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Jul 3, 2022 40 tweets 37 min read Read on X
Day 131 of #Russia's unprovoked war on #Ukraine.
In total though it's 8 years, 4 months - more than twice as long as WW1 and 2 years longer than WWII.

All the news, events and analysis as it happens, updated in real time right here in the daily thread, so scroll below!
Yesterday saw many civilian lives lost as Russia unleashed a barrage of missiles on eastern regions.

6 died in #Sloviansk, civilian buildings struck in #Kramatorsk and, as it only just made Sunday's thread, a repost of 🇷🇺 hitting a hospital in #Sumy

Three days ago I broke the news about @NHLFlyers losing a player - Ivan Fedotov arrested as he attempted to go to the States.

I can now confirm the Finnish born ice hockey star is in Severomorsk, #Murmansk to start his military service on Novaya Zemlya

On their way to #Ukraine, four Mi-17 helicopters.

The attack choppers have been given by #Slovakia and are already on the move.

#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia
Since the very first days, the patriotic #Ukraine resistance movement seems to have been most active in #Melitopol'

Yet more posters appear in the town highlighting collaborators.

#SaveUkraine #StopRussia
Late on yesterday's thread I posted this spectacular video of #Ukraine hitting a factory in #Snizhne/#Snezhnoe in occupied #Donetsk region (view 1'06")

It's the Khimmash plant, the second time in just over a week Ukraine has targeted it - see this tweet:
American M142 HIMARS in action.
12 missiles launched towards #Russia's positions, presumably in east #Ukraine, but location obviously secret.

Credit: TG bochkala_war (exclusive)
Nice to see America's 4th of July gifts to #Ukraine being put to good use.

Happy Fourth to all my followers stateside (in a few hours for you guys anyway!)🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
More Resistance efforts spotted in occupied #Kherson.

"A good Orc is a dead Orc"
and "Death to the Occupants"

#SlavaUkraini #StandWithUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
Here's the British Intelligence update for Monday.

As well as the problems mentioned here for #Ukraine's food production, it should also be remembered that a lot of land is simply unsafe with threat of mines where #Russia's army has been.
Heavier losses for #Russia than in recent days among personnel. This probably reflects the close combat fighting in #Donbas as well as the strikes on Russian command posts with HIMARS systems.

(#Ukraine's estimates may be exaggerated)
This was the scene earlier this morning overlooking the #Sloviansk-#Bakhmut highway. Both these places you will likely here a lot more of in the next few weeks.

#Bakhmut does seem to be the next big target for #Russia's horde of war criminals.
Big fire in #Donetsk this morning as #Ukraine looks to have hit a big factory in the occupied city.

This is the DonPlastAvtomat plant in the Kievsky district of Donetsk. The smoke can be seen all over the city.

#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia
Here are some photos of the smoke hanging over #Donetsk right now.
Three of these snaps showing the Donbas Arena, former home to @FCShakhtar

#SaveUkraine #StopRussia
Still in #Donetsk, other explosions reported.
Local media in the occupied city say #Ukraine artillery attacked the area of the old chamber of commerce in the occupied city.

#StandWithUkraine️ #RussiaIsATerroristState
In #Kharkiv yet another school was destroyed by the war criminals.

#Russia struck here shortly after 04:00
No casualties - emergency services work at the scene.

#Kharkov #StopRussia #StandWithUkraine
The Pope has said he would like to visit Kyiv and Moscow. The visit could happen at the end of this month.
#UK likely to hand over to #Ukraine seized Russian assets.

theguardian.com/world/2022/jul…
#WarCrime again if true, but could be difficult to prove.
Horrible allegations and stories in every single city, town and village where #Russia's "peacekeepers" visit in #Ukraine. There must be 100s more untold 😢

#Ukraine claims the 🇺🇦 flag is flying again over #SnakeIsland.

Spokeswoman for the Southern Defence Force, Nataliia Humeniuk told journalists the news, but no explanation how they got it there and no photos yet - surely it's the first thing they'd do?

pravda.com.ua/news/2022/07/4…
A news crew with @FRANCE24 came under attack while filming in #Donetsk region.

I've edited the full report to show the moment rockets landed as they interviewed a local man.

#StopRussia #RussiaIsATerroristState #StandWithUkraine
Finally some stubborn residents of #Sloviansk are grudgingly evacuating the city.

Having seen the death and destruction when #Russia's army made it to #Lysychansk and #Severodonetsk, most civilians seem to be leaving.

I've edited this report from FreedomUA channel.
⚡️Breaking⚡️

Exclusive - British Prisoner of War, Aiden Aislin @cossackgundi HAS now filed an appeal

Last month he was sentenced to death in the puppet "Donetsk republic" on charges of being a mercenary, despite all evidence he was a regular member of Ukraine's army.
A piece of land by the British Embassy in #Moscow is to be renamed "in honour of the 'Luhansk People's Republic'."

Recently the U.S. found its' embassy in the Russian capital was reassigned 1 'Donetsk People's Republic' Square.

UK/US united against fascism, annoying #Russia
More on @NHLFlyers ice hockey player Ivan Fedotov.

His lawyer claims he's sick with stress and in hospital after his arrest for avoiding national service.

But 🇷🇺 News agency reports say he's in the training unit of the Russian Navy, not the Northern Fleet as originally planned.
What goes through some people's minds?

On the #Odesa coastline there have been at least 3 times when swimmers hit mines which exploded.
So now #Odessa's authorities put fences up to protect citizens.
#Ukraine #EmptyHead
I brought you an example of #HIMARS in action at the start of yesterday's thread, and now here's another example.

This time in #Zaporizhzhia region. You really understand how they get their name with such high mobility.
Game changer?
#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia
All pretence now dropped in #Kherson region by the illegal invaders.

#Russia has of course appointed a Russian to head the region. Sergey Eliseev was previously Deputy Head of Kaliningrad.

It may also show the lack of #Ukraine officials willing to collaborate with the occupiers
Explosion in central #Donetsk filmed a few minutes ago by Russia's army channel.

#StopRussia #StandWithUkraine
Four people said to have been injured after the explosion and subsequent fire at the Railway Market in #Donetsk city in occupied #Ukraine.
Central #Donetsk, occupied #Ukraine

Looking at the original impact of the missile which caused the fire at the railway market, it would appear that fuel stores may have been hit.

Unknown whether the tracks themselves have been damaged.
Also damage to buildings in #Yasynuvata (#Yasinovataya), about 5km away from the centre of #Donetsk.

#StandWithUkraine
#Donetsk authorities report at least 30 rockets landing in the city.

Here, north west of the city centre, listen to the sound of incessant explosions at Prospekt Kievsky 68. Nothing obvious on Google maps, but by the sound of it a good chance ammo was stored here?
#SaveUkraine
#RussiaOnFire

This time in #Taganrog, not too far from the #Ukraine border.

Another self inflicted problem. This time a Russian drone fell from the sky on to this two-storey residential building.

Try not to laugh!

#StopRussia
+1 Major of #Russia's army has reportedly been denazified by #Ukraine.

Major Nikolay Balyatyn has joined the Cargo200.

m.vk.com/wall402040971_…
This is a mad 🇷🇺story. Takhir Sozaev is Head of a village in Kabardino-Balkaria region.

He's alleged to have banned Russian, forcing villagers to only speak the Karachay-Balkar language.

On 2 July he was arrested for extremist activities.
Y'day the Council building caught fire!
#Donetsk still burns tonight.
The Russian controlled admin says 3 people were killed and 27 civilians injured in the shelling of the city.

Most of the damage came close to the railway station where the attached market was totally destroyed.
Credible reports tonight that #Russia is only 5 miles (8km) from reaching #Sloviansk.
For all Ukrainians this is a big psychological city, having been taken back from Russia 8 years ago. It will be tough to defend again along with its twin city #Kramatorsk.

#StandWithUkraine
Clarification now from #Ukraine's army based in #Odesa/#Odessa about #SnakeIsland

Some fake photos were doing the rounds.
Now the press spokeswoman says the flag was dropped on to the island by helicopter, but it was not raised or installed there.

Partisans in #Kherson have uncovered more collaborators.

