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Almost the weekend, this is Friday's daily thread with all the news, views + analysis as #Russia attacks #Ukraine

It's Day 212 of the war

There's an update to the Ukraine fundraiser. We hope to get one of these alongside the winter clothing. If you can help, see my pinned tweet Image
As usual a link to yesterday's thread as a few of you tell me you like to check up on the news in one place.

Another fairly quiet day in terms of attacks and missiles, although just before Thursday ended, #Zaporizhzhia suffered a bad attack:

#Mobilization is still the big talking point in #Russia

This is a scene from #Makhachkala in the republic of #Dagestan. A big convoy of fresh convicts, sorry conscripts.

Woman can be heard wailing, knowing they may never see loved ones again.

#RussiansGoHome #StandWithUkraine
What's evident in #Russia's mobilisation is the "Animal Farm" principle. All areas are equal, but some are more equal than others

The regions supplying the most new call-ups are the ones which already suffered most deaths such as Dagestan, Buryatia and other south/east republics
#Ukraine's Air Force says it shot down 4 Iranian-made Shahed-136 kamikaze drones at once with two medium-range anti-aircraft guided missiles. This happened over #Mykolaiv region.

#StopRussia #StandWithUkraine

facebook.com/kpszsu/posts/p…
#Ukraine said at a press briefing that many of its soldiers released from captivity, had been tortured while POWs held by #Russia

"They were subjected to very cruel torture. Unfortunately, the percentage of such of persons is quite large"

pravda.com.ua/news/2022/09/2…
CNN reports that #Putin is becoming more erratic.

Bunker boy is issuing orders directly to the front now, bypassing his generals, according to the US network's sources.

That's bound to be another source of irritation in #Russia's armed forces.
Voting in the sham referenda is expected to get underway today in #Ukraine's part-occupied regions of #Donetsk #Kherson #Luhansk and #Zaporizhzhia

It's all sovereign #Ukraine territory and the idea of holding any vote when so many have fled is insane, even before the fear factor
Two people have died in #Dnipropetrovsk region.

Around 30 rockets were fired by #Russia in #Nikopol district. The deaths happened in #Marhanets.

#StopRussia #StandWithUkraine ImageImage
"#Ukraine puts pressure on territory #Russia considers essential to its war aims" - British MoD Image
Big losses are back for #Russia. Good intel and precision Kong range weapons continue to take their toll.

Over 1,000 Russian soldiers killed in 2 days.
Seven categories higher than average.

#RussiansGoHome Image
Putin's support is strong in remote areas of #Russia, but he knows it's the main cities which hold his fate in their hands. If quotas for mobilisation are very low in St Petersburg & Moscow, most of the middle-class will be comfortable, not on the streets

The "rush" to vote in the illegal referenda is underway. As you can see here, voting halls are full - but of journalists not residents.

Considering the majority have fled in some regions, it'll be funny to see the turnout figures which #Russia seems set to say is 90-95%
In #Melitopol' locals report Russians have been brought by bus from #Crimea for the cameras. They say some are being interviewed by "polling" stations while others drive cars with Russian flags.

#RussiansGoHome #StopRussia Image
Circulating on social media in Occupied parts of #Ukraine.

"Don't answer the door to Rashists!
Ignore the referendum"

This follow reports of people with machine guns turning up at houses to force people to vote in the sham referenda.

#RussiansGoHome #StandWithUkraine Image
An update now on #Zaporizhzhia which was attacked last night.

#Russia's shells hit a car wash, houses and a construction site in the city, according to #Ukraine.

Three people suffered slight injuries.

#StopRussia #SaveUkraine
America's Secretary of State gives a short, but perfect summary of where we are in #Putin's illegal war of aggression

#StandWithUkraine #RussiansGoHome
They even vote in #Volgograd in the illegal referenda.

#Russia says over 100 refugees from #Ukraine are eligible to have their say in the illegal plebiscite.
This pretty much sums it up... Graffiti scrawled on the wall of the enlistment office in #Kostroma, about 350km north-east of #Moscow.

