New explosions reported inside #Russia. Residents of the city of #Voronezh 🇷🇺 reported 2 loud explosions overnight. Both explosions occurred in the Shilovo district SW of the city. Voronezh is 170km from the 🇷🇺 controlled #Ukraine border and 250km from the 🇺🇦 controlled border.
#Russian residents now reporting that the explosions in #Voronezh were 🇷🇺 air defense shooting down and unknown object. Video from the city shows a white contrail with what appears to be an impact point of an anti-air projectile. If we find out more it will be posted here.
#Russian owned RIA now claiming that a small reconnaissance drone was shot down over #Voronezh, #Russia. This claim was made by the regional governor. No video of photographic proof has been provided yet.
New video released of the #Russian air defense engaging a target over #Voronezh this morning. This video shows the actual impact. #Russia has claimed this was a reconnaissance drone that was targeted.
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
#Moldova - Today the Moldovan President Maia Sandu acknowledged that the #Moldovan military was not combat ready. She said, ""For 30 years, the Moldovan army has been left without equipment, without military equipment and combat-ready means. Now we are aware of the consequences,"
The #Moldovan military is one of the smallest in the region with only 6,000 active soldiers and 58,000 reservists. The Armed Forces of #Moldova had an annual budget of $43 Million or just 0.37% of GDP in 2020. Unlike #Ukraine, whose military budget $5.94 billion or 4% of GDP.
In addition, #Moldova has a strict neutrality clause in its constitution that does not allow the deployment of armed forces of other states on its territory. This means any sort of defensive alliance would be unconstitutional. Because of this, Moldova has no plans to join #NATO.
An ammunition depot in the #Russian village of Staraya Nelidovka exploded overnight. According to the Belgorod governor at 3:35am local, residents heard an explosion followed by 3 more shortly after. The town where this took place is around 15km from the #Ukrainian border.
There has been a series of these unexplained explosions in #Russia since the beginning of the #UkraineRussiaWar. They have typically involved logistics, oil or ammo depots that are essential to the 🇷🇺 war machine. They have also typically been relatively close to the border w 🇺🇦.
Just released video from the ammo depot that exploded in Staraya Nelidovka, #Russia shows secondary explosions and munitions launching away from the site as the fire continues to burn. There is still no confirmed cause for the explosion. There are no known civilian casualties.
#Izyum Axis & ISW Map Update - Intense fighting continues to the south, west and east of Izyum. #Russian forces continue to drive S in an attempt to cut off logistics (Road/Rail) routes to #Sloviansk & #Kramatorsk. They are 10km from a critical rail (yellow arrow) S of Kurul’ka.
West of #Izyum intense fighting in the town of #Zavodye led to the #Russians being repelled. 🇷🇺 got as far as the middle of the town but has now been pushed out completely. A #Ukrainian Captain in the middle of the town shows a burning BMP-2. Geolocation & map in next tweet.
#Kherson Axis & ISW Map Update - #Kherson front lines are fluid at the moment w villages changing hands rapidly. #Ukraine captured Blahodatne, Kyselivka & Klapaya. #Russia counterattacked and now contests Klapaya. This assault puts Kherson city within 10km of UAF artillery.
To the west of #Kherson, #Russia attacked and captured the town of Oleksandrivka from #Ukraine troops holding it. 🇺🇦 suffered many casualties in the fighting. 🇷🇺 had been trying to seize the town for weeks. The status of the Solonets crossing is unknown.
#Ukraine GenStaff claimed that #Russia had ordered all the residents of Velyka Oleksandrivka to evacuate the city by April 28 or else they will be forcibly removed. The reason for the evacuation or the potential evacuation sites are unknown.
#Bryansk, #Russia - The Druzhba oil depot in the city exploded overnight in #Bryansk. An additional explosion occurred nearby as well that was purportedly a #Russian ammo storage area. The cause of the explosion is not known, however other 🇷🇺 oil depots have exploded recently.
Photos from the burning Druzhba Oil Depot and ammunition storage area in #Bryansk#Russia. Still no confirmed cause of the explosion. An oil depot in #Belgorod was also recently destroyed. #Russia depends heavily on these depots to support its #War in #Ukraine.
Still no confirmation from #Russia or any other actors of the cause of the explosion in Bryansk at the oil depot and the reported ammo storage. Bryansk is the administrative center of the Bryansk Oblast. The city is situated around 65 miles (105km) from the #Ukraine Border.
#Donetsk Axis Update - #Ukrainian GenStaff indirectly acknowledged that Novotoshkivs’ke was captured by #Russians by stating Orikhove was under attack. Orikhove can only be accessed through Novotoshkivs’ke. Also ack’ed was an ongoing assault on the town of Nyzhnie.
In #Popasna, #Russia did not take any new ground but likely controls around half of the city. 🇺🇦 also stated that 🇷🇺 is reinforcing this assault with manpower and heavy weapons to complete the capture of the city. Source: m.facebook.com/story.php?stor…
Also in #Popasna today, video was released showing significant destruction from shelling to include shrapnel peppered residential doors. Two people were killed by #Russian shelling in the city yesterday after artillery rounds hit a residential building. aljazeera.com/amp/news/2022/…