Officials in Occupied #Donetsk say one person died and two were injured as a result of the shelling of #Pyvzavod.
The Russians also claim an ammonia pipeline was damaged and advise residents to stay indoors, seal apartments and breathe through gauze moistened with 5% mild acid.
Some significant financial news for #Ukraine today too.
Reuters reports $20 billion of foreign debt the country owes, has been frozen for two years.
With no payments now due on international bonds it means #Ukraine cannot default which would worsen the country's plight.
The first ship to legally leave #Ukraine's Black Sea ports with food since the war, has still not managed to dock
The #Razoni has now headed back to dock near Mersin on #Turkiye's southern coast. It left #Odesa last week with its cargo of corn, but supposedly cannot find a buyer
Interesting news overnight in #Belarus where around 8 small explosions were reported at the Zyabrovka airfield.
#Russia has taken over this site near #Homel and launched numerous strikes on #Ukraine from here.
Belarus says "an engine fire" was to blame, which seems unlikely.
1/2 The situation around Europe's largest nuclear power plant remains worrying. #Russia still hasn't permitted the #UN or #IAEA into the #Zaporizhzhia plant in #Enerhodar.
That's usual for #Russia - they give themselves time to make the sire "clean" (move the artillery out!)
2/2 There have been reports online of a Russian General threatening to blow up the nuclear plant in #Enerhodar rather than let it be recaptured by #Ukraine.
I avoided reporting this and @TheStudyofWar now also considers it "fake news" and distracting
Day 166 of #Russia's war of choice. Yep, the monster in the Kremlin chose to start a needless, full-scale invasion of #Ukraine. Welcome to the daily thread for all the news
Sunday was quiet until an explosive evening - if you missed it, click here:
Day 165 of #Russia's illegal war on #Ukraine - welcome to my daily thread on events surrounding the conflict.
Of all the war crimes committed, the biggest was when #Putin decided to invade. Without this stupid, needless aggression, there would not have been one other war crime.
In case you missed anything last night, you can scroll back through the previous day's thread. I've been asked to include a link, so here it is.
Y'day evening we saw proof of Russia bombing #Donetsk, which it controls and the confirmed death of a traitor
It seems to have been a little quieter overnight than in previous days, but of course the regular hotspots on, or near, the front line have been hit including #Kharkiv and #Mykolaiv, more on that shortly in the thread.
Hello, welcome to Friday and to Day 163 of #Russia's war on #Ukraine
Critical days after The Kremlin's tactic of carpet bombing the front line, then throwing 1000s of cannon fodder into the "grey zone" seems to be pushing Ukraine back in #Donetsk.
All the news, all day, here⬇️
The @TheStudyofWar last night reported #Ukraine "is likely seizing the strategic initiative and forcing #Russia to reallocate forces" due to threats in #Kherson.
However their maps don't include the news about #Avdiivka and #Bakhmut which I brought you in yesterday's thread
Also last night I showed the scenes in #Nikopol - and I'll tweet a new video in the next post
UK's MoD's update highlights the sheer recklessness of #Russia firing on Nikopol from a nuclear power plant in #Enerhodar, storing weapons there knowing #Ukraine can't risk firing there