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So we've had non-military personnel, footballers, disabled men and many, many more drafted in the #mobilisation in #Russia.
Also many reports of just one day's training before being sent to the frontline in #Ukraine. This is surely a suicidal gamble by #Putin? Time's almost up.
One resident of #Odesa reports air defence is working well on the south coast, with many (presumably Iranian) drones buzzing the city.
It looks as though #Russia has hit an ammunition cache in #Odesa region. There are multiple explosions occurring in #Zatoka, south of the city of #Odessa.
Britain's MoD seems to think #Russia plays by the rules.
We've already had reports of one day's training and some unsubstantiated stories of zero training before being sent to Ukraine. And contrary to what is written here, not all call ups are to previous military personnel.
More enormous battlefield losses for #Russia reported today.
If these figures are accurate it means the Russians have managed to lose almost 2,300 tanks. That's almost 50% of the number of tanks in the entire EU.
Another military enlistment office is torched in #Russia
This is becoming a real problem now as the civil disobedience continues.
The latest attack happened in Uryupinsk, #Volgograd.
#Dagestan
Also scuffles break out in the regional capital of #Makhachkala after protesters manage to get through the police ring into the central square.
Of course - didn't take long for #Russia to blame the west for trouble in #Dagestan.
Regional Head Sergei Melikhov says the anti-mobilisation protests "were prepared & controlled, including from abroad. They are trying to aggravate the situation" then mentions foreign sponsors🤡
There were rumours the border between #Russia and #Georgia would be closed. That's not happened yet.
Some say Russians are putting roadblocks to stop men of military age leaving. Others say you're allowed to cross the border if not in a vehicle, so look at the crowds now.
Reports now that the FSB has detained the Consulate General of #Japan in #Vladivostok.
Motoka Tatsunori has been declared persona non grata by #Russia after allegations he had gained restricted information.
I cannot verify this but it is very powerful if this is not an old card.
A #Chechen rips up his military I.D., presumably in protest at the #mobilisation and the police response in the southern republics.
Rumours on social media that mobilisation has been suspended in #Dagestan.
Personally I doubt it, just an hour after the Governor pledged it was definitely continuing. But it could well be FSB disinfo spread to stop the protests.
A mother screams trying to protect her son from the state thugs in #Dagestan. Also notice how many plain clothes guys are happy to join in kicking the young man in the centre of #Makhachkala.
More scenes from #Dagestan of recent protests against #mobilisation by local women angered at seeing their sons/husbands sent to war for Putin and his fellow bandits in #Moscow
Head of #Dnepropetrovsk region, Valentin Reznichenko, confirms the airfield and infrastructure was struck with X-59 missiles. Further use of the airport is impossible he says.
More state of the art equipment is chugging its way to the frontline. I'm sure the new conscripts will be very impressed when they see their new armoured vehicles!
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:
Hello and welcome to Day 807 of #Russia's war on #Ukraine.
Each day documenting the news and war crimes committed by indicted war criminal Putin and his Moscow horde as the neo-imperialists try to steal more land and wipe out another culture.
Here's another daily thread...
As always, the quick link back to the starts of yesterday's thread for those who missed some, or all, of Thursday's developments.
And right at the end of the day we saw another oil target inside #Russia being hit by drones!
So confirmation of another attack on an oil refinery in #Russia, the second in 2 months at this partuicular site.
Pershiy Zavod is the largest refinery in the region - the main complex for the processing of commercial oil and gas condensate, and the capacity is 1.2m tons/yr