Thread by @TWMCLtd

Sunday 30 Oct and this is the first post in the daily thread covering events in #Ukraine.

Day 249 of #Russia's war

For all yesterday's news on an extraordinary day, scroll through here:

https://twitter.com/TWMCLtd/status/1586139090008899585

There's still no firm information about y'day's incident in #Sevastopol

Best guess is that three ships were hit in the suspected drone attack in #Crimea.

The Admiral Makarov is still suspected to be damaged along with frigate Admiral Hryhorovych and minesweeper "Ivan Golubets"

Seems like only yesterday #Russia's losses on the battlefield* hit 70,000 and today 71,000

Easily a new record number of #Putin's troops dying in a single day. The numbers helped by the massive strike on a Wagner unit near Bakhmut.

*estimated by #Ukraine

Yesterday shortly after I reported #Russia's sacking of General Lapin, there were stories of his death. Most organisations publishing this have retracted that, admitting it was a fake.

But Lapin has been fired, though the Kremlin hasn't officially confirmed this yet.
#StopRussia

Britain's update today highlights "old news", although a good point that most of the 'sick' #Wagner recruits may initially be used for manual labour.

Even though they are a well resourced private army, there is still a training & transport problem for #Russia

⚡️Breaking⚡️

#Russia claims it has entered #Pavlivka (nr #Vuhledar) in #Donetsk and "will soon control the whole settlement"

A Commander known as “Skif” made the claim. Yesterday I reported on credible big losses there for #Ukraine's forces, so I don't dismiss this news.

More on the previous tweet.
#Ukraine liberated #Pavlika in the summer and looked to have a good strong line, with big numbers of troops in #Vuhledar (RU: #Ugledar) just 1-2km away.

#Russia says it is "clearing" #Pavlovka of retreating Ukrainian soldiers.

Incredible testimony from relatives of forcibly mobilised troops in #Russia.

This video is from #Severouralsk, a town about 2,000km east of #Moscow.
Wives, mothers, girlfriends complain their men are untrained, don't get paid or fed, beg food from locals

Re the last tweet:

For any video on YouTube you can generate autotranslate subtitles - first enable the "CC" (closed captions) and then go to the settings cog and change the language from Russian to English

#Ukraine woke up to the good news that former undisputed world champ "Loma" won his comeback fight, on points against Jamaine Ortiz.

It was Vasiliy Lomachenko's first bout of 2022 after relinquishing his titles to stay in Ukraine and fight in the war.

https://twitter.com/trboxing/status/1586574957089239040

I publish this with caution as I don't know if it's genuine and even if so, where and when it was taken.

But it's going viral in #Ukraine with the words "one photo to show the essence of #Russia's occupiers"

Reports of looting continue in #Kherson.

#Ukraine's General Staff says more of #Russia's troops are camped out in south-west #Belarus, close to both the #Poland and #Ukraine borders.

Y'day I quoted local media showing 1000s "hiding" in #Baronovichi

Intel suggests an invasion from Belarus if #Kherson is threatened.

Residents in more towns and villages of #Kherson are said to be receiving these propaganda leaflets, threatening the civilians and demanding they leave before "Kyiv's provocations"

#RussiaIsATerroristState #StopRussia

I'm pretty sure this is fake, but funny; an attempt to get #Russia's unwillingly combatants to stay away from the frontline.

Purportedly a mobilised soldier pouring sand in the fuel tank of an APC.

#StopRussia #RussiansGoHome

Sadly this is not a tiny minority in #Russia thinking it. Years of media and mind control and ultra nationalism leads potentially intelligent, useful people to become Nazis like this:

#SaveUkraine #StopRussia

https://twitter.com/StratcomCentre/status/1586702738053799936?t=7hjsdPWDw9PsFuHVC3CFxA&s=19

The UN says east Africa's on the brink of the worst famine for 40 years due to drought

#Putin is literally killing Africans purely to try to bankrupt #Ukraine. #Russia's aggravations in #Istanbul already ensure only a trickle of exports reach destination

https://twitter.com/OlKubrakov/status/1586666484662767616

It's the same every single time & I know I've posted similar processions before. #Ukraine's honouring, respect for its heroes never fails to move me.

