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Hi there. Tuesday 16 August - Daily thread number 174 of #Russia's illegal war.

Updated in real time, all the news and analysis from #Ukraine and beyond relevant to the conflict⬇️

It certainly looks like the Kremlin's trying to take revenge for the attack on Wagner mercenaries
In many cities of #Ukraine it's been an almost incessant night of air-raid sirens and explosions.

It's continuing now and started yesterday evening - if you missed anything, scroll through the thread for Day 173 here:

#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia

So right now reports of ANOTHER 7 missiles fired at #Kharkiv, which looks worst affected by tonight's "revenge attacks" by #Russia.

Around 100 Wagner troops may have been killed in #Popasna yesterday, so during the night wave after wave of attacks on #Ukraine.

#StopRussiaNOW
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.

#Kharkov #StopRussianAggression #RussiaIsATerroristState
A light enhanced photo from #Kramatorsk.

Many shells have fallen in the city and its "twin" #Sloviansk tonight.

#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia
Two people have been injured after a fire and detonation of ammunition in occupied #Crimea.

Areas around the site in Dzhankoi have been evacuated.

#Russia says this one not down to #Ukraine, safety breaches or smoking but "a fire in a substation" 🤥

#SlavaUkraini
The update from London points to #Russia "struggling to exercise effective sea control"

Also last night due to a storm, most of the Black Sea Fleet retreated to port.

#StopRussia
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.

nv.ua/ukr/ukraine/ev…
The first guaranteed photos from #Crimea showing damage to the rail track following the explosion at an ammo dump this morning.

All railway traffic to the mainland has been suspended for the time being.

#CrimeaIsUkraine #StopRussia
Here is a video of the original explosions following the supposed "fire" in occupied #Crimea.

A little less ammo to kill innocent Ukrainians with.

#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia #RussiansGoHome
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.

#StopRussia
#Russia's Defence Minister outlined a number of "friendly states" in Africa.

Burundi, Republic of Guinea, Cameroon, Mali, Sudan, Uganda, Chad, Ethiopia, South Africa support Russian action according to Sergei Shoigu.
Seen in #Crimea!

The Resistance is cranking up the pressure on the Russian Occupiers.

Basically, run, evacuate, time to go.
24 August is #Ukraine's Independence Day

📷credit: Telegram hueviyherson
At the start of the thread I concentrated on #Russia's overnight bombardment.

#Kharkiv city saw 5 of its 9 districts bombed.

There was also widespread damage in the region. This is Danylivka near the state border with #Donetsk.

#StopRussiaNOW
This morning the price of Brent Crude oil dipped below $94 a barrel.
That's the lowest since #Russia invaded #Ukraine almost 6 months ago.

#StandWithUkraine
The devastation in #Mykolaiv (RU: #Nikolaev) has also been revealed by police.

#Russia's missiles damaged 14 infrastructure facilities according to officials.

The villages of Limany, Shirokoye, Chervonaya Dolina, Lepetikha, Kavkaz, Pervomayskoe and Zaichevskoe were all hit.
Reportedly seen on @TurkishAirlines
WTF?????

Anyone flying on Turkish soon able to verify?
I've hearing that #Ukraine has (also) hit a warehouse of equipment in another part of occupied #Crimea.

It's said a drone dropped explosives on Gvardeisky in #Simferopol region.

Some believe a drone hit is also the likely reason for the earlier Dzhankoy blasts

#SlavaUkraini
More ramblings of an insane old man.

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?

The gnome is a war criminal.
#Russia admits the explosions at #Dzhankoy in #Crimea were "sabotage"

Meanwhile Russian media starting to report the reported attack on a military base near #Simferopol.

The sky is clear now as this photo shows, but earlier there was smoke and multiple explosions.
No further reports from #Zhytomyr yet, where a little earlier explosions were reported.

The Mayor has confirmed some missiles, but no photos nor details yet. But much of the country is now under air raid warnings again.

#SaveUkraine #StopRussia
#Kharkiv - another missile hits the city.
A strong fire is visible in Tsirkuny, just outside the city itself, to the north-east.

#Kharkov #StopRussia #RussiaIsATerrorristState
Sometimes in occupied #Donetsk, public showers are available.

But only after heavy rainfall😉

#Russia's development continues!
#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."
Something burning in #Donetsk right now.

#StopRussia
#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.

#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia
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.
#Ukraine scored a direct hit on a Russian base in #Lysyschansk today.

Around 100 fighters are thought to have been killed in the attack in #Luhansk region, according to the exiled Governor Serhiy Haidai.

#StopRussia
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.

Officially no injuries - I doubt that.
The @UN Sec Gen, @antonioguterres will come to #Ukraine on Thursday to meet @ZelenskyyUa and #Turkiye President Erdogan.

They'll meet in #Lviv and then #Odesa on Friday to discuss nuclear power concerns, grain export and "the search for a political solution to the war."
#Kharkiv has been shelled at least twice more today.

Five rockets landed in the latest attack a couple of hours ago.

A fire rages in #Zolochiv, presumably as a result of an incoming missile, but not confirmed.

#StandWithUkraine #RussiaIsATerrorristState
So another day comes to a close. It's already well beyond midnight in #Ukraine of course and a surprisingly quiet night thus far.

#Sumy reports 130 rockets were fired in the region throughout the day, but even that is down on recent days.
There were no casualties.

#StopRussia

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