Day 52 since #Russia decided it would be fun to obliterate its neighbour. They're still trying.
No matter the human cost, Putin doesn't want peace; he never did.
#Ukraine army losses announced, another airport damaged overnight + top trolling from🇺🇦Defence, all in the daily🧵⬇️
No matter the human cost, Putin doesn't want peace; he never did.
#Ukraine army losses announced, another airport damaged overnight + top trolling from🇺🇦Defence, all in the daily🧵⬇️
I'll start with the news that President @ZelenskyyUa admitted #Ukraine's losses in the war for the first time.
He told CNN that 2,500-3,000 members of his armed forces had lost their lives and about 10,000 more injured.
Russia claimed 36,000 🇺🇦soldiers have been killed.
He told CNN that 2,500-3,000 members of his armed forces had lost their lives and about 10,000 more injured.
Russia claimed 36,000 🇺🇦soldiers have been killed.
Intriguing news from #Mariupol where some more #Ukraine fighters have managed to break through a Russian line to hook up with the bulk of the remaining Resistance in the Azovstal complex.
Russia says almost all were killed, but I think over 100 made it: awaiting confirmation.
Russia says almost all were killed, but I think over 100 made it: awaiting confirmation.
Meanwhile @ZelenskyyUa has not given up hope for #Mariupol'
#Ukraine's Commander-in-Chief says he cannot divulge details yet, but "we are doing everything we can to save Mariupol"
At the very least it gives hope to those battling against all odds (and logic!)
#SaveUkraine
#Ukraine's Commander-in-Chief says he cannot divulge details yet, but "we are doing everything we can to save Mariupol"
At the very least it gives hope to those battling against all odds (and logic!)
#SaveUkraine
#TopTrolling from #Ukraine's Defence forces.
The watery fate of the #Moskva just won't leave the headlines, no doubt much to Putin's fury.
It's beginning to look as though 400 crewmen may have died on #Russia's flagship vessel.
The watery fate of the #Moskva just won't leave the headlines, no doubt much to Putin's fury.
It's beginning to look as though 400 crewmen may have died on #Russia's flagship vessel.
https://twitter.com/DefenceU/status/1515021958274076675
More attacks on #Kyiv tonight, but so far air defence doing its job over #Ukraine's capital
Earlier there reports of a fire in the city, but seems as though that was "just" a house fire, possible a fragment of missile sparked it.
New video emerged of yesterday's attack on #Kyiv
Earlier there reports of a fire in the city, but seems as though that was "just" a house fire, possible a fragment of missile sparked it.
New video emerged of yesterday's attack on #Kyiv
Plenty of other #Ukraine cities suffered #Russia's bombing raids in the night.
In #Oleksandriya the airport was hit by a missile.
#Poltava heard loud explosions but so far local officials deny any rockets landed.
#Zaporizhzhia and #Dnipro also reporting attacks - awaiting news
In #Oleksandriya the airport was hit by a missile.
#Poltava heard loud explosions but so far local officials deny any rockets landed.
#Zaporizhzhia and #Dnipro also reporting attacks - awaiting news
Some new shocking photos from another of the ruined satellite towns near #Kyiv.
These from #Irpin where 70% of all buildings are damaged.
These from #Irpin where 70% of all buildings are damaged.
#Dnipro - some details just coming in...
Russian rockets caused explosions in the suburbs of the city itself. Power/lights are out in some parts of Dnipro.
Russian rockets caused explosions in the suburbs of the city itself. Power/lights are out in some parts of Dnipro.
In #Mariupol', the Ukrainian mayor alleges local men are being forced to clear rubble.
TG chanel ukraina24tv reports Petro Andryushchenko's comments that the locals are promised payment by the occupying armies of Russia + DNR (DPR), but the payment turns out to be food.
TG chanel ukraina24tv reports Petro Andryushchenko's comments that the locals are promised payment by the occupying armies of Russia + DNR (DPR), but the payment turns out to be food.
#Kyiv's Mayor confirms the capital was hit by a missile in the night.
@Vitaliy_Klychko says it happened in residential Darnytskyi district but has not yet given details on damage or casualties.
@Vitaliy_Klychko says it happened in residential Darnytskyi district but has not yet given details on damage or casualties.
Britain's SAS has resumed training #Ukraine's army in #Kyiv region.
@thetimes reports the training in operating equipment has occurred the last two weekends.
Ukraine media are also reporting the story now:
unian.net/society/ptrk-n…
@thetimes reports the training in operating equipment has occurred the last two weekends.
Ukraine media are also reporting the story now:
unian.net/society/ptrk-n…
The rocket which landed on #Dnipro appears to have only hit a poultry farm.
The buildings are completely destroyed. The news and photos came from Regional Head Valentyn Reznichenko - no people injured.
The buildings are completely destroyed. The news and photos came from Regional Head Valentyn Reznichenko - no people injured.
More infrastructure reportedly hit in #Mykolaiv.
The only photos so far come from locals who know not to identify the site until the government says so.
The only photos so far come from locals who know not to identify the site until the government says so.
Security cameras caught the moment a rocket landed in a residential street in #Kharkiv.
One woman, right at the start of the film here, had a very lucky escape as the bomb exploded next to a car.
#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia
One woman, right at the start of the film here, had a very lucky escape as the bomb exploded next to a car.
#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia
Air raid sirens sounded again in #Lviv last night for the first time in a while.
Regional Governor Maksim Kozitskiy says air defences destroyed 4 bombs mid flight after they were dropped from Russian Su-35 planes.
#StandWithUkraine #SaveUkraine
Regional Governor Maksim Kozitskiy says air defences destroyed 4 bombs mid flight after they were dropped from Russian Su-35 planes.
#StandWithUkraine #SaveUkraine
Speaking of sirens 🚨 alerts have been sounded in all these regions in the last few minutes:
#Chernihiv
#Dnipropetrovsk
#KryvyiRih
#Odesa
#Sumy and
#Zaporizhzha
#Chernihiv
#Dnipropetrovsk
#KryvyiRih
#Odesa
#Sumy and
#Zaporizhzha
#Ukraine's operational command in the south says more banned cluster munitions have been used in the last 24 hours.
#Russia's managed to move the frontline in their favour a little in #Kherson region I believe, removing all hopes of the region's capital being imminently liberated
#Russia's managed to move the frontline in their favour a little in #Kherson region I believe, removing all hopes of the region's capital being imminently liberated
Tractors are not just useful for dragging home #Russia's abandoned equipment!
A clean up of Gorky Park in #Kharkiv is underway.
#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia
A clean up of Gorky Park in #Kharkiv is underway.
#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia
Just two days ago Gorky Park in #Kharkiv was hit by a number of Russian bomb. Security cameras recorded at least a dozen strikes.
Over 800 new graves found in #Kherson
In the last six weeks 824 new graves appeared at the city's main cemetery.
The information came from London's Centre for Information Sustainability (CIR), after studying satellite imagery from @Planet
#SaveUkraine
In the last six weeks 824 new graves appeared at the city's main cemetery.
The information came from London's Centre for Information Sustainability (CIR), after studying satellite imagery from @Planet
#SaveUkraine
Protests resuming in the far eastern city of #Khabarovsk
@SOTA reports the guys in the first 2 photos were arrested (posters say "I'm not scared" and "Bucha - don't believe Kremlin propaganda")
The last pic shows a woman campaigning for the release of former governor Furgal
@SOTA reports the guys in the first 2 photos were arrested (posters say "I'm not scared" and "Bucha - don't believe Kremlin propaganda")
The last pic shows a woman campaigning for the release of former governor Furgal
Remember the fire that caused the #Russia's flagship Moskva to sink? Definitely wasn't #Ukraine missiles right?
So how come ex Pres Medvedev is now blaming @elonmusk's Starlink satellites for helping guide missiles?
Next he'll be saying it's war: don't take tea with Putin Dima!
So how come ex Pres Medvedev is now blaming @elonmusk's Starlink satellites for helping guide missiles?
Next he'll be saying it's war: don't take tea with Putin Dima!
#Romania bans all Russian flagged ships form entering its ports from tomorrow.
#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia
#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia
Still no word from #Ukraine's government about the attack in #Kyiv overnight - this was the fire which raged for hours earlier.
#Russia says it hit "an armoured plant" in the Darnytskyi area of the capital.
#Russia says it hit "an armoured plant" in the Darnytskyi area of the capital.
There was another big fire in #Kyiv in the early hours which many thought may be from Russian bombing.
However the blaze at Bora Bora restaurant in the Hydropark recreational/beach area, does not seem to be related to the war.
However the blaze at Bora Bora restaurant in the Hydropark recreational/beach area, does not seem to be related to the war.
18 French officials oversee the continued exhumation of bodies from the mass grave in #Bucha near #Kyiv.
The team from #France is among those logging and investigating #WarCrimes in #Ukraine.
#SaveUkraine #StandWithUkraine
The team from #France is among those logging and investigating #WarCrimes in #Ukraine.
#SaveUkraine #StandWithUkraine
In occupied #Enerhodar the invading army painted the town's name in #Russia's colours.
This is a city in #Zaporizhzhia oblast - NOT the Donbas region.
Can the fascists/apologists saying Russia "only wants the Donbas" finally agree Putin wants to obliterate all Ukrainian freedom
This is a city in #Zaporizhzhia oblast - NOT the Donbas region.
Can the fascists/apologists saying Russia "only wants the Donbas" finally agree Putin wants to obliterate all Ukrainian freedom
#Ukraine groups on Telegram have published photos of the bodies and passports of many #Russian soldiers.
They say a Battalion Tactical Group from Ichkeria, Chechnya, southern Russia, was beaten in #Donbas.
These the only photos I can publish. I can't verify authenticity or dates
They say a Battalion Tactical Group from Ichkeria, Chechnya, southern Russia, was beaten in #Donbas.
These the only photos I can publish. I can't verify authenticity or dates
🇺🇦✌️
#Mariupol' is 🇺🇦
https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1515262118119059458?t=liQKzl2pNQ7AtUaMk6lS7A&s=19
It's been quite a seven days for @BorisJohnson and he ends the week on a good note 😅👍🇬🇧♥️🇺🇦
https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1515262148284452865?t=liQKzl2pNQ7AtUaMk6lS7A&s=19
More on #Russia banning Boris.
He's not alone. Here's the full list. @theresa_may and even @NicolaSturgeon get the badge of honour to be on the list, but no room for @Keir_Starmer
He's not alone. Here's the full list. @theresa_may and even @NicolaSturgeon get the badge of honour to be on the list, but no room for @Keir_Starmer
#Putin really is getting paranoid now. He's signed a law forbidding equating what USSR and Nazi Germany did in WWII.
Writing "Putler" or reposting an innocent photo such as this is possibly still legal in #Russia, but it's always pleasurable to post such lovely street art again!
Writing "Putler" or reposting an innocent photo such as this is possibly still legal in #Russia, but it's always pleasurable to post such lovely street art again!
The refinery at #Lysychansk on fire after being hit by Russian shelling.
This is in #Luhansk region. It's proving tough for #Ukraine's defenders even before all the reinforcements arrive for Russia, but we also don't know how many🇺🇦 have been redeployed yet.
This is in #Luhansk region. It's proving tough for #Ukraine's defenders even before all the reinforcements arrive for Russia, but we also don't know how many🇺🇦 have been redeployed yet.
The wife of arrested oligarch Viktor Medvedchuk has called on the family of POWs @cossackgundi (Aiden Aslin) and Sean Pinner to put pressure on the British government.
Speaking only in Russian, Oksana Marchenko wants her husband to be swapped for the Brits in a prisoner deal.
Speaking only in Russian, Oksana Marchenko wants her husband to be swapped for the Brits in a prisoner deal.
Earlier I reported about #Romania closing its ports to Russian flagged ships from tomorrow and #Italy has just announced the same.
All Italian ports will be closed to Russian vessels, even ships that changed flag after 24 February, which was a loophole RU media identified.
All Italian ports will be closed to Russian vessels, even ships that changed flag after 24 February, which was a loophole RU media identified.
Think how long ago MiG fighter jets were agreed to be delivered to #Ukraine. They never arrived.
It's possible the Ukrainians would have had a decisive advantage in the war by now had NATO and the EU not been so weak and nervous.
It's possible the Ukrainians would have had a decisive advantage in the war by now had NATO and the EU not been so weak and nervous.
https://twitter.com/Podolyak_M/status/1515312704701059084
This video is horrific. A #Ukraine man, working as a bartender in #Spain has been badly beaten - allegedly by 3 Russian tourists who heard his accent.
The incident is thought to have happened in Alicante.
The victim, named as Ruslan Povaliy, suffered bad bruising + a broken nose
The incident is thought to have happened in Alicante.
The victim, named as Ruslan Povaliy, suffered bad bruising + a broken nose
Nataliya stands in her son's room in her vandalised apartment in #Bucha, in #Kyiv region.
On the wall a Russian soldier scrawled "It was an order, sorry" before the mass retreat.
On the wall a Russian soldier scrawled "It was an order, sorry" before the mass retreat.
Still no pictures from the scene of the bombing in #Kyiv. This is all we have from the Russian attack on a factory in Darnitskyi.
One person is known to have died when the missile struck.
One person is known to have died when the missile struck.
And this is the devastation left at the scene in #Kharkiv after the latest Russian assault on the eastern city.
#SaveUkraine #StandWithUkraine
#SaveUkraine #StandWithUkraine
Update on horrific beating of a Ukrainian man by Russians in a bar (video earlier in this🧵)
One was not Russian. The other two are RU brothers with criminal convictions for violence according to this detailed report
Thx @brianbobc for spotting this:
theolivepress.es/spain-news/202…
One was not Russian. The other two are RU brothers with criminal convictions for violence according to this detailed report
Thx @brianbobc for spotting this:
theolivepress.es/spain-news/202…
#Russia releases video of what it says are survivors of the #Moskva sinking in the Black Sea.
Very difficult to tell exactly, but maybe 100 people here. Turkey rescued 54, no others are thought to have been picked up: it's quite possible some of these sailors are not from Moskva
Very difficult to tell exactly, but maybe 100 people here. Turkey rescued 54, no others are thought to have been picked up: it's quite possible some of these sailors are not from Moskva
⚡️Breaking⚡️
#Russia claims it's shot down a #Ukrainian plane near #Odesa (#Odessa). They also believe the plane was full of weapons from EU and NATO countries.
#Russia claims it's shot down a #Ukrainian plane near #Odesa (#Odessa). They also believe the plane was full of weapons from EU and NATO countries.
New video from @CurrentTimeTv of the fatal attack on #Kharkiv earlier.
One man died - I've edited out that part of the video. A 12 year old boy was among the injured here.
#StopRussia #StandWithUkraine️
One man died - I've edited out that part of the video. A 12 year old boy was among the injured here.
#StopRussia #StandWithUkraine️
#Ukraine has stated another 50 citizens have been kidnapped and forced to go to #Russia.
The claim is made by the local council in #Izium after taking witness statements and checking missing people's lists.
The claim is made by the local council in #Izium after taking witness statements and checking missing people's lists.
The Exec Director of the @UN's World Food Programme says people are "dying of hunger" in #Mariupol'
David Beasley reckons 100,000 people are on the brink of starvation.
Meanwhile Russia says it has "cleaned" all metropolitan areas of the city with #Ukraine's forces at Azovstal
David Beasley reckons 100,000 people are on the brink of starvation.
Meanwhile Russia says it has "cleaned" all metropolitan areas of the city with #Ukraine's forces at Azovstal
How amazing that a paid bot chooses to believe staged propaganda videos rather than the head of the UN's food programme 🤦
https://twitter.com/Hirtzer/status/1515401489660870656?t=CGma_IgZ6AbPX1WYT_iD-w&s=19
When #Russia's troops seized the small city of #Melitopol' they stole 3 million UAH, equivalent to around $100,000.
This was cash to pay state benefits - #Ukraine managed to pay 95% of those benefits, but is now in negotiations with the occupiers to return the cash.
This was cash to pay state benefits - #Ukraine managed to pay 95% of those benefits, but is now in negotiations with the occupiers to return the cash.
A mayor in #Sumy region says there is evidence #Russia's troops had chemical weapons during their campaign in north Ukraine.
#Trostyanets leader Yuriy Bova claims: "We found remnants of chemical weapons in the village of Bilka. Sarin and other substances. Ampoules were found."
#Trostyanets leader Yuriy Bova claims: "We found remnants of chemical weapons in the village of Bilka. Sarin and other substances. Ampoules were found."
So the end of another day. I'll finish Saturday with @ZelenskyyUa
You don't need to be able to understand Ukrainian to enjoy. He shows his motivation on his office desk. Photo of family, the cockerel he was gifted while with Boris Johnson and🇺🇦 flag which survived #Borodianka.
You don't need to be able to understand Ukrainian to enjoy. He shows his motivation on his office desk. Photo of family, the cockerel he was gifted while with Boris Johnson and🇺🇦 flag which survived #Borodianka.
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