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Jul 18, 2022 61 tweets 60 min read Read on X
This is the start of the 145th daily thread telling the news from #Ukraine in one handy thread.

#Russia's aggression continues, but progress is slow.

Updated in real time, you'll see the developments as they happen. If you want to buy me a coffee, see my profile. Thanks!
First, the British update is interesting today.
Grievances between regular soldiers and Wagner, private contractors...

#Russia sees the regular conscripted troops as expendable, but cares absolutely zero about Wagner "employees"
The EU may impose more "lightning sanctions" on #Russia today.

A lot happened yesterday evening - Zelenskyy sacking #Ukraine's two top law enforcement officials.

If you missed it all there's quite a good round up here

malaysia.news.yahoo.com/eu-mulls-tight…
#Kharkiv was attacked again overnight - the city and the region.

Two multi storey apartment blocks suffered damage from shelling as well as #Chuhuiv and numerous other villages.

Police report no injuries and released these photos of helping locals.
#StopRussia
"For #Vinnytsia Day 4" - the message scrawled on #Ukraine's Air Force missiles.

They claim in the last 24 hours they've killed at least 35 Russian soldiers at a command and observation post of a company, a platoon base and 2 dozen pieces of equipment.

#SaveUkraine #StopRussia
#Kramatorsk has been shelled this morning.
The city in the free part of #Donetsk suffered four hits in the industrial zone.

The Mayor Oleksandr Honcharenko said "Noisy morning in Kramatorsk... strikes similar to anti-aircraft missiles."

#StandWithUkraine #StopRussiaNOW
#Ukraine once again returned to take out #Russia's bases in #NovayaKakhovka in occupied #Kherson.

The General Staff said they had struck in NK with HIMARS, but there was no evidence. I think this is a new video (Novaya Kakhovka was also hit last week)

#SaveUkraine #SlavaUkraini
Morning action in #Toretsk in #Donetsk oblast.
That's just west of #Horlivka.

Formerly known as #Dzerzhynsk (still the name in Russian), it looks as though it's been shelled as smoke rises.
#StandWithUkraine
After a relatively quiet frontline for a couple of days, there's little change to the total losses suffered by #Russia's army.

However, #Ukraine still estimates 150 soldiers killed y'day. It looks as though the death of 40,000 regular troops will be reached around 30-31 July
Very distressing for his family - video of the latest British Prisoner of War. It's impossible to know if this was under coercion, which is a #WarCrime

John Harding pleads to the PM to help. It's obviously illegal to execute, or threaten to execute, POWs

news.sky.com/story/ukraine-…
#Russia's latest claims in the daily briefing:

250 foreign fighters, 7 armoured vehicles, 12 special vehicles destroyed in one attack on #Kostyantynivka (RU: #Konstantinovka) where 100s still shelter in the sacred Lavra.

10 MLRS + 2 helicopters supposedly hit too.
NO PROOF!!
A little political news from #Ukraine regarding the President's controversial "sackings"

It emerged overnight his action may be unconstitutional; even in Martial Law he's supposed to submit his will to the Parliament.

So now Venediktova & Bakanov miraculously now only 'removed'
The (unholy) head of Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill could've been speaking about himself, supposedly it was about 'the west'

"In our evil age, there are many ways to crush people, deprive them of national identity, their faith and deprive them of a sense of patriotism
Disturbing news for #Ukraine in Donbas.

#Russia says its troops have completely blocked the road from #Avdiivka to #Kostyantynivka/#Konstantinovka in two places.

They claim to almost surround Avdiivka.
Not connected to the war, but interesting news in #Russia
Zalim Kerefov, Vice-rector of an academy which trains Customs Officials, has reportedly killed himself in prison, leaving a suicide note admitting his crimes

He was arrested on suspicion of trafficking the drug mephedrone
In #Mykolaiv a car showroom was wrecked when a missile landed just outside.

No injuries reported in this one.

#Nikolaev #StopRussia
OMG Russians are insane!
Yet again pushing the *secret/dangerous/illegal bio-labs

"In Pentagon supervised bio-labs in #Ukraine, there were leaks" says Rada Dep.Chair Irina Yarovaya
"This partly explains the growth of epidemics in Ukraine

* delete as appropriate depending on day
Oops!
One of #Russia's Mi-8 helicopters has had an "unorthodox landing" in Gatchina, about 40km south of St Petersburg.

