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Day 195 of #Ukraine's defence and fight for its existence following #Russia's illegal invasion.

Welcome to Tuesday's thread of the important news, views and more on Europe's war.

ICYMI, for yesterday's 🧵click here:
Today's UK briefing documents the slow down in drone use by #Russia.

However large freight flights have recently been landing in Moscow from Tehran, so I'm fairly sure UAV stocks will be resupplied by now and on their way to #Ukraine.

#StopRussia #StandWithUkraine
A reminder that a little later the @iaeaorg will release its report on the inspection visit to the #Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

Two of @rafaelmgrossi's team remain in #Enerhodar.

#RussiaIsATerroristState #StopRussiaNOW
As I predicted last week, today the number of #Russia's soldiers killed in battle hits an astonishing 50,000 (according to #Ukraine estimates)

Y'day the UK said 80,000 Russian troops have either died, fled or been injured. That's about two thirds of the original force deployed
A 73 year old woman has died after #Russia bombed #Kharkiv again overnight.

One of the rockets in the "Industrial sector" hit a private residential building.

#RussiaIsATerroristState #SaveUkraine
#Russia has destroyed another school in #Donetsk.

The Kurakhiv gymnasium is the 274th school in the region to be damaged and 29th to be completely ruined.

Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko revealed these photos, saying thankfully no one was injured.

#StopRussia #RussiaIsATerroristState
Another explosion in #KryvyiRih this morning - the city was also hit last night.

Looks like another oil dump has been struck.
No news yet on casualties.

#SaveUkraine #StopRussia
#Kherson region:

This is the village of #Krynki.
Locals report flames flares up every couple of minutes.

At least one rocket was shot down but it's thought another reached its target.

#SlavaUkraini #StopRussia
Finally seen a satellite photo of the news I brought you last week.

The pontoon bridge in #Dariivka was indeed wiped out.
Nearby building also hit.

#Kherson #Ukraine

The residents in the decimated satellite towns north of #Kyiv are taking things into their own hands as life, and normality, starts to return to the likes of #Borodianka #Bucha #Irpin

intellinews.com/kyiv-s-suburbs…
The "world's 2nd best army" is so convinced "everything is going to plan" in #Ukraine that they're now buying artillery from #NorthKorea!

CNN reporting US Defence saying "Russia is in the process of purchasing millions of rockets and artillery shells from NK" for use on Ukraine
Anyone predict that @Schofe would pop up in a propaganda piece on #Russia's state TV?
Me neither!

#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia

The occupied town of #Enerhodar is apparently without any power after what #Russia has described as "#Ukraine shells damaging the power lines" around the nuclear power plant.

Exactly as #Ukraine and some independent observers predicted for the past two weeks.

#StopRussia
The bodies of 25 more fallen heroes have been returned to #Ukraine.
minre.gov.ua/news/vidbulasy…
In north east #Donetsk smoke pouring from what looks like a big hit in the occupied city.

This in the north-east of Donetsk, in an area known as Gvardieka.

#StandWithUkraine #RussiansGoHome
And this in the Petrovskyi part of #Donetsk. That's south-west of the Occupied city.

#StopRussia #SaveUkraine
It's believed everyone escaped unharmed from this morning's attack on #Kharkiv.

Two rockets smashed into the city centre. One hit a 5-story apartment block, completely destroying three floors.
The second rocket hit the courtyard of a council building.

#Kharkov #SaveUkraine
Many people say Pres #Zelenskyy has grown as a man since February

It's true he's led by example, refusing to be bullied by #Russia, a shining example to united #Ukraine

But it seems he's literally grown too looking at photos of his wedding day and now, the couple's anniversary!
Shelling in #Kherson region again today and again the target is #NovaKakhovka.

It's a key town, but the problem #Ukraine's forces will have is the same as #Russia now - how to cross the river!

#SlavaUkraini #StopRussia
The coastal city of #Berdyansk may have been shelled again.

Smoke is rising next to the admin building in the centre of the occupied city.

#StandWithUkraine #RussiansGoHome
The group claiming sabotage of #Russia's railways reports that The Kremlin is having to reduce freight on the rails.

