Yesterday a column of Belarusian military equipment was moving from #Minsk towards Babruisk on the M5 highway. Similar column was later spotted on the R-31 highway towards Mazyr. Vehicles had no license plates.
Also yesterday a column of Belarusian equipment was filmed moving at the intersection of the M1 and M10 highways in the direction of #Pinsk
Belarusian military equipment filmed in Zhytkavichy yesterday, probably moving towards one of the designated training grounds in Brest at the border with Poland. #Belarus announced combat readiness drills until May 14.
I compared designated training areas & Belarusian troop movements posted by @MotolkoHelp. Movements are mostly small in size & light equipment. Most movements fit with training ground locations. South-east does not fit but likely still linked to Rus military presence/retreat.
Russian forces reportedly opened fire at an evacuation vehicle in #Mariupol, killing one Ukrainian soldier and wounding six more
Zelensky calls on #Germany's Scholz to visit #Kyiv on May 9
General Staff of #Ukraine says Ukrainian troops recaptured the settlements of Ukrainka, Oleksandrivka, Shestakove, Fedorivka, Pobeda/Peremoha in the #Kharkiv Oblast (all north east of the city of Kharkiv)
Ukrainian troops destroyed Russian equipment in the direction of #Izium, #Kharkiv Oblast
Burning Russian tank in a field. Unknown location but looks like it will blow up soon..
Up to 60 people in a school in Bilohorivka, #Luhansk Oblast, were killed in a Russian strike. 90 people were hiding in the basement, 30 could be rescued, the rest is still under the rubble.
Aftermath of Russian shelling of #Kramatorsk yesterday
Belarusian army deployed from garrison to the field for exercises. Although this is in line with seasonal exercises this time of the year, #Russia likely seeks to keep up the threat posed to #Ukraine by these exercises in order to fix Ukrainian forces in the north - @DefenceHQ
Ukrainian Operational Command South says Ukrainian military hit two Russian military positions on the Russian occupied Snake Island with a Bayraktar-2 drone
Aftermath of yesterdays Russian strike on a bus stop near the coke and chemical plant in #Avdiivka which killed at least 10 workers
Two Russian Raptor patrol boats were hit by Ukrainian TB-2 drones in the Black Sea yesterday morning, Ukrainian MoD says
Deleted tweet on #US delivery of >additional< 5000 Javelin anti-tank missiles to #Ukraine. The statement was incorrect. The Pentagon said that #Ukraine has >so far< received 5000 Javelin anti-tank missiles from the US.
#US and other western officials believe Putin may officially declare war on #Ukraine on May 9 and start general mobilization - CNN
#Russiaβs military is now significantly weaker, both materially & conceptually, as a result of its invasion of #Ukraine. Recovery from this will be exacerbated by sanctions. This will have a lasting impact on Russiaβs ability to deploy conventional military force - via @DefenceHQ