However, #Ukraine's Defence staff says they beat off a Russian offensive yesterday.
"the enemy shelled civilian infrastructure in #Siversk + #Hryhorivka. (we) inflicted significant losses on the enemy during his attempted offensive. The occupiers left." facebook.com/GeneralStaff.ua
Despite successes on the battlefield in recent days - still problems for #Russia at home.
The largest plant in the Russian Federation for the production of secondary lead, Fregat, has stopped.
Several other businesses are preparing to close or are undergoing renovations.
Is this the start of USA's real assistance for #Ukraine?
This video was published last night, supposedly from #Baltimore.
Derailing on Sunday: #Khalilovo station on S. Ural Railway.
Small acts of rail damage at night are encouraged:
low risk
non fatal
many repair staff needed
weapon transit delayed
The #Russia rail sabotage group also take credit for this incident a week ago.
14 freight cars derailed on the famous Trans-Siberia railway, closing the line for a while. 330 workers were needed to clear and fix the line.
#Ukraine isn't finished with #Donetsk yet.
More explosions this morning.
Again precision weapons look to have hit fuel storage looking at the smoke. This is in the Azotniy district which was also hit a fortnight ago.
In occupied #Mariupol residents are being urged to come forward to register on a "DNA database of relatives of missing persons"
Not sure I'd be happy about Russians having even more data on me. The blood test is supposedly to help establish the fate of those 🇷🇺 army murdered.
Residents of Azotniy, #Donetsk report 13 rockets landing so far. The sound of one of the arrivals was caught on this video where now white smoke is visible alongside the darker stuff, indicating other hits in the area.
Not a good day for #Russia's leadership to try to brush off bad news:
#Kazakhstan reported to be about to introduce sanctions #Norway restricts deliveries to Svalbard #Austria - Kremlin ally, Putin's friend ex FM Kneisl flees the country #Japan - standing firm against Russia
To try to be even handed, here is a video from #Russia's army propaganda channel where they proudly show #Ukraine equipment destroyed in #Luhansk.
#Russia's updates not unduly crazy recently. Maybe as they were doing well.
In which case things must be bad now. A series of outlandish claims today inc hitting SIX #Ukraine command posts, one pilot shooting down 3🇺🇦aircraft and we should believe this is 2 HIMARS being destroyed
Even the money markets are moving against #Putin now.
The fall in the oil price is of course linked to this
$ vs Ruble last month
#Greenpeace says it all.
Inexplicable decision on so many levels.
Very close to #Raihorodok, another shell hitting a residential building in the district of #Mykolaivka. This is just a kilometre or so away from the #Sloviansk Thermal Power Plant.
Here's the scene at one of the new McDonald's replacement restaurants in #Russia.
For some reason they store food outside and the birds seem to love the bread rolls. Not sure what the customers think after seeing this. Still "just tasty"?
credit: TG Инсайды⚡️Украина
#Moscow has told #Indonesia that Putin will be taking part in the upcoming G20.
It was thought he would be too scared to travel and also may not receive an official invite.
#Norway has now allowed containers destined for the "Russian part" of Svalbard access.
Although territory is sovereign Norwegian land, under a treaty 100 years ago, Russia has rights to exploit the land for natural resources and many Russians live on the island.
More missiles landing on #Donetsk as I type. Three areas reporting explosions.
Also smoke following an explosion can be seen below, in occupied #KrasniyLuch (#Khrustalnyi in Ukrainian)
This war suddenly looks a bit different in the last 2 days.
More rockets landing on occupied #Donetsk
This is the Kirovsky district of the city.
The fightback continues against #Russia's defences and supplies inside occupied #Ukraine.
This I reported earlier is causing a bit of a stir in #Kherson.
The previous #Ukraine adviser to the city authority claimed equipment had been hit here, but quite a lot of locals (even on 🇺🇦chat) are saying just a gas cannister blew up in the warehouses.
Welcome to the weekend, and Day 934 of #Russia's illegal war.
I'm trying to overcome technical problems all this morning, hence the later start.
But I will not be stopped in bringing you the news from, and about, #Ukraine every single day, in one handy thread.
Here's the link to the start of yesterday's thread, for those catching up.
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Overnight there were strong explosions near occupied #Mariupol.
It would seem #Ukraine has hit one of #Russia's ammo dumps.
🇺🇦advisor Petro Andryushchenko says it happened between the villages of Portovskoe, Rybatskoe and Melekino.
#RussiansGOHOME
#Russia expels 6 UK diplomats, accused of spying. The FSB says the group attended NGO meetings!
State TV Rossiya-24 published photos of the six, naming them as Jessica Davenport, Callum Andrew Duff, Grace Elvin, Catherine McDonnell, Blake Patel, Thomas John Hickson Stevinet.
Day 922 of #Russia's attempt to wipe #Ukraine from the map. As Putin become more desperate and fearful, the actions of the little Hitler and his commanders becomes even more brutal.
Thanks for joining me for another daily news🧵- all the news all the time. It's a tough job..
Please be aware, I did make some extra posts at the end of thread 921 which you may have missed, after being offline for most of the afternoon.
So here is the link for the start of Sunday's thread, scroll through at your leisure.
I was going to say "unfortunately" there is more destruction and injuries in #Ukraine, but this is not misfortune.
We all know, and expect, a permanent flow of war crimes from #Russia because no-one stops them. It's not unfortunate, it's disgraceful, that countries appease Putin
Hello again and welcome to Sunday's thread on the first day of September. This is the 32nd month which has seen fighting since #Russia chose to invade its peaceful neighbour.
All the news from, and about #Ukraine in one place, updated throughout the day, every day. It's Day 921
Sorry for the abrupt end to yesterday's thread. I still don't have @TMobile data, but they have promised me a refund when I get back to Vegas. This night is my last in Mexico. All work done, starting the long journey home
The big news this morning is of #Ukraine successes inside #Russia. No civilians killed, no apartment blocks hit. Just military targets, even in #Moscow region.
The Kremlin says over 150 drones were shot down in the biggest Ukraine UAV attack of the war.
Welcome to Tuesday's daily thread on #Russia's unprovoked war in #Ukraine, with all the important news in one place.
It's Day 916.
The last 24 hours have shown us maximum pressure now has to be put on the U.S. to #LetUkraineStrikeBack. Let's show Biden public-opinion demands it!
#Russia has continued to terrorise #Ukraine during the night and attacks still continue right now.
Yesterday's mammoth 15-hour assault formed most of Monday's thread, which saw an equally big 73-posts (more than one tweet every 20 mins)
Catch up here⬇️
A new week, but the same old death and destruction in #Ukraine and also in #Russia as perhaps soon it will dawn on the people of the latter it's not a good idea to launch imperialistic needless wars on innocent, peaceful neighbours.
This is THE daily thread, Day 915, let's go!
A dramatic start to Monday. We will get to that in a minute, but first I have to give you the link to Sunday's thread.
Sadly, another tragic day, as a British member of a Reuters team covering the war in #Ukraine was murdered by #Russia's missile attack