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Apr 22 40 tweets 29 min read
Friday's daily thread on #PutinsWar starts here.

It's Day 58 of the illegal war since #Russia launched its illegal full invasion in of #Ukraine. Yet still only one real city gained - #Kherson. The hemmed in fighters of #Mariupol' are still holding out.

All the news, all day⬇️
The morning update from UK MoD intelligence sums things up. They confirm the news I brought in yesterday's thread with video of some #Russia soldiers leaving #Mairupol'

But something else unplanned, costly in time and rubles, sending damaged equipment home for repair
Y'day some 200 evacuees fled from #Mariupol, but further attempts to remove civilians were thwarted

But today NO 'Green Corridors' anywhere in #Ukraine "due to dangers on routes" said Deputy PM Iryna Vereshchuk. "To all those waiting to be evacuated: be patient, please hold on!"
#Japan has declared the South Kuril Islands "illegally occupied" for Russia for the first since in almost two decades.

Tokyo also states that #Russia's war on #Ukraine "undermines the foundations of the international order."
Swimming's Gov body FINA confirms the suspension of #Russia's 2-time Olympic champion Yevgeniy Rylov for his "attendance & conduct at" Putin's war rally at Luzhniki Stadium.

However, just a 9 month ban and all Russians are banned for 2022 anyway.

fina.org/news/2584646/p…
More sport, @WPBSAofficial is refusing to allow Jack Lisowski to wear a small 🇺🇦lapel badge at snooker's world championship.

Incomprehensible decision: Jack's grandfather is Ukrainian - he says he's now looking for a big flag!

Retweet and shame WPBSA!

Although EU is hopeful of a ban on 🇷🇺 oil being adopted, there's little chance to stop the flow of Kremlin gas it seems.
President Macron and #France's Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire have both confirmed this.
Macron's Presidential run off against extremist Le Pen is in 2 days
A Ukrainian plane has crashed this morning in #Zaporizhzhia. The An-26 was "performing a technical flight" when it went down in the Volyansky district in the north of the ZP region.

No suggested it was shot down but also no reason given. There are victims according to officials.
Many wonder how #Ukraine's troops have held out in #Mariupol' despite being cut off.

Now a Minister has confirmed it has been able to drop supplies into the Azovstal plant, by helicopter at night.
"They only asked for ammo, but we delivered food too"

pravda.com.ua/news/2022/04/2…
The number of civilian bodies counted in #Kyiv region as a result of #PutinsWar is now 1,084

Head of Police Andriy Nebitov says almost three-quarters of these were shot by #Russia's army.

300 bodies have still not been identified.
photo credit: TG kyiv_politycnyi
The British embassy in #Kyiv will re-open next week.

#UK PM Boris Johnson confirmed the news during a press conference in India where he is currently on a trade mission.

#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia #SaveUkraine
Even the Nazis didn't do this in WWII.
That's the statement from journalist/blogger Denys Kazanskyi who's been speaking with Ukrainians in occupied areas who've been forced to take up arms and sent to war against their own country.

24tv.ua/takogo-ne-bulo…
After the weekend, prominent Putin opponent Vladimir Kara-Murza was due to be released. He was sentenced to 15 days' jail for literally crossing the road to avoid a policeman!

So now a new criminal case has been opened, accusing him of "Fake News"

meduza.io/news/2022/04/2…
A pro-Kremlin outlet has published that 13,414 of #Russia's soldiers have been killed in #PutinsWar and another 7,000 are missing.
#Ukraine says it's killed about 21,200 Russians.

The post was deleted, they claim they were hacked, but it's archived here:

web.archive.org/web/2022042119…
#Russia has deliberately struck another hospital - this time in #Lyman region.

Head of Donetsk Military Pavlo Kyrylenko in Telegram published this video after shelling of the trauma hospital and nearby residential buildings

#SaveUkraine #StopRussia
More Russian tanks have been taken out, with the National Guard of Ukraine publishing this video to show how carefully it pinpoints and hits targets.

Important to say no location, no date and impossible to verify

#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia
More horrific details emerging from #Irpin near #Kyiv

A 17 year old girl says her mother and 15 year old sister were gang raped then killed in front of her by Russian soldiers

The latest accusation was published by Luidmila Denisova, #Ukraine parliament's Human Rights Ombudsman
We were told no "Humanitarian Corridors" would be open across #Ukraine today.

But #Luhanks regional governor Serhiy Haidai says 70 people have been successfully evacuated
It seems a church in #Hostomel is on fire right now.

TG channel Segondya_life published this photo of the Holy Intercession Church in the town near #Kyiv.

No cause known yet for the blaze. Russian troops left weeks ago; missiles can strike but no reports in this region recently
The first photos have been published of the #Ukraine plane which went down in #Zaporizhzhia area this morning.

photo credit: Segodnya_life

Re the previous tweet⬆️:
one person reported dead, two injured.

Russians say the plane crashed as it was flying too low to avoid their anti-aircraft defences, and the plane hit power lines.
Remember there are many in #Russia who can see the truth and make small protests in their own way.

These photos from #Irkutsk, a city in eastern Russia, near the border with Mongolia.

🔵+🟡=🟢(ribbons)

The magazines GQ, Vogue, Tatler and Glamour will no longer be published in #Russia
@CondeNast had previously announced a suspension but has now ended the franchise agreement which will prevent publishing in the Terrorist State.
Of course, only the next part of the objective.
Not just #Donbas. Not just the south. Not just a "land corridor", which already exists by the way.
Not just #Odesa and the hook-up to Moldova.
Putin wants to annihilate all of #Ukraine

I saw this in #Russia earlier and dismissed it as coincidence. A fire in #Korolev. Over 400 miles from the border with #Ukraine

But now I've read accounts pointing out there is a rocket/science research centre in the city. If this is it, begins to look like coordinated sabotage
How a Bitcoin firm, Binance, allegedly betrayed supporters of @navalny and handed over personal details to #Russia's FSB.

cryptonews.com/news/binance-r…
It's reported that on #EarthDay22 Finnish protesters and @Greenpeace have blocked trains carrying Russian coal.

#StopFuellingWar
Look at this monstrosity...

Location: Occupied #NovaKakhovka, southern #Ukraine
Date: Today

No room for the 🇺🇦 flag yet the Communist USSR flutters freely. Jeez these guys have💩for brains!
1/2
The good news, sorry I mean bad news obviously, keeps on coming in #Russia!

Another "unfortunate" catastrophe.
This time a dam collapsed at a hydroelectric plant near Fyodorovsky Abinsk village in Krasnodar Krai
Two videos to show:
Local authorities in #Krasnodar region say there's no risk of flooding and no danger to life after the dam collapsed. The latest in a string of strange incidents to hit #Russia's infrastructure this week

#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia #SaveUkraine
The @UN Secretary General Guterres will be in #Moscow on Tuesday.

Putin's spokesman "Rolex" Peskov says Mr Guterres will be "received" by Putin, but hold talks with Lavrov.

What a huge snub. The Terrorist Leader already showed what he thinks of UN/Guterrez before he arrives!
⚡️Breaking⚡️

#Russia says it has seized huge amounts of ammunition after capturing #Ukraine's main arsenal in #Kharkiv.

They describe it as "thousands of tonnes" of ammunition.
The 6th round of EU sanctions on #Russia has taken longer to agree than expected. I wonder why (looking at you Hungary?)

There's likely to be a ban on Russian oil imports, as well as cutting off all Russian banks from SWIFT. The confirmation now expected Tuesday.

#SaveUkraine
A Russian MP has said #Ukraine citizens in occupied areas will become part of a new "Crimean Federal District"

Dmitry Belik was speaking to Russian state news agency RIA Novosti. Guess he forgot he's supposed to wait for the fake referendum results first before speaking about it
#Netherlands government has joined European nations committing to stop using Russian fossil fuels.