The National Guard chopper is badly damaged but 3 on board survived.

#StopRussia
#Odesa has been hit by missiles fired from the Black Sea. One was shot down but 3 landed.

A bridge was hit in the Belgorod-Dnestrovsky region and also a strike on a military unit - locals say it was the 1513th artillery ammunition depot.

#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia
UPDATE on the shelling of #Toretsk I mentioned earlier.

Sadly, six civilians are now known to have died after apartment blocks were hit by #Russia's rockets.

#Donbas #Donetsk #SaveUkraine #StopRussia
#Russia highly sophisticated army, feared throughout the world, invaded #Ukraine with maps 50 years out of date🤣🤣

#Ukraine Intelligence released a photo of maps they found in the invaders' belongings along with an up to date map showing the differences around #Kharkiv
Revenge is a dish best served from a fridge?

In a film by journalist Irina Shikhman about the parents of a dead soldier from #Russia's Irkutsk region, their fridge has a guarantee sticker written in Ukrainian - highly likely among the goods stolen by the horde.

#StopRussia
At last, @HM has said it is quitting #Russia

The Swedish clothing group is selling off stock before leaving. Only 4 months too late - wonder how much they contributed to #Putin's war chest and war crimes before deciding to leave?
More on the #Ukraine fridge which ended up 1000s of km away in #Irkutsk in the family of a dead Russian soldier.

Here's the photo evidence and here's the link for the full video

#StolenLoot #RussianCriminals #WarCrimes

News that in March 300 Russian soldiers from Dagestan refused to fight, returned home and quit.

It follows reports of 150 from Buryatia doing the same and leaving #Ukraine

These instances are only just coming to light. I wonder how many more defy Putin?

moscowtimes.nl/2022/07/18/sot…
Russians have destroyed another 5,000 tonnes of grain by hitting a storage warehouses in #Dnipro

Regional Head Valentyn Reznichenko says it happened in the Synelnyki district. "Another blow hit a school. The facade and roof were damaged, more than 50 windows were broken."
Another big hit for #Ukraine in occupied #Kherson region I think.

Spectacular sight in #Beryslav, a small town on the banks of the Dnipro river, close to #NovayaKakhovka.
Locals say it's a Russian base.

#SlavaUkraini #StopRussia
And another couple of photos of the suspected #Ukraine hit on a Russian base in #Beryslav, occupied #Kherson oblast.

#StandWithUkraine
President @ZelenskyyUa's purge continues.

The Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) has formally dismissed Maryna Labezna from the post of Minister of Social Policy of #Ukraine.
#Donetsk - shelling continues.

This is in Kirovskyi district in the west of the occupied city.
Quite a few other reports of small damage across the region.

#StopRussia
More shelling has damaged yet more crops in #Ukraine. This time in #Mykolaiv.

This video from the #Shevchenkovsky community of #Nikolaev.

It appears to be an unequal fight to save the food.
#Holodomor #StopRussia #WeaponisingFood
Also in #Mykolaiv, earlier I reported on and posted photos of the rocket attack on a car showroom.

Now someone's uploaded a video
credit: TG novostiniko

#Nikolaev #StandWithUkraine #StopRussiaNOW
#Donetsk oblast
More heavy shelling of #Bakhmut, but #Ukraine's defenders still keep #Russia at bay.

#SaveUkraine #StopRussia
Azerbaijan will supply the EU with up to 20 billion cubic metres of gas per year.

Just got to hope there's no back door deal between #Russia and Azerbaijan.

#Ukraine says it's captured this Russian Commander in #Kharkiv region.

An advance scouting group found and then destroyed marines of #Russia's Northern Fleet navy in Derhachiv area.

#StandWithUkraine
#Russia says #Ukraine has hit the Hydro Electric power plant in #NovayaKakhovka.

They report that the main gas pipeline was damaged.

No verification possible.
The Soviet league is a step closer - no doubt Putin's dream!

#Russia's sports minister has proposed a league for teams from "friendly republics" i.e. all those banned from competing. He also included #Donetsk, #Luhansk and #Kherson in the fantasy.

