Day 162 of #Russia's war with a country which has never invaded, or fired upon, another country once.
#Ukraine continues its proud defence, but masses of new cannon fodder are arriving on the fronts to help #Russia pressure new fronts.
All the news, all day in one 🧵, read on!
#Ukraine continues its proud defence, but masses of new cannon fodder are arriving on the fronts to help #Russia pressure new fronts.
All the news, all day in one 🧵, read on!
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First to the murder of #Ukraine's #Azovstal defenders in the missile strike on the #Olenivka prison.
The @ICRC put out a statement saying they could not guarantee the safety of the Ukrainians despite negotiating their release from #Mariupol'
icrc.org/en/document/ol…
First to the murder of #Ukraine's #Azovstal defenders in the missile strike on the #Olenivka prison.
The @ICRC put out a statement saying they could not guarantee the safety of the Ukrainians despite negotiating their release from #Mariupol'
icrc.org/en/document/ol…
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The Red Cross statement says they had no access to prisoners in #Olenivka before the strike. This contradicts Russian propaganda channels which claimed they visited 4 days before.
US Intel concurs with my assessment Russia is delaying UN/ICRC visits to plant evidence.
The Red Cross statement says they had no access to prisoners in #Olenivka before the strike. This contradicts Russian propaganda channels which claimed they visited 4 days before.
US Intel concurs with my assessment Russia is delaying UN/ICRC visits to plant evidence.
Last night (in y'day's thread) I reported on what seemed to be #Ukraine strikes again on, or near, the #Antonivskyi bridge in #Kherson.
Now a statement from the occupiers says #Russia's air defence worked well and no damage was done. Judge for yourself!
Now a statement from the occupiers says #Russia's air defence worked well and no damage was done. Judge for yourself!
https://twitter.com/TWMCLtd/status/1554962818436407296
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Shelling of two parts of #Mykolaiv to report
The rockets were fired at 4am. Some private houses were damaged according to the mayor, but no deaths or serious injuries.
In the video you can see the huge crater left by the missile's impact.
#StopRussia #SaveUkraine #Nikolaev
Shelling of two parts of #Mykolaiv to report
The rockets were fired at 4am. Some private houses were damaged according to the mayor, but no deaths or serious injuries.
In the video you can see the huge crater left by the missile's impact.
#StopRussia #SaveUkraine #Nikolaev
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The other missile in #Mykolaiv landed in a narrow road between residential dwellings. A fire was quickly extinguished.
#Nikolaev #StandWithUkrine #RussiaIsATerroristState
The other missile in #Mykolaiv landed in a narrow road between residential dwellings. A fire was quickly extinguished.
#Nikolaev #StandWithUkrine #RussiaIsATerroristState
Another loophole exploited by sanctioned Russians in the UK.
Arkady and Boris Rotenberg are literally best buddies with the war criminal in the Kremlin.
bbc.com/news/uk-624107…
Arkady and Boris Rotenberg are literally best buddies with the war criminal in the Kremlin.
bbc.com/news/uk-624107…
No photos from #Kharkiv yet, where there were 3 separate missile attacks in the early hours.
Mayor Ihor Terekhov says rockets landed without incident in two parts of the region, but in Nemyshlyansky district they hit the local administration building.
No injuries reported.
Mayor Ihor Terekhov says rockets landed without incident in two parts of the region, but in Nemyshlyansky district they hit the local administration building.
No injuries reported.
Another morning of heavy shelling by #Russia from the nuclear power plant at #Enerhodar to the #Ukraine held town of #Nikopol.
It's a daily occurrence now. One house destroyed, 50 damaged, and 30 farm buildings also affected.
#RussiaIsATerroristState #StopRussia
It's a daily occurrence now. One house destroyed, 50 damaged, and 30 farm buildings also affected.
#RussiaIsATerroristState #StopRussia
In occupied #Kherson - right now reports of explosions as well as gunfire in the Shumenskyi district, just west of the city centre.
#StandWithUkraine #RussiansGoHome #StopRussia
#StandWithUkraine #RussiansGoHome #StopRussia
Russian cinemas say income's down over 70% compared with last year (despite some Covid restrictions in 2021).
Very few western movies are available to be shown in the Terrorist State.
The Association of Cinema Owners has asked Putin for help.