The Dutch have gone further than many by committing to end ALL oil, gas and coal from #Russia.
#Russia claims only one sailor died when the flagship #Moskva was sunk by #Ukraine. 27 others are "missing"

Mind you they still claim it wasn't hit by a Ukrainian missiles. They'd like you to believe the other 397 crew members were picked up by other ships in the Black Sea fleet
Hope for the remaining residents in #Mariupol'

The city council has confirmed there will be evacuation buses working tomorrow to take them to #Zaporizhzhia

The departure is scheduled for 12:00 from Shevchenko Bulvar, Port City mall.
Ever popular rocker @s_vakarchuk held a concert at the "Golden Gates" metro station in central #Kyiv.

He performed many Okean Elzy songs including this very appropriate tune "Ya ne zdamsya bez boyu" which means "I will not give up without a fight."

credit: TG XYKYIV
Two more tweets to squeeze in before Day 58 of this war ends. Both bring more potential good news for #Ukraine in #Kherson region.

Firstly I've now seen separate reports of thispossible destruction of a Russian forward command (and conquer) centre.

And finally.. may you're ahead of me here!

No! It couldn't be could it?
More explosions reported near #Kherson city, in the direction of the airport.

Is this #Chorobaivka episode #18?
#SlavaUkraini

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Apr 21
Day 57 of the war in #Ukraine

#Russia's merciless and totally illegal invasion continues

Welcome to the daily thread for Thursday.

#StandWithUkraine️ #StopRussia
#Mariupol' is still standing.
No response yet from #Russia on Ukraine's offer to exchange all those in Azovstal steel works (fighters and civilians) for Russian Prisoners of War.

Meanwhile the crazy TikTok-ing head of Chechnya has guaranteed that Mariupol will be Russian today.
Quick update on this which emerged last night.

#USA has also added that 14 Howitzers are now in #Ukraine hands - around 50 🇺🇦army personnel are currently being trained in Europe on how to operate the equipment.

Read 31 tweets
Apr 20
Eight weeks ago at exactly this time, #Russia launched its first bombs on peaceful #Ukraine

The bombardment never lets up. Even as I type missiles are fired and some get through air defences.
But the ground war is where this war will be won

Day 56 - welcome to the daily thread:
Last night I reported on sounds from #Kharkiv, while now #Mykolaiv is receiving a pounding from the skies too, but anti-aircraft fire heard too.

No further details yet, guess we will have to wait until the morning, til light and the end of the curfew to survey the damage.
Speaking of curfews... what happens when officers catch someone?
Well this was captured on film in #Kyiv late in the evening.

If you're not deemed a saboteur or a threat, it's possible they'll make you do some exercises, push-ups or like here - squats!

#StandWithUkraine
Read 37 tweets
Apr 19
It's Tuesday, which is the 55th day of the #Russia-#Ukraine war.

Slightly fewer missiles overnight, but Russia has tended to enjoy striking in the mornings recently - real terror tactics. Though perhaps they need to conserve weapons.

The real theatre of operation is in Donbas
The siege of #Mariupol' continues. The remaining #Ukraine resistance sent this video this morning. Clearly the message is "bloodied but unbowed"

They insist women and children are sheltering in the Azovstal steel works but pleas for safe passage ignored

⚡Breaking⚡
1/2

Russia says a full scale assault has been launched on the metalworks in #Mariupol'

The Defence Minister for the "Donetsk Republic" says reports of women and children there is a fake.
Read 43 tweets
Apr 18
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
Read 33 tweets
Apr 16
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🧵⬇️
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.
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.
Read 52 tweets
Apr 15
It's Good Friday - but little good about it as Day 51 of #Russia's war of choice on #Ukraine has started with some of the heaviest bombing seen since the start of the war.

All the news coming in this daily thread, updated in real time, so come on in...
⚡️Breaking News⚡️

Huge explosions in #Kyiv region tonight.

The loudest explosions seem to have been in the village of #Vasilkiv which is about 40km (25 miles) south-west of the #Ukraine's capital city.
More from #Kyiv - the blasts could be seen lighting up the entire sky even if the main explosions were many miles away.

Brighter, louder then anything before: eye witnesses report walls shaking - perhaps the biggest warhead unleashed so far on #Ukraine in #Putin's war of choice
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