Recently in #Bashkortostan they've found another way to sabotage #Russia's rail network, and no explosives are needed.
Forcing open relay boxes and setting light to them will severely hamper the movement of freight for a while. These boxes control automated signalling etc.
#Ukraine now has #NASAMS, the CEO of the manufacturer confirms.
Two are already been installed, with 6 more promised by Washington later.
But CEO of Raytheon Technologies, Greg Hayes, admits they're blocked from sending the Patriot missile system to Kyiv just yet:
📹CNBC
#Russia's soldiers continue to sacrifice themselves for a small, old man in a Moscow bunker in huge numbers.
As I precited a while ago, the total will reach 70,000 (#Ukraine estimate) this weekend.
Almost no UAV attacks last 24 hours so drone numbers down, but tanks/APVs well up
More empty pedestals in #Kherson as #Russia's invading criminals continue to steal anything for scrap or resale. This time the legendary 18th century military leader and Prince, Grigory Potyomkin's statue has been swiped in the Occupied city.
Turns out the "Brazilian" arrested yesterday by Norwegian police had studied in #Canada and even helped in an election campaign in the capital #Ottawa for politician Sean Devine who said he's 'shocked'
The exiled Mayor of #Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, claims y'day's car bombing in the occupied city was NOT due to #Ukraine's Resistance, but a continuation of a war between #Russia's army & the FSB.
He says Rogov is pro FSB, Balitsky pro Army. This was outside Balitsky's office:
New video of the destruction of a rail pontoon bridge over the Oskol River in #Kharkiv oblast.
#Russia's troops built this at the end of June to carry supplies to Kupyansk and Izyum. #HIMARS took care of it in moments.
Tomorrow will be 90 days since the massacre of #Ukraine Prisoners of War in a prison in Donetsk.
A reminder that #Russia has still refused to allow independent investigators, @UN or @ICRC to visit the #Olenivka jail, which they likely bombed themselves:
Bit of a scandal in #Russia where TV figure, socialite and daughter of the first democratic mayor of St Petersburg has fled to #Lithuania just as FSB arrived at her house in #Moscow.
Her commercial director Kirill Sukhanov & ex-Tatler Editor Arian Romanovsky have been arrested.
oops, forgot to say in the previous tweet it is Kseniya Sobchak, one time associate of Navalny
It's reported yesterday she booked tickets to fly to Dubai and today booked flights to Turkey. Seems it distracted the FSB as she drove into Belarus and then made her way to #Lithuania
Another army enlistment office set on fire in #Russia.
Unfortunately no photos of the firebombing in #Kyzyl in #Tuva region, but it has been confirmed by the state.
Free RU media think it's 21 such attacks since mobilisation and 54 since 24 February.
It's reported @rafaelmgrossi, Head of the @iaeaorg will tomorrow discuss the creation of a safe zone around the #Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant with the UN Security Council.
#Russia enhancing its story about the "dirty bomb" theory
Apparently there's also a dummy rocket now! The Kremlin tries to convince people #Ukraine intends to fire the rocket, filled with radioactive material, then shoot it down over Chernobyl, blaming🇷🇺
Even as recently as this morning, #Russia's MOD and war bloggers were saying that #Ukraine advances on the village of Nevske in #Luhansk oblast, had been repelled.
However in what remains of the admin building, the famous blue and yellow is raised to replace the "aquafresh"
Head of the regional council, Oleksandr Samoilenko says museums are being emptied and the Occupiers even removed an irradiator used to treat cancer patients in the city
Meanwhile Soviet General Vasiliy Margelov is the latest statue to disappear
Still in #Kherson, evidence of the new defensive positions put in place by #Russia.
Looks like the invaders will throw a few mobilised recruits in here when #Ukraine's army arrives to liberate the city. Hopefully it's of use to Ukr Intel!
📷TG just_visotsky
A big hit and bigger fire on the railway at #Shakhtarsk.
This is a small town east of #Donetsk city about halfway between Donetsk and the border with #Russia.
There are unconfirmed reports tonight of explosions in #Belarus.
