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Apr 12 • 18 tweets • 8 min read
Thread on #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine - April 12
🚩Yesterday the Azov battalion unit in Mariupol claimed three of its fighters were wounded following the use of chemical weapons dropped from a drone, leading to respiratory distress - No further evidence so far, all reports are tied to this statement.
The #Russian Ministry of Defense claims to have used the #Kinzhal supersonic missile against a Ukrainian HQ in Chasov Yar in the Donetsk region yesterday
Ukrainian authorities continue to gather evidence of attacks against civilians. These pictures show a destroyed civilian car hit by heavy gunfire (possibly from a infantry fighting vehicle).

A family including two children was found inside. The driver survived but was injured.
(This is from the #Kyiv region)
Fighter of the 36th Separate Marine Brigade of the Ukrainian military (the same unit that released a "farewell" message some say was fake) says they won't surrender, and have not abandonned their positions in #Mariupol
From the same incident...
Damage to train tracks/bridge near Shebekino in #Russia's Belgorod Oblast.
Some people are asking the source of the video (which is always a good question). It comes from Ukrainian journalist, Natasya Nagorna. There is another video from the same unit in the same post.
facebook.com/natasya.nagorn…
BTW this does suggest that the "farewell" message
published on their facebook page yesterday was not a hack (for those reading @LeBeckInt Ukraine updates we did assess it was authentic).
These fighters fought for weeks without being resupplied. I think they gave the Ukrainian army a lot of breathing room by pinning down Russian units in Mariupol. Other units are still resisting, but the marines found themselves surrounded. This was inevitable in my opinion...
Chernihiv
The village of Novoyakovlivka in the Zaporizhya region was shelled with white phosphorus according to local authorities
komish-gromada.gov.ua/%D0%BE%D0%B1%D…
(I don't know enough about these kinds of shells to identify but if you do, feel free to respond to the tweet)
Looks like it could be incendiary submunitions/thermite (thank you @wammezz for pointing this out)
Borodyanka near #Kyiv
A report claims the 36th Marine Brigade soldiers that were surounded in Mariupol managed to link up with other units of the Azov Battalion - would consider this unconfirmed for now
pravda.com.ua/news/2022/04/1…

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I kind of disagree with this view, which several people appear to be taking.

The Russian army is disorganized and did clearly break up into looting parties, but at least some of the executions were very much organized and part of the "plan".
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