainian reporters thought to have been "arrested" by the illegal occupiers.
khpg.org/en/1608810349
More awful witness testimony from #Kherson where a man has been abducted and likely in occupied Crimea now after severe beatings.
His wife tells the story here (in Ukrainian)
most.ks.ua/news/url/jogo_…
His wife tells the story here (in Ukrainian)
most.ks.ua/news/url/jogo_…
Another alleged war crime from yesterday.
#Ukraine's top rock star, who's travelling the country to lift spirits, revealed this attack on a bus full of evacuees in east Ukraine
#Ukraine's top rock star, who's travelling the country to lift spirits, revealed this attack on a bus full of evacuees in east Ukraine
https://twitter.com/s_vakarchuk/status/1511007127606812675?t=5p3RnlDGryyd5gXZtq5ZKw&s=19
Another drive around another #Kyiv satellite town which saw intense fighting early in the war.
The extent of any war crimes here not yet known - I've not heard any stories from here, but realistically unlikely to have escaped if other places suffered
The extent of any war crimes here not yet known - I've not heard any stories from here, but realistically unlikely to have escaped if other places suffered
https://twitter.com/ukrpravda_news/status/1511238742740246532
The morning intel update from UK points out many fleeing Russian divisions won't be able to redeploy immediately
#StandWithUkraine️
#StandWithUkraine️
#Russia's troops seem to have moved forward a little in #Donetsk oblast
#Ukraine's General Staff admit the loss of a couple of villages in a 7km advance by the occupiers.
I am also hearing in #Kherson region that the Ukraine advance has been halted and even pushed back a little
#Ukraine's General Staff admit the loss of a couple of villages in a 7km advance by the occupiers.
I am also hearing in #Kherson region that the Ukraine advance has been halted and even pushed back a little
#Ukraine's intelligence has accused #Georgia of effectively colluding with #Russia.
Ukraine reckons Russians are bypassing sanctions by establishing "smuggling routes" from Asia and Georgia's political leaders have told border guards to turn a blind eye
pravda.com.ua/news/2022/04/5…
Ukraine reckons Russians are bypassing sanctions by establishing "smuggling routes" from Asia and Georgia's political leaders have told border guards to turn a blind eye
pravda.com.ua/news/2022/04/5…
Reporting on overnight attacks, 3 cruise missiles were reportedly shot down over #Rivne region, while another missile was apparently damaged and failed to hit its target, which Ukraine suspects was critical infrastructure.
Earlier 2 more missiles brought down in Dnipro region
Earlier 2 more missiles brought down in Dnipro region
Allegations today of "another Bucha" in the south of #Ukraine.
This post says the sickening scenes in #Bucha near Kyiv (torture, executions) have been repeated in the village of Chervonyi Mayak a coastal village north of #Kakhovka in #Kherson region.
This post says the sickening scenes in #Bucha near Kyiv (torture, executions) have been repeated in the village of Chervonyi Mayak a coastal village north of #Kakhovka in #Kherson region.
https://twitter.com/bamr69/status/1511256643622821889
#Russia's schoolkids are subject to even more propaganda and brainwashing.
Schools are told to "teach" children about anti-Russian sanctions. "At the beginning of the lesson the teacher should quote Putin, that Russia is under pressure from outside"
kommersant.ru/doc/5293728
Schools are told to "teach" children about anti-Russian sanctions. "At the beginning of the lesson the teacher should quote Putin, that Russia is under pressure from outside"
kommersant.ru/doc/5293728
#Russia claims its Black Sea warships hit a training centre in #Ochakiv on the southern tip of the mainland, close to Crimea. They claim the centre was used to train foreign recruits.
Russia also says it hit fuel dumps in #Zaporizhzhia #Kremenets' #Cherkasy and #Novomoskovsk
Russia also says it hit fuel dumps in #Zaporizhzhia #Kremenets' #Cherkasy and #Novomoskovsk
After yesterday's expulsions of Russian staff at embassies in Europe, #Denmark today gives notice to 15 more and #Italy is chucking out 30.
Does anyone need an embassy for a terrorist state?
Does anyone need an embassy for a terrorist state?
The Baltic countries are considering a complete closure of the border with #Russia.
An overnight Russian missile strike has destroyed a school in #Kramatorsk. No news on casualties, but none immediately evident.
#SaveUkraine #StopRussia
#SaveUkraine #StopRussia
Residents in #Luhansk town of #Rubizhne are told to stay inside and close doors and windows.
