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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Kyiv was again the target overnight, details at the end of yesterday's thread.
But a lot of important and interesting stories Sunday, including how the animal kingdom took revenge on one traitor, but more pain for Ukraine as a training ground is again hit
Zelenskyy is visiting my shores today, speaking with Sir Keir Starmer to discuss joint defence protection, which will probably see an agreement on manufacturing.
Ukraine's leader points out the hypocrisy of Russia, condemning the US strikes in Iran then hours later hitting Kyiv
Russia displayed outright Nazism + Fascism on Friday.
From killing in Ukraine, more utterings from the war-criminal in chief, to locking up young women and taking legal action against small independent new sites.
Thursday 19 June is Day 1212 of the conflict in Europe.
Russia continues to make ground, expending its soldiers at will for a few more metres as Ukraine fights for its existence having been shamefully let down by the USA.
I'm here every single day, so here's today's daily 🧵
Wednesday saw the death toll in Kyiv rise throughout the day, ending at double the number it started at. Then later Putin cynically told journalists they only hit military targets
Elsewhere another traitor to Ukraine met his fate - click here to catch-up
Trump is now 150 days late in promising "peace within 24 hours" of taking office.
It's also, as @andrii_sybiha points out, 100 days since🇺🇦 agreed to an unconditional ceasefire, as tRUmp demanded.
Russia did what it always does: delay, lie, kill.