A reasonably quiet start to Monday so far for #Ukraine, but more explosions in occupied #Kherson.
This big explosion just one of the blasts heard right in the centre of Kherson itself, on vulitsya Parovozna.
#Russia has suffered big losses in Kherson region the past 24 hours.
What is interesting in #Kherson and other occupied areas in the south, is how confident and successful #Ukraine's pilots are becoming.
🇺🇦planes reportedly struck 8 Russian bases y'day. They claim destruction of 41 soldiers, Uragan and Pantsir are defence systems and 6 vehicles.
Yesterday I reported on the killing of a top traitor. All main media in #Ukraine have now reported this story. But there are contradictions, e.g. was he stabbed or shot?
Some now believe it was a "staged death", a way for Kovalev to make a new life in🇷🇺
Air raid sirens in a few regions in #Ukraine right now including #Kharkiv.
Meanwhile it's reported there are several explosions in the small town of #Synelnykove in Dnipropetrovsk region. Already plumes of smoke before dawn breaks.
Another well above average day for #Russia's losses in the war.
Well done to the FSB which for years fails to find the killers of dissidents such as Boris Nemtsov, yet has seen up the Dariya Dugina case double quick.
They claim "agent" Bohdan Tsyganenko helped Ms Vovk with fake plates, passports and the IED used to target the car.
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At its daily briefing, #Russia's Defence Ministry claims to have captured the village of #Kodema, around 15km south of #Bakhmut.
Could be rotation of troops, but would be a huge coincidence wouldn't it? Some invaders from #Russia were snapped hastily leaving occupied #Tamaryne (RU: #Tomarino) in #Kherson region.
Much written today about the 'start' of #Ukraine's counter-offensive to regain #Kherson
In my opinion it's a misleading headline. The campaign started weeks ago when #HIMARS began reducing #Russia's capability in the region.
Don't expect quick ground movement unless RU retreats.
#Russia's occupiers in #Enerhodar say a shell fired by #Ukraine has hit the roof of the nuclear power plant
All the "news" spewing out quickly before inspectors arrive!
At the very least these stories are strongly contested and best not to believe the likely outright propaganda
A veteran liberal politician has been arrested again by #Russia
72 year old Leonid Gozman is President of the "Union of Right Forces"
In July he was detained for not revealing his Israeli citizenship, today cuffed in #Moscow for "publicly identifying the USSR with Nazi Germany"
#Russia releases photos of the damage (caused by shelling) to the roof of building #1 of the #Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant.
Occupiers say fresh fuel for reactors is stored there.
#Ukraine is adamant Russia is creating a false flag event to gain support and threaten all Europe.
Update from #Mykolaiv (RU: #Nikolaev) - there are reports of one confirmed death and possibly more under rubble in the centre of the city.
Missiles are not falling now but an air raid warning remains in place.
President Zelenskyy repeats peace talks with #Russia can't happen yet:
"They do not want negotiations. This is an ultimatum, we must recognise that Donbas & Crimea are Russian territories. Recently, they said that #Ukraine should also recognise the south as Russian territories."
Nova Dmytrivka, Arkhanhel's'ke, Tomyna Balka and Pravdyne. Just two months ago Ukraine liberated #Pravdyne.
It's likely #Russia's army is pulling back a little to consolidate with supplies stretched.
#Ukraine has been remembering one of the darkest chapters of its history.
8 years ago, #Russia's soldiers opened fire on defenceless #Ukraine troops retreating through an agreed "humanitarian corridor" in #Ilovaisk, killing hundreds.
Looks like there's a problem with Twitter on laptop. The app still works but very difficult to work on the phone.
So I'm going to read messages and hope the problem is fixed soon.
Still no laptop access to Twitter and there is a fairly global problem it would seem.
Nothing like the problems facing #Russia! This is #Belgorod, just over the border from #Kharkiv. Webcams capture a lot of activity and explosions, maybe not all air defences.
You've found the start of the daily thread - here every single day. All news is fact-checked, without hyperbole but with context. My aim is to help you know what's really going on in #Ukraine so you can be informed to tell others
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It's been a difficult morning for #Ukraine with #Russia launching missile attacks already, after drones earlier in the night.
But the traditional way to start is to give you the chance to review yesterday's news, inc more gains in #Kursk and 🇷🇺burning!
Hello & welcome to Day 908 of #Russia's disgusting, and now disastrous, all-out war on #Ukraine.
Throughout history the independence, strength and rebellious nature of Ukrainians has caused problems for imperialist rulers and dictators.
History is biting Putin on the bum again!
This is THE daily thread, the only one you need for all the major news about #Ukraine's fight for freedom and its very existence.
Sunday was quiet, but still plenty to get your teeth into. Click here if you were offline some of the day & need a catch-up:
A new week, and coming to the end of the first week of #Ukraine's decision to take the war directly into #Russia's territory, more than 10 years after Putin invaded sovereign🇺🇦land.
It's Day 901 of the all-out war. All the news, all the time, in one handy thread. Read-on!
We start again with a look back to yesterday.
Lots of news once again. Not least from #Kursk region, but please remember #Ukraine has a media silence from there. Some battalions post selfies, but mostly it's only #Russia and locals uploading photos.
I want to revisit what happened at the #Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
I've now read and spoken to a few who know more than me about the plant. Everyone agrees it's a cooling tower, with nothing to burn there.
So it's almost certain #Russia burned something as a provocation.