The new footage shows one of the daring helicopter sorties inside the steel plant in #Mariupol to deliver aid and evacuate wounded, prior to the stronghold falling into Russian hands.
#Ukraine says MLRS were fired, injuring a 10 year old girl. 16 houses and outbuildings were damaged.
There were no military facilities in the area
#Ukraine has already received its first batch of "Gepard" anti-aircraft guns from #Germany (similar to photo below)
Defence Minister Oleksiy Reznikov says 3 arrived today along with 10s of thousands of cartridge.
Kyiv is expecting the delivery of 15 such vehicles in total.
Mr Reznikov (#Ukraine Def.Min) also announced that US #HIMARS have now struck 50 Russian warehouses of weapons and ammunitions.
It's undeniably true that Russia's fire on Ukraine has decreased markedly since HIMARS came on to the battlefield.
Many #Ukraine media are reporting that in #Kherson the Russians have revived the hated "Berkut"
This is the division of the riot police, which operated violently and with impunity. Berkut were responsible for most of the deaths of protesters on #Maidan.
The first news from #Kherson is not overly good for #Ukraine. Although the Antonivskyi bridge was hit, the structure still stands and is still passable.
#Russia's state new agency TASS says there is "no damage" which is highly unlikely.
#Odesa, #Kharkiv & #Mykolaiv among 🇺🇦 cities hit again overnight but not always with missiles designed for the job. The Kremlin orders more weapons out of "deep storage" and prepares for a #Ukraine counter attack in the south
Here's the🧵
1/2 First to those weapons on the move in #Russia.
It started with this video capturing what's believed to be
2S7 Pion heavy artillery being transported west.
They are Soviet machines, at the time state of the art high powered guns with a range of almost 50km,
2/2 Some excellent sleuthing on the internet found the source - a diminishing supply of stock.
Google Earth images show there were 170 of the Pions stored at this location in #Russia early April, down to 135 at the start of June; last week only 110 remaining.
Mayor of #Mykolaiv Oleksandr Sienkovych has not released further details yet about this morning's damage or any casualties. Rescue services are on site.
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)
1/2
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.
#Russia continues to make no progress in #Donetsk region and still has not "cleaned up" the whole of #Luhansk yet.
Various attempts to move forward on the frontline were repelled by #Ukraine
Russian sources are still claiming they are rotating troops to cover for lack of success
#PutinsWar enters Day 148.
21 July: anniversary of man first walking on the moon and in exactly four months the opening match of the World Cup in Qatar will be about to kick off.
But this is the daily thread on #Russia's war in #Ukraine, updated real time so please read & share.
* Graphic photos *
It's a depressing start to the day, with many attacks, shelling and deaths in #Ukraine.
Among the places worst hit - again - is #Kharkiv. The reign of terror continues by the invaders. Two died and 19 injured so far after attacks on residents.
Officials in #Kharkiv are still concealing the exact location of #Russia's strikes. However, one of the most populated areas was hit with #Ukraine alleging The Kremlin targeted transport stops and residential streets.
They also say they found evidence of cluster bombs: