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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!
It's been a reasonably quiet evening and night so far in #Ukraine️. However, the usual places are being pounded.
#Sumy oblast was subjected to over 40 missiles from MLRS while at the other end of the country, the #Nikopol area is being hit again.
Update on the attack on #Wagner group I reported late last night.
#Ukraine now confirms that in #Maiorsk, about 15km south of #Bakhmut, about 300 invaders who were preparing for an attack were wiped out by missile strikes.
No hard proof, but a lot of circumstantial evidence that #Ukraine may have suffered quite heavy losses in #Pavlivka in #Donetsk.
#Russia's aircraft helped an offensive by the invaders from #Vuhledar. This is approximately midway between #Donetsk and #Mariupol'.
Back to #Crimea and #Russia of course denies the frigate "Makarov" has been hit.
They do say a minesweeper 'Ivan Golubets' received minor damage. "The attacked ships are involved in ensuring the security of the grain corridor for export of agricultural products from #Ukraine."
Britain was responsible for this morning's attack on #Russia's fleet in #Crimea.
That's in addition to sabotaging #NordStream pipelines, while being in southern #Ukraine.
Who makes this stuff up?
Occupied #Donetsk has Swine Fever.
Pork is a very popular and relatively cheap meat in almost all of #Ukraine and #Russia.
As yet the Kremlin has not blamed American or British biolabs🤡🤡
Also in #Donetsk air raid sirens have been sounding for a while. Rpeorts of explosions in Kyivskyi district of the occupied city, and out towards #Makiivka (RU: #Makeevka), this is #Shchyhlivka district (RU: #Shcheglovka)
The prisoner exchange has happened, with 52 freed POWs returning to #Ukraine
The men are from a wide range of services in the Armed Forces and include the head of the surgical department of the #Mariupol military hospital, who was in #Azovstal
Recently the owner of the Wagner group, and increasingly influential Progozhin has been highly critical (and ordered his followers to be) of Aleksandr Lapin, who commanded #Russia's troops in #Donbas/#Kharkiv.
Today he's been sacked.
Wagner is winning the war vs 🇷🇺 MoD
Today's developments have, if possible, even worsened relations between the warring countries.
Chair of Britain's Defence Select Committee, Tobias Ellwood has warned to expect an 'escalation' from #Russia after 'the false flag'
Here's #Ukraine's response:
In #Orsk, just 10km from the border with #Kazakhstan there were reports of an explosion and fire at a tyre store. Later authorities said a car crash and caused the blast.
#Kherson - #Russia's Occupiers have stripped the city of statues, medicines, cancer machines, dialysis machines, ambulances, doctors, the people are forced to leave too and now even the city's buses.
This was the scene at a cold storage plant in #Dmitrov
86 firefighters were called to tackle the blaze which broke out in the shrimp production shop!
Chemical experts were called to monitor for harmful gases.
Hello again.
Day 1552. A holiday in many countries "Whit Monday" in most, Spring holiday in others (inc UK) and Memorial Day in the U.S
But after 4 years and 3 months, memorials are still being made in Ukraine because our leaders, collectively, let them down.
Here's the daily🧵
I'm still not quite sure where Saturday ended and Sunday began - the days merged into one for me.
What I do know is there were >120 new posts over the 48 hours, that's an average one story every 24 minutes, over the entire two days.
1/2 There are new murderous attacks by Russia already today in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
Explosions have been heard in the city of Dnipro after an alert for ballistic missiles. Smoke can be seen, but no initial news of widespread damage, so hopefully air defence did its job.
Here we go again then. Day 1550 of Ukrainians wondering if they, their home, their relatives, will be bombed today.
About 16 million people have been born in the US and 15m in the EU since Russia started its full invasion of Ukraine.
Welcome to Saturday's daily🧵
Friday was a cracking thread, with vodka cheaper than a single tomato, legless Russians celebrating, Moscow claiming a college in occupied Luhansk wasn't housing Rubicon pilots and their drones and Ukraine causing more mayhem deep inside Russia.
#UkraineSanctions have been successfully employed again!
Lots of action in Russia last night, even before I closed the thread. Around 8am this morning another Ukraine strike in Perm' region, a distance of about 1700km.
Putin's gone from the expected capture of Kyiv before the end of Feb 2022 & annihilation of Ukraine's leaders & the country's culture, to begging China to keep it afloat & trying to quell dissenters at home as bombs fall!
The daily🧵
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Wednesday 20 May is Day 1547 of Putin's catastrophic full invasion of its peaceful neighbour.
Russia has lost a large part of a generation of men - dead, dying or those who managed to emigrate. Reserves spent, economy collapsing.
Putin, not Zelenskyy, is Russia's biggest enemy
Let's start the daily thread in the traditional manner with the link for the start of Tuesday's thread.
A lot more destruction on both sides, as Putin grovels in China. Click, but remember to come back for today's news...
Welcome to THE daily thread on Day 1546 of the war.
Russia is showing small signs of desperation.
More economic woes, more Ukraine air attacks deep inside Russia, a desperation to strengthen ties with allies and having to make new nuclear threats.
All the news in one place:
Here's the link back to the start of Monday's thread for those catching up.
A day when Russia lost more equipment, including a helicopter, but also bombed the hell out of Dnipro, while the EU looks for a lead negotiator to meet Putin.
One thing I learned last night I'll repost here as very few people saw it last night, and for Ukraine watchers it's very interesting and potentially important.
Will Zelenskyi dare fire Zaluzhnyi so he has no platform in the run up to an election?
I've now had confirmation of one fatality in Russia's attack on Kyiv.
The injury count is now up to 16.
This is a video from first responders, trying to rescue those trapped in a collapsed apartment building in the Darnytskyi district.
Air alerts are beginning to be lifted in more regions of Ukraine.
Among those is Khmelnytskyi, where there was a drone swarm on the military airbase. No damage is reported.