Russian shelling has hit a tank containing nitric acid according the state governor Serhiy Haidai, who advised civilians to prepare wet face masks in case needed.
#SaveUkraine
Russian shelling has hit a tank containing nitric acid according the state governor Serhiy Haidai, who advised civilians to prepare wet face masks in case needed.
#SaveUkraine
The @UN Security Council meeting is under way in New York.
#Ukraine's President @ZelenskyyUa is expected to speak soon, his first speech to the United Nations since #Russia launched its illegal war of choice on its neighbour.
#StandWithUkraine
#Ukraine's President @ZelenskyyUa is expected to speak soon, his first speech to the United Nations since #Russia launched its illegal war of choice on its neighbour.
#StandWithUkraine
The Red Cross says its team trying to reach #Mariupol has been released after being "detained" by #Russia's army last night.
Still no word on whether they will be able to get to the city itself and take evacuees away from the hell the city has become.
#StopRussia
Still no word on whether they will be able to get to the city itself and take evacuees away from the hell the city has become.
#StopRussia
The #EU has announced further sanctions on #Russia for crimes in #Ukraine
There are six points in the thread - but these are the main two. More sanctions are to come against individuals, while the EU is to consider specific proposals from its members
There are six points in the thread - but these are the main two. More sanctions are to come against individuals, while the EU is to consider specific proposals from its members
https://twitter.com/vonderleyen/status/1511322652446711810
Zelenskyy is addressing the United Nations now, immediately talking about the horrors of #Bucha
"They (Russia) called out to see who was in houses and killed entire families including children, and they tried to burn the bodies."
"They (Russia) called out to see who was in houses and killed entire families including children, and they tried to burn the bodies."
Zelenskyy to #UN:
"They raped women in front of their kids...
They threw them down wells, they cut out their tongues."
"They raped women in front of their kids...
They threw them down wells, they cut out their tongues."
Zelenskyy on Russia to #UN
"They support hatred at state level and hope to export it to other nations through their propaganda."
"So where is the security? Where is the peace? There is a Security Council, but no peace."
"They support hatred at state level and hope to export it to other nations through their propaganda."
"So where is the security? Where is the peace? There is a Security Council, but no peace."
"The world has yet to see what they have done in other regions of our country. Ladies and Gentlemen I would like to remind you of Article 1, Chapter 1. To achieve peace.
"The most terrible war crimes seen since end of WWII are happening.
Our city of Bucha is only one example."
"The most terrible war crimes seen since end of WWII are happening.
Our city of Bucha is only one example."
#Zelenskyy also references MH17 and Syrian war (Chemical weapons), to give examples of Russia denying the proven facts.
He tells the UN:
"It is 2022. We have conclusive evidence. We have satellite evidence. We give maximum cooperation with journalists and investigators."
He tells the UN:
"It is 2022. We have conclusive evidence. We have satellite evidence. We give maximum cooperation with journalists and investigators."
#Zelenskyy calls on UN to act:
"Show future war criminals what will happen. Punish the biggest war criminal.
"We are dealing with a state which has abducted 2,000 kids, a country which is killing, looting, destroying everything.
"The UN charter must be restored immediately."
"Show future war criminals what will happen. Punish the biggest war criminal.
"We are dealing with a state which has abducted 2,000 kids, a country which is killing, looting, destroying everything.
"The UN charter must be restored immediately."
Zelenskyy to #UN
"If tyranny had been stopped just once, this would not have happened to my people.
The people did not want to see Transnistria taken from Moldova, or Georgia or Crimea.
Those responsible must immediately be brought to justice for war crimes."
"If tyranny had been stopped just once, this would not have happened to my people.
The people did not want to see Transnistria taken from Moldova, or Georgia or Crimea.
Those responsible must immediately be brought to justice for war crimes."
#Zelenskyy tried to play a video for the meeting, but there's a technical problem in New York at the Security Council.
Britain is chairing the special meeting, and praises the extraordinary fortitude and bravery of the Ukrainian people during this war.
Britain is chairing the special meeting, and praises the extraordinary fortitude and bravery of the Ukrainian people during this war.
It's now confirmed the news I discovered last night that over 250 #Ukraine soldiers surrendered en masse, supposedly in #Mariupol
Now the only (pro-Russian) journalist embedded with the DNR/Russian armies has released video of the moment of the surrender
Now the only (pro-Russian) journalist embedded with the DNR/Russian armies has released video of the moment of the surrender
https://twitter.com/TWMCLtd/status/1511078553617580036
Russia is saying this is the first chemical weapons attack of the war!
