Thread by @TWMCLtd

18 April, the daily 🧵 on Day 54 of #Russia's full scale war on #Ukraine.

Three weeks today is 'Victory Day' holiday in Russia. It will be humiliating for Putin if he has nothing to celebrate except new body bags and ashes arriving home.

So taking #Mariupol now is essential

With many Catholics in west Ukraine celebrating Easter y'day (Orthodox celebration is next Sunday) it's no surprise to see #Poland confirm more people WENT to #Ukraine than fled this w/end.

Many seeing family for a few days but an increasing number plan to stay in their homeland

It was a rough night again in #Luhansk region.
Two civilians dead in the village of Zolote after shelling hit 7 houses.

Meanwhile the "Olymp" sports complex in Kreminna was also hit and badly damaged by Russian missiles

Has a #Russian TV 'reporter' inadvertently broadcast admittance of a Russian war crime?

Here Izvestia proudly admit a 5 storey residential building in #Ukraine has been hit by Russian aircraft "before our eyes"

https://twitter.com/GirkinGirkin/status/1515911384218877959?t=tDLSMZCYgtOVZlVf9K4SPA&s=19

One resident has been killed in #KryvyiRih after Russian fire from occupied #Kherson region.

Meanwhile strong Intel supposedly that a 'false-flag' attack on Kherson may happen imminently, ahead of a proposed sham-referendum on making Kherson another "people's republic"

#Dnipropetrovsk region reported multiple missiles in its airspace but defence chiefs there say they were intercepted.

#SaveUkraine #StandWithUkraine️

In #Russia, a father of one victim who died in the "Moskva" sinking wants to ensure "the bastards do not hush up this terrible tragedy"

Various reports emerging of deaths now; you'll remember Russia claimed all had been saved after #Ukraine hit the ship.

meduza.io/feature/2022/0…

5 missiles aimed on #Lviv according to Mayor of the city Andriy Sadovyi.l who's just confirmed the news after loud bangs were heard in the city.

No further details yet.

https://twitter.com/AndriySadovyi/status/1515930175237758976?t=6VXCZZLlWMMNLD3Cur-D9w&s=19

On the southern frontline, #Ukraine has gained some ground. The small village of Hreyhovo in #Mykolaiv (#Nikolaev) oblast has been reclaimed with Russians pushed back further east.

Still waiting further news but a lot of smoke reported around #Lviv so far.

https://twitter.com/Podolyak_M/status/1515935039237861377?t=b5pStc37GQVA8pOTO9_kpA&s=19

6 people have died in the attack on #Lviv.

The mayor published this photo when confirming the news, along with 11 injuries.

About 40 cars were damaged and windows were shattered a nearby hotel where evacuees are staying.

#StandWithUkraine️ #StopRussia

#Russia's ailing economy plans to use half of its reserves of gold and foreign currency to keep the economy afloat.

Head of Russia's Central Bank says the country "will enter a period of structural transformation"

#StopRussia #StandWithUkraine️

The @hrw website has been banned in #Russia.

Human Rights don't exist these days in Russia so no real surprise. It's over an article describing events in the #Ukraine war.

In #Luhansk oblast, #Kreminna is no longer under 🇺🇦 control.
#Russia's troops are in the town with heavy street fighting reported.

Meanwhile two Ukrainian MiG-29s and one Su-25 planes have been shot down, Russians claim.

#StandWithUkraine️
#SaveUkraine

More disinfo and harassment in #Russia of a woman "accused" of being mother in law of 🇺🇦 President.

Facts don't matter - the fake news stories circulating in Russian media and finding traction in the west among bots, were quickly debunked

@NickKnudsenUS

teletype.in/@sota/G3rmlSsv…

I've run out of words.
Disgusting, horrific... they just don't cover things.

An important thread here from journalist Kriszta @fulelo covering the growing number of gang rapes, of Ukrainian girls by Russian soldiers, being discovered

https://twitter.com/fulelo/status/1515963520403267584?t=pFAmeYeFFpSGpUUziEid1Q&s=19

From Wednesday #Russia will find no MTV on their TVs, nor Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., NickToons and Paramount Comedy

Parent company @paramountnet has joined @Discovery in blocking its channels in the Terrorist State.

