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Aug 19, 2022 43 tweets 43 min read Read on X
Just gone midnight (UK time) and the weekend already.

I'm starting the daily thread covering #Russia's war earlier than usual as there are attacks taking place right now on #Ukraine

It's Day 178 of the full invasion of its peaceful neighbour
#StopRussia

Right now ALL of #Ukraine is experiencing air raid warnings, but not everything is the same as usual.

A few minutes ago, at the end of yesterday's thread, I reported on explosions in occupied #Melitopol, but plenty of missiles being fired from #Russia into free Ukraine...
However, it seems as though #Russia's OWN air defences have taken out some of their own missiles leaving #Belgorod!

Difficult to confirm this, but looking at confirmed radar reports of missiles being fired from Russian territory, towards east #Ukraine this does seem very likely.
It seems at least 6 missiles have been fired at #Kharkiv so far, but two didn't leave #Russia's borders!

#Ukraine intercepted two more, but two may have landed in #Kharkov.

Here's the moment one rocket struck.

#RussiaIsATerroristState #StopRussia #SaveUkraine
More top trolling from #Ukraine.

It's true by the way - there really was a successful fundraising campaign to get satellite coverage of the #Kerch bridge which links occupied #Crimea to mainland #Russia.

I know that if I don't post a link I am going to get a load of questions about #Ukraine's new "spy in the sky"

So here are the details... The cash by the way came from money raised for #Bayraktar drones, which the Turkish company donated back to Ukraine

en.defence-ua.com/weapon_and_tec…
Sanctions work!
#Russia reports that there are likely delays in the handover of a couple of old Navy warhorses, undergoing repairs/refits.

Aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov and the cruiser Admiral Nakhimov may not be ready until 2024 "due to delays in the supply of equipment."
Air raid alarms sound the all clear in many regions of #Ukraine.

It's believed #Russian planes were flying - unclear right now if they launched any missiles.
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Reports from pro-Russian accounts that the explosions in #Melitopol are at the airport

A new photo (unverified) said to show the glow after strikes at the airfield, and a Google satellite photo of the position north-west of the ocupied town.

#Mykolaiv has been hit.
Multiple rockets launched from neighbouring occupied #Kherson.

Six explosions reported.

#Nikolaev #StandWithUkraine #StopRussia
We knew already, but keep up the good work Mr Crab!
🇺🇦

Oh boy, one of #Russia's ambassadors in #Vienna tweeted "No mercy to the Ukrainian population"

He quickly deleted the hate speech post, but seems to be making things worse, saying he's got Ukrainian relatives. What a hateful clown.

#RussiaIsATerroristState
No news of damage or if there are casualties in #Mykolaiv yet (RU: #Nikolaev)

But there is audio of one of the missiles striking the city in this video clip:

#StandWithUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState #StopRussia
Update from #Kharkiv by the mayor of the city
This is an auto translation of his original post.

Initial reports no deaths or injuries.

#Kharkov #Ukraine #StandWithUkraine #StopRussia
#Mykolaiv / #Nikolaev update

CCTV of the moment of one of the incoming missiles.
It's reported that up to 10 rockets arrived in the region.

#RussiaIsATerroristState
An 8-year-old girl is fighting for her life after #Russia shelled a village in #Zaporizhzhia region.

Two other adults were also injured in Shevchenkivske.

The girl has already been operated on, and is on an artificial ventilation machine in ICU.

#RussiaIsATerroristState
Something has been rumbling early this morning in occupied #Horlivka (RU: #Gorlovka)

Smoke starting to rise on the edge of the town near #Donetsk.

#SaveUkraine #StopRussia
The @TheStudyofWar claims #Russia may effectively be kidnapping #Ukraine children from occupied areas.

Covert deportation is being used.

#StopRussia #RussiaIsATerroristState
The words "salvage" and "100 years old" look good together in this tweet 🤣🤣

So what's it doing there and where's it going?

#StopRussia #StandWithUkraine

#RussiaOnFire

The smoking epidemic is spreading in #Russia!

A fire at #Sochi airport where the Presidents of Russia and #Kazakhstan were yesterday.

Officials say the blaze is in "garages" and "the airport's operation in unaffected"

#StopRussia
Big column of Russian equipment in central #Kyiv.

Old, destroyed equipment on iconic Khreshchatyk Street.

It's almost six months since #Russia planned its own parade here! #Ukraine @DefenceU continue to troll nicely!
After a torrent of criticism, @wizzair has abandoned plans to resume flights from #Moscow to #AbuDhabi

reuters.com/business/aeros…
A girl's lost her eye in #Russia's rocket attack on #Mykolaiv (RU: #Nikolaev) region I reported on earlier.

A 5-storey block and private dwellings destroyed in #Voznesensk, about 80km (50 miles) north west of Mykolaiv city
In total 9 people were injured

#RussiaIsATerroristState
There's also a video of the site of the attack in #Voznesensk in #Mykolaiv oblast.

Four of the injured are children.

#StandWithUkraine #StopRussiaNOW
Seen in St Petersburg, #Russia.

The poster says "Glory to Russia's heroes" and shows Lieutenant-General Sultan Khasheguglov of Ingushetia.

Someone has scrawled "murderer" on top

#StopRussia #StandWithUkraine
In #Melitopol, #Ukraine's exiled mayor confirms another base of the Occupiers and the airfield have been hit.

Ivan Fedorov says #Russia's air defence is compromised because they moved some equipment to #Kherson

#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia

#Ukriane Partisans made an assassination attempt on the Occupiers' Head of #Mariupol.

#Russia says Konstantin Ivashchenko survived after an IED at the entrance to the city zoo failed to hit the mayor. Investigations continue.

#StopRussiaNOW
Oh dear... remember the adage, what Russia accuses others of, it's about to do itself.

In the occupied part of #Zaporizhzhia, #Russia says troops "were taken to the hospital on 31 July with signs of severe poisoning"
They say botulinum toxin type "B" was found, accusing #Ukraine
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Mini thread (within the thread) on #Crimea

As usual claim and counter claim and some exaggeration from #Ukraine's side.

However, after studying all the videos, stills and local media, it's clear #Russia is worried and the HQ of the Black Sea command was hit...
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There are two main videos to consider, which you may have already seen.

Occupiers in #Sevastopol on #Crimea say the very common "a drone was shot down" and this video seems to support this theory.
3/

Later it's clear #Russia's prized Black Sea HQ building is ablaze.

So either the drone released a payload before being hit, it crashed into the roof or was a kamikaze drone which hit its target.

Any of the scenarios is good for #Ukraine proving they can hit #Crimea at will.
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This video is circulating - showing "a huge traffic jam of people evacuating #Sevastopol"

The truth is there are often "probki" at the weekend as people of #Crimea head from the big and fairly unattractive big city to #Yalta and the resort coast.

It's not true to say panic
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It's peak holiday season in #Russia and another example is the big queues on the mainland of vehicles heading to #Crimea.

This is one of the last gas stations in #Krasnodar region, before the Kerch bridge.

Fuel is more expensive in Crimea.
6/

What is true is that there are a lot of stories, including on state TV in #Crimea, stating the number of people "volunteering" to help protect #Sevastopol and the (occupied) peninsula

This is clearly trying to put the idea in people's mind, so #Russia does need help/manpower
"Enough is enough" protest march in Manchester. Ostensibly @RMTunion strikers trying to drum up support. So why do they tolerate, or promote, Soviet symbols? Is it because Russian money still influences anti- establishment organisations?
It's so offensive

Oh goody. I so missed #Chornobaivka!

It's been a while my old friend, welcome back to the daily thread!

Blasts at the #Kherson airfield in occupied #Ukraine.
#Chernobaevka
More unconfirmed reports of explosions in Olenivka in occupied #Crimea.

Pro-Russians again say "air defences worked"

#SaveUkraine #StopRussia
🤮🤮
This is not #Russia
It's in #Cyprus. In the #EU

#Cyprus is against banning Russians from getting visas.
Cyprus is awash with Russian money.
Cypriot banks make a lot of money.

If you visit #Cyprus please wear 🇺🇦 colours.
2 hours until the big fight #JoshuaUsyk2 and
#Ukraine's President Zelenskyy has got behind the defending champ

"We all have to be strong enough. We stick together.
Today is definitely for Usyk, our boy. We believe in ourselves, in Ukraine. Glory to each of you. Glory to Ukraine"
Russia's air defence is busy in #Crimea again tonight.

#CrimeaIsUkraine #StopRussia
Update on this story about possible "kidnapping" of #Ukraine children.

Here in #Pskov, quite near the border with #Estonia, kids from Beryslav (#Kherson region) have arrived.

#Kharkiv is attacked again.

The first Russian rocket to land was captured on cctv.

#Kharkov #StandWithUkraine #StopRussia
"Colours of Freedom" - Heavyweight Champ Oleksandr Usyk enters the ring, wearing the T shirt in the colours of Ukraine.

Usyk also sings every word of the #Ukraine national anthem while Joshua did not sing or stand still for the British anthem.

#JoshuaUsyk2 #UsykvsJoshua

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