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
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😂😂🤡
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
1/2 The big story since the last couple of hours of y'day's thread has been Ukraine's multiple successes in breaching Russia's air defence at military targets.
The Kremlin says it destroyed 93 drones, 60 over the Black Sea. There's no mention of how many they missed!
Exhibit A:
Even the most ardent peaceniks are realising one side doesn't want to stop fighting. At least until, as a state new agency said recently, all Ukrainians are killed.
Each + every day you'll find all the news here in one handy🧵
Let's go!
If you missed anything of yesterday's developments, well not as much to catch up on.
Click the link to review, things only really started going late at night..
Trying to compile threads on a train, using mobile only so far, is a nightmare. My first typo was rather important. It's Day 1256, so the observant don't need to message me 😊
Family day out today, going to see "Evita"
But always a thread and as up to date as I can be.
"White rabbits" is what I have to say to you this morning.
An old British custom is to say 'rabbits' or 'white rabbits' (often 3 times) at the start of a new month to ensure good luck for the month ahead
August is the 43rd month of Russia's war.
Today is Day 1255. Here's the🧵
Yesterday was a depressing day.
Not just Russia's horrific attacks on Kyiv, but the general lack of response and condemnation. The world just shrugs its shoulders.
2 weeks ago I said things could move quickly on air defence. One system had reportedly already been delivered to Ukraine
Remember Switzerland's order was bumped down to give priority to🇺🇦?
Now Germany says 2 more Patriots will be sent by October, starting with launchers in days
Putin's response was to bomb the cr*p out of Ukraine's capital again overnight.
It's decency against inhumanity. Which side are you on?
Welcome to THE daily thread.
Wednesday was a fairly quiet day, punctuated by the odd Russian missile attack, before another enormous attack centre on Kyiv.. and it's still going on.
But Ukraine hit back in Russia.
Missed anything? Click and scroll, but please come back!
Tuesday 29 July. Day 1252.
Documenting all the important stories and developments in Ukraine's ongoing fight for survival against an invading horde.
Every Single Day. No break, no days off.
All the news from the war in Europe, all the time.
Monday was probably a better day for Ukraine.
We saw Trump appear to lose patience with indicted war criminal Putin, we saw a Ukraine flag replanted in one reclaimed village & late in the thread more strikes on Russia's rail infrastructure.
I'll begin in Rostov region, where earlier Ukraine hit railway infrastructure in the town of Salsk.
Pretty much the whole of the rail network in Rostov oblast is crucial to Russia's military. The proximity to occupied parts of Ukraine & the route to Crimea run through here.