#StopRussiaNOW #StandWithUkraine
Very few western movies are available to be shown in the Terrorist State.
The Association of Cinema Owners has asked Putin for help.
#StopRussiaNOW #StandWithUkraine
#Russia's daily losses in #PutinsWar show much higher than average totals in three areas.
The notable figures of things destroyed are:
15 tanks
7 artillery systems
38 army vehicles and fuel tanks
These are #Ukraine's estimates
The notable figures of things destroyed are:
15 tanks
7 artillery systems
38 army vehicles and fuel tanks
These are #Ukraine's estimates
An update from #Mykolaiv.
New photos show an unexploded rocket stuck in a road and another on a pavement - lucky escape for nearby residents.
Meanwhile it's now known 2 people were injured in the village of Zarya.
#Nikolaev #Ukraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
New photos show an unexploded rocket stuck in a road and another on a pavement - lucky escape for nearby residents.
Meanwhile it's now known 2 people were injured in the village of Zarya.
#Nikolaev #Ukraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
Although acknowledging #Russia is still committing war crimes, today @amnesty has strongly condemned #Ukraine.
The organisation accuses Ukraine's military of establishing bases in hospitals, schools and residential areas
amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
The organisation accuses Ukraine's military of establishing bases in hospitals, schools and residential areas
amnesty.org/en/latest/news…
#Russia says it's prevented an assassination attempt on the collaborator head of occupied #Berdyansk.
They say surveillance video shows a man "pretending to fall and plant a powerful bomb under his car."
No date given but they say the man confessed to being paid by #Ukraine SBU
They say surveillance video shows a man "pretending to fall and plant a powerful bomb under his car."
No date given but they say the man confessed to being paid by #Ukraine SBU
In #Donetsk anger as a missile lands in the centre of the city while the occupiers hold a memorial service for a female deputy commander who died in the war.
With so many "false flags" there is no proof #Ukraine fired this rocket.
#StopRussiaNOW #StandWithUkraine
With so many "false flags" there is no proof #Ukraine fired this rocket.
#StopRussiaNOW #StandWithUkraine
One of the main propaganda channels in #Donetsk published this video of the moment the missile is said to have struck the hotel in the centre of the occupied city.
Am I too cynical to wonder why someone was filming a wall and also no-one seems surprised, let alone shocked?
Am I too cynical to wonder why someone was filming a wall and also no-one seems surprised, let alone shocked?
The lux Donbass Palace hotel in central #Donetsk is next to the theatre where the Occupiers were holding a memorial service for Olga Kachura.
#Russia's propaganda army TV channel was filming an interview when the missile landed in the centre of #Donetsk.
Inside the up-scale #DonbassPalace hotel in central #Donetsk.
Incidentally when the city was last invaded, the Nazis set up HQ here in the 1940s.
Incidentally when the city was last invaded, the Nazis set up HQ here in the 1940s.
Eight people are thought to have died in #Toretsk, a #Ukraine held town in #Donetsk.
Shells again seemed to target a bus stop in the frontline town this lunchtime, the 3rd such example in a week.
Four others are injured, three of them children.
#StopRussia #SaveUkraine
Shells again seemed to target a bus stop in the frontline town this lunchtime, the 3rd such example in a week.
Four others are injured, three of them children.
#StopRussia #SaveUkraine
* Graphic Video *
Bodies of dead & wounded lay on the main streets of Pushkin + Artyom in central #Donetsk following the earlier missile attack.
A grandfather says his wife & granddaughter were killed. Also reports a man in military uniform died from shrapnel wounds.
#Donbas
Bodies of dead & wounded lay on the main streets of Pushkin + Artyom in central #Donetsk following the earlier missile attack.
A grandfather says his wife & granddaughter were killed. Also reports a man in military uniform died from shrapnel wounds.
#Donbas
Warning: Video🔞
#Russia's authorities in #Donetsk say 5 people died when the rocket landed in the centre of the occupied city this morning.
#Ukraine has emphatically denied it fired the missile.
#Russia's authorities in #Donetsk say 5 people died when the rocket landed in the centre of the occupied city this morning.
#Ukraine has emphatically denied it fired the missile.
Presidential adviser in #Kyiv says #Ukraine has not hit civilian targets "only #Russia (or DPR) hits civilians. It's pointless for us to strike any event in #Donetsk."
