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Dec 9 24 tweets 19 min read
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!

#StopRussia #SaveUkraine

While I was offline yesterday, President Zelenskyy paid tribute to the separate landmine incidents which killed innocent people in #Ukraine this week.

He pointed out that 170,000 square kilometres of previously occupied territory remains dangerous because of #Russia's landmines.
#Ukraine should get more help from the #USA today

A new $275 million package of military equipment will be announced, including 80,000 #HIMARS/Howitzer shells and high-tech systems.

The value is slightly lower than the previous package as US expects a winter slowdown in the war
Yesterday evening 3 people were wounded in this attack in #Kharkiv region.

Air defence shot down some of #Russia's missiles but one rocket struck this private home where one man and two women were injured.

#RussiaIsATerroristState
Reports coming in of a strike on another of #Russia's ammunition stockpiles in the occupied south of #Kherson oblast.

This is unverified, but from a reliable channel. They say the recording is from the village of Novomykolaivka, which is 20km north-west of #Skadovsk

#StopRussia
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."

Russians "loot homes, including children's toys, even the bodies of the dead"
ukrainian.voanews.com/a/6868061.html…
#RussiaOnFire

Another shopping centre is ablaze near #Moscow right now.
The MegaKhimki mall is in #Khimki, about 25km north-west of #Russia's capital.
🔥🔥
Wow! That fire at the shopping centre on the outskirts of #Moscow escalated quickly.

One whole side of the Mega mall in #Khimki was wiped out when something exploded inside.

Don't shed tears - remember #RussiaIsATerroristState
Reminds me, need to clean my muddy, salty, smowy boots!

#StandWithUkraine

#Ukraine's forests look beautiful in winter.

I hope when Russia is defeated, many tourists will come to support the economy and discover many fascinating places in the country.
Repairing bridges destroyed in the war.

#Ukraine #StopRussia
Meeting some of the military and volunteers.

#SlavaUkraini
Over 7.5 hours drive back to #Kyiv from deep in #Sumy oblast, near the border with #Russia.

Snow, fog, potholes and checkpoints slowing things down.

Nice to meet some of the defenders of #Ukraine.
Thanks to everyone involved today - you know who you are💙💛
More love between 🇬🇧+🇺🇦

British PM Rishi Sunak promising "more anti-air guns and further short range air defence missiles would arrive in the coming weeks."

#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia

gov.uk/government/new…
#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.

Potential good news for #Ukraine comes from the #UnitedNations.

#Belarus has indicated it will allow transit of Ukrainian grains through the country to reach ports in #Lithuania.

un.org/sg/en/content/…
Finally for Friday, I need to mention what happened in #Donetsk today.

Rockets rained down on the occupied city - it's always difficult to know exactly what happened. At least three people were reported dead.

The most dramatic footage probably this from Voroshilovsky district.

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Dec 10
Today is not only Quarter Finals day at the world cup for #England (I have my fingers crossed for no power cuts 9pm-midnight here in #Kyiv)..

It's also Day 290 of #Russia's full invasion and unprovoked attack on #Ukraine

Here's the link for Friday's news
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:

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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.

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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
Not too busy so far today (thankfully)

Here's the link to yesterday's thread on the #RussiaUkraineWar:

#Russia's daily losses slowing a little but still on course to hit 100,000 dead soldiers sometime around "western" Christmas (25 Dec)

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Dec 7
Hello and welcome to the daily thread on the #RussiaUkraineWar today coming live from #Ukraine.

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:

Last night we saw enemy drones being shot down. The #Iran Shaheed "Kamikaze" UAVs returning in numbers to the skies over #Ukraine.

At least 8 were shot down, mainly in #Dnipropetrovsk region.

This one was destroyed in #Zhytomyr region having flown through #Kyiv

#StopRussia
Read 18 tweets
Dec 6
Tuesday 6 December, also known as Day 286 of the #RussiaUkraine war: this is the daily news 🧵

#Russia's illegal invasion continues to make no ground, so they bomb civilian targets.

Y'day's barrage was well defended by #Ukraine
See what you missed here:

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
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Dec 5
Hello and welcome to the daily news feed for Day 285 of #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

All the important details in one thread, updated throughout the day.

One person's been killed and another 3 injured in a #Russia attack on #KryvyiRih region.

Three rockets struck the ArcelorMittal site in President Zelenskyy's home territory.

A subsequent fire has now been extinguished.

#StopRussia
Fewer aircraft in #Ukraine's skies recently and the #UK MOD explains why in its daily update:

#StandWithUkraine
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Dec 4
This is the daily #RussiaUkraineWar thread for Sunday 4 December.

It's 284 of the monstrous war with hundreds of thousands dead because of #Putin's ego and his initial war crime.

Here's the link if you missed Saturday's news:

Britain's Ministry of Defence report for Sunday references research I hadn't seen.

For a totalitarian state where everything is controlled and people are afraid to speak the truth, these are quite dramatic numbers from #Russia

#StopRyssia #StandWithUkraine
The war is slowing
#Ukraine's spirit and resistance remains high

Those were the headlines from #USA Intel chief Avril Haines' speech overnight.

#StopRussia #SaveUkraine
bbc.co.uk/news/world-eur…
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