Inspectors return to the Occupied #Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant today. It will be interesting to see if the @iaeaorg team convinces #Russia to allow 1) unfettered access rather than a tour of certain parts 2) independent journalists to attend
The Yumashevsky market in #Sevastopol went up in flames.
I am on the look out for more local acts of sabotage in Crimea and wouldn't be surprised if this was one, but hard to prove either way. No injuries but a lot of damage.
Adding to the previous tweet, there's also a video of the fire in #Sevastopol's Yumashevky market
I've highlighted in these threads how #Melitopol is especially vulnerable now after the invaders withdrew a lot of air defence machinery to assist in "protecting" #Kherson
In recent days #Russia's been pouring masses of new military hardware to the area
#Russia's Olympic Committee announces it has been invited to the General Assembly of the Association of National Olympic Committees.
If this is true it's both staggering and shameful @iocmedia
Back to #Kherson now and #Russia may be repeating false-flag tactics in #Donetsk.
The occupiers seemingly start to fire on occupied cities to "prove to locals" Ukraine is firing.
So in Kherson two dead after this missile strike. Misdirected 🇺🇦rocket or 🇷🇺deliberate hit?
Another terrible story of arbitrary detentions, exploitation, torture and #Russia's manipulation and disinformation.
A sports complex in #Kharkiv is the latest civilian infrastructure to be demolished by Russian missiles.
Governor Synehubov says S-300 rockets hit the Lokomotiv sports complex overnight, destroying a swimming pool and a new boxing club, which was only opened in February.
Right now explosions reported in occupied #NovaKakhova as #Ukraine keeps up the pressure.
Reports of an ammo dump having been hit.
Earlier looks like #Ukraine hit a Russian warehouse near the #Antonivskyi railway bridge about 6km east of the road bridge.
I'm open to correction here but it seems as though @iaeaorg inspectors are asking why the missile sticks out so much as if it didn't travel far (i.e. from the Occupiers themselves) and the Russian boss says it did a 180 turn?
A lot of rockets landing #Nikopol again today, just across the river from the nuclear plant.
The Tryxa channel reports this as "the moment of today's arrival in Krasnohrihorivka district"
The CCTV stamps says it was yesterday, but that could be wrong and it could be today.
In #Donetsk a couple of rockets seem to have hit something as smoke begins to rise.
This is the #Petrivskyi district of the occupied city.
Is this strange?
Remember the first ship permitted to leave #Ukraine's Black Sea ports with food products, and how the #Razoni switched off its locator signal and turned up in #Syria?
Just done a check and found it's now going to #Russia, currently by occupied #Crimea.
After the 48 hour intense bombardment, #Ukraine is confident that all routes over the Dnipro in #Kherson region are not useable having hit pontoon bridges as well as the main structures.
Spokeswoman for The 🇺🇦Southern Command says some roads are available but under fire-control
I missed this little thread and video from Hollywood star @JessicaChastain posted yesterday.
She met with Volodomyr Zelenskyy and posted details to her 4m Instagram followers and another million here on Twitter:
Recently I highlighted problems for Ukrainians trying to cross a checkpoint between occupied and free #Zaporizhzhia
It seems from reports in #Latvia that #Russia is doing the same. A deliberate go-slow if you hold a #Ukraine passport, leaving many stranded in squalid conditions
All sorts of speculation about what this tweet implies from #Ukraine's Presidential Adviser!
ATACMS is a state of the art, precision missile system.
I'm scouring cameras and reports!
#Russia has effectively turned off gas supplies to Europe. The 3-day stoppage for "maintenance" seems likely to be extended.
No doubt a response to the G7 nations agreeing a price cap on Russian oil. Moscow says it will only sell oil to "friends" who pay real market prices.
The press conference from @rafaelmgrossi
about the #Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant has ended. He was very diplomatic as one would expect with no blame or outright criticism.
He said he "has seen everything he requested to see" contradicting #Ukraine's view.
Apparently it's a Twitter "thang" to describe yourself/mood in one word.
A suspicious blaze to report at a well known site in the far east of #Russia
Fire broke out early on Saturday morning in the former "Breeze" cafe and Chinese restaurant in #Nakhodka. Soon the roof collapsed, but the building was empty and there were no injuries.
The Head of a kindergarten in #Russia has been fired for giving kids certificates featuring the national symbol of #Ukraine
It happened in #Chita, 200km from the border with Mongolia
Officials will remind teachers "about the inadmissibility of negligence in professional duties"
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Welcome to my daily thread, covering all things #Ukraine every single day since even before the first day of Russia's full invasion.
This is Day 1110 of Putin's long promised land grab - he's also pledged to reunite the rest of the USSR.
More atrocities overnight, let's begin:
For those loving people who urge me to get more sleep, you will be pleased to know there was no alarm this morning; I am refreshed and ready to tackle JD TRussia again.
A busy Friday ended with news of the awful attack in free Donetsk, catch up here:
Today sees the completion of 3 years of full scale war unleashed by #Russia on #Ukraine.
As signs point to an end to this war relatively soon, the ONLY question which should be asked is: are you happy to reward war-criminal terrorists with land?
Here's THE daily thread:
It's Day 1096 of #Russia 's war.
If you missed anything yesterday, catch up on Saturday's news here:
1/2 The #UK is in full focus today.
As @Keir_Starmer prepares to fly to Washington, new sanctions will be unveiled tomorrow.
Foreign Sec @DavidLammy says it will be "the largest package of sanctions against #Russia since the early days of the war eroding its military machine."
Day 1083 of the war in Europe and the 1083rd of my daily threads.
Three years ago we knew #Ukraine wouldn't go down without a fight. Now, for the first time in over a year there's genuine reason for #Russia to be worried about the outcome.
Plenty to learn and from in Sunday's thread.
In #Russia, ships crashing and exploding, faking capture of a key town in #Ukraine and late at night drones attacking again.
On the other hand, Moscow attacks civilians. Take a look at what you missed:
While #Ukraine hurt #Russia infrastructure during the night (covered at the end of last night's thread), the terrorist state still has success with its own drone attacks.
More than 11% got through 🇺🇦defences overnight, with 38 of 71 UAVs being stopped and 25 likely decoys.
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!
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So, it's even more important I post a link back to yesterday's thread. Here we are