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Welcome to Thursday's daily thread documenting #Russia's war on #Ukraine.

It's Day 169 of the illegal invasion.
If you need a recap of yesterday's events, here's the link to the start of the thread.

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.
#Russia's credibility is collapsing says British Intelligence.

The Kremlin's important "defence" export market is in danger of shrinking rapidly because of inability to fulfill orders and nations perhaps seeing it's not as effective in battle as they thought.

#StopRussia
Three civilians have died in #Dnipropetrovsk region as a result of heavy Russian shelling.

The Governor says over 120 grads were fired at #Nikopol alone.

Scores of high rise and residential buildings were hit. 9 others are injured.
You may be interested in this new "infrared" satellite image from the "mystery" explosions in #Crimea

The destruction of #Russia's Saky air base looks even more devastating here. That's some big bang on the occupied territory.
#Ukraine strikes do seem most likely.

#SlavaUkraini
#Ukraine confirms it successfully hit more of #Russia's bases in #Kherson in the last 24 hours.

One of the consequences is likely a loss of power for the Occupiers around #Chaplinka, where one motorist found an unexpected obstruction on the road!

#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia
#Russia has now seen the deaths of 43,000 military personnel in #PutinsWar of choice, according to the daily figures from #Kyiv.

A well above average 14 Russian tanks were destroyed in the last 24 hours, presumably as various attempted advances in the east were repelled.
#Latvia's Parliament, the Saeima, has voted in favour of recognising #Russia as a State Sponsor of Terrorism.

The statement was passed following Russia's targeted military attacks against the civilian population in Ukraine.

#StopRussiaNow #SlavaUkraini
Astonishing photo published today showing an enormous crater following a missile attack yesterday in #Zaporizhzhia.

credit: Getty images

#StandWithUkraine #StopRussiaNOW
Top trolling from #Ukraine's Ministry of Defence to tourists from #Russia!

#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia
CCTV footage has emerged of the explosion at the airfield in #Belarus which happened overnight.

As I reported earlier in the thread, this base is completely controlled by #Russia these days and the launchpad for many bombings of #Ukraine.

Is this just an engine fire?
Something strange in #Russia.

Two private Robinson R44 helicopters disappeared in #Krasnoyarsk at the same time. Two tourists are reported to be on board. Both flew from Norilsk to the Putoransky Reserve.

A search is underway but there's no signal from emergency beacons.
The @UN Secretary General urged a safe perimeter to be made around the Nuclear Power Plant in #Enerhodar, to ensure security.

Meanwhile Germany's Environment Minister said they don't have information about any radioactive leak, but the situation is “unclear and dangerous”.
Another safety breach?
Sabotage?

Big addition to #RussiaOnFire collection here.

In #Dolgoprudny, Moscow region, a military base burned down.

Victims and cause both unknown!

#StopRussiaNOW
Britain's Defence Minister has said #Russia is now "unlikely to ever succeed in occupying #Ukraine."

Ben Wallace added that the Kremlin's invasion is now "starting to fail"

#StandWithUkraine #StopRussianAggression
#Ukraine's nuclear energy agency, #Energoatom says Europe's largest nuclear power plant was shelled on four separate occasions today.

#Russia controls the territory but stores weapons and soldiers inside the site. Ukraine argues Russia is trying to weaken the West's support.
Meanwhile the @UN Security Council is meeting in New York to discuss the situation around the #Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in #Ukraine.

Head of @IAEA, Rafael Grossi, called on 🇺🇦 &🇷🇺 to allow its representatives to visit the station as soon as possible.
But 🇷🇺 controls the site!
Former President of #Russia, Dmitry Medvedev allegedly turned up in #Ukraine today.

Whether to boost his image, or sent by Putin, who remained behind in his Kremlin fortress, Medvedev was said to be in #Luhansk for a meeting with leaders of puppet states of #Donetsk and #Luhansk
It really has been a quiet day in #Ukraine, but now things are hotting up in occupied #Kherson.

Maybe it's feeding time for #HIMARS or other western MLRS? #NovayaKakhovka has reportedly seen multiple explosions in the last few minutes.

#StopRussia #KhersonIsUkraine
Just over the Dnipro from #NovayaKakhovka, missiles land in the village of #Vesele.

This is where #Ukraine hit the Kakhovka bridge a few days ago, near the hydro-electric power station.

#SlavaUkraini #StandWithUkraine
Also in #Kherson oblast, one of the funniest things seen today is a "hedgehog" defence deterrent made of wood!

Surely #Russia doesn't really think this will slow #Ukraine's tanks liberating the city does it?

credit: TG kherson_typical
Already problems with the occupiers in #Mariupol'

Workers at the state water utility are on strike - the so called "DPR" has not paid salaries.

Apart from a few vanity projects for show back home, little has changed for residents.

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Jul 20
Hello again.
You've found the start of my daily thread on Day 878 of #Ukraine's defence against #Russia's war of choice.

Wherever you may be, enjoy your weekend, but don't forget about freedom and democracy. Ukraine today, another victim next if we don't stop the bully.
#Russia seems to be affected by fire & water problems in equal measure. #Ukraine helps with its drone successes!

It was a busy Friday! Zelenskyy in London, and Russia up to its old tricks, capturing foreign exchange tokens + killing civilians.
Review here
#Russia did attack #Ukraine overnight.
Two main targets were the energy sector and also the railways.

The national energy company confirmed drones attacks in 3 regions, but it seems the damage to the grid is not too bad.
#StopRussia
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Jul 7
Day 866 of #Russia's war is already underway.

A frightening start to Monday with missiles already entering #Ukraine's airspace.

All the news all the time, all day every day. Welcome to THE daily thread about Europe's war.
In case you missed any, or all, of Sunday's thread, here's the link so you can catch up easily.

Quite a day it was, too, with numerous successful strikes for #Ukraine on #Russia's positions and in the rear.
##SlavaUkraïni

There are 3 groups of Cruise missiles in #Ukraine right now.

Two are heading westwards towards ##Vinnytsia but are likely to change course many more time yet. The third group is still in #Chernihiv region.

#RussiaIsATerroristState
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Jul 2
Hello again. Day 860 of #Russia's all-out war on #Ukraine, but for newcomers, we only got here because the west did nothing when Putin tried to subvert democracy in 2013/4 & invaded #Crimea and east Ukraine in Feb 2014.

Let's start another daily thread - not a single day off!
Monday was another busy thread.

More signs #RussiaIsCollapsing, big blackouts and record losses for the invader.
In occupied #Ukraine there was an important hit on #Crimea, and how drones hit a moving train used by Russia.

Catch up here:

What times we live in.
#Russia takes over the revolving Presidency of the UN Security Council, while Putin's biggest ally in the west, #Hungary holds the EU Presidency for 6 months.

This morning Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán arrived in #Kyiv for the first time since 2012.
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Jun 21
It's Day 849 of #Russia's full invasion of its peaceful neighbour. But it's well over 10 years since the original illegal incursion into #Ukraine territory.

This is another daily thread with all the important news, presented without exaggeration, updated all day long every day!
#Russia's favourite mantra, repeated by trolls, useful-idiots, MAGA types etc, is of Nazis in #Ukraine.

It's simple: #Russia accuses others of what it does itself.
Democratic elections?🇺🇦✅🇷🇺❌
Jewish President?🇺🇦✅🇷🇺❌
Previous Pres Jewish?🇺🇦✅🇷🇺❌
Far right MPs?🇺🇦❌🇷🇺✅
Thursday ended with a lot of activity in #Russia's #Krasnodar region, explosions and nice videos.

You can see them at the end of yesterday's thread, a mammoth 60-post effort.
To catch up, click and scroll:
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Jun 10
Hello and welcome of Day 838 of #Russia's full invasion of #Ukraine, a country which never fired a shot at any other until the initial 2014 invasion by its imperialistic neighbour.

This is THE thread for all the news, analysis and a bit of comment on the situation. Let's dive in
Regulars will know I (try to) always include a link back to the previous day for those who missed something, or like to just browse the main stories in one place, in a few minutes.

Please share, boost, do your NAFO thing to raise visibility!💙💛

On Saturday there were stories of #Ukraine sinking a ship in #Taganrog.

Now #Russia's independent BAZA reports a barge there was hit and the tugboat "Inzhener Smirnov"

Two crew members are reported injured.

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Jun 7
It's Day 835 of #Russia's war.
A conflict based solely on the ego of one very little man. But Putin managed to remove all freedoms & opposition and then brainwash the public into supporting his tyranny, just as Hitler did.

This is THE daily thread covering the war in #Ukraine
It was another very difficult night for the people and air defenders in #Ukraine.

All the details coming up right here on Friday's thread.
First though, your chance to look back on Thursday's news. If you missed anything, click + scroll here:
First I want to point out the seemingly random number of "views".
Yesterday's thread-header has the lowest view count I can ever remember, despite almost identical likes/retweets to the previous day.
The last 3 days: 35k 22k and 9k
However of those 35k, 2/3 came after 2am GMT
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