Podolyak is also angry at @amnesty's report.
Podolyak is also angry at @amnesty's report.
https://twitter.com/Podolyak_M/status/1555140041055342593
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A thread (within a thread) with my analysis and thoughts on today's developments.
Firstly I condemn the attack in central #Donetsk unequivocally. There have been reports of #Kadyrov's troops staying in the Donbass Palace hotel, but even if that is true, no attack should have
A thread (within a thread) with my analysis and thoughts on today's developments.
Firstly I condemn the attack in central #Donetsk unequivocally. There have been reports of #Kadyrov's troops staying in the Donbass Palace hotel, but even if that is true, no attack should have
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..happened when a service was taking place. #Ukraine denies the attack and #Russia does have 'form' for firing on its own. Russia also desperately tries to move the narrative on from its likely killing of POWs in #Olenivka.
However if Ukraine did carry out this attack there
..happened when a service was taking place. #Ukraine denies the attack and #Russia does have 'form' for firing on its own. Russia also desperately tries to move the narrative on from its likely killing of POWs in #Olenivka.
However if Ukraine did carry out this attack there
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..should be consequences for those who took the decision.
It's worth saying that the person being commemorated in #Donetsk was a traitor. Olga Kachura was previously a #Ukraine police officer in #Horlivka. She had been sentenced to 12 years prison for terrorism offences.
..should be consequences for those who took the decision.
It's worth saying that the person being commemorated in #Donetsk was a traitor. Olga Kachura was previously a #Ukraine police officer in #Horlivka. She had been sentenced to 12 years prison for terrorism offences.
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Earlier the @amnesty report strongly criticised #Ukraine for using hospitals and schools as military bases.
I do agree this is unethical if missiles are being fired from hospitals and contravenes the Geneva Convention.
But some things to be remembered here too...
Earlier the @amnesty report strongly criticised #Ukraine for using hospitals and schools as military bases.
I do agree this is unethical if missiles are being fired from hospitals and contravenes the Geneva Convention.
But some things to be remembered here too...
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Without the first, and biggest war crime, no others would have been possible. That crime was Putin's decision to invade a peaceful nation.
Also remember #Ukraine is not attacking #Russia even now. That's perverse, almost unique in any war. A defender cannot hit the aggressor
Without the first, and biggest war crime, no others would have been possible. That crime was Putin's decision to invade a peaceful nation.
Also remember #Ukraine is not attacking #Russia even now. That's perverse, almost unique in any war. A defender cannot hit the aggressor
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So #Ukraine is trying to defend its cities and liberate occupied territories. Using weapons in wide open spaces makes them easy targets. It's obvious military has to try to "hide" some, especially less mobile MLRS systems etc. Ideally they wouldn't be near any civilians..
So #Ukraine is trying to defend its cities and liberate occupied territories. Using weapons in wide open spaces makes them easy targets. It's obvious military has to try to "hide" some, especially less mobile MLRS systems etc. Ideally they wouldn't be near any civilians..
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..and it's been good to see #Ukraine first ask people to leave frontline towns, and now enforce an evacuation, to try to avoid civilian casualties.
The answer to everything is of course simple. #Russia leaves #Ukraine which instantly stops all civilian casualties.
end of🧵
..and it's been good to see #Ukraine first ask people to leave frontline towns, and now enforce an evacuation, to try to avoid civilian casualties.
The answer to everything is of course simple. #Russia leaves #Ukraine which instantly stops all civilian casualties.
end of🧵
#Ukraine's Minister of Defence has fired the Heads of the largest state-owned arms traders.
Vadym Nozdryu of "Ukrspecexport" and Yevhen Larin from "Spetstechnoexport". It's reported by Censor that the govt is unhappy with their procurement of weapons.
censor.net/ua/news/335855…
Vadym Nozdryu of "Ukrspecexport" and Yevhen Larin from "Spetstechnoexport". It's reported by Censor that the govt is unhappy with their procurement of weapons.
censor.net/ua/news/335855…
Something's on fire in #Kherson oblast.
This is in occupied territory, but no location given.
#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia
This is in occupied territory, but no location given.
#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia
⚡️Breaking⚡️
RUMOURS in occupied #Donetsk that another prison has been hit by a missile...
I repeat, unofficial and only "chat" at the moment.