It says
"mobilise your anus, dog"
"(we are) not your private army" Image
SEVEN enlistment offices in #Russia have been attacked since the #mobilisation announcement

Today fire bombs in #Khabarovsk + #Svobodny (Amur). Yesterday attacks in #StPetersburg #NizhnyNovgorod #Orenburg #Togliatti and #TransBaikal region

#RussiaOnFire

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Vote AGAINST joining #Russia and you get arrested!

That's apparently openly happening in #Zaporizhzhia region reports AstraPress.

Here's a translation of the story.

#ShamReferenda #StopRussia #RussiaIsATerroristState Image
Seen in #StPetersburg

"Putin grinds minced meat out of our children... and we watch"

#mobilization #mobilisation #StopPutin #StopRussia Image
One person's died in #Odesa after Iranian kamikaze drones threatened the city.

At least one was shot down, but two more hit an administration building at the port.

#StandWithUkraine #StopRussiaNOW
#Ukraine's forces say they have regained some ground in #Bakhmut (RU: #Artemovsk). Advances have been made south of the town in #Donetsk, but #Russia still advances slowly from the east.

Meanwhile Ukraine has regained the village of Yatskivka.

#SlavaUkraini
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#Odesa - a couple of videos now from the southern port city

Quite some activity there today. Many of the new #Iran drones have been attacking the city. The second wave seems to have just finished. At least six drones have been shot down by air defence today.
#Odessa #Ukraine
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Here's the aftermath of the kamikaze drones which landed in the port area of #Odesa a little earlier.

A reminder that one person died in this attack by #Russia.

#Odessa #Ukraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
Today workers in liberated #Izium / #Izyum have completed their work to exhume bodies from mass graves left by #Russia

Lead police officer Serhiy Panteleev says 436 bodies were recovered, five were children. Most met a violent death, 30 likely tortured.

pravda.com.ua/news/2022/09/2…
This guy/bot has got it all wrong.
Just for clarification, I DON'T sympathise with #Russia's murderous, Nazi regime.

#Finland takes action against the increase in #Russia nationals crossing the border.

@CarolynnePries1 and I worked out the numbers are up about 60%.

Russians must be deemed to "not be a threat to international relations"

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TASS reports "129 observers from 26 countries work at the referendum in the (so-called) DPR."

26 countries? Hope they name all the "observers" so they can be sanctioned.

#DonetskIsUkraine #RussiansGoHome
#Russia's drones are also menacing #Mykolaiv (#Nikolaev) now and earlier were active in #Dnipropetrovsk region.
This is the site where one crashed.

#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia
This is the way votes are conducted in tin-pot dictatorships.

Two armed soldiers, presumably to guard against you putting an X in the wrong box. Insane battering on the door if you don't open.

Occupied #Zaporizhzhia
#RussiaisATerroistState #SaveUkraine
I can't verify this but it still fascinates me - another of those scenes which reveals the true horror of war (even if it is not from this conflict)

This is said to be a field hospital for Russian troops in #Ukraine.
Earlier today #Ukraine hit a military building in occupied #Alchevsk - the second time in two days the town in #Luhansk has been hit.

This was the former Ukraine Intelligence building, now being used by the occupants, though maybe not any longer!

#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia Image
Children reportedly injured in a school in #Mariupol' today when a mine exploded.

This happened at School #45. The occupiers clearly failing to demine either their own, or a #Ukraine explosive. Russians have not released exact details of casualties.

📷TG channel: mariupol Image
Thanks to Theresa, Iain and Nina who've all donated in the last couple of hours.

£2,158 raised so far to help #Ukraine's soldiers. If you can help at all, please see the pinned tweet on my profile. Thank you and #SlavaUkraini
Following the widespread drone attacks today, #Ukraine has revoked the accreditation of #Iran's ambassador in #Kyiv.

Iranian has repeatedly flown cargo planes to Moscow in the last fortnight, believed to be full of kamikaze and other drones.

mfa.gov.ua/news/zayava-mz…
Thanks to @fdov21, happy to correct the story a little earlier about the field hospital.

It was indeed not in #Ukraine, but firefighters tackling forest fires in #Ryazan, #Russia.

mediaryazan.ru/news/detail/51…

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