Tim White Profile picture
Oct 25, 2022 39 tweets 37 min read Read on X
Hello Day 244 and here's the start of another daily thread covering #Russia's illegal war of aggression in #Ukraine.

For the second successive night no widespread bombing or use of attack drones.

There was still a lot of news yesterday, catch up here:

In the early hours this morning the @TheStudyofWar published its daily report/review. Relying on the @ukrpravda_news interview with #Ukraine's Military intelligence chief I tweeted in yesterday's thread, ISW suggests a high-level split in the #Kremlin.

understandingwar.org/backgrounder/r…
A leap in some categories in #Russia's losses today. 3 x Ka-52 attack helicopters in a day, which UK Intel notes in the next tweet.

Tanks destroyed also well above the mean again, possibly due to #Ukraine's partial counter in #Bakhmut and fierce RU resistance in #Beryslav
Here is the #UK daily report then. Verified losses being those with independent footage/photos of a hit on the battlefield. Obviously not every downed aircraft can be filmed and under Martial Law there are heavy restrictions on the public publishing material.
1/

A thread within a thread from occupied #Melitopol' now where the biggest explosion of the day so far may have occurred.

A car bomb looks to have exploded in the car park outside a business centre. Inside the building was the HQ of #Russia's local propaganda #Zaporizhzhia TV
2/
The Occupiers say 5 people were injured in this morning's explosion in #Melitopol'

There is a TV Tower for "ZaTV" next to the building and #Russia's installed local "Head" Balitsky is thought to hold regular meetings in the basement of the business centre,

#RussiansGoHome
3/

Another propaganda state channel from #Russia was soon at the scene to report on the destruction of the local brainwashing channel, whose offices were badly hit in #Melitopol' today.

However, "ZaTV" is still on air according to local invaders.

#StopRussia #RussiansGoHome
A big fire broke out in occupied #Luhansk region last night.

The blaze, seen here, was at a disused mine in Yuvileine, a few km west of #Lugansk city centre.

Some messages on chat sites report the sound of explosions but unverified

#StopRussia
Occupying authorities say over 1,200 people are without electricity in the Kirovsky district of #Donetsk city after a power line was damaged. 17 substations could not operate and power was cut around 11:30am

#StopRussia #StandWithUkraine
Shelling hit the village of #Shchurove in #Donetsk region this morning.

Here we can see some damage caused. The settlement is in the forest, just west of #Lyman.

#SaveUkraine #StopRussia
Early this morning the President of #Germany finally came to #Kyiv

There's been a lot of distrust of Frank Steinmeier in #Ukraine for many years.

Nonetheless a warm welcome including Iris flowers, hinting at the urgent need for the other three Iris-T air defence systems!
1/3
Two football stories concern #Ukraine today: one legitimate, one less so in my opinion

Firstly, let's clear up calls for 🇺🇦to replace #Iran in next month's @FIFAWorldCup for supplying weapons to #Russia

Shakhtar's CEO made the appeal y'day ahead of the UCL clash with Celtic
2/3
There's virtually zero chance #FIFA will kick out #Iran, especially with the #WorldCup kicking off in 4 weeks.

In any case, even if Iran was banned, they'd be replaced with a side from the Asian Confederation, not #Ukraine.
3/3
The other story concerns #Russia saying teams from Occupied regions will compete in its national leagues.

Head of #Ukraine Football, Andriy Pavelko, an ExCo member of #UEFA says "we will demand the expulsion of #Russia from UEFA + FIFA for gross violation of the statutes."
Some people asking "isn't #Russia already banned?"
It's banned from competitions right now but not from the organisations.

IN THEORY any player who plays against an unaffiliated team faces a lifetime ban, so anyone playing in RU league may NEVER be able to play again!
In about 45 minutes I'm hoping to do a live Q&A about #Ukraine on here

While I was on the broadcast @CarolynnePries1 found some developing stories, such as another case of careless smoking in #Russia.

Some residents reported an explosion at a service station in #Elizavetinskaya just west of #Krasnodar and a big fire followed.

#RussiaOnFire
Some things still shock me.

Here on a TV show, a priest in #Russia criticises women for abortions and not having more babies to give sons to the war.