More when I get it.
RUMOURS in occupied #Donetsk that another prison has been hit by a missile...
I repeat, unofficial and only "chat" at the moment.
More when I get it.
Another rocket has hit the Kyivsky district of the occupied city of #Donetsk.
#RussiansGoHome #StopRussia
#RussiansGoHome #StopRussia
Sorry, you are clearly insane, a paid troll, or both.
Ukraine did not exist. Of course by 1950s Stalin had already murdered up to 10 million of the most patriotic Ukrainians, mostly through Holodomor.
Try learn the real history not Putin's diet of sh*t
Ukraine did not exist. Of course by 1950s Stalin had already murdered up to 10 million of the most patriotic Ukrainians, mostly through Holodomor.
Try learn the real history not Putin's diet of sh*t
https://twitter.com/R00Ttoor/status/1555153065866629120
The prosecution has asked for US basketball player Brittney Griner to be jailed for 9.5 years for "drug smuggling"
Obviously she has a zero percent chance of being found not guilty.
Any North American or European in Russia is at risk of kidnap to be used as a bargaining chip.
Obviously she has a zero percent chance of being found not guilty.
Any North American or European in Russia is at risk of kidnap to be used as a bargaining chip.
UPDATE on the story of another prison in the occupied area being hit by a missile:
A jail in the Kirovsky district of #Donetsk was reportedly struck - it seems there were no POWs here.
One prisoner died, two people injured including an employee.
A jail in the Kirovsky district of #Donetsk was reportedly struck - it seems there were no POWs here.
One prisoner died, two people injured including an employee.
https://twitter.com/TWMCLtd/status/1555158866903572481
Another day of explosions in #Chornobaivka.
Unconfirmed but reported that the control post of #Russia's 22nd Army Corps of the Coastal Forces of the Black Sea Fleet has been wipes out.
#Kherson #StandWithUkraine️
Unconfirmed but reported that the control post of #Russia's 22nd Army Corps of the Coastal Forces of the Black Sea Fleet has been wipes out.
#Kherson #StandWithUkraine️
A happy hunting day in #Kherson for #Ukraine.
This from #NovaKakhovka
Ukraine is reported to have hit another Russian warehouse.
#SlavaUkraini #StopRussia
This from #NovaKakhovka
Ukraine is reported to have hit another Russian warehouse.
#SlavaUkraini #StopRussia
This one won't shock you.
Brittney Griner has been found guilty.
Brittney Griner has been found guilty.
https://twitter.com/TWMCLtd/status/1555164631613702151?t=vXcWWNCUaXPZLuunb_XVFg&s=19
#Ukraine admits a partial withdrawal from #Avdiivka
They've lost the mine at Butovka and moved further south.
They say the massive aerial and artillery bombardment meant they could no longer hold the trenches.
#Donetsk #Donbas #StopRussiaNOW
They've lost the mine at Butovka and moved further south.
They say the massive aerial and artillery bombardment meant they could no longer hold the trenches.
#Donetsk #Donbas #StopRussiaNOW
#Ukraine claims to have taken back two villages in the east.
Dmitrivka near Izium district in #Kharkiv region and Mazanivka in #Donetsk oblast are now under the 🇺🇦 flag.
#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia
Dmitrivka near Izium district in #Kharkiv region and Mazanivka in #Donetsk oblast are now under the 🇺🇦 flag.
#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia
#Russia once again claiming that #Ukraine has shelled across the border.
The Head of #Bryansk region says two people were injured in the village of Klimovo.
#StopRussiaNOW
The Head of #Bryansk region says two people were injured in the village of Klimovo.
#StopRussiaNOW
#Ukraine looks to have hit a Russian base in #Kherson oblast.
One local channel reports a "mechanised base" of the occupiers was hit with four rockets in Bilozerka district.
#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia
One local channel reports a "mechanised base" of the occupiers was hit with four rockets in Bilozerka district.
#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia
News of another assassination attempt in #Luhansk region
A car carrying collaborators was shot in #Bilovodsk
Valentina Hladkova, elected as Councillor for @ZelenskyyUa's party, was hit in thigh.
Vitaliy Kovalenko, Russia's Head of Bilovodsk was with her
vchasnoua.com/donbass/73312-…
A car carrying collaborators was shot in #Bilovodsk
Valentina Hladkova, elected as Councillor for @ZelenskyyUa's party, was hit in thigh.
