Hello again. It's Day 295 of the #RussiaUkraineWar
It's Thursday 15 December and this is the daily thread with the news, views and analysis as #Ukraine fights for its very existence.
Quite a lot happened yesterday, if you need to catch up, scroll here:
Almost 600 more dead Russian soldiers in the last 24 hours according to #Ukraine.
But as I've said in these threads many times, and as the President's Office confirmed yesterday evening, these figures don't include mercenaries used by #Russia. So they say the real total is >100k
Puppet "head" of the illegal '#Donetsk People's Republic' says "#Marinka is 80% taken" by #Russia's forces.
Of course this cannot be verified.
2/2 #Russia's occupiers say shelling of #Donetsk saw a nursery and here a hospital hit by #Ukraine's strikes.
Many independent observers concur there is no proof Ukraine is responsible for these and similar attacks. Russia may be trying to stoke hatred to introduce conscription.
At just before 2am this morning I wrote about the explosion and fire at a refinery in #Russia.
It's the largest such field in Siberia.
Here's a video of the fire earlier, but management say the blaze has now been extinguished.
#Kherson city centre is attacked again, with #Russia hitting a medical help point.
Unconfirmed: a 31 year old medic and a 70 year old man died in the latest missile attack, just 100 metres from the regional government building which was hit yesterday.
EU Diplomat says "It’s like an abusive relationship: they keep promising it will be different next time, but deep down we know we will get hurt over and over again"
Good evening or good night to my Australian friends and followers.
A massive thank you to Aly in particular for just gifting me "some food and a beverage"
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The European Parliament has now officially recognised the #Holodomor as genocide of the people of #Ukraine. Deliberate starvation by the regime in #Moscow.
This is probably another hit on #Russia's officers and even FSB, according to locals in the occupied part of #Kherson.
The Salimar hotel in Zaliznyi Port, was visited by some missiles. The town is a popular Black Sea resort, about 70km south from Kherson city. #SlavaUkraini
An accredited journalist has been arrested in #Dnipro after reportedly getting drunk and firing a pistol in to the air.
The incident happened on vul. Shinna in the city yesterday evening.
His identity has not been made public.
Blood on the streets of #Kherson again today after #Russia's shelling, as this video from the local government shows.
People describe where and how the damage was caused and an old man being treated for light shrapnel wounds says he's lucky it wasn't worse.
A few minutes ago I heard about the hit on an hotel in southern #Kherson oblast, and now it looks like another one a few miles away in the occupied part of the region.
This unverified photo is said to be from #Skadovsk, about 60km from #Crimea as the crow flies, 90km by road.
A crazy story from #Poland where the Commander in Chief of Police was injured when a grenade launcher, gifted by #Ukraine, was accidentally set off in the police HQ.
Ceilings were damaged and some say Gen. Jarosław Szymczyk himself fired the device.
Even the most ardent peaceniks are realising one side doesn't want to stop fighting. At least until, as a state new agency said recently, all Ukrainians are killed.
Each + every day you'll find all the news here in one handy🧵
Let's go!
If you missed anything of yesterday's developments, well not as much to catch up on.
Click the link to review, things only really started going late at night..
Trying to compile threads on a train, using mobile only so far, is a nightmare. My first typo was rather important. It's Day 1256, so the observant don't need to message me 😊
Family day out today, going to see "Evita"
But always a thread and as up to date as I can be.
Putin's response was to bomb the cr*p out of Ukraine's capital again overnight.
It's decency against inhumanity. Which side are you on?
Welcome to THE daily thread.
Wednesday was a fairly quiet day, punctuated by the odd Russian missile attack, before another enormous attack centre on Kyiv.. and it's still going on.
But Ukraine hit back in Russia.
Missed anything? Click and scroll, but please come back!
Tuesday 29 July. Day 1252.
Documenting all the important stories and developments in Ukraine's ongoing fight for survival against an invading horde.
Every Single Day. No break, no days off.
All the news from the war in Europe, all the time.
Monday was probably a better day for Ukraine.
We saw Trump appear to lose patience with indicted war criminal Putin, we saw a Ukraine flag replanted in one reclaimed village & late in the thread more strikes on Russia's rail infrastructure.
I'll begin in Rostov region, where earlier Ukraine hit railway infrastructure in the town of Salsk.
Pretty much the whole of the rail network in Rostov oblast is crucial to Russia's military. The proximity to occupied parts of Ukraine & the route to Crimea run through here.
Day 1247
It's never ending. At least it feels like it after another sleepless night and "peace talks" that lasted 40 minutes and Russia still refusing Trump's demand for a ceasefire, which Ukraine agreed to 135 days ago.
All the news, all the time, it's the daily Ukraine🧵
A quick reminder if you appreciate my work (and lack of sleep) you can donate coffee via the link in my bio🙏
But this is the link you probably really want! To check back on all yesterday's news, especially when Russia was attacked late at night.
You've found the start of another daily thread. I've not missed one day since Russia's full invasion, bringing all the Ukraine news in one handy thread every single day.
It's Day 1246, let's begin.
A late finish last night for me (yeah, not unusual), so a later start.
But not due to a massive Russian attack, but because of the political situation & public backlash
Another bumper thread, big Ukraine street protests for the 1st time in years in here
The biggest thing today will hopefully be the resumption of talks between Ukraine and Russia.
The meeting will again take place in Istanbul, starting at 7pm UKR time, 5PM BST, noon EST.
Venue is the Çırağan Palace - can't wait to hear reporters butcher that name😂 [Cheer-raan]