They claim Ukraine caused the leak and did it deliberately because the wind was blowing towards the occupied territories.
They claim Ukraine caused the leak and did it deliberately because the wind was blowing towards the occupied territories.
https://twitter.com/TWMCLtd/status/1511268332296712196
Also,(as we saw in MH17) Russia's top "experts" are desperately trying to come up with excuses for the bodies in #Bucha being seen on satellite photos.
The best they came up with so far:
* Maxar lies about the dates/times of the photos
* Hoods on those shot should have come off
The best they came up with so far:
* Maxar lies about the dates/times of the photos
* Hoods on those shot should have come off
1/2
Something strange happening in #Belgorod in #Russia.
Firstly some locals noticed pigeons suddenly started dropping dead - maybe poisoned? Maybe something else?
Something strange happening in #Belgorod in #Russia.
Firstly some locals noticed pigeons suddenly started dropping dead - maybe poisoned? Maybe something else?
2/2
And then this is seen in #Belgorod with some saying it's another explosion and others a possible chemical leak. All speculation right now.
And then this is seen in #Belgorod with some saying it's another explosion and others a possible chemical leak. All speculation right now.
Now #Slovenia expels 33 Russian "diplomats"
⚡Breaking⚡
Russia is preparing to leave the only major city it controls
That's according to Ukraine's Presidential Adviser Oleksei Arestovich. He says the occupiers will soon leave #Kherson
It's a huge turnaround if true. Just last week they were talking of Kherson Republic
Russia is preparing to leave the only major city it controls
That's according to Ukraine's Presidential Adviser Oleksei Arestovich. He says the occupiers will soon leave #Kherson
It's a huge turnaround if true. Just last week they were talking of Kherson Republic
I hate saying "I told you so", but we'll, you know.
I agree with Kira. There were many of us. Politicians preferred to count cash and kick the "Putin can" down the road
I agree with Kira. There were many of us. Politicians preferred to count cash and kick the "Putin can" down the road
https://twitter.com/kiraincongress/status/1511390481690804226?t=fX1t_rcVHNeHqOUxCA910g&s=19
Mr Arestovich also declares #Mykolaiv region is completely free of Russian troops.
He said most of the fighting is now inside #Kherson Oblast (region/state). Only this morning I was reporting that Ukraine's troops were being held up in this area.
He said most of the fighting is now inside #Kherson Oblast (region/state). Only this morning I was reporting that Ukraine's troops were being held up in this area.
https://twitter.com/TWMCLtd/status/1511394393567244290
I tell you one thing - if #Kherson is liberated there may be a lot of reprisals.
There was a lot of hatred, mocking and taunting from pro Russians and the vast majority of patriotic locals have not forgotten the collaborators.
#StandWithUkraine
There was a lot of hatred, mocking and taunting from pro Russians and the vast majority of patriotic locals have not forgotten the collaborators.
#StandWithUkraine
The Ukraine Farmers' Union are just showing off now😅
credit: TG UkrainaOnlline
credit: TG UkrainaOnlline
Confirmation slowly coming that #Borodyanka will be the next town to gain infamy world wide.
I've been writing here about stories I was hearing. Today @ZelenskyyUa mentioned the place to the UN and now his adviser Oleksiy Arestovich says it's worse than #Bucha (translation)
I've been writing here about stories I was hearing. Today @ZelenskyyUa mentioned the place to the UN and now his adviser Oleksiy Arestovich says it's worse than #Bucha (translation)
Wow, the trolls are really out in force today.
Loads of nasty comments from the brave, paid, keyboard warriors.
But there's not even any originality. The Jewish President is a Nazi still apparently.
Loads of nasty comments from the brave, paid, keyboard warriors.
But there's not even any originality. The Jewish President is a Nazi still apparently.
https://twitter.com/HASHTAG2G1S/status/1511405300133380104
#Israel, with splinters in its collective bum from fence-sitting, finally comes down on the right side of history.
That's gotta hurt Putin, another potential ally gone.
That's gotta hurt Putin, another potential ally gone.
https://twitter.com/BarakRavid/status/1511359243051581450
The Ukrainian "surrender" of 250+ Marines in Mariupol' has been debunked here.
The debunk is quite convincing but not total. I want to believe it, but I'm not sure either way to be honest.
express.co.uk/news/world/159…
The debunk is quite convincing but not total. I want to believe it, but I'm not sure either way to be honest.
express.co.uk/news/world/159…
Not bad Russian at all here from the British PM
https://twitter.com/BorisJohnson/status/1511388515787055115
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