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Aug 14, 2022 44 tweets 39 min read Read on X
Welcome to a new week and the daily thread for Monday on #Russia's illegal war in #Ukraine

Day 173

A manic end to yesterday - I'll recap a little, but if you want to scroll through, here's the link:

Firstly, you guys got me to 20,000 followers, so thank you all so much💙💛

Honest reporting, fact-checked as much as humanly possible, but I still know right from wrong.

This week I have a lot of commentary work, but will try to be as quick as ever with updates throughout.
News breaking right now is another night-time attack on #Kharkiv

There have been multiple explosions in the city so far and more rockets on the way according to tracking.

The missiles have landed near the centre according to early reports

#RussiaIsATerroristState
One thing to keep an eye on later. As I reported last night, I am expecting this show trial to start later today in #Donetsk

Three #UK nationals, one from #Croatia and one from #Sweden all accused of being mercenaries.

Many questions about this story from yesterday's thread too.

While it will be presented as a "check" of potential soldiers, reservists etc., you can be sure there will be pressure applied to sign up "voluntarily"

If not enough sign up, on to phase 2

#Kharkiv update:

10 rockets fired at the north-eastern city.
It's believed at least six have landed. Some in the centre.

#Kharkov #Ukraine #RussiaIsATerroristState #StopRussia

#Kharkiv update

First video from the city under attack.
This CCTV caught two of the explosions on camera (at 6 and 25 seconds)

#StandWithUkraine #StopRussianAggression
Meanwhile in #Russia's #Belgorod region. reports of a mis-firing.

Some social media posts of an unsuccessful launch, resulting in the rocket falling on ​​the village of Veselaya Lopan.

There are broken windows and some reports of injuries. This video supposedly caught the sound
#Mykolaiv also under attack tonight.

#Russia fires multiple missiles from occupied #Kherson region.

Five explosions heard so far in the city.

#Nikolaev #Ukraine #StopRussia
The air alarm has ended, The siren gives the all clear in #Kharkiv and likely soon in the other areas too.

12 missiles fired on #Kharkov oblast - some landing in the city centre, others in the region.

Here's what it sounded like during the bombardment

#RussiaIsATerroristState
A reminder that #Ukraine's strike on #Russia's #Wagner group has definitely killed some of the mercenaries.

There was a bomb shelter in the HQ in #Popasna but the HIMARS missile struck low

Remember Wagner when a court in Donetsk today charges 5 foreigners with being mercenaries
#Mykolaiv - reports of up to 7 explosions in the region in #Russia's night attack.

This video caught some of the blasts, but it's basically just an audio file.

#Nikolaev #SaveUkraine #StopRussia
#RussiaOnFire

Another potential arson/sabotage (or insurance job).

#StPetersburg a building being renovated suddenly caught fire in the Admiralteisky district of #Russia's second city yesterday afternoon.

No injuries.

#StopRussiaNOW
#Nikopol is once again victim of #Russia's shelling.

Initial reports are that anti-aircraft missiles are now being used against the civilian population and infrastructure. Presumably fired again from the compound of the Nuclear Power Plant at #Enerhodar.
I'll need a lot of coffee today. If anyone wants to donate, I'll be very grateful. No worries if not, it's all for free.

ko-fi.com/twmcltd
Dmitry Kiselëv is verging on insanity.

Oh yeah we're all here reflecting on the battle of Poltava every day.
Well when I say all, I mean 0.1% of the 0.05% who knew about the battle.

#RussiaIsATerroristState #StopRussia

Remember the #Donetsk "referendum" results are already known. Even if #Russia doesn't control the territory and doesn't know when the sham vote will be held 🤡

#UK Intel update
#Ukraine destroyed an above average number of tanks in the last 24 hours. #Russian soldiers deaths remain quite high almost every day now.

#Kyiv has previously said it doesn't count #Wagner troops in this tally.

#StopRussia
Y'day I wrote about people dying, waiting days to pass checkpoints to leave Occupied Ukraine.

Now some have managed to fashion a shower! But rubbish piles up, Russians refuse to collect it.

Traders profit but #Ukraine has stopped their trucks from crossing as they add to delays
In #Melitopol the exiled Mayor has confirmed Saturday's big explosion in the occupied city was the Resistance blowing up a railway bridge.

Ivan Fedorov clarified the “tired” bridge is southwest of Melitopol.
He says it means no trains can go direct to/from #Crimea.

#StopRussia
#Sloviansk in the free part of #Donetsk oblast, was among the cities blasted by missiles overnight.

