Thread by @TWMCLtd

Hello! You've found the start of Wednesday's thread all about #Russia's war on #Ukraine.

We're now at Day 238. Read on for the latest news, views and analysis. Or check back on yesterday's stories right here:

https://twitter.com/TWMCLtd/status/1582262076831305729

First a developing story in the ongoing #Russia "spy" trail in #Norway.

Police have closed Bergen airport in Norway amid reports of another drone.
Recently 2 Russian "tourists" have been arrested with drones and masses of potentially sensitive data.

bt.no/nyheter/direkt…

Also a big development in #Iran's involvement in the war.

As well as trying to stamp on a potential revolution at home, the Iranians have given killer drones to #Russia and now the NYT says they've also sent military experts to occupied #Crimea.

nytimes.com/2022/10/18/us/…

Just want to thank everyone sending me tip offs, stories I may have missed etc. It's especially welcome as I spend a few days in Italy and often away from the laptop.
DMs open.

London's daily update confirms the likelihood that the shooting of #Russia's soldiers at a training camp recently was carried out by two men who actually became Islamic martyrs. Maybe Iran should take a look?

Meanwhile 80% of The #Kremlin's top Generals sacked during the war!

Excellent report this morning from Sky News, on the frontline in #Bakhmut (RU: #Artemovsk)

Extraordinary bravery from the emergency services.
#SlavaUkraini #StopRussia

news.sky.com/story/ukraine-…

More, and continued, shelling of #Enerhodar, home of Europe's largest nuclear plant.

The exiled Mayor, Dmytro Orlov says #Russia shelled the industrial zone and the town itself, with outages of power and water and a substation thought to have been hit.

pravda.com.ua/news/2022/10/1…

More shelling and drone strikes on #Ukraine overnight.

The Governor of #Mykolaiv says they shot down 12 attack drones in his region, while in #KryvyiRih electricity has been cut for many after a strike hit "energy infrastructure"

#RussiaIsATerroristState

The usual shelling of #Nikopol and environs continues..

I don't mention it every day but there and in #Sumy at the opposite end of #Ukraine, grads are fired every night, though the damage there is usually less for civilians.

Here a few photos of the latest damage in Nikopol

* BREAKING *

#Russia's Occupiers in #Kherson have sent an SMS to every resident calling on them to "urgently evacuate due to threats of shelling from #Ukrain's Forces"

#Ukraine is getting close to liberating the region - I believe the invaders will withdraw to behind the river

In addition to the last tweet, #Russia claims missiles fired at the #Antonivskyi bridge last night were shot down.

However there was not a single report from patriots of activity near the bridge.

The #Berislavsky district in #Kherson is without power.

Out of 100 newly mobilised conscripts, only 8 survived.

Maybe hyperbole, maybe some propaganda, but a detailed account here of the nightmare waiting for the underprepared and ill equipped cannon fodder #Russia sends to the front in #Ukraine.

24tv.ua/ukrayinski-viy…

Continuing the highly suspicious goings on in #Norway...

I think the FSB and the #Kremlin really did get inspiration from the TV series "Occupied"

The Russian Orthodox Church buys land near military bases 😨

ru.krymr.com/a/news-rpz-sob…

Watching this one!

https://twitter.com/NickDM/status/1582600556027076608?t=slIdTZ47_QQDoWSaXjvqfA&s=19

#Kyiv and other regions under attack again.

#Vinnytsia reports an explosion. It may be air defence. Defenders of the capital claim all five drones over the city have been downed. Here's one:

#SlavaUkraini #StopRussia #StopIran

#Putin has declared Martial Law in the four annexed regions of #Ukraine he pretends to control.

Everything going according to plan😅 Losing #Kherson definitely Bunker Boy's strategy.

#StandWithUkraine #RussiansGoHome

Plenty more explosions in occupied #Donetsk today too. Impossible to attribute blame at this stage.

The first photo is from Enakievo, the second from Kirovsky district of the city.

#StopRussia #StandWithUkraine

Another award for the people of #Ukraine and its President @ZelenskyyUa

As expected, The #SakharovPrize goes to the people defending sovereignty and freedom against terror.

https://twitter.com/EPPGroup/status/1582739784245874688

Israel, desperate not to upset the Nazi, #TerroristState, decides to appease further and refuses to give #Ukraine any weapons.

I wonder if Israel would even exist if countries had tried not to upset Nazi Germany?

No wonder Defence Minister Benny Gantz refused Ukraine's calls😡

Here's a video of the morning strike on the administration building of Occupied #Enerhodar

Even some Russian media report it was hit by a kamikaze drone - how can #Russia pretend #Ukraine is attacking the town, where the nuclear power plant is situated?

#RussiaIsATerroristState

Oh look, more blackouts in #Russia's #Belgorod.

A "partial loss of light" in some districts just as locals upload photos of a substation on fire.
What could have caused that? More careless smokers?

#StopRussia #SaveUkraine

Just seen this on #Russia's news sites. A map of the "Wagner Line" - supposedly where extra fortifications are built by the mercenaries.

The obvious assumption is that they're expecting to be pushed back to there, so hopefully soon #Ukraine liberates #Severodonetsk & #Novoaidar

#DroneSpyGate update from #Norway

Turns out a guy arrested with drones and a Russian passport in #Svalbard also owns a British passport.

He's engaged expensive lawyers who argue as a British citizen, the ban on Russians being able to fly drones in Norway is not applicable.

#Belgorod update - better video of the substation fire.

#Russia's citizens reaching for the candles as a result of #PutinsWar. It will likely get worse, much worse.

At least they can sneak the body bags of the mobilised home in the dark!

Got to love a Patriotic Parrott!

#SlavaUkraini #StopPutin

Earlier today I highlighted the amazing work done by emergency service workers in #Ukraine.

More proof here when two ambulance crew were wounded and three vehicles damaged near #Kupiansk.

#HeroiamSlava #StandWithUkraine

A new video from #Bakhmut after more bombing there today by #Russia's forces.
#Ukraine's army stands its ground, but the town is ruined, just like everywhere else the "peacekeepers" (remember when Putin called them that?!) visit.

video credit: Novostidnua

More lighting munitions fall in Occupied #Donetsk.

Telegram channels saying it's white phosphorus but I doubt it.

This is in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk.

#RussiansGoHome #StopRussia

#DroneSpyNorway update:

The dual passport holder just happens to be the son of a Putin ally.

mol.im/a/11332311

#Germany's President has cancelled this week's trip to #Kyiv.

Frank-Walter Steinmeier's office cited "security reasons".

Steinmeier has long been viewed with suspicion by #Ukraine patriots, dating back to when he was Foreign Minister in the 'Minsk' talks

In #Mykolaiv (RU: #Nikolaev), a statue dedicated to Soviet war heroes has been destroyed... by #Russia!

Gov. Vitaly Kim says enemy shelling did the damage to the 1977 monument which commemorated local officers who died in the war.

Opinion on the monument's future had been split

In #Sumy tomorrow residents will not have water, street lighting or public transport. All are being stopped to help ease the crisis caused by #Russia's drone strikes across #Ukraine.

#Hungary's Viktor Orbán is at it again.
The Prime Minister says he will demand the EU reviews the sanctions on #Russia at the coming Leaders' summit.

He has no chance of winning a vote, but will please his pal in the Moscow bunker with his words.

Another of the Occupiers' buildings has been shelled in #Donetsk.

This time it's the admin building of the Voroshilivsky district on Artema (Artyoma) Street.

#SlavaUkraini #StopRussia