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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Hello again. Day 860 of #Russia's all-out war on #Ukraine, but for newcomers, we only got here because the west did nothing when Putin tried to subvert democracy in 2013/4 & invaded #Crimea and east Ukraine in Feb 2014.
Let's start another daily thread - not a single day off!
Monday was another busy thread.
More signs #RussiaIsCollapsing, big blackouts and record losses for the invader.
In occupied #Ukraine there was an important hit on #Crimea, and how drones hit a moving train used by Russia.
What times we live in.
#Russia takes over the revolving Presidency of the UN Security Council, while Putin's biggest ally in the west, #Hungary holds the EU Presidency for 6 months.
This morning Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán arrived in #Kyiv for the first time since 2012.
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It's Day 849 of #Russia's full invasion of its peaceful neighbour. But it's well over 10 years since the original illegal incursion into #Ukraine territory.
This is another daily thread with all the important news, presented without exaggeration, updated all day long every day!
#Russia's favourite mantra, repeated by trolls, useful-idiots, MAGA types etc, is of Nazis in #Ukraine.
It's simple: #Russia accuses others of what it does itself.
Democratic elections?🇺🇦✅🇷🇺❌
Jewish President?🇺🇦✅🇷🇺❌
Previous Pres Jewish?🇺🇦✅🇷🇺❌
Far right MPs?🇺🇦❌🇷🇺✅
Thursday ended with a lot of activity in #Russia's #Krasnodar region, explosions and nice videos.
You can see them at the end of yesterday's thread, a mammoth 60-post effort.
To catch up, click and scroll:
Hello and welcome of Day 838 of #Russia's full invasion of #Ukraine, a country which never fired a shot at any other until the initial 2014 invasion by its imperialistic neighbour.
This is THE thread for all the news, analysis and a bit of comment on the situation. Let's dive in
Regulars will know I (try to) always include a link back to the previous day for those who missed something, or like to just browse the main stories in one place, in a few minutes.
Please share, boost, do your NAFO thing to raise visibility!💙💛
It's Day 835 of #Russia's war.
A conflict based solely on the ego of one very little man. But Putin managed to remove all freedoms & opposition and then brainwash the public into supporting his tyranny, just as Hitler did.
This is THE daily thread covering the war in #Ukraine
It was another very difficult night for the people and air defenders in #Ukraine.
All the details coming up right here on Friday's thread.
First though, your chance to look back on Thursday's news. If you missed anything, click + scroll here:
First I want to point out the seemingly random number of "views".
Yesterday's thread-header has the lowest view count I can ever remember, despite almost identical likes/retweets to the previous day.
The last 3 days: 35k 22k and 9k
However of those 35k, 2/3 came after 2am GMT