There's no way to verify the information (translation of the post below), but it is feasible that sanctions have led to an inability to repair many problems.
⚡️Breaking⚡️

Looks like the smoke in #Berdyansk may have been an attack on the Russian installed "Head" of the city.

Many locals saying his car was blown up.
A better video here - but is that small arms fire or other small explosions? Could be ammo being set off.

#SlavaUkraini
#Russia's official news agency TASS confirms the attack on the "Head" of occupied #Berdyansk

"The commandant of Berdyansk was hospitalised in serious condition after a car explosion, authorities said."

He may well already be dead.
#RussiansGoHome

⚡️Breaking⚡️

First photos from the scene of the assassination attempt on the Russian-imposed Head of #Berdyansk.

Artyom Bardin is supposedly in hospital - did he really survive this?

#RussiansGoHome #StopRussia #SlavaUkaini
In #Sloviansk, tidying up after the overnight shelling.

#Russia continues its policy of terror and destruction for anywhere it cannot claim.

#StandWithUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
More missiles landing in occupied #Kherson.

Here some photos from #HolaPrystan' south of Kherson city.

#StandWithUkraine #RussiansGoHome
The IAEA report says there is an "urgent need" for interim measures to prevent a nuclear accident at the #Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant.

It's called for a safety and security protection zone to be created around the facility,

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Extraordinary claims on a TV channel in #Dnipro

DN1 shows what's said to be a video of a zoom meeting on Day 3 of the war. In it Mayor of Dnipro, Boris Filatov, says his sources "from the other side" assure him Dnipro won't be bombed.

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The claims come from a political journalist who posted it on Facebook (translation below)

#Dnipro Mayor Filatov is said to have been "waiting for the Georgia scenario" - #Ukraine would have to relinquish territory as Georgia did in the 2008 war.

Deep Fake? or Deep trouble?
⚡️Breaking⚡️

#Ukraine's General Staff says two more villages have been liberated.

They are #Novovoznesens'ke in #Kherson region, a full 5 miles/8km south of Vysokopillya which was re-captured yesterday

#Dovhenke in #Kharkiv oblast, south of #Izium is also now free of Russians.
Yesterday I posted a video of a chimp chatting to a woman in #Ukraine.

Here's a full video; it's so lovely - please watch right to the end.

The chimp got out of a zoo in #Kharkiv. He evaded recapture for a while, then accepted a jacket from a trusted handler and headed "home"
The massacre at #Olenivka happened 40 days ago (many #Ukraine POWs were killed when the prison they had been moved to was shelled.

Understandably #Ukraine's Presidential Adviser is not happy:

The answer was "no" - as I suspected, he could not survive
"Commandant" of #Berdyansk Artyom Bardin has died following the car bomb.

In case you missed it earlier in the thread, the centre of #Kharkiv got hit by Russian rockets earlier today.

Praise to #Ukraine's Emergency Services who yet again were straight on the scene. Here they rescued an old lady and a frightened dog.

#Kharkov #RussiaIsATerroristState
New PM, same support
🇬🇧💙💛🇺🇦

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As we near the end of another day in #Ukraine, it's been perhaps the most encouraging of all 195 so far.

At least some territory has been reclaimed in #Kharkiv, #Kherson, #Donetsk AND even #Luhansk, according to exiled Governor Serhiy Haidai who says they have a "foothold"
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In addition, big attacks on more Russian bases in most regions, including in #Zaporizhzhia oblast.

It was in the south of that region which saw a significant strike by #Ukraine patriots, with the Russian Head of ZP assassinated in a car bomb.

#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia
Look at this from "Official Twitter of the military commissariat of #Russia's Ministry of Defense"

You can click and translate it yourself, but rumours of a virtual wipe out of #Russia's forces in #Balakliya in #Kharkiv look true.

Spoiler - v sweary!

#Kharkiv has suffered another missile attack.

Ihor Terekhov confirmed "So far, we know about arrivals in Nemyshlyansk district. According to preliminary information, several cars and an industrial building are burning there."

No news of casualties yet.
#RussiaIsATerroristState

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