#Ukraine's officials are not saying much, but we do know there were two explosions at, or near, the railway station in the city in #Dnipropetrovsk region.
Viktor Orbán, long seen as doing Putin's bidding in the EU, said last night "We need a sovereign #Ukraine so that #Russia does not pose a threat to Europe."
What??? #Russia claims in a strike on #Dnipro it destroyed a depot where "more than 100 #HIMARS MLRS and more than 7,000 large-caliber foreign-made artillery shells were stored."
"It looks ugly, to say the least. Both for Ukrainians and our foreign partners" says Mayor of #Kyiv, @Vitaliy_Klychko.
He thinks Zelenskyy and his party are trying to undermine him by incorrectly claiming many emergency "points of invincibility" were not working in the capital.
Earlier I reported shelling in #Kherson.
The northern suburb of Stepanivka has seen damage but no reports of casualties.
Today is Day 278 since #Russia declared all out war on #Ukraine
Many battles have been won by those defending their homeland, but the war against Putin's hordes continues.
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A late start today and a travel day for me, so I'll update as and when I can.
Thankfully it remains pretty quiet in terms of attacks and destruction. So not too much news the last 24 hours or so, but you can catch up on yesterday's thread here:
First, I wanted to highlight this report by #Ukraine's respected @pravda_eng
It looks at how, and why, President @ZelenskyyUa gained his own TV channel, while other oligarchs were squeezed out of the media market. This echoes my own concerns:
It's Day 276 of #Russia's full invasion of #Ukraine.
It's also Holodomor Memorial Day, commemorating those starved to death by Moscow's regime in the genocide of the 1930s.
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Another fairly quiet night. Long range missile attacks by #Russia confined to outbursts every few days it seems, while artillery pounds the usual targets in southern and eastern #Ukraine
If you missed anything on Friday's news feed, scroll through here:
But yesterday evening they also passed a resolution against #Belarus with Lukashenka "sharing responsibility for war crimes with #Russia", calling for justice at the Hague. europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-…
#Russia's crack airborne units couldn't defend the right bank of #Kherson - will they fare better in #Donbas where #Ukraine cannot target supply lines as easily.
Here's the UK Intel report for Thursday: #StopRussia
Early, unconfirmed, reports of a strike by #Russia in #Kherson
A rocket landed in the courtyard of one of the high-rise buildings in the city, but no reports of injuries.
#Ukraine tonight has accused #Russia of kidnapping mayors of various mayors in #Kherson oblast.
The Interior Ministry says invaders abducted the leaders of several communities in the region and took them to the left bank of the Dnipro when they retreated.
They remain missing
It's potentially a huge day for the #EU.
The Union is today scheduled to set its price limit for #Russia's fuel.
Two questions - can they set it at a level which can hold and damage the Kremlin, and can they get all members to agree to it.
British Intelligence comes to the conclusion I wrote about four days ago when #Ukraine appeared to have struck an oil terminal on #Russia's Black Sea coast with a 'marine drone'