One she'll caused severe damage to an apartment block. Most residents have evacuated though, so thankfully no casualties.

#Donbas #Donbass #Ukraine #StandWithUkraine
Already today more strikes on #Kharkiv injuring two people in the #Saltivka neighbourhood.
Two people were injured, again next to a bus stop according to the Mayor of #Kharkov.

A 9-storey building was also hit in the latest attack.
The verdicts in the #MH17 case will be announced by the #hague on 17 November.

The court announced the news today.
You'll remember all 300 on board the passenger jet were killed when a Russian missile shot the plane down over Donetsk in July 2014.

dutchnews.nl/news/2022/08/m…
This is potentially very important. Still so much work to be done and after the war #Zelenskyy still has a lot to do to prove he will be 100% democratic and lead #Ukraine into Europe. But appointments like this, backed by almost all of society, really help
Quite a few missile strikes in occupied #Donetsk so far today.

The most interesting is here, #Putilovka. It looks like #Ukraine found another fuel stash.

#StopRussia #StandWithUkraine
#Ukraine says it has downed three of #Russia's Ka-52 "Alligator" helicopters in just 2 days.

One of the hits was filmed. The pilots here are thought to have survived.

#StopRussiaNOW #SaveUkraine
A Russian soldier confesses to a TV programme that he murdered a civilian in #Kyiv.
His brigade left 13 dead with dozens more still missing.

21 year old Daniil Frolkin from Altai region says he shot someone "by order of his superiors"

(prog in RU lang)
#Russia says #UK has violated its air space

Kremlin says "A British aircraft of electronic intelligence & electronic warfare violated the state border of Russia around ​​​​Cape Svyatoy Nos.
The RAF reconnaissance aircraft was forced out"

That's in #Murmansk, the very north of🇷🇺
Despite criticism, @Bayer, the German chemical-pharmaceutical giant, says it will continue to export agricultural products to #Russia.

#StopRussia #StandWithUkraine
Britons Dylan Healy & Andrew Hill WON'T face the death penalty from #Russia's puppet court in #Donetsk

But 3 others captured in Mariupol will likely face that fate: 🇬🇧John Harding, 🇭🇷Vjekoslav Prebeg & 🇸🇪 Mathias Gustafsson
The "trial" resumes October

credit: Reuters/Ermochenko
#Russia has arrested "a #Ukraine partisan" in #Kherson

After so many PR disasters (poor air defence, attacks on officials/transport & numerous 🇺🇦posters/grafitti, it was always likely they'd parade someone.

Dmitry Sukhorukov is accused of passing info on Russian troops.
#Wagner military group says Putin's buddy Prigozhin has survived the #HIMARS attack in #Popasna y'day.

The group of mercenaries has posted this photo which purports to show the owner of Wagner PMC at the site of the bombing.

Today the group phoned relatives of those killed.
Huge crater left in #Vuhledar in #Donetsk oblast today.

#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia
Reports of shelling right now in #Kharkiv region.

#StopRussianAggression #SaveUkraine
#Lovestruck?

Wedding photo from the weekend in #Kharkiv
Sources say 4 missiles have landed in #Kharkiv in the current attack. Sirens still sounding.

#StopRussiaNOW

#Kharkiv - the first blast heard in this video.

#StandWithUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
Almost all of #Ukraine is hearing air raid sirens.
#Kharkiv is now under artillery attack.
#Russia realises problems lay ahead for the country with depopulation.

War, low life expectancy and a flood of young people heading abroad in recent times is a ticking time bomb for the Kremlin.

The solution? "Mother heroine"
A million rubles to any woman raising 10 children.
The last tweet is NOT a joke, despite what you may think.

There's even a medal for the 10-times mothers.

#Russia's "Mother Heroine" medal.
The biggest explosion so far this evening occurred in #Kharkiv.

Air raid alert now lifted in most regions, but still some Russian aircraft reportedly flying near the border in #Kharkov oblast.
Reports of a possible #Ukraine hit on a Russian base in #Luhansk region.

Only grainy footage shot from quite a distance. This is said to be in #Rodakove, which is 10-15km west of Luhansk city.

#StopRussia #StandWithUkraine
#Sloviansk in east #Ukraine was also a target of #Russia's missiles this evening.

Psychologically a key city in #Donetsk oblast, having been liberated by Ukraine's forces during the first phase of the war in 2014.

Now fires burn after rockets hit again tonight.
Adding to the previous tweet, just listen to the barrage landing on #Sloviansk right now.

Huge artillery battles.

#StandWithUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState

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