Having listened to all of #Putin's speech yesterday, it was clear his intention was to portray the US (and allies) as aggressors, and how #Russia only wanted peace.
The world's heard this before.
Putin playing games, seeing how long he can copy his hero
So yesterday 10 more civilians' bodies were recovered in #Ukraine and 12 were injured.
One of the murdered was in #Zaporizhzhia, the other 9 victims were in #Donetsk. Four of these died y'day, but the bodies of 5 people who died during occupation, were found in Shandryholove.
Overnight in Europe, seems #China continued its policy of trying to placate both sides.
Yesterday a speech from Xi warming to the US, today to #Russia.
More damage and misery inflicted on #Ukraine overnight and as usual #Nikopol was targeted.
Head of #Dnipropetrovsk region, Valentyn Reznichenko says "Russians set fire to three communities - Nikopol, #Marhanets and #Chervonohrihoriv" but he also said there were no injuries.
Today is the 78th anniversary of #Ukraine's liberation from Nazis... except five regions are back under total or partial occupation by a new fascist aggressor.
In #Mykolaiv (RU: #Nikolaev) one person was injured when #Russia fired S-300 anti aircraft missiles.
One civilian was injured. Officials say a 3-storey administrative building was destroyed and a neighbouring newly-built high-rise building was damaged.
First, explosions heard this lunchtime.
No news for a while but in the last few minutes #Russia has claimed #Ukraine's missiles hit a cancer treatment centre.
Is it coincidence that 2 days ago reports Russia stole cancer gear here?
It's in the car park attached to the Occupiers' cop shop. This could easily be an electrical fault - it's a restricted area, but in the present circumstances the chance of it being sabotage by #Ukraine Patriots is high.
I just learned the Ukrainian word for Blackout.
it's "Blekaut"😁
Electricity is a little more stable today but #Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klichko says it will take 2-3 weeks to repair the power infrastructure.
#Russia says mobilisation has finally ended, with the target of 300,000 new conscripts reached.
"No further mobilisation is planned" says Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu.
I'm willing to bet there will still be examples of call-ups in the coming weeks.
The Head of #Simferopol office of a Russian newspaper has been killed in "by a stray bullet"
Svetlana Babaeva of #Russia Segodnya, died on a training grounds in Occupied #Crimea. She was taking part in sports shooting when she was shot.
Russians continue to kill each other
#Russia state new agency reports:
"In #Geneva, the Orthodox Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary was daubed with red paint, the embassy said."
Also reports in #Volgograd that a mobilised recruit had 4 fingers cut off and his hand mutilated in a fight at another training ground. An officer was also said to have suffered a broken nose in the incident, with riot police called in.
#Russia's national football team plans to play its first match since the ban following its illegal invasion of #Ukraine.
The Russians are due to play a friendly against Tajikistan on 17 November.
Will #Ukraine or others will object and will Tajikistan face sanction?
Seven people reported dead in #Belgorod region after an horrific accident.
Three more were injured when a minibus carrying workers from a local saw-mill smashed in to a field truck parked up at the side of the road.
Also in #Russia a dashcam caught the moment of a huge explosion 50km north of #Moscow.
This blast in #Dmitrov is said to have been caused by "a short circuit at a substation near a local gas station."
One more road incident in #Russia to report as a burning car without a driver drove straight at people in #Dagestan.
Bystanders dived for cover in the town of #Derbent
A short circuit in the wiring is also blamed here - which seems a little less likely.
The exiled Governor of #Luhansk, @TXlrgA0vCNNaf1G has told #Ukraine TV that they "practically control the whole route between #Svatove and #Kreminna. For now, we will not name the settlements.. but let the General Staff do it."
Day 2️⃣4️⃣8️⃣
Here is the daily #Ukraine news thread for Saturday 29 October, documenting the important news around #Russia's war of choice on its neighbour.
Missed something y'day? Need a round up? Scroll here:
Yesterday #Russia declared mobilisation finished with 300,000 poor souls forcibly called up.
But wait... a Russian 'war blogger' quoting 🇷🇺 MOD sources says the real figure of frontline fodder is 700,000
And the only reason they paused drafting is because of lack of transport!
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.
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 lot of interesting news came in late last night, including explosion and deaths at a gunpowder factory in #Russia and freedom for two more villages in #Kherson.
If you want to catch up on yesterday's stories, here's the start of Saturday's thread: