Looking at #Ukraine's estimates for #Russia's losses, I think the 460 illegal invaders they "liquidated" in the last 24 hours is an all-time high - I'm sure this war's stat-man @ragnarbjartur can confirm.
All first 4 totals above avg
#Ukraine officials have said the figures for RU losses do NOT include Private Military Contractors
Of course #Russia loves to pass death sentences for mercenaries but hires its own.
But 40% of RU PMCs in #Kharkiv region are dead/injured according to Kyiv
Putin has come up with more bizarre pronouncements today claiming "#Russia has not lost anything in the Special Military Operation, but has strengthened its sovereignty"
Hey Vova, not sure the crew of the Moskva or 50,000 other grieving families agree!
2/2 Putin also says Russia "did not start the Special Military Operation in #Ukraine, but is trying to end it. It has been going on since 2014."
Fact check: Lunatic in the Kremlin!
Yes the WAR did start in 2014, when #Russia invaded Crimea and the Donbas of sovereign Ukraine
Meanwhile Putin's Axis of Evil is growing.
After buying weapons and ammo from Iran and North Korea, looks like #Myanmar is being recruited despite (or maybe because of) its appalling Human Rights record:
Today Putin met Myanmar's Prime Minister Min Aung Hlein.
Far fewer attacks from #Russia overnight, maybe because of their stocks and positions being degraded.
But #Kharkiv still "copped it", I reported on the strike on Nemyshlyansky district last night - a hotel was hit
Another rocket landed near a medical centre in #Zmiiv
Apologies for not updating for a while - not missed too much though.
The highlight has been seeing a red rag removed from a flagpole in another liberated village.
This is in #NovaHusarivka (RU: #NovayaGusarovka) in #Kharkiv region.
For the first time #Ukraine officially admits last month's bombings in #Crimea
Commander-in-Chief Valeriy Zaluzhny & First Dep Chair of Committe on National Security Mykhailo Zabrodskyi write about the success of the operation to awaken ordinary Russians
In its evening report the General Staff of #Ukraine say they carried out "14 strikes on enemy strongholds and concentrations of manpower and equipment."
They also claim to have hit another Ka-52 "alligator" helicopter as well as the two fighter jets mentioned above.
3 civilians died while queuing for humanitarian aid in the village of #MalaTokmachka, 70km SE of Zaporizhzhai (I'm not showing the photos of the bodies)
#Ukraine opens a criminal case into the murder of a UK volunteer
Although the victim's not named, I believe it's Paul Urey. The 45yo diabetic was helping citizens evacuate from #Zaporizhzhia when kidnapped; later appearing in handcuffs on Donetsk TV
Paul died in prison in July.
#Russia's soldiers tried to make a TikTok of how they crossed the River Dnipro despite no bridges!
They boarded the hi-tech ferry (errr. raft) near #HolaPristan before finding out #Ukraine really does have fire control of all transport links!
Oops, I means FIVE explosions. Also new blasts heard in #Berdyansk on the south coast.
Authorities apparently trying to pretend it was only air defence being successful. Considering they have little air defence in Melitopol', that's unlikely 😜
Not connected to the war directly, but indicative of endemic corruption in #Russia.
Apparently this unauthorised protest in occupied #Crimea came after a man was murdered, with 36 stab wounds. Protesters say the suspect "knew" local police chiefs & was released from custody.
This is now confirmed. Thanks to @NEpifanes for spotting that #Ukraine's Human Rights Commissioner Dmytro Lubynets saying that Paul's body has now been returned to Ukraine.
Let's hope Paul's family can now at least say a proper goodbye.
I wrote a little earlier about explosions reported in #Berdyansk... there is now video of anti-aircraft fire furiously trying to protect the Occupiers.
After criticism yesterday, the 40th day of inaction and refusal to help by #Russia, the @UN has finally announced it will investigate the #Olenivka massacre.
The organisation says it will send an investigation team to the site near #Donetsk "in the coming days."
The scale of #Russia's losses in #Ukraine's offensive becoming clear. The decimation of the invaders' ranks in #Kharkiv region around #Balakliia helping to swell the daily number of killed troops to an enormous 640, almost 40% higher than yesterday's previous record.
Following on from the last tweet, a reminder that the #USA has evidence that up to 1.6 million Ukrainians were forcibly deported to #Russia during the full scale conflict.
Each one is a war crime.
Russia desperately needs repopulating.
#Melitopol: more assassination attempts on traitors.
Yuriy Onishchuk is a former member of #Ukraine's parliament who's been trying to organise a sham referendum. Today an explosion at his home & here also reports of a blast at another collaborator's home
Cleaning up in southern #Dnipropetrovsk region today after heavy shelling.
In #Nikopol and neighbouring #Marhanets, just over the river from the occupied nuclear power plant at #Enerhodar, 11 houses and a local enterprise were hit.
During the night propaganda "journalists" from #Russia were admitting #Balakliia had been lost but troops were able to break the cordon and evacuate safely. I reported fighting was ongoing in #Shevchenkove
#Russia now claims neither has been "lost"
My info is both have.
A missing Italian journalist covering the war in #Ukraine has appeared in a Russian hospital.
#Russia is trying to make political capital, claiming Mattia Sorbi's car "was blown up by Ukrainian mines" and he was rescued by RU troops.
The yellow and blue circle on this Google map marks the presumed 🇺🇦advanced line.
In red I also highlighted the major centres and other areas of interest in yellow.
Last night #Russia's propaganda channels were trying to convince us that their troops in #Balakliia had broken the encirclement and managed to calmly leave the town.
Videos today seem to show that was just another Russian lie.
This is what it is for.
This is what it will be like x100 in #Kherson, #Izium, #Melitopol and all other #Ukraine territories currently occupied.
The sweet taste of freedom:
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
It's Friday! The weekend approaches.
It's also the 814th day of #Russia trying to destroy #Ukraine, its language, culture and people, and over 10 years since the first invasion.
For all the news on Day 814 keep clicking back here.
No coffees for 2 days - please help if you can.
Thursday was another busy one.
A day which saw Putin humiliated, #Ukraine attack #Crimea (again) and a load of other stories and videos.
Missed any of it? Just click here and scroll through the day's news:
#Ukraine, a democratic nation, desperate to keep it that way, remains under intense pressure from #Russia, an autocracy led by a despot and indicted war criminal.
All the news all day long in one handy thread. Read on..
#StandWithUkraine
Yesterday we only really had two stories, but they were big ones.
#Putin exiling & side-lining top names from the Kremlin.
And 25 years after the #Russia apartment bombings, 13 were killed in a new attack - but who did it?
Review the news here: