We have reached day 170 of #Russia's war of choice.
The last 48 hours have been perhaps the quietest for #Ukraine since the full invasion on 24 February. But already today (Friday) there is a big attack on #Kharkiv
Four loud explosions heard in central #Kharkiv within the last 20 minutes.
Here's the first video. You can see the flash of the explosion in the bottom left just 5-6 seconds in, followed a long time later by the sound blast, showing the distance.
Something seems to have gone wrong with air defence in #Kharkiv tonig I'm afraid. Four missile launches were noted and warned of and four explosions in the city.
This is reported to be the third of the hits on the city in north-east #Ukraine.
A little earlier tonight there was one report of an explosion in #Mykolaiv oblast, but no word on this since.
The city of Mykolaiv (#Nikolaev) itself has remained free of attack for 2 whole days - coinciding with the devastation at #Russia's air field in Saky, #Crimea.
One more view of the moment the first Russian missile of tonight's attack hit #Kharkiv.
The air raid warning sirens have been turned off in #Kharkiv. Authorities not confirming anything yet, but all residents on social media and local chat sites seem to agree there were four explosions in the city.
The city's leading Telegram channel published this photo. But even if light enhanced with long exposure, it could be a fake - the time stamp has been removed.
Some of the missiles in east #Ukraine tonight could have come from this salvo in occupied #Alchevsk. 12 outgoing rockets.
Up to 17 million votes in last year's Russian elections were fraudulent.
That's the conclusion of an incredible investigation by Meduza which obtained more than a million hours of footage from CCTV installed in voting halls of more than 9,000 precincts:
Meanwhile another 200 Russian soldiers, mostly Cannon fodder, died yesterday
There are also credible reports that after the war crimes of #Bucha and other towns near #Kyiv, the division responsible was immediately sent without resupplying, to the frontline to "solve" the problem
A couple of explosions now reported in the #Kakhovka region of #Kherson oblast.
The area has come under repeated fire from #Ukraine in the last few days.
This video from Lyubimivka district was the first blast, the second said to be bigger.
In #Kharkiv they're sifting through wreckage after the shelling of the city centre I reported on at the start of the thread.
This is the residential Slobidskyi District. Another educational establishment was hit as well as building of the administration and houses/cars damaged
It's now known 11 rockets hit #Kramatorsk last night.
The remaining residents in the #Ukraine held town have spent the day assessing damage and cleaning up after the Russian attack.
Credit TG Kramatorsk Sloviansk News
The exiled Governor of #Luhansk claims #Ukraine partisans have blown up a car carrying a collaborator.
Serhiy Haidai says the attack happened in #Starobilsk yesterday - the traitor, who switched to Russia in 2014, is thought to be in a 'serious condition' in hospital
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One person's died and 3 injured in new attacks on #Kharkiv oblast today.
A 50 year old woman was killed in the village of #Baranivka this morning. A man was wounded.
This afternoon #Zolochiv was hit. A 13 year old boy and an 83yo grandmother were injured.
A Soviet monument to a Red Army soldier has been dismantled in #Chernivtsi
The local council held a referendum on the statue and residents voted to remove the relic. The council says it won't be destroyed, but kept in safe storage.
Hello again. Day 1203 of Russia's genocidal war in Ukraine
Anyone with a brain slightly larger than that of a chihuahua knows it. Russian history and Putin's own words spelt it out, but peaceniks, Naziniks and idiotniks are still in denial
More proof coming up in🧵for Day 1203
Yesterday's thread lasted well over 24 hours, but nothing to be proud of.
I know I'm crazier than you, and thankfully you all have lives to live. So you will be needing the link to the start of yesterday's thread so you can catch up on what you missed..
Day 1201 of Europe's war.
But the pre-conflict hybrid war has already been waging worldwide for years. Hacking, election interference, sabotage - we're all targeted by Russia, even if we don't all realise it yet.
Ukraine can stop the war criminal with our help.
Welcome to the🧵
Maybe Sunday will bless Ukraine with a quiet day?
Saturday was another full-on journalistic stint, catching sleep when I could.
Kharkiv shattered overnight then a daytime attack on a kids' railway.
Operation Web 2.0 & a factory hit in Russia.
It's all ⬇️
1/2 Early this morning, just before the end of the previous thread I showed the Azot chemical plant in Tula region on fire.
Not long afterwards, Ukraine hit another facility, this time in Russia-controlled 🇺🇦
This is the Hydromash factory in Melitopol' in occupied Zaporizhzhia.
Day 1194 of Putin's war, though let's remember the initial invasion came 11 years ago.
Since February 2014, not once have western sanctions or military support come close to being enough to restore justice and defeat evil.
Welcome to THE daily 🇺🇦 thread for Sunday 1 June
A new day, a new season. Summer officially started, but nothing is likely to change just yet.
Y'day's thread had some great stories, but everything paled into insignificance when justy before midnight came news of a disaster in Russia's Bryansk region:
Another night of no sleep yet - dramatic action in Moscow.
Time to start another daily thread covering everything to do with Putin's disastrous 'operation' in Ukraine.
It's 5am in Russia and Ukraine, on Day 1190 of the war.
Let's begin...
I've still NEVER missed even one day since the start of Russia's full invasion.
But yesterday's thread ended up being one of the most lively. Another near 50-post story of the day, and if you like seeing "bavovna" in Russia, go right through to the end!