It may be happening thousands of times in this war, but this country will never lose belief or humanity

https://twitter.com/AlympiyaChowdh1/status/1586526605786185729

#England, not #Russia

A man has firebombed the #UK Border Agency recruitment centre in #Dover.

According to Reuters he then killed himself.

Devastation in #Mykolaiv region overnight.
Local police have released these photos.

#Russia says this is a hit on a #Ukraine military training centre in #Ochakiv.

#StopRussia #RussiaIsATerroristState

Ooh you Fellas have made it to SkyNews. Well done and keep it up!

#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia

news.sky.com/story/ukraines…

Just a shop in occupied #Donetsk

#RussiansGoHome #StopRussia

Yesterday Telegram was and then wasn't blocked by #Russia's censor.
Today it's YouTube.

"Putin's chef" and owner of the #Wagner mercenaries, Yevgeniy Prigozhin, has called for the video site to be investigated for "spreading fakes"

#RussiaIsATerroristState

In #Kherson, a second "suspect" has been arrested by the Occupiers following this attack on a police station earlier this week.

#Russia claims he's a former #Ukraine police officer who (conveniently) claims 🇺🇦Intel threatened to kill his family if he didn't carry out the attack!

Most towns and cities in #Russia used to commemorate victims of #Stalin's and the #USSR's regime.

In Putin's USSR 2.0 it's dangerous - public gatherings are banned. However in St Petersburg there was a decent turnout at a place where 10,000+ are buried

paperpaper.ru/peterburzhcy-s…

The story of #Russia's invasion in one short video clip from #Kherson region today.

Rushing in to #Ukraine, no planning, hasty retreat, disastrous ending!

#RussiaOnFire (almost)

Two more attempts to set fire to army enlistment offices, but neither was successful.

In Ust-Kan in #Altai region a Molotov cocktail was thrown but it didn't ignite.

In #Tatarstan, a student was arrested after setting a cable alight outside an office.

Shelling knocked out electricity at a border village in #Russia according to the local governor.

A power line was damaged in #Nikolskoe, #Belgorod region. Electricity was off for a couple of hours.

No photos.

#Bayraktar is back!

The Turkish drone maker has signed a contract with #Turkiye's rocket maker Rocketsan.

The plan is to fit TB2 + Akıncı drones with air-to-air missiles to hit Iran's attack drones.

Rocketsan's CEO says "It's a proven munition that could be a game changer"

Quite a scandal in #Russia tonight.

In #Novosibirsk it's reported a councillor from the ruling 'Unted Russia' party ran over a child & drove off.

Media publish this video, saying while Sergei Mamontov fled, the child is now in intensive care with a broken hip and a head injury.

#Soledar is one of the towns right on the #Donetsk frontline. Much more attention has been focused on bigger and strategically more important #Bakhmut

But look at the state of the 'Salt Town' now. The text says "The city disappeared. Remember what it costs to defend every metre"

Jeez. This is disgusting from @PeoplesParty_US

Not to mention that a higher % of Ukrainians and Belarusians died in WWII than Russians.

Facts matter.

Oh, and of course nowadays the Nazi regime isn't on Russia's border, it's inside it!

https://twitter.com/PaulNiland/status/1586744847242874880

Strong words from the Office of the #Ukraine Presidency this evening. And I reckon 90% of the country supports this view - even many previously sympathetic to #Russia and with Russian family.

https://twitter.com/Podolyak_M/status/1586759513796972548

Don't greet this as a victory.
It's basically just letting ships continue without the outrageous hold-ups they've been subjected to.

It does nothing to help vessels leave #Ukraine's ports.

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