Vitaliy Kovalenko, Russia's Head of Bilovodsk was with her
vchasnoua.com/donbass/73312-…
With regards to the above story about the attack on collaborators in #Luhansk oblast, I should say I have not been able to verify it. However the source I linked to is usually reliable
#StandWithUkraine #StopRussiaNow
#StandWithUkraine #StopRussiaNow
#Russia propaganda channels say that Wagner troops and regular Russian soldiers have "broken through #Ukraine defences and entered the city" of #Bakhmut (RU: #Artemovsk)
They claim fighting is on Patrice Lumumba Street, although this is still on the very outskirts of the town.
They claim fighting is on Patrice Lumumba Street, although this is still on the very outskirts of the town.
In #Ocheretyne (RU: #Ocheretino), in #Donetsk, Russian shelling has destroyed a school
#Ukraine's regional governor said "Everything that we have been building for years, the Russians are methodically destroying in one moment.”
#StopRussiaNow
#Ukraine's regional governor said "Everything that we have been building for years, the Russians are methodically destroying in one moment.”
#StopRussiaNow
A propaganda channel of the #Donetsk puppet government has released this edited video.
It shows the #Ukraine held town of #Pesky being battered. They say they are near capturing this town too.
#StopRussiaNow
It shows the #Ukraine held town of #Pesky being battered. They say they are near capturing this town too.
#StopRussiaNow
Something burning in #Donetsk city again this evening.
This is the Gladkovka district, in the northern suburbs, not too far from the Donbas Arena.
#StopRussia
This is the Gladkovka district, in the northern suburbs, not too far from the Donbas Arena.
#StopRussia
#Russia is firing again on #Kharkiv tonight.
This was just a few minutes ago.
#Kharkov #StandWithUkraine #StopRussianAggression
This was just a few minutes ago.
#Kharkov #StandWithUkraine #StopRussianAggression
Governor of #Kharkiv, Oleh Synebuhov, says missiles have hit the residential Saltivka area and industrial districts of the city.
On chat sites some say there may be dead, but only one injury confirmed so far.
Locals report many flying fragments from the missiles
#StopRussiaNOW
On chat sites some say there may be dead, but only one injury confirmed so far.
Locals report many flying fragments from the missiles
#StopRussiaNOW
When Brittney Griner is released/swapped for a Russian arms dealer by the look of it, it will be interesting to hear her real version of events.
https://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1555288813580189697?t=jQ0oqxUkhUXYsXXmIa3XaQ&s=19
An excellent thread earlier today about that @Amnesty report. Written by a Ukrainian from Crimea. Well worth reading.
Also since then the Ukraine office of Amnesty revealed all their complaints and suggestions were ignored.
Also since then the Ukraine office of Amnesty revealed all their complaints and suggestions were ignored.
https://twitter.com/xenasolo/status/1555167248679157763?t=ULpJcmC_sQ4omwv1tQytbw&s=19
It's now known at least three have been injured in the northern part of #Kharkiv.
They were hurt when a rocket landed on Pavlovo Pole square.
They were hurt when a rocket landed on Pavlovo Pole square.
https://twitter.com/TWMCLtd/status/1555281021121216512
⚡️Breaking⚡️
#Nikopol under attack again, this time the sky is lit up, likely by thermite fire from MLRS
Presumably as with every other day recently, fired from the nuclear power plant in #Enerhodar.
Talk about putting civilians at risk! Amnesty didn't mention that!
#Nikopol under attack again, this time the sky is lit up, likely by thermite fire from MLRS
Presumably as with every other day recently, fired from the nuclear power plant in #Enerhodar.
Talk about putting civilians at risk! Amnesty didn't mention that!
Divine intervention... or sabotage?
A truck believed to be carrying stolen #Ukraine grain, ran into problems in #Sevastopol... it also ran in to numerous other cars when the brakes seemed to fail.
One dead, 19 injured
#Crimea #StopRussia #RussiaIsATerroristState
A truck believed to be carrying stolen #Ukraine grain, ran into problems in #Sevastopol... it also ran in to numerous other cars when the brakes seemed to fail.
One dead, 19 injured
#Crimea #StopRussia #RussiaIsATerroristState
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