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Welcome to Sunday's thread on #Russia's war in #Ukraine. We've reached Day 193 of the full-scale invasion.

Quite a lot happened yesterday. Tragedy in #Chernihiv and late night attacks on different regions. If you want a recap, scroll through⬇️

Putin's bots, trolls and useful idiots are pushing hard to encourage 'Joe Public' the price of the war is too high, let's reach a day with #Russia.

One bright spot is the quite dramatic fall in gas prices (this graph for futures market) in the last week.

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#Russia's decision y'day to send gas through the Nord-Stream pipeline after all, eases things a little more.

The Kremlin needs the cash to finance the war, so has to sell, but knows it can cut off western supplies at any point with winter approaching.

#StopRussia
If we don't see this through & let Putin get a settlement he wants, then we repeat exactly what we did in 2008 #Georgia war & the 2014 #Ukraine invasion.

Allow #Russia to regroup, strengthen defence, then launch a bigger attack, with far worse, catastrophic consequences than now
#Ukraine is making ground in the south - even confirmed by some pro-Russian accounts

Villages like #Blahodativka (RU: #Blagodatovka) have been reclaimed with a push towards #Shchaslyve

But casualties are very high.
🇺🇦 Adviser @arestovych last night acknowledged tough news ahead
In #Kherson so far tonight it's been a little quieter than of late. There was a report of explosions in #Chkalove earlier but still unconfirmed.

Quite a few Russian planes have been in the skies, perhaps limiting progress for #Ukraine's front line.
#Russia has fired on #Mykolaiv tonight, with two missiles landing.

You can judge the size of one blast in this CCTV footage of the moment of impact. Electricity has been cut in some areas.

#Nikolaev #Ukraine #StopRussia
One more video from #Mykolaiv / #Nikolaev, showing what looks like some sort of lighting munition exploding over the region.

#StopRussiaNow #RussiaIsATerroristState #RussiansGoHome
Another explosion and subsequent fire in occupied #Donetsk tonight.

This from Miners' Square (Shakhtars'ka Ploshcha) in the city centre.

#SlavaUkraini #StopRussia #StandWithUkraine
Only just seen this clever video/meme.
Very funny from @saintjavelin

Would be great to get a retweet from @SimonCowell for his 11m followers, but I reckon he's too safe. Prove me wrong Simon!

A new video shows shelling by #Russia from beside the #Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in #Enerhodar.

@the_ins_ru agrees with me that the Occupiers are deliberately trying to hit power lines to disconnect the plant from the #Ukraine power grid.

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The British Intel update today explains poor morale among #Russia's invading army.

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A joint record 450 Russians killed in battle in the last 24 hours.

Today all the first five totals are again above the daily average.

*#Ukraine estimates
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That didn't go so well for the Rashists!

A pro-#Russia website ran an online "referendum" on the status of #Kharkiv.
Yesterday when very few patriots knew about the site, 65% still "voted" to remain part of #Ukraine.
Today it was over 96%
Strangely the page is now deleted😂😂🤡 ImageImage
Several thousands of tonnes of grain have been ruined in #Mykolaiv (#Nikolaev) region this morning.

Deputy Mayor of #Ochakiv Oleksiy Vaskov stood beside the wreckage as he told on Facebook how Russians hit the settlement in the early hours.

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Staying with food and another blow yesterday for the heroes of @WCKitchen

They go again - keep up the great work helping those having to live in a war zone

#StandWithUkraine #RussiansGoHome

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A TV personality in #Russia faces up to 5 years in jail for a parody song/video.

A politician has accused Aleksandr Gudkov of "inciting hatred or enmity, as well as humiliation of human dignity."

Make up your own minds. Here's a clip of the original song "Ya Russkiy"
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The joke works best in Russian language of course.
"Ya Russkiy", sure you guessed means "I'm Russian"

Gudkov changed that to "Ya uzkiy" meaning "I'm narrow" and altered the video a little too in his own version, which has angered a lunatic fringe of humourless nationalists.
#Ukraine claims to have liberated the village of Ozerne in #Donetsk region.

The settlement is just 10km south of #Lyman which Russians captured long ago.

If confirmed it makes the invaders' hopes of capturing nearby #Sloviansk and #Kramatorsk even more remote.

#SlavaUkraini
Nothing sacred of course in #Russia

A Human Rights' group has collected witness statements that people queueing to pay final respects to #Gorbachev, were arrested for such crimes as wearing an anti-war badge or criticising police.

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Among all the #Ukraine hits in occupied #Kherson, just noticed one thing hidden away in the military reports which I missed this morning.

We already knew all the main bridges in the region were disabled. It appears UA forces also hit the ferry station in #Beryslav (to #Kakhovka)
Earlier today the #Antonivskyi bridge received its now traditional greeting from #Ukraine's forces!

Difficult to say for sure but looks like an effort to ensure the pontoon bridge underneath the road bridge won't get near completion.

#StandWithUkraine #RussiansGoHome
Lots of photos like this appearing on #Ukraine channels today. To be fair, there are always similar pics of Ukrainian prisoners of war posted by pro-#Russia accounts, but there is a real increase in 🇷🇺 POWs the last 48 hours by the look of things.

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3 days after a strike which killed 50 Russian troops in #Balakliya, there's another big explosion in the town in #Kharkiv region today.

