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.
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.
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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,
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.
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
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
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.
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
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
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.
"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.
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
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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