Day 85 of #PutinsWar
#Ukraine has put up remarkable resistance; even in #Luhansk they continue to frustrate #Russia despite a smaller army + fewer weapons.
The latter is changing with help of allies. Putin's running out of time to complete the "operation"
Here's Thursday's 🧵
#Ukraine has put up remarkable resistance; even in #Luhansk they continue to frustrate #Russia despite a smaller army + fewer weapons.
The latter is changing with help of allies. Putin's running out of time to complete the "operation"
Here's Thursday's 🧵
More on this news from last night:
Russia is saying that Deputy commander of the Azov regiment, Svyatoslav Palamar was among those to "surrender"
Known as "Kalina" he is the best English speaker of the leaders and fronted the recent press conference.
Russia is saying that Deputy commander of the Azov regiment, Svyatoslav Palamar was among those to "surrender"
Known as "Kalina" he is the best English speaker of the leaders and fronted the recent press conference.
https://twitter.com/TWMCLtd/status/1527001680629342210?t=7053WFl_YHnRElNBmnjd0w&s=19
#Russia has just published another video of what it's calling #Azovstal prisoners of war. The Geneva Convention forbids ID, so I've taken a few screenshots of the scenes.
Presumably this is from last night's laying down of arms by the Ukrainians.
#StandWithUkraine
Presumably this is from last night's laying down of arms by the Ukrainians.
#StandWithUkraine
In #Rostov region of Russia some workers spent the day painting the curbs of one district because some people complained they were yellow and blue.
This resident, Mariya, pointed out the "insanity" asking where would it stop?
Also the city's football club's colours are 🟡🔵
This resident, Mariya, pointed out the "insanity" asking where would it stop?
Also the city's football club's colours are 🟡🔵
As predicted, #Russia's "press tours" are happening in #Mariupol'
This is the second such event. They still try to coerce witnesses into blaming #Ukraine for the incalculable damage of the port city and the horrendous massacre of civilians.
#StandWithUkraine
This is the second such event. They still try to coerce witnesses into blaming #Ukraine for the incalculable damage of the port city and the horrendous massacre of civilians.
#StandWithUkraine
In #Kharkiv they said goodbye to a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Aleksandr Nevskiy is credited with preserving Russia's early statehood and the Orthodox Church.
Aleksandr Nevskiy is credited with preserving Russia's early statehood and the Orthodox Church.
Some disappointing words for #Ukraine and the west from #Turkey's President Erdogan.
Turkey outright tells NATO it will say no to membership applications from #Sweden + #Finland
Erdogan says he will continue to use #Russia's oil and gas and won't break off relations with Putin.
Turkey outright tells NATO it will say no to membership applications from #Sweden + #Finland
Erdogan says he will continue to use #Russia's oil and gas and won't break off relations with Putin.
It's reported that almost a hundred of the #Azovstal fighters have been taken to #Russia
A local news site says 89 #Ukraine soldiers have been taken to #Taganrog. It was previously believed all those who laid down their arms in #Mariupol' would be briefly held in #Donetsk region
A local news site says 89 #Ukraine soldiers have been taken to #Taganrog. It was previously believed all those who laid down their arms in #Mariupol' would be briefly held in #Donetsk region
The trial of Russian tank commander Vadim Shishimarin is drawing to a close after he admitted the murder of a civilian in #Ukraine.
#StandWithUkraine
#StandWithUkraine
https://twitter.com/sarahrainsford/status/1527225601672757248
#Russia has started a crimincal case against a #Ukraine fighter they say was part of the #Aidar battalion.
This is supposedly the man with a call sign of "Muryga", being forced in to court in #Rostov
They claim he pretended to be a refugee
P.S. Look at the masks of security!
This is supposedly the man with a call sign of "Muryga", being forced in to court in #Rostov
They claim he pretended to be a refugee
P.S. Look at the masks of security!
Not Fanta anymore, but "Fancy"
Coca Cola's brands are renamed Coolcola, Fancy + Street (not Sprite) in #Russia
Meanwhile @PepsiCo hasn't left #Russia. Its making new lemonades which will be sold in shops in a fortnight. The drinks will replace the brands Pepsi, Mirinda & 7Up
Coca Cola's brands are renamed Coolcola, Fancy + Street (not Sprite) in #Russia
Meanwhile @PepsiCo hasn't left #Russia. Its making new lemonades which will be sold in shops in a fortnight. The drinks will replace the brands Pepsi, Mirinda & 7Up
#Ukraine's arrested the brother of a high profile traitor
Oleh Tsaryov was an aide to fleeing & stealing ex- President Yanukovich and a pro-🇷🇺 MP.
