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Dec 11, 2022 20 tweets 23 min read Read on X
Hello and welcome to my daily #RussiaUkraine news thread for Sunday, live from #Ukraine.

It's Day 291 of #Russia's illegal war, with all the important stuff in one handy🧵

Lots of action yesterday evening, to recap, click here:
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#Russia's forces in #Ukraine are spending the night counting bodies.

Numerous attacks on occupied areas over a few hours, probably in #Crimea, definitely in #Donetsk + #Luhansk and most devastatingly in #Zaporizhzhia.

The biggest strike was in #Melitopol:
One of my unsung heroes of the war is #Ukraine's legendary rock star @s_vakarchuk who's spent so much time criss-crossing the country giving free, unannounced performances to keep spirits high.

Here the @okeanelzy frontman turned up in #Kyiv's main railway station

#StopRussia
Short and sweet from the #UK Govt report today.

#Russia's revenues falling, yet defence (terrorism) spending climbs to an astonishing 30%

Which frankly shows how little #Putin cares for the lives of the people.

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#Russia's losses remain steady.
The deaths are for the previous day, and any of the various overnight strikes in #Melitopol, #Luhansk etc. won't be added to this total yet.

10 drones shot down yesterday, which is above average and which I wrote about previously. Image
A previously little known #Ukraine Resistance group in #Crimea has claimed responsibility for the early morning burning of one of #Russia's military barracks on the occupied peninsula.

#RussiaIsATerroristState #StandWithUkraine Image
Guys meet another hero defending #Ukraine.

@AlexiCharey is going to be more active on Twitter and will write in English too.

Soon Alexi will have photo exhibition in #Kyiv, but tomorrow he goes back to the army after a short spell home.

#SlavaUkraini #HeroiamSlava Image
Nice meeting famous #Ukraine political expert @drotyk in #Kyiv region. Amazing tales told of his time under occupation as #Russia's troops built trenches next to him; his house still bears the bullet scars.

And he has some harsh words about Ukraine's economy and government ImageImageImage
Last night in central #Kyiv filming for the next documentary.

Inspecting the Russian equipment on view in one of the central squares. A permanent reminder of when #Ukraine lost control of part of the capital region, before winning the battle for Kyiv.

#SlavaUkraini #StopRussia ImageImageImageImage
Explosions hit occupied #HolaPrystan' this afternoon.

It's on the left bank, just a little south and down river from #Kherson city.

The whole area around here is under #Ukraine fire control. In my opinion #Russia will find it difficult to defend with dwindling supplies. ImageImage
Also in #Kherson region today, explosions heard in #Beryslav and #NovaKakhovka.

Kherson city itself has recently also been hit, and earlier today rockets hit the Koralbelny district:

#RussiaIsATerroristState #SaveUkraine ImageImage
Unconfirmed reports of #Ukraine hitting Russians in occupied #Berdyansk.

It's claimed UAF missiles hit the invaders while they were reloading air defence systems.

7 units of equipment and 30 rockets are said to have been destroyed.

#StandWithUkraine #RussiansGoHome
#Kyiv is amazing.

Even subways are being transformed from dingy, unwelcoming passages. Take a look at this local art under #Khreshchatyk - the main thoroughfare of #Ukraine's capital

#StandWithUkraine
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Occupied #Donetsk is again smoking.
In recent days there have been many rockets hitting the city.

But 2 separate army sources told me these are grads, and while #Ukraine does use them on the front line, Donetsk city is NOT in range. They are 100% convinced #Russia does this
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Multiple hits in occupied #Donetsk, the biggest in the market area.

No word yet on casualties.
Is #Russia killing those it pretends to protect and why?

#Ukraine sources say to encourage voluntary, then enforced, mobilisation

#SaveUkraine
Whether it is #Russia or #Ukraine firing on #Donetsk, the easy thing to remember is:

If Russia stops fighting and leaves, there is no war.
If Ukraine stops fighting, there is no Ukraine.
This video from yesterday in #Avdiivka near front line. #Russia has been trying to make ground around here for weeks, with little change to the status quo. But slowly more and more towns and villages become empty shells in more than one sense.

#StopRussia
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Rough translation of video:

"It feels like a zombie apocalypse. Koroleva Street -not a single house (remains). Is this how (your) people live? Here it is - the 'Russian World' in all it's glory"

#RussiaIsATerroristState #SaveUkraine
This journey in #Ukraine comes to an end.
Here's Kyiv station this evening.

#SlavaUkraini

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