Hello and welcome to Day 289 of the inhumane war in #Ukraine.
My day started like this, no power, no WiFi, no signal... Then woken by the schoolboy error of leaving the light switch on, so at 03.45 here I am starting another daily thread documenting #Russia's crimes:
Mind you, Thursday ended like this with friends, so not all bad!
Also here's a pic I couldn't post yesterday, to give you an idea of how tricky it is to move around #Ukraine in winter with no street lights and compacted snow in some areas.
Questions should be asked in #Melbourne about who allowed this event to go ahead.
Thanks to @NMAsiaPac for alerting me to this, but the good news is the tickets were free and boycotting NAFO members have already booked them all!
Still no photos or proof of strikes at the airport in occupied #Berdyansk.
Multiple reports from locals spoke of up to 20 explosions. The town, with a pre-war population of around 100,000 was the first large settlement to be captured by #Russia in February.
US Congress has been told "#Russia is using tactics of ISIS, where terrorists try to kill as many civilians as possible so that people would be afraid to return to their homes."
#Ukraine's General Staff this evening reports around 50 Russian mercenaries were hospitalised in #Luhansk region today alone.
The claim the enemy's injured were taken to #Kadiivka (RU: #Stakhanov) for treatment.
This seems to be from general fighting and not a pinpoint attack.
This evening in #Kyiv a loud explosion worried some residents. But this was a gas cannister exploding at a stall near the Vasylkivska metro station.
At least two people were burned in the ensuing blaze. Another video circulating shows a naked man with his feet on fire.
#Kyiv has finally been able to switch back to the planned power outages rather than the potential emergency total blackout.
However, this is the schedule for where I'm staying. White is when there is power.
Grey you may be lucky!
Another warning to anyone thinking of protesting in #Russia. Putin and his cronies only cling on to power by terrorising their own people as well as those in #Ukraine.
At least the latter fights for its rights. Russians need to rise up.
Yesterday the #USA announced that #Russia and #Iran have made a deeper agreement.
Today the daily update from the #UK Defence Intelligence picks up on the matter:
The number of #Russia's soldiers remains quite high if you actually think about the waste, the grieving families. However the totals this week well down on the peak figures.
It's Day 288 of #Russia's invasion of peaceful #Ukraine. Where once there were close ties, #Putin has ripped them apart and set his nation back years, maybe decades
Welcome to another daily thread, live from #Ukraine, I'll do what I can but it's difficult to be able to post much
At the start of Day 287 I crossed the border and I'm still on the train as the snow gets heavier and thicker.
If anyone wants to buy me a coffee I'd be very appreciative. Dyakuyu!
A fairly quiet night in #Ukraine - but as always if you need to catch up on yesterday's news, it's all in one handy place. Here's the start of yesterday's thread:
A warning that for the next few days the updates may be a little slower than normal, or go missing completely - dependent firstly on my travel and secondly on power/connection in #Ukraine.
Today is my first return since February.
Thanks to those who already sent good wishes
It's a special day in #Ukraine too - The Day of the Armed Forces.
There is literally a day for anything and everything (a Soviet relic), but today is very important, especially in current times
To all the heroes, helping the Armed Forces in any way - we salute you. #HeroiamSlava