If they had more children, "losing one in the war wouldn't be so bad!"

#StopRussia #RussiaIsATerroristState
⚡️Breaking⚡️

Another chapter in #Norway's growing potential Russian Spy problem.

A man from #Brazil has been arrested, except Norwegian police think he's from #Russia and a spy.

nrk.no/tromsogfinnmar…
#RussiaOnFire

Looks like a potential for sabotage/arson here.
A disused oil storage tank burned strongly in #NizhnyNovgorod

The Emergency Situations dept says there were no injuries nor risk of the fire spreading.
69 firefighters were needed to tackle the blaze
More bomb threats causing problems in #Russia

It's reported all schools in the city of #Chita were evacuated due to the scare.

Chita is around 200km (125 miles) from the border with #Mongolia

mkchita.ru/incident/2022/…
Meanwhile in #Kherson city, the Occupiers are tightlipped about what happened here.

A fire at, or near, the Police training centre.
It's now been extinguished but no word on whether it was an accident or arson.

#Resistance #KhersonIsUkraine
This is the most popular and understable response to that inhuman "religious" freak from #Russia who blamed women for having abortions or not having enough children.

A graphic example of the losses being suffered by #Russia around #Berislav which I mentioned earlier in the thread.

#Ukraine also claims in #Kherson region destruction of 2 warehouses with ammunition, a tank, an MT-LB, 6 units of military vehicles and 2 solders' hideouts
Another lethal explosion and fire at a factory in #Russia today.

One died and three suffered serious burns in the blast in #Volgograd - windows a kilometre away shattered.

Employees believe accumulations of aluminium dust led to the problem.

#RussiaOnFire
Oh, welcome back #Chornobaivka!

The famous airfield in #Kherson looks to have been hit again.

You want the meme again don't you? Hold on...
Yay, it's back!
#Chornobaivka #Chernobaevka
#KhersonIsUkraine
OMG someone opened the doors of the zealots' lunatic asylum (#Durdom) today!

Looking more like a Monty Python sketch, it's reported these are members of the Russian Orthodox Church in #Mariupol' carrying out an exorcism of the #Azovstal steel plant🤡🤡
Ben Wallace stays as UK Defence Secretary in Rishi Sunak's new Cabinet

A very welcome reappointment. Keep up the good work @BWallaceMP
Apartment block ablaze in #Donetsk

As the label says, it's in the Kirovskyi raion (district) of the occupied city.

#Donbas #Donbass #DonetskIsUkraine
Earlier today I reported on the car bomb in Occupied #Melitopol.

Now the first video of the explosion itself, from CCTV

#StandWithUkraine #RussiansGoHome
In #Dnipro this evening a big fire after an explosion.

Local authorities say a Russian missile was shot down but fragments landed on a gas/petrol station.

No news on casualties yet,
Another chapter for #RussiaOnFire this evening.

A warehouse complex is burning fiercely in #StPetersburg

Some locals talk about paints and varnishes being there, others about fuels and lubricants.
The fire in St Petersburg is growing despite the best efforts of firefighters.

#Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations says 12,000 m2 is now ablaze at the warehouses.

160 people and 45 pieces of equipment are trying to control the flames.

#RussiaOnFire
In #Dnipro the explosion at the gas station (see earlier in the thread) has killed two people, including a pregnant young woman.

Another three have been injured.
#RussiaIsATerroristState #StopRussia
Always nice to see continuing support around Europe for #Ukraine. This is the #Poznan opera house in #Poland lit in yellow and blue. Sent in by @charlie_poole

#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia
#Belarus has ruled Joseph Brodsky's children's book "A ballad about a small tugboat" is extremist.

This is serious - apparently the paranoid illegitimate "president" Lukashenka thought the boat resembled the White-Red-White flag of free Belarus!

#BelarusIsATerroristState
LOL

#Armenia has banned the editor-in-chief of #Russia's propaganda channel "RT" from entering the country.

Margarita Simonyan announced the news herself on her Telegram page

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
 

Keep Current with Tim White

Tim White Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @TWMCLtd

Aug 2
It's Day 1266 of Russia's full invasion.

Even the most ardent peaceniks are realising one side doesn't want to stop fighting. At least until, as a state new agency said recently, all Ukrainians are killed.

