Earlier #Sloviansk was badly hit, as I reported in yesterday's thread. Now hearing that the nearby village of #Yasnogorka/Yasnohirka has been badly hit.
Electricity is out and reports of casualties.
A little further on the road #Kramatorsk also reports another explosion
#Finland trolling Russian tourists.
I saw this earlier in Russian, now @AFP has the story in English.
When they cross the border one of the first photo-stops for many Russians is a music and water show - but now there's a twist💙💛
Enjoy!
#Kharkiv - one of the many arrivals to evade air defences in the north-eastern city.
It's reported here that #Ukraine Partisans in #Crimea are posting leaflets with the coordinates of "the next targets for the Armed Forces" and "Save your life - evacuate".
The Resistance names airbases and Sevastopol's Belbek international airport.
Occupying authorities in #Crimea claim the track has already been repaired and will undergo safety inspections. They hope to reopen the line this afternoon.
Meanwhile passengers are being transferred to buses to start (or complete) their journey to #Russia.
Read the translation in the speech by Putin.
Now remind me who invaded a European country?
Which country bombs its neighbour every day.
How many missiles in Russia?
#Russia's FSB just issued this statement:
"Ukrainian saboteurs on 4, 9 + 12 August blew up power transmission towers through which the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant supplies industrial facilities, transport, social infrastructure & the population of #Kursk and neighboring regions."
#Kharkiv has been attacked again this afternoon.
Under martial law, early videos have to be censored to avoid identification of locations until the authorities permit it.
Catching up with a few stories while I was at the tennis:
First, more sabotage inside #Russia, and again in the #Kursk region
The saboteurs chose a railway line which only carried freight. An IED which investigators say had "about 200 grams of TNT" was detonated under the rail.
#Russia has unexpectedly closed the #Crimea bridge. Drivers have been told all traffic is stopped until 06:00 in the morning.
#Ukraine sources say this is not a safety measure - more likely some of the top personnel are escaping to the mainland under cover of darkness.
Still no photos released from #Zhytomyr, bombed earlier.
#Ukraine says a military airfield was damaged when Russian Su-34 planes took off from Belarus, pretending to be on a training flight when they fired X-59 guided missiles on the city.
Sunday 19 January is Day 1061 of #Russia's all-out war in #Ukraine. We are also just 2 weeks away from the 4,000th day since #Moscow's initial invasion with the start of its illegal takeover of #Crimea
Welcome to another daily thread with all the news you need in one place 💙💛
Thankfully a quieter start to Sunday than yesterday, which means I get a later start today.
Saturday was all about #Russia's double ballistic attack which brought death to 2 #Ukraine cities.
Catch up on that and all yesterday's stories here⬇️
Hello on Day 1054 of #Russia's terrorist campaign in #Ukraine.
I've been working for a while today, tidying up loose ends, but a late start to the daily thread - the only feed you need for all the important news and analysis.
So a lot to catch up on, let's go again!
Normally I pin the first post of the thread on my profile page, but for another 24 hours the pinned item is about the auction for a truly unique item - please check it out
So, it's even more important I post a link back to yesterday's thread. Here we are
Christmas Day 2024. Day 1036 of the war inflicted on #Ukraine. The third Christmas for Ukrainian people to suffer. Empty chairs at the dinner table, that will never be filled again. Others at the frontline fighting for their lives and the life of the country.
It's the daily🧵
So Merry Christmas and Happy Hannukah to those celebrating.
A special shout out too, to those working this special day. Also working today, emergency workers in #Ukraine after another massive missile attack
Day 1001 of #Russia's all out war in #Ukraine.
The genocide & attempt to wipe its neighbour from the map continues, but #Putin's increasingly desperate.
Welcome to another daily🧵
Breaking news already early this Wednesday morning.
All the news, all day (and night) every day.
Tuesday 19 November was always going to be special. Day 1,000 and what a day it proved.
Record likes and retweets, thanks to everyone who revived my faith in the T witter audience🫂
1/2 First the breaking news - and a third attack of the night inside #Russia.
At the end of yesterday's thread you may have read of the drone attacks on #Voronezh and #Belgorod regions. Well now it's become clear that #Novgorod has also been attacked by #Ukraine's UAVs..
Here's the link back to all Monday's news.
More heinous attacks. On its day of mourning, #Sumy was hit again just as the day ended, and #Odesa lost another ten residents.
Let me start today's news in #Sumy, because sadly the number of killed + injured after #Russia's strike have both increased.
An 11th person died during the night while 89 people required medical treatment. Medics, rescuers, psychologists and volunteers worked through the night.