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Jul 23, 2022 48 tweets 48 min read Read on X
A bit of a landmark day as #PutinsWar reaches Day 150.
That's 146 days behind schedule (and counting) for the capture of #Kyiv 😂😂😂

This is the start of my daily thread with all the news about #Ukraine's defence and #Russia's aggression.

DMs open for tip-offs (100% anonymity)
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Quite a lot of Russian rocket attacks to report in #Ukraine already

Starting in #Kharkiv where war crimes investigators are on the scene after purely civilian infrastructure was hit this morning.
Apartments & a university in the centre of the city were struck.

#StopRussia
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One injury reported so far in #Kharkiv after this morning's attack by #Russia which saw many rockets fly into the city centre.

#Ukraine insists these were only civilian buildings - recently #Russia has claimed Ukraine's army has been using universities for military purposes
#Ukraine has hit another bridge in #Kherson region it would seem.

The Occupants claim one of the routes over the Inhulets river has been hit in the village of #Dariivka.

That's north east of #Kherson city and could affect #Russia's ability to move equipment to/from the east
Bear in mind the previous tweet about the second bridge being struck in #Kherson region when you read the British Intel update this morning!

#SlavaUkraini #StandWithUkraine
In #Zaporizhzhia the two sides have attacked each other overnight.

#Ukraine's Head of the region, Oleksandr Starukh confirms rocket attacks near the centre of the region. Again missiles landed near civilian infrastructure leaving big craters, but no residents reported injuries.
There could be another big story in #Zaporizhzhia/#Zaporozhe region too.

Exiled Mayor of #Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov says HIMARS have destroyed more Russians & war equipment. He says Orcs retreating from Melitopol were traced to Kyrylivka and hit twice today.
No photos/evidence yet
#Ukraine's Defence Staff published this video of an attack nect to the occupied power plant in #Enerhodar. So I assume it's the one from a couple of days ago.
Russian military can be seen scampering everywhere.

#StopRussia #StandWithUkraine
#Mykolaiv was also targeted again by #Russia this morning.

Regional Head Vitaliy Kim released these photos, reporting that 6 anti-aircraft missiles were used on the outskirts of the region.

Kim reports no injuries, damage to buildings after fire took hold.

#StopRussia
Three people are dead after Calibre cruise missiles smashed in to the Kanatove military airfield in #Kirovohrad region

13 warheads hit there and one of Ukraine Railways's facilities.

1 serviceman + 2 security guards died. 13 civilians injured - photo from from apartment of one
19 hours after signing the agreement on releasing grain from #Ukraine's ports, #Russia has fired missiles on #Odesa's port.

A new degree of cynicism, even for Putin.
#RussiaIsATerroristState
#Odessa #SaveUkraine #StopRussia
Here's another video of #Russia's strike on #Ukraine's biggest port.

For some reason a very high percentage of the worst atrocities in #Odesa/#Odessa come on Saturdays.

Those praising Putin for the 'grain deal' need to look at this and also remember without him no grain problem
I've found another video of the bridge over the Inhulets river which #Ukraine bombed overnight.

As you can see, it's still navigable with care, but badly damaged

#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia

#Ukraine's said grain, which was being stored at the port in #Odesa in readiness for export, was damaged in today's cruise missile strikes by #Russia

However, pro-Russian channels are pushing this (unverified but likely genuine) video from #Odessa, with no grain storage in sight
The #Odesa/#Odessa attack is a huge embarrassment for #Erdogan & #Guterres

It must be remembered the grain deal signed also allows #Russia to export some goods.

Meanwhile Putin knows insurance costs for ships in Ukraine will be huge, with few sailors willing to risk this terror
#Odesa / #Odessa

Even if building storing grain were not directly hit in the port, it's quite possible they were damaged by the blast.

Here's one building at the port itself, showing problems left by #Russia's cruise missiles

#RussiaIsATerroristState
#Germany is at it again...

@welt reports that The Chancellor is even delaying purely defensive weapons for #Ukraine.

Kyiv requested Iris-T air defence systems 3 weeks ago but Scholz has still not replied:

welt.de/politik/auslan…
The United States confirms two more of its citizens have died while fighting against #Russia in #Ukraine.

The State Dept is not naming the men at this stage.

abcnews.go.com/International/…
Next, another video from the rocket attack on central #Kharkiv this morning.

This is the moment of one arrival in the centre

#RussiaIsATerroristState #StandWithUkraine

The Occupiers in #Kherson region have blocked Viber, YouTube and Google.
They're certainly on edge.

Meanwhile, loads of "Humanitarian" trucks have suddenly started arriving in the city, likely carrying ammunition.

#StopRussia #StandWithUkraine
Another troll flamed!

I know it's not worth the effort, but these numpties should at least check reverse image search before trying to pick a fight with me. This clown used a photo of RUSSIAN Nazis to tell me it was Ukrainian fascists!
Read the replies!

At the top of this UN account is still pinned the "beacon of hope" tweet after the signing of the agreement brokered by @antonioguterres and #Turkiye.

Pretty much mocking their own work!

#RussiaIsATerroristState

Meanwhile a Spokeswoman for #Ukraine's South Forces says #Russia did NOT hit grain storage in #Odesa

Nataliia Humenyuk says there were no injuries or significant damage to #Odessa port. The missiles struck the pumping station, and there was a minor fire.

People in occupied #Kherson point out the Russian narrative has changed again

They seem to have moved from all Ukrainians are scum/nationalists etc., back to a softer "Russians and Ukrainians are one people, united always" as the new sign in the city says.
Almost HIMARS o'clock!
A new video of the attack on #Odesa clearly shows the grain silos in the port

Thanks @joanne_stocker for forwarding this.

#Odessa #StandWithUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState

Nothing to see here. Just more "Cargo 200" being loaded on to trains heading back to #Russia.

Dead Russians repatriated in refrigerated carriages.
Photos from #Ukraine's South Defence

#StopRussia #PutinWarCriminal
#Ukraine's Governor of #Luhansk has written about an attack on Russians in #Lysychansk. I wonder if it's connected to this I reported on yesterday?

Serhiy Haidai says "headquarters of the 6th regiment, 2nd army corps - minus 50 Rashists"

#StopRussia

This evening you'd think there was a volcano in #Donetsk oblast.

In occupied #Horlivka an incredible explosion - the effects can be seen for miles and miles around.

Welcome to #HIMARS

#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia
A big explosion in #Mykolaiv this afternoon too, badly injuring a 16 year old.

People are still feared to be under the rubble after a missile strike on a residential building according to the Head of #Nikolaev.

#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia
Authorities in #Mykolaiv have still not said exactly where the missile landed.
But nearby a huge apartment block seems to have lost a large number of its windows.

credit: TG novostiniko
#Nikolaev #RussiaIsATerroristState #SaveUkraine
Also in #Mykolaiv, these guys were seen draining remaining fuel from a completely burned out bus after a missile strike.

#StopRussiaNOW #Nikolaev
Back to #Horlivka - and here's another video which shows the moment of the "Big Bang"

For sure #Ukraine's #HIMARS have precisely hit something highly combustible in the occupied city.

#StandWithUkraine #RussiansGoHome
Reports from Russian side that there's been huge fighting taking place in #Soledar, to the north east of #Bakhmut.

The invaders have made almost no ground in the last 2 weeks, usually blaming rotation of troops.
#Ukraine needs to get its message straight about what happened in #Odesa following #Russia's attack on the port.

#Odessa Governor Maksym Marchenko this evening completely contradicts the last message. He says there are wounded and there is damage to infrastructure.
We've learned that @IMAX left Russia at the start of June, but the news is only just coming to light.

It doesn't look like an act of support from the Canadian company though - they simply have nothing to show on the big screens because of sanctions. All RU employees were fired.
A liberal news site from St.Petersburg publishes yet more proof of prisoners being given amnesties & cash to "volunteer" for #Wagner.

Great cannon fodder with #Russia short of troops now, with the advantage of not having to pay compensation when they die

showmustgoon.paper-paper.uno/v-sluchae-smer…
#Russia's Occupiers in #Zaporizhzhia oblast says #Ukraine hit pumping stations in the region today.

They report the attack happened in Rozyvskyi district, which is north-west of #Mariupol.
Another traitor has found his usefulness for #Russia has come to an end.

Yevhen Chetkarev became 'Mayor' of #Tavriysk in #Kherson region. His power did not last long - well connected Ukrainian journalist Oleh Baturin reports Chetkarov has now been "impeached" by the Russians
UPDATE:
Local occupiers report "production workshops" and a checkpoint were damaged in #Horlivka (RU: #Gorlovka)

yeah, of course that's all it was🤥

#Donetsk #Donbas #SlavaUkraini

Kudos to @elliegoulding for singing in Ukrainian at the "First Ladies and Gentlemen" event - the brainchild of Olena Zelenska.

Accompanied with "Pianoboy" Dmytro Shurov, they performed the very popular patriotic song "Oi i luzi chervona kalina"

#SlavaUkraini
#Donetsk -literally hundreds of videos being uploaded of an amazing scene right in the centre of the occupied city.

#StopRussia #StandWithUkraine
#Donetsk - this happened just 20-30 minutes ago
and another one from #Donetsk.
A driver's view, downtown in the city occupied by #Russia
President @ZelenskyyUa reckons today's attack on #Odesa is "a political blow for Russia itself."

"If anyone could say that some kind of dialogue is needed, an agreement on a ceasefire without deoccupying our territory, today's Calibers have destroyed that possibility."
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I can only guess at what's happened and why in #Donetsk this evening - here's my analysis.

Some sort of incendiary munition has been used on the occupied city. These are outlawed in areas "with a concentration of civilians", so a war crime was committed.

Of course suspicion
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..falls on #Ukraine which has been shelling #Donetsk heavily for the past fortnight.

However #Kyiv has not targeted civilians (there may have been an odd stray unguided rocket) and not proven to have used incendiary munitions in a situation like this.

What we have seen in..
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..the past is #Russia trying to change the agenda after committing a terrible crime or mistakes (Mariupol, Kramatorsk etc.)
It's quite possible after the stupid strikes on #Odesa that the Kremlin hurriedly decided to try to turn the focus on to "Ukraine war crimes"
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So unless it can be definitively proven who fired the missiles over Donetsk it's likely people will believe the side they want to believe.

But just ask this: why would Ukraine, achieving great success with high precision HIMARS, suddenly use a prohibited weapon on civilians?

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