Tsaryov also fled to #Russia, returning during the war. His brother is accused of sabotage in #Dnipro
pravda.com.ua/news/2022/05/1…
Oleh Tsaryov was an aide to fleeing & stealing ex- President Yanukovich and a pro-🇷🇺 MP.
Tsaryov also fled to #Russia, returning during the war. His brother is accused of sabotage in #Dnipro
pravda.com.ua/news/2022/05/1…
There is some good news for the safety of #Ukraine's fighters in #Azvostal.
The Red Cross confirms it has been monitoring who has given themselves up upon leaving the steelworks in #Mariupol' this week.
That should guarantee none "goes missing"
icrc.org/en/document/uk…
The Red Cross confirms it has been monitoring who has given themselves up upon leaving the steelworks in #Mariupol' this week.
That should guarantee none "goes missing"
icrc.org/en/document/uk…
Inside #Russia the unabated persecution of "non-(Putin)-believers" continues.
In #Novosibirsk, one of @navalny's team, Sergiy Boyko won a seat on the council but fled in November when put on the "extremist" list
Today his mother in law's home was raided
In #Novosibirsk, one of @navalny's team, Sergiy Boyko won a seat on the council but fled in November when put on the "extremist" list
Today his mother in law's home was raided
https://twitter.com/Kristakaykristi/status/1527215787865518080
From Comedy Actor to President to Comic book superhero!
https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1527101733935239168
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A few of us continue to keep an eye on potentially suspicious fires in #Russia.
@VelvetBlade
alerted me to a blaze in #Ivanovo today (photo) at a tool plant which some think is a defence supplier.
Just hours earlier 3 cars caught fire in the city:
ivteleradio.ru/news/2022/05/1…
A few of us continue to keep an eye on potentially suspicious fires in #Russia.
@VelvetBlade
alerted me to a blaze in #Ivanovo today (photo) at a tool plant which some think is a defence supplier.
Just hours earlier 3 cars caught fire in the city:
ivteleradio.ru/news/2022/05/1…
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A video of the fire at the factory in #Ivanovo can be found here.
I am not an expert on fires but it looks to have happened suddenly. Would that mean an accelerant?
vk.com/video-49746905…
A video of the fire at the factory in #Ivanovo can be found here.
I am not an expert on fires but it looks to have happened suddenly. Would that mean an accelerant?
vk.com/video-49746905…
Earlier Russian sites reported the "surrender" of #Azov battalion's Svyatoslav Palamar, supposedly in custody.
But now a new video's been released showing the man himself. He makes no reference to the rumours but says Commanders have not surrendered
But now a new video's been released showing the man himself. He makes no reference to the rumours but says Commanders have not surrendered
https://twitter.com/TWMCLtd/status/1527166323616370688
A warehouse is on fire this evening in St Petersburg - no indication of it being suspicious, but worth mentioning in #Putin's home town in the current climate.
Smoke is visible across the Neva. 200 metres of the roofing are ablaze. Firefighters on site now.
#RussiaOnFire
Smoke is visible across the Neva. 200 metres of the roofing are ablaze. Firefighters on site now.
#RussiaOnFire
Just sickening. Loads more horrific allegations of war crimes in #Kharkiv oblast. It's proving the same in every area Russians were encamped.
#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia
#Rape #ChildAbuse #WarCrimes
#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia
#Rape #ChildAbuse #WarCrimes
https://twitter.com/DefenceU/status/1527370688398405642
Pray for Taira - a quite well known medic in #Ukraine now a Prisoner of War.
She smuggled video recordings of the horrors of #Mariupol' through Russian checkpoints by hiding with memory cards in tampons
apnews.com/article/mariup…
She smuggled video recordings of the horrors of #Mariupol' through Russian checkpoints by hiding with memory cards in tampons
apnews.com/article/mariup…
#Ukraine is again shelling border villages in #Russia claims the Governor or #Kursk region.
Mortars landed in Alekseevka and Dronovka he says - no one was injured.
This morning they reported a truck driver was killed in the shelling of Tyotkino
46tv.ru/odnoj-strokoj/…
Mortars landed in Alekseevka and Dronovka he says - no one was injured.
This morning they reported a truck driver was killed in the shelling of Tyotkino
46tv.ru/odnoj-strokoj/…
#Russia kills 8 more residents in the #Donbas.
That's the headline from the evening round up by #Ukraine's Armed Forces.
They say Occupiers fired at 50 settlements, hitting a bank, a school dormitory, a sanitorium, a gas pipeline and 31 residential buildings.
#StandWithUkraine
That's the headline from the evening round up by #Ukraine's Armed Forces.
They say Occupiers fired at 50 settlements, hitting a bank, a school dormitory, a sanitorium, a gas pipeline and 31 residential buildings.
#StandWithUkraine
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