Local MP Serhiy Khlan reports this on his FB page.
"Local traitors supplied them with information (names) These informants have been exposed... Resistance is growing, payback is near

facebook.com/photo/?fbid=53…

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Jul 20
Hello again.
You've found the start of my daily thread on Day 878 of #Ukraine's defence against #Russia's war of choice.

Wherever you may be, enjoy your weekend, but don't forget about freedom and democracy. Ukraine today, another victim next if we don't stop the bully.
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It was a busy Friday! Zelenskyy in London, and Russia up to its old tricks, capturing foreign exchange tokens + killing civilians.
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#Russia did attack #Ukraine overnight.
Two main targets were the energy sector and also the railways.

The national energy company confirmed drones attacks in 3 regions, but it seems the damage to the grid is not too bad.
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Day 866 of #Russia's war is already underway.

A frightening start to Monday with missiles already entering #Ukraine's airspace.

All the news all the time, all day every day. Welcome to THE daily thread about Europe's war.
In case you missed any, or all, of Sunday's thread, here's the link so you can catch up easily.

Quite a day it was, too, with numerous successful strikes for #Ukraine on #Russia's positions and in the rear.
##SlavaUkraïni

There are 3 groups of Cruise missiles in #Ukraine right now.

Two are heading westwards towards ##Vinnytsia but are likely to change course many more time yet. The third group is still in #Chernihiv region.

#RussiaIsATerroristState
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Hello again. Day 860 of #Russia's all-out war on #Ukraine, but for newcomers, we only got here because the west did nothing when Putin tried to subvert democracy in 2013/4 & invaded #Crimea and east Ukraine in Feb 2014.

Let's start another daily thread - not a single day off!
Monday was another busy thread.

More signs #RussiaIsCollapsing, big blackouts and record losses for the invader.
In occupied #Ukraine there was an important hit on #Crimea, and how drones hit a moving train used by Russia.

Catch up here:

What times we live in.
#Russia takes over the revolving Presidency of the UN Security Council, while Putin's biggest ally in the west, #Hungary holds the EU Presidency for 6 months.

This morning Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán arrived in #Kyiv for the first time since 2012.
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It's Day 849 of #Russia's full invasion of its peaceful neighbour. But it's well over 10 years since the original illegal incursion into #Ukraine territory.

This is another daily thread with all the important news, presented without exaggeration, updated all day long every day!
#Russia's favourite mantra, repeated by trolls, useful-idiots, MAGA types etc, is of Nazis in #Ukraine.

It's simple: #Russia accuses others of what it does itself.
Democratic elections?🇺🇦✅🇷🇺❌
Jewish President?🇺🇦✅🇷🇺❌
Previous Pres Jewish?🇺🇦✅🇷🇺❌
Far right MPs?🇺🇦❌🇷🇺✅
Thursday ended with a lot of activity in #Russia's #Krasnodar region, explosions and nice videos.

You can see them at the end of yesterday's thread, a mammoth 60-post effort.
To catch up, click and scroll:
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Hello and welcome of Day 838 of #Russia's full invasion of #Ukraine, a country which never fired a shot at any other until the initial 2014 invasion by its imperialistic neighbour.

This is THE thread for all the news, analysis and a bit of comment on the situation. Let's dive in
Regulars will know I (try to) always include a link back to the previous day for those who missed something, or like to just browse the main stories in one place, in a few minutes.

Please share, boost, do your NAFO thing to raise visibility!💙💛

On Saturday there were stories of #Ukraine sinking a ship in #Taganrog.

Now #Russia's independent BAZA reports a barge there was hit and the tugboat "Inzhener Smirnov"

Two crew members are reported injured.

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It's Day 835 of #Russia's war.
A conflict based solely on the ego of one very little man. But Putin managed to remove all freedoms & opposition and then brainwash the public into supporting his tyranny, just as Hitler did.

This is THE daily thread covering the war in #Ukraine
It was another very difficult night for the people and air defenders in #Ukraine.

All the details coming up right here on Friday's thread.
First though, your chance to look back on Thursday's news. If you missed anything, click + scroll here:
First I want to point out the seemingly random number of "views".
Yesterday's thread-header has the lowest view count I can ever remember, despite almost identical likes/retweets to the previous day.
The last 3 days: 35k 22k and 9k
However of those 35k, 2/3 came after 2am GMT
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