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!
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.
The war in Europe continues. This is Day 1445 of Russia's attempt to erase Ukraine from the map & destroy its language and culture.
The genocide continues as I type, with a massive missile attack underway.
For all the news as it happens, keep checking back. This is THE daily🧵
Yesterday started with a supposed assassination attempt on another very senior Russian soldier.
A load of other great stories too, including the start of the overnight attack on Ukraine's remaining energy facilities. Catch up on what you missed here:
Saturday 27 December 2025 is Day 1403 of Russia's war of choice.
The day began with missile attacks on Ukraine shortly after midnight and the terrorism continued with drone strikes, may into residential areas, with Kyiv bearing the brunt of the damage.
Here's THE daily thread
Here's the link to yesterday's thread, which started with Russian murders, missiles on streets in Kharkiv and ended with the missile attack on Kyiv.
But there were also 'direct sanctions' taken by Ukraine on war criminals and military targets:
News is still coming in from Kyiv especially after the awful bombardment. Mayor of the city, @Vitaliy_Klychko has just issued an update saying 28 people have been injured, with 13 hospitalised
Although the city's had the air raid warning lifted, it's still affecting Kyiv region
Christmas Eve is another milestone as we mark the latest 100 days of war
Yes, it's Day 1400 of Ukraine's fight for its existence.
Coming up:
Zelenskyy accepts peace plan but are we really nearer peace?
A twist in Moscow's 2nd car bomb in 24 hours.
And all the news yet to happen
A very late start today - I apologise but it's Christmas time with things to do, places to go and also my body demanding enough sleep to survive!
So we start as usual with the throwback to yesterday for you to catch up, which included car bomb #2..
The seemingly random attack on police officers in Moscow last night, may have been a Ukraine targeted attack.
Two "traffic officers" died overnight on the same street where a Lt Gen was eliminated the day before.
Now it's reported the dead were in Ukraine and tortured civilians
This is the start of Tuesday's daily thread, with all the important news from, and relevant to, Ukraine in one handy place.
It's Day 1385 and I've still never missed a day of fact checking, analysing and reporting every aspect of the defence against Russia's illegal war.
Yesterday a lot of talking behind the scenes, but politicians were broadly tight-lipped on progress.
Russia did make more small gains on the frontline, but we also found a cat with burned whiskers + how Russian pilots' head-tennis went disastrously wrong
Pres Zelenskyy's whirlwind tour continues, arriving in Rome this morning to meet the Pope at Castle Gandolfo.
At Villa Barberini, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was welcomed by the vice-regent of the papal household, Augustinian Father Edward Daniang Daleng.