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Jul 26 32 tweets 31 min read
Day 153 of #Russia's war of choice.

#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

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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,

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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.

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The daily British update explains why they think #Russia is pummeling #Odesa and #Mykolaiv right now

#Odessa #Nikolaev #StandWithUkraine #StopRussia
In the occupied east, #Ukraine forces look to have hit an oil storage facility in #Donetsk.

This was the scene in Budonivskyi district a little earlier this morning:

#StopRussia
The fire in Budonivskyi, #Donetsk has now just been put out.

#Ukraine continuing its precise strikes at critical infrastructure and oil reserves.

The photos show the situation now and earlier mid-blaze

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In #Odesa region the village of #Zatoka has been hit.

This is right on the coast where the bridge was previously targeted by #Russia.

President @ZelenskyyUa released this video this morning of the damage to the market
Meanwhile in #Mykolaiv/#Nikolaev air defence missiles were used on the city early this morning. These were 9 in total fired from occupied #Kherson region.

Here's the moment one of the missiles landed

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A short while ago there were also unconfirmed reports of further explosions in #Mykolaiv but no further news on that, so hopefully nothing new.

The first wave of blasts hit the car market among other places

#Nikolaev #SaveUkraine #StopRussia
credit: TG tpnik
#Mykolaiv / #Nikolaev

Mercifully no deaths or injuries reported from the overnight missile attacks by #Russia.

#StandWithUkraine #StopRussianAggression
#RussiaOnFire

This the scene in #Novosibirsk which has always had a fairly strong anti-Kremlin sentiment

Some balconies collapsed as flames took hold of the 13-storey apartment block.

Investigations continue. Residents managed to escape down stairs with the fire on the facade
#Kharkiv came under attack this morning too.

Again, showing a lack of artillery/weapons, anti-aircraft weapons were used by the Russians.

The entrance to the metro station "Defenders of Ukraine" is closed after damage.

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The Russian attack on #Kharkiv hit the #Slobid district.

Again #Ukraine's at pains to point out there are zero military facilities in the area. They say an enterprise, a multi-storey building and a car dealership were damaged. No injuries reported - even the cat survived!
Not so good news in the #Kharkiv region (as opposed to the city)

A woman's body was found under the rubble of a recreation centre in #Chuhuiv (#Chuguev), which was destroyed by a missile attack.

The search for two more people continues, four were rescued.

#StopRussia
In the Russian border region of #Bryansk another claim of "a rocket attack by #Ukraine"

But as with #Kursk yesterday, no photos.

Deputy Aleksei Vorobyov says 4 were injured but "there is no panic". Residential buildings and power lines said to be damaged.

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Puppet Donetsk government says the whole of #Donetsk will be taken before the end of August. That smacks of a desperate message for their own army and people becoming demoralised/fearing defeat.

Meanwhile, less far fetched is #Ukraine's hope to liberate #Kherson by September.
Russians in #Donetsk have released this video which they say is a successful attack on #Ukraine's "Foreign Legion". They claim many fighters, mainly Poles, were killed.

No location or time given. Not possible to verify.
A media darling of the west in the war has been @kiraincongress

The leader of the "Golos" party, Kira's the latest to be caught up in political trouble. It seems she may have had a passport problem at the border. She denies her citizenship was revoked

Heroes of #Mykolaiv rescued a motionless dog from the rubble of this morning's attack.

Neighbours thought he was dead, but it seems just shell shocked. Excavators pulled him out and he looks like making a full recovery!

#Nikolaev #PetRescue #Ukraine
Ukrainians living in occupied #Melitopol' have been killed by Russian military.

A KAMAZ truck had fallen behind the column of equipment and was speeding to catch up. It's reported it smashed into a car, killing all the occupants.

No photos/videos yet

#StandWithUkraine
Forgive the music! #Ukraine strikes another of #Russia's military bases. This is said to be in #Kharkiv region.

Again, not possible to verify when this video was taken.

#SlavaUkraini #StopRussia
A teacher in #Russia is fined just for "liking" a post on social media.

This is what "liberation" looks like in Putin's Russia.
No wonder all Ukraine fights for real freedom.

svoboda.org/a/diskreditiro…
Britain has sanctioned another 42 Russians

The travel bans and asset freezes are on many regional governors, but also on the list is former director of @Everton Sarvor Ismailov, nephew of Alisher Usmanov, and Sarvor's brother Sanjar - both of whom have "significant" UK interests
No real surprise, but #Russia has just announced it is withdrawing cooperation with the International Space Station, from 2024.

The country's Cosmology department says it will build its own orbital outpost.
The EU has agreed dramatic cut its use of gas if #Russia halts its stream. However it's a voluntary deal, not obligatory which the Union hoped for.

Hungary voted against the measure.

bbc.com/news/business-…
Not sure if you saw this a little earlier, but in one of his parting measures, Boris Johnson gave the "Churchill" award to #Ukraine's President Zelenskyy.

#Ukraine's Naftogaz has officially defaulted on its foreign debt.

Ministers are saying it's a misunderstanding as they were trying to restructure the debt and do have the cash to pay.

epravda.com.ua/news/2022/07/2…
Earlier I wrote that #Mykolaiv was attacked by #Russia with missiles fired from the recently occupied region of #Ukraine.

This evening in Novaya Zburyevka, #Kherson oblast, smoke is rising. It's about where the #Nikolaev missiles were sent from.
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Smoke also seen rising in the quaintly named (not pronounced like that though!) village of Mylove in #Beryslav area of #Kherson.

Quite a large field fire now, though it's not known how the blaze started

#StopRussiaNOW
In its evening report, #Ukraine's General Staff reveals it has again repelled repeated attempted Russian pushes in the east.

This is almost a daily tale now. Today the areas of Berestovo, Soledar and Semihirya were most active.

#StandWithUkraine
A petition has been started in #Ukraine to give @BorisJohnson Ukrainian citizenship and also submit his candidacy to become Prime Minister of the country!

petition.president.gov.ua/petition/151380
#Russia's Wagner troops look to have taken control of the #Vuhlehirska thermal power plant (RU: #Uglegorsk)

It's in #Svitlodarsk (RU: #Svetlodarsk) in the #Bakhmut Region of #Donetsk.

#Ukraine has not confirmed the news, but the propagandists video looks conclusive

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I have to start with news of yet more missiles landing in #Mykolaiv this morning.

Two separate attacks yesterday destroying universities and homes in #Nikolaev, and two people were injured.

Now a fresh Russian raid with 5 powerful explosions reported.

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Mayor of #Mykolaiv Oleksandr Sienkovych has not released further details yet about this morning's damage or any casualties. Rescue services are on site.

CCTV caught the moment of impact.

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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.

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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.

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