Each + every day you'll find all the news here in one handy🧵
Let's go!
If you missed anything of yesterday's developments, well not as much to catch up on.

Click the link to review, things only really started going late at night..

Trying to compile threads on a train, using mobile only so far, is a nightmare. My first typo was rather important. It's Day 1256, so the observant don't need to message me 😊

Family day out today, going to see "Evita"
But always a thread and as up to date as I can be.
Read 24 tweets
Aug 1
"White rabbits" is what I have to say to you this morning.

An old British custom is to say 'rabbits' or 'white rabbits' (often 3 times) at the start of a new month to ensure good luck for the month ahead

August is the 43rd month of Russia's war.
Today is Day 1255. Here's the🧵
Yesterday was a depressing day.
Not just Russia's horrific attacks on Kyiv, but the general lack of response and condemnation. The world just shrugs its shoulders.

We are better than this.

Review what you missed yesterday here:

2 weeks ago I said things could move quickly on air defence. One system had reportedly already been delivered to Ukraine

Remember Switzerland's order was bumped down to give priority to🇺🇦?
Now Germany says 2 more Patriots will be sent by October, starting with launchers in days
Read 34 tweets
Jul 31
Day 1254. Eight more til Trump Sanctions Day.

Putin's response was to bomb the cr*p out of Ukraine's capital again overnight.

It's decency against inhumanity. Which side are you on?

Welcome to THE daily thread.
Wednesday was a fairly quiet day, punctuated by the odd Russian missile attack, before another enormous attack centre on Kyiv.. and it's still going on.

But Ukraine hit back in Russia.
Missed anything? Click and scroll, but please come back!

Five missiles are over Kyiv right now.
I hope everyone's safely in shelters.
Read 21 tweets
Jul 29
Tuesday 29 July. Day 1252.
Documenting all the important stories and developments in Ukraine's ongoing fight for survival against an invading horde.

Every Single Day. No break, no days off.
All the news from the war in Europe, all the time.
Monday was probably a better day for Ukraine.
We saw Trump appear to lose patience with indicted war criminal Putin, we saw a Ukraine flag replanted in one reclaimed village & late in the thread more strikes on Russia's rail infrastructure.

Catch up here
I'll begin in Rostov region, where earlier Ukraine hit railway infrastructure in the town of Salsk.

Pretty much the whole of the rail network in Rostov oblast is crucial to Russia's military. The proximity to occupied parts of Ukraine & the route to Crimea run through here. Image
Read 32 tweets
Jul 26
Day 1249 of terrorism being inflicted on Ukraine.

It's been another very difficult night as Russia pounds major cities with combined attacks.

I'm still documenting all the war crimes - no sleep yet, please support my work with a KoFi (link in profile)

Here's Saturday's thread
Russia's night time attack is continuing.
Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions have been most badly hit.

You can read about most of the attack towards the end of Friday's thread - it's another big one and here's the link for the start; click & scroll..

This is the shocking sight in Dnipro after the latest of many missile attacks on the city and wider region this morning.

#RussiaIsATerroristState Image
Read 51 tweets
Jul 24
Day 1247
It's never ending. At least it feels like it after another sleepless night and "peace talks" that lasted 40 minutes and Russia still refusing Trump's demand for a ceasefire, which Ukraine agreed to 135 days ago.

All the news, all the time, it's the daily Ukraine🧵
A quick reminder if you appreciate my work (and lack of sleep) you can donate coffee via the link in my bio🙏

But this is the link you probably really want! To check back on all yesterday's news, especially when Russia was attacked late at night.

So last night ended with a lot of damage in southern Ukraine & southern Russia

Part of the damage in the Sochi/Adler are of Krasnodar region seems to have been self-inflicted.

Here's a new video of what seems to be Russian air defence missing but landing harmlessly this time.
Read 20 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Don't want to be a Premium member but still want to support us?

Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Or Donate anonymously using crypto!

Ethereum

0xfe58350B80634f60Fa6Dc149a72b4DFbc17D341E copy

Bitcoin

3ATGMxNzCUFzxpMCHL5sWSt4DVtS8UqXpi copy

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us!

:(