#StopRussia
Hahahahaha

#Russia admits its #Covid19 vaccine doesn't work and stops production.

Some Russian news agencies are reporting that #Siversk has been captures by the invaders.i don't believe that's true from my information. There is still heavy atreet fighting in the city itself.

#Donetsk #Ukraine #StandWithUkraine
The #UN says there's no agreement yet for #Ukraine to export grain via the Black Sea.

As so often, #Russia gained great PR in 'allowing' food to leave port, but the reality proves different.
Spokesman for the Sec. General, said "little progress had been made on the grain issue."
This was when explosions happened near the Hydro Electric plant in #NovayaKakhovka a little earlier.

This is occupied #Kherson region

#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia
New video too of the attack in #Odesa.

A bridge was hit again in the south west of the region by one of #Russia's missiles.
Back to #Kherson region.

Not sure if this is anything of relevance, but given the location thought I'd mention it. It's in Chaplynka near #Kakhovka. Something is burning and armoured vehicles trundle to and fro.

#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia
Someone had a shock when going back to their apartment in #Rubizhne in occupied #Luhansk.

It's unclear whether this damage is recent or when #Russia levelled the city prior to capturing the town.

#StopRussia #SaveUkraine
Another 28 employees of #Ukraine's Intelligence service have been fired by President Zelenskyy.
Some Russian media earlier said #Siversk has been captured, but I wrote that fighting continues & #Ukraine has at least an equal footing.

Indeed, Alexei Vorobyov, Head of the city published these photos today of him delivering aid - though I can't 100% verify they are from today
Plenty of firing in #Nikopol again tonight.
This is in #Dnipropetrovsk oblast, under #Ukraine control.
Continuing Putin's attempt to turn the clock back to the time of the Soviet Union, the special operation to recreate the Holodomor genocide is going according to plan.

Here in #Zelenodolsk, #Dnipropetrovsk region, more #Ukraine crops are de-nazified.

#StopRussiaNOW
More explosions reported in #Odesa tonight

#Odessa #SaveUkraine #StopRussia
Only info I am getting from #Odesa right now is from local chat sites.
Reports there of 3 missiles, one, maybe 2 in the city and one in the wider region. Some are confident at least one of the explosions was a missile being shot down.

Sirens briefly stopped, but sounding again.
The sounds of #Odesa in the past hour or so.

Seems there have been two separate missile launches at #Odessa, presumably from #Russia's Black Sea fleet.

One missile reported to have landed in the north of the city, another outside the city while air defence has taken down 2 more
#Odesa/#Odessa
First video of damage following the missile attack on the city and region.

This is in #Dachne (RU: #Dachnoye) north of the city itself.

Unclear if this is a downed missile or a direct strike
One more video published from #Odesa, but it does not add a lot to what we already know.

It could be a Russian missile being shot by air defence.

#Odessa #Ukraine #StopRussia
This was the moment of one explosion in #Odesa tonight

#Odessa #StopRussiaNow #SaveUkraine
You can hear the fear in this girl's voice (and fruity language) as she films the attack in #Odesa.

I think though it's likely that #Ukraine's air defence hit a missile in this video.

#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia
An old lady is treated for injuries after the missile attack on #Odesa.

The man treating the woman and answering questions won't say any more about the Russian attack

#SaveUkraine #StopRussiaNow
SO the guy in the previous video did say there were "5 arrivals(missiles)" in #Odesa this evening.

I've also corroborated that - five across the region, two attack sites as far as I know.

#StandWithUkraine #StopPutinNOW
Video here looks to be the moment one of #Russia's missiles was shot down by #Ukraine air defence over #Odesa tonight.

#Odessa #SaveUkraine #StopRussia
1/2

UPDATE #Odesa
Two domestic buildings were destroyed in #Dachne, just north west of #Odessa city.

It would seem likely that the cause of this was a missile being shot down by #Ukraine air defence.

#StopRussia
2/2

Two other missiles are thought to have landed in the region. There is speculation that a barracks built in 2019 was the target.

TG channel odessa_typical points out many media reported on the military base, with plans three years ago.

#Odessa #StandWithUkraine

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