A couple of reports mention locals hearing loud bangs in #Osipovichi which is in north-west Belarus, approximately midway between the capital #Minsk and the border with #Lithuania.
Did someone say mobilisation in #Russia had stopped?
In the same way Russia said it was leaving Syria and wasn't in Crimea and was returning units at Ukraine's border to base and not attacking!
Call up papers handed out in shopping centres in #Ivanovo
... and following on from the previous tweet and not so far away, news from #Yaroslavl that men were being intercepted as they turned up for work at a factory.
They must now swap work and home life for quite a high probability of death for #Putin's ego
A lot of #Russia's drones seem to be falling under #Ukraine's air defences tonight.
There have been three waves of the Iranian made "kamikaze" drones across the south of the country in the past couple of hours. Multiple reports of successful air defence in different cities.
In #Odesa (#Odessa) a drone can clearly be seen receiving a hit from #Ukraine's air defence.
The only problem is the expense of the anti-aircraft missiles.
The start of a new week and simultaneously almost the end of 167 weeks of Russia's attempt to liberate Ukraine from its leader and remove the country from maps.
It's Day 1167 of Putin's full invasion. Welcome to Monday's daily thread.
First the link back to Sunday's thread for those who were busy y'day
It started with Ukraine counting the cost of yet more strikes on civilians and infrastructure but there were more strategic hits on Russia during the day, incl a night attack on Moscow.
Day 1163 of Russia's war of choice, invading a peaceful neighbour.
Another bloody and murderous night in Ukraine, but the pressure is all on Russia today as Ukraine signs the minerals deal, the US (finally) continues its shift against Putin and the oil price dives
Here's THE🧵
Good morning and happy May (or MayDay).
I have to say a new month brings new optimism for Ukraine following the US/Ukraine agreement.
That was the biggest news story of a near 50-post thread.
It took me ages - least you can do is read it!😂
Day 1158 of the war in Europe.
This is the daily thread for Saturday 26 April, and as I mentioned last night, the anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster.
A later start today, sorry if I kept you waiting, but let's waste no more time...
Yesterday we saw Russia attack civilians of course, but we also probably also got a reminder of the power of Ukraine's Military Intelligence, as a Russian general and a weapons designer were both confirmed dead.
Hello at the start of another weekend, Day 1151 of the war in Europe.
Day by day the US paves the way for capitulation.
Trump may pretend there was no war in his first term, but his administration said it would never recognise Crimea.
This is THE daily thread for Saturday.
Here's the link for the start of yesterday's thread.
Visibility is still low - 15k views.
Plenty to get your teeth into.. 100 fleeing Russian refuseniks, tRUmp on the verge of failure, and of course the attacks on Ukraine.
Catch up here:
With even tRUmp slowly realising he's been played by Putin all along with no intent on peace, Russia has upped the aerial attack on its next targets for invasion.
Sumy, Kostiantynivka + Kupiansk feel the full force.
In the latter 10 glide bombs in one day with 5 people injured.
This is the start of THE daily thread covering all things Ukraine.
Reliable, accurate information for 1124 days as Russia and its willing accomplices (Iran, North Korea and MAGA-land) try to destroy Ukraine, its culture and its democracy to make it a vassal state.
Here's the🧵
Yesterday started with shocking lies and propaganda from the White House and ended with another massive attack by Russia, knowing tRUmp and co don't mind at all.
Find all the details by clicking and scrolling here⬇️
The war Russia inflicted on Ukraine enters Day 1120
Ukraine, a country which never invaded another, never killed anyone abroad; a fully democratic nation where only one President has ever won a second term in office.
Here's THE daily thread for Wednesday, with all the news.
Yesterday was all about the ritual humiliation of tRUmp, dished out by Putin, and the US president's brain being too rusty to realise.
I also indulged in a long sub-thread on my fears about what's happening in Washington DC.
Catch up here:
It's official. tRUmp's supposed skill at making a deal is absolutely RANK
Russia
Afghanistan
NK (North Korea)
#TraitorTrump promised a deal with his mate in NK, got nothing.
He handed the Taliban everything, got nothing.
Now, ending the war in 24 hours turned into humiliation