Today's UK intel update reports on #Russia's defensive work in Occupied areas.
Even though I expect a retreat this week to behind the river Dnipro in #Kherson, liberating all of the region's territory will be very difficult because The Kremlin needs the land route to #Crimea.
It's not unusual for schools in #Russia (and #Ukraine actually) to have some elements of military awareness, including visits by soldiers pre-war, showing guns etc.
Now #Russia looks like making a new subject of military training compulsory for kids.
Again reasonably quiet in #Ukraine overnight, although this morning #Zaporizhzhia region was again hit with S-300s, but with little damage to the village.
#Russia is talking about the success of a new killer drone "Lancet" which it says is much more accurate and hit #KryvyiRih.
#Russia's army has issued call-up papers for a man from St Petersburg with "military experience"
Turns out he was the chef on board the #Moskva. Whereabouts unknown - but obviously he died in the strike on the flagship of the Black Sea fleet.
More big numbers in the tally of #Russia's daily losses.
According to #Ukraine's estimates, another 700+ invaders have lost their lives in 24 hours, taking the total above 77,000. At this rate we will reach 80k at the weekend.
All the first 5 totals above the daily mean.
#Ukraine quite regularly publishes a list of brands still trading with #Russia and therefore directly paying for the killing, freezing, starving of Ukrainian citizens.
It became an iconic symbol for Ukrainians after the "Cyborgs" battled to save the airport in 2014.
It's in the north-west of the city, less than 5 miles from Ukraine held #Avdiivka
The bodies of 38 fallen soldiers were returned to #Ukraine today as the two sides handed over those killed in battle.
City leaders in #Odesa confirm that the Catherine the Great statue is being dismantled. However it won't be destroyed, instead being moved to be "kept in a safe place."
More relatives of the newly mobilised in #Russia are on the street protesting.
This is in #Kursk where mums and partners demand their men are withdrawn from the front line in Luhansk region
Again they claim soldiers are thrown to the front line without equipment or experience.
The video in the previous tweet courtesy of #verstka media which is well ahead of the game on the protests. The full story and text (in Russian) can be found on this link.
We reach Day 260 of #Russia's war on #Ukraine. They continue to go backwards after Wednesday's announcement that Putin's troops are evacuating #Kherson region west of the river.
This is the daily thread for Thursday. Catch up on the previous 24 hrs here:
One of the biggest stories for #Ukraine is what's happening in the USA. As I type the Republicans look set to take control of the House, but with a very small majority, while the GOP looks likely to FAIL to take control of the Senate
This is reported by the Terrorist State's news agency. Did someone tell them Russia stopped starving, freezing, raping, looting and killing civilians?😡
The news agenda is still dominated by one event in #Russia, where the first serious questions are being asked by "regular" (non liberal) families over military disasters.
It follows this wipeout of a new battalion of mobilised troops by #Ukraine's forces
It's 3am in #Mariupol where temps will dip to +2
While many other areas of #Ukraine don't have power, many residents in occupied Mariupol don't even have windows. Civilians still forced to live in ruined tower blocks, hang banners "Children freezing" & "Where are the windows"