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.
This is the start of Tuesday's daily thread, with all the important news from, and relevant to, Ukraine in one handy place.
It's Day 1385 and I've still never missed a day of fact checking, analysing and reporting every aspect of the defence against Russia's illegal war.
Yesterday a lot of talking behind the scenes, but politicians were broadly tight-lipped on progress.
Russia did make more small gains on the frontline, but we also found a cat with burned whiskers + how Russian pilots' head-tennis went disastrously wrong
Pres Zelenskyy's whirlwind tour continues, arriving in Rome this morning to meet the Pope at Castle Gandolfo.
At Villa Barberini, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was welcomed by the vice-regent of the papal household, Augustinian Father Edward Daniang Daleng.
Day 1366 of the war in Europe is the start of two days of mourning in a small city in Ukraine which suffered over 160 killed and injured in a single Russia attack 24 hours ago.
As the war crimes mount, Trump approves a mad-hat simpleton's plan to end the war
Here's THE daily🧵
Here's the link for the start of Wednesday's🧵
I posted 65 stories - that equates to a post every 22 minutes throughout the entire 24 hours.
Psychologically a devastating day for Ukraine. Being murdered by Russia, being abandoned by the USA.
A reminder US officials are in Kyiv, due to meet Zelenskyy, when Ukraine's president knows he will have to tell the Americans to shove the surrender document up Witkoff's "White House pass"
Is Rubio undermining the WH plan?
It's certainly not realistic and without 🇷🇺concessions
Welcome to another daily thread covering all the important things happening in Ukraine right now, and therefore by (unwanted association) Russia too.
All things fact checked, analysed and explained.
The news you can rely on, every day, in one place.
It's Day 1361. I'm late!⏰
Well I had a lovely lie-in as, all things considered it was a relatively news-free morning
My "bitter enders" (those who make it through to the very end of the🧵) will know there was a big attack on Dnipro which kept me reporting late.
Missed it? click⬇️
One thing I've had to do is wade through Trump's interview on GB News. It's actually been worthwhile because it's a wonderful example I can use to train what NOT to do!
Main points being:
1'48" to ask a question is dreadful
Such simpering loses all credibility before you begin
The first few hours of Day 1360 of Russia's genocidal war started with Ukrainians in shelters. More innocent lives have been claimed by the Moscow horde.
The west unable or unwilling to stop the slaughter despite 1000s of war crimes.
We're not incapable, must not be unwilling.
One of the heaviest bombardments Kyiv has ever known dominated y'day's thread and the start of today's.
But Ukraine also continues to pick-off financial targets inside Russia
It all made for one of the longest🧵 so far - the least you can do is read it!
Hello again, thanks for visiting my Ukraine thread on Day 1353
Views/likes are down on both sites I post on: possible war fatigue
It's exactly what Putin wants from the world - to wear us down so we accept a deal to stop the killing
This will embolden Putin & hasten war v NATO
Here's the link for Thursday's thread.
It was a day which saw Ukraine inflict a fair amount of damage on Russia's energy sector and the crisis is nearing for Putin as it cannot export oil.
The energy crisis for Ukraine is about people surviving winter: