After months being afraid to even be on the streets of #Kherson and terrified of being caught with any yellow and blue material, the residents of the now de-occupied city are relishing their first taste of freedom in over 8 months.
One more video, and this is the first of #Ukraine's soldiers to enter the city of #Kherson.
Understandably they're greeted as heroes as the crowd chanting "ZSU" to show their support for the armed forces, which has forced #Russia's army to flee.
A blurry photo of the damage at the Hydro-Electricity plant and bridge in #Kakhovka.
#Ukraine says #Russia's troops blew up an energy facility and a canal before leaving last night, resulting in a loss of power and water for much of #Kherson today. #RussiaIsATerroristState
Much joy on the right bank of the river Dnipro in #Kherson oblast. Meanwhile on the left bank, where #Russia retreated to, another explosion is seen.
Remember, a large part of the province is still occupied.
The 'famous' #Kherson mega-flag of #Ukraine - seen when #Russia invaded the city in February, was unfurled again today.
This morning on @TimesRadio I heard Sergey Markov say 90% of Kherson wanted to be Russian. What a clown he is and terrible that a lot of lies went unchallenged
#Ukraine has started strengthening its borders to the north and east.
ooh, look at this. The "aquafresh" has disappeared from #NovaKakhovka in #Kherson oblast. And that's on the LEFT bank (east of the river) where the Russians fled to.
The country is united. Together like never before.
The predominantly Russian speaking people of #Kherson hate #Russia and all because of #Putin, who's done a great job of uniting #Ukraine.
The state of just one family's home in #Kherson after #Russia's soldiers used it during the Occupation.
Totally ransacked; almost anything of value which was not broken was taken.
The first of many likely #WarCrimes, likely far worse tales are to come.
This time last night we were wondering how much damage was being caused by the numerous explosions with #Ukraine's Defence Min claiming 40,000 Russians were trapped, waiting to flee.
Turned out #Russia was doing the bombing as new satellite photos prove:
Wow! Banksy just made his first post of 2022 on his Instagram page. It's new street art on the ruins of a building in #Borodianka, near #Kyiv destroyed by #Russia back in February.
It seems this post earlier may well have added importance.
A #Ukraine Resistance movement says it has sources confirming #Russia will evacuate its people from #NovaKakhovka tomorrow (Saturday), sending them close to the border with #Crimea.
A late start to today's thread on Day 1216 of Russia's war of choice, after another late finish due to the latest murderous attack on civilians by Putin's horde.
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Kyiv was again the target overnight, details at the end of yesterday's thread.
But a lot of important and interesting stories Sunday, including how the animal kingdom took revenge on one traitor, but more pain for Ukraine as a training ground is again hit
Zelenskyy is visiting my shores today, speaking with Sir Keir Starmer to discuss joint defence protection, which will probably see an agreement on manufacturing.
Ukraine's leader points out the hypocrisy of Russia, condemning the US strikes in Iran then hours later hitting Kyiv
Russia displayed outright Nazism + Fascism on Friday.
From killing in Ukraine, more utterings from the war-criminal in chief, to locking up young women and taking legal action against small independent new sites.
Thursday 19 June is Day 1212 of the conflict in Europe.
Russia continues to make ground, expending its soldiers at will for a few more metres as Ukraine fights for its existence having been shamefully let down by the USA.
I'm here every single day, so here's today's daily 🧵
Wednesday saw the death toll in Kyiv rise throughout the day, ending at double the number it started at. Then later Putin cynically told journalists they only hit military targets
Elsewhere another traitor to Ukraine met his fate - click here to catch-up
Trump is now 150 days late in promising "peace within 24 hours" of taking office.
It's also, as @andrii_sybiha points out, 100 days since🇺🇦 agreed to an unconditional ceasefire, as tRUmp demanded.
Russia did what it always does: delay, lie, kill.
No time to waste. Kyiv is under the most immense attack.
It's Day 1210 of Russia's increasingly desperate attempt to eviscerate Ukraine and all Ukrainians.
Here's the daily thread, continuing to document the night attacks...
Just gone 04:35 in Kyiv.
A hellish night is not yet over.
Apartment blocks, student dormitories hit.
6 districts of Kyiv city damaged, plus other injuries in the wider region
Here's the link for Monday's thread with all the last half showing the chaos:
If you're just waking up, here's an idea of what's happened to Kyiv while you were sleeping.
Ukraine's capital has not slept.
Many are without homes due to Russia's ongoing war crimes and one person, an American, has lost his life during the attack.
Hello again. Day 1203 of Russia's genocidal war in Ukraine
Anyone with a brain slightly larger than that of a chihuahua knows it. Russian history and Putin's own words spelt it out, but peaceniks, Naziniks and idiotniks are still in denial
More proof coming up in🧵for Day 1203
Yesterday's thread lasted well over 24 hours, but nothing to be proud of.
I know I'm crazier than you, and thankfully you all have lives to live. So you will be needing the link to the start of yesterday's thread so you can catch up on what you missed..