#SlavaUkraini #StopRussia #Kharkov Image
Two people have been injured in #Kharkiv

Several private houses and a high-rise were damaged in the #Novobavarsky district when Russia shelled the city this afternoon.

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At least two people have died in multiple explosions in occupied #Snihurivka (RU: #Snigirevka) in #Mykolaiv oblast.

Early reports said a father and his 4 year old son were killed as locals spoke of "around 10 explosions", some near a playground.

No photos/video yet.
In #Donetsk oblast, a strike in #Trudivske (RU: Trudovsky) this evening.

The town is midway between Donetsk and #Mariupol and has mostly avoided the shells so far in the war.

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A video has been posted online, taken from the ferry in #Kherson at the moment #Ukraine once again hit the #Antonivskyi bridge in the occupied city.

#StandWithUkraine
A couple of hours ago I wrote about a #Ukraine strike on #Balakliya in #Kharkiv region.

Now a video said to be of the scene. It's unverified, so I post with caution, but the time stamp checks out and I can't find this having been posted before.

Another Russian "warehouse" is blazing in #Kherson region.

It seems certain a #Ukraine missile has hit the building in #TomynaBalka. That's about 25km from Kherson city, in the south-west of the oblast.

#SlavaUkraini #RussiansGoHome
New satellite photos taken today show #Russia has manged to complete construction of a pontoon bridge in #Kherson region.

But it's NOT across the #Dnipro as some are reporting. It's across a tributary to the main river, near Korsunka, on the south bank and doesn't help much. Image
Late this afternoon in #Crimea, another huge column of military equipment was seen on the move.

The destination of this train unknown, but almost certainly will be in mainland #Ukraine tomorrow morning.

How old and reliable the gear is remains to be seen.
#StopRussia
The nightly attack on #Kharkiv region starts again, although to be honest it's just as likely in daylight in recent weeks.

Missiles have fallen in the small town of #Zmiiv, about 40km south of Kharkiv itself.

#StopRussia #SaveUkraine
It's too early to roll out the meme yet.... but this #Kherson channel thinks there's another strike on #Chornobaivka (RU: #Chernobaevka)

Let's wait for more...
#Donetsk - another 'chandelier' appears over the occupied city.

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Quite a night it's turning out to be for #Ukraine's offensive.

Each strike = fewer weapons and ammo for the invaders to defend themselves with.

What must be really unnerving for #Russia's army is the Intel Ukraine must have. Sure some from satellites but they must fear traitors
Good article here by @Andrew__Roth on #Russia's persecution of another journalist who faces an outrageously long jail sentence tomorrow for doing his job.

@isafronov's father, also a journalist, died when falling out of a window.

cc @freesafronov

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Welcome to Thursday's thread with all the important news on Russia's illegal war in Ukraine.

It's Day 1275 - the day Putin openly mocks Trump.
After China + India upped oil purchases, the indicted war criminal ordered his army to bomb a US company in🇺🇦

Let's begin:
Ukraine is recovering from the predicted massive overnight attack.

Russia launched more than 600 missiles and drones.

The mayhem started in the last third of yesterday's exhausting thread. If you missed it, click and scroll here:

So let's break down Russia's aerial attack, which consisted of 40 missiles and 574 drones.

Ukraine's air defence intercepted these missiles:
1/4 Kindzhal hypersonic
0/2 ballistic
12/14 Kalibr cruise
18/19 Kh-101 cruise
0/1 unknown

and 546/574 UAVs = 95%

11 locations were hit. Image
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It's Day 1274 of Ukraine's incredible defence of its people, land, culture + shielding many NATO states, next on Putin's hit-list from his long stated dream to reunite the USSR

Somehow Trump & his cults (I nearly misspelled that) seem intent on helping Putin.
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But politics and Russian atrocities are omnipresent.
Here's your link
Let me start with an unwanted shock for residents in Poltava, who were warned of a radiation threat this morning, I imagine sparking all sorts of horrific thoughts.

Thankfully, the governor says it was human error, Myrhorod should've had an air alert, not the radiation warning. Image
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There's an angry reaction from a wide cross section of society to Trump's compliant acceptance of Putin doing just what he wanted on U.S. soil

Welcome to my🧵on Day 1270 of Russia's war. I've never missed a day, if you want to support my quest for truth
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Yesterday proved to be about a 26 hour long thread, which even for me was crazy!

Ukraine had great success striking military targets, while eventually, Putin had great success manipulating Trump.

Here's the link if you're catching up:
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Let the🧵begin
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Both X and BSky have been a bit crappy scrolling through threads. One thing you can do is click my profile and then "replies", click one + scroll up

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Whoever said 7 days is a long time in politics was dead right.

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It's Day 1263 of THE Ukraine thread:
A later start to Saturday's thread because of a crazily late finish to the last🧵

Fewer than 20,000 views for the first time in weeks on such an important day🤨🤔

So much effort and so little impact some days 😢
If you're one of many to miss it, click⬇️
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As I said last night when Trump announced details, Putin got EVERYTHING he wanted (again) & gave up nothing, not even secondary tariffsImage
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Especially as the Kremlin has this morning announced Putin and Trump will meet in the coming days.
But is the war criminal just duping the US Pres again and buying more time?

Follow me & today's thread:
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Catch up here:

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The venue has been arranged - this is from one of Russia's state news agencies. Image
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