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.
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.
#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.
1/2 #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.
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
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.
Hello again. Day 860 of #Russia's all-out war on #Ukraine, but for newcomers, we only got here because the west did nothing when Putin tried to subvert democracy in 2013/4 & invaded #Crimea and east Ukraine in Feb 2014.
Let's start another daily thread - not a single day off!
Monday was another busy thread.
More signs #RussiaIsCollapsing, big blackouts and record losses for the invader.
In occupied #Ukraine there was an important hit on #Crimea, and how drones hit a moving train used by Russia.
What times we live in.
#Russia takes over the revolving Presidency of the UN Security Council, while Putin's biggest ally in the west, #Hungary holds the EU Presidency for 6 months.
This morning Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán arrived in #Kyiv for the first time since 2012.
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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