More now on #Russia's unexpected 'plan' to upgrade the cruiser "Moskva" to a submarine 😂😂

Would appear the captain bailed way too early. I predict "tea with Putin" all too soon.

A lengthy, interesting thread:

https://twitter.com/johnkonrad/status/1515837566356008961?t=yC3KGvdca0DDSiX0Qu3P-g&s=19

#Russia publishes documents which it claims show 23,367 soldiers fighting for #Ukraine have either been killed OR injured.

t.me/mod_russia/144…

Calls in #Russia to remove citizenship from French actor Gerard Depardieu.

The Kremlin paraded him as a national hero a few years ago when the actor switched allegiance.
But now he disagrees with #PutinsWar, it's a different story.
Leader of "A Just Russia" backed the demand.

#Ukraine's released a video of treasonous MP and Putin's mate, Viktor Medvedchuk, pleading for Putin to agree to save him in exchange for the freedom of all the Ukrainian fighters and residents in #Mariupol.

Russian media are sharing it. I'm not as it's against Geneva Convention

As the death toll rises to seven in #Lviv, among those injured in the Russian bombs is 3 year old Artem in this video. He and his mother fled #Kharkiv to escape the war.

Another 3 victims are critically ill.

These are the first civilian war deaths in L'viv
#StandWithUkraine

In occupied #Henichesk (#Genichesk) it seems they've resurrected a statue of Lenin🤦

No freedom, privacy or travel, but gulags and torture: everything was so much better under Communism.
The Russian sheep follow their Tsar deeper down the dark path to worst of the 20th century

The surrounded #Azov battalion have released a video of them taking out a fair few Russian soldiers.
Impossible to verify the veracity or date of this counter attack by #Ukraine, but it is typical of guerilla warfare Russia will face if it is to capture the Azovstal plant.

#Mariupol - 🇺🇦 Commander of the 36th separate marine brigade, Major Serhiy Volina, wrote to @Pontifex, pleading for help saving people.

"I'm sure you've never seen anything like what's happening in Mariupol now. It is what hell on earth looks like."

credit: @ukrpravda_news

Photos from the scene of this morning's attacks in #Lviv. A reminder 7 died because of these Russian missiles, two others are fighting for their lives.

#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia #PutinIsaWarCriminal

I'd like to remind you even rats in sewers caused the deaths of 50 million people in Europe a few centuries ago😉
Strange how so many supporters of the Kremlin fascists enjoy a liberal lifestyle (this one in Australia) rather than say Russia or Serbia!

https://twitter.com/magilla1000/status/1516036457466527746

This map from UK @DefenceHQ shows how critical things are for #Ukraine

The largest "contested" area is what you need to focus on, in Donbas.
Russia trying to push south from #Izium to #Kramatorsk and beyond to encircle many of Ukraine's best fighters.

Open and shut case.
#Putin is a terrorist, so too all his generals and soldiers too weak to take a stand against the pointless massacre.
#Russia is a Terrorist State

https://twitter.com/anders_aslund/status/1516039999354978307

Last night I reported on #Moldova's mixed messages after refusing to sell fighter jets to #Ukraine.

Now Moldova's PM @natgavrilita has confirmed the story, saying "there are better equipped countries" to help Ukraine militarily.

https://twitter.com/TWMCLtd/status/1515741836719136770

moldpres.md/en/news/2022/0…

Yet another video of #Russia bombing residential blocks in #Kharkiv y'day: this is Saltivka district

Meanwhile Mayor Igor Terekhov also accuses RU of hitting several hospitals incl. a perinatal centre. "We're transferring women who are about to give birth to other institutions,"

Also in #Kharkiv, #Ukraine's army confirms they've liberated "a number of settlements" from Russian control. I understand these are villages around Rohan' which are not of major significance and could be due to a redeployment of Russian forces.

Well I was keeping an eye on the situation and answering messages etc., but in truth no major developments all evening in #Ukraine

The media going a bit crazy now with "breaking news" about @ZelenskyyUa declaring the Battle for Donbas has begun whereas it's been going for 2 days