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Dec 19, 2022 32 tweets 32 min read Read on X
Day 299 of #Russia's illegal war.
A slightly later start than usual - I had my first lie-in for weeks!

The day in #Ukraine started with more attacks.
All the details in one thread right here⬇️

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All the details of the attacks on #Kyiv and elsewhere coming up as #Ukraine's air defences were tested to the full once again

But first the regular link (esp important with some followers unable to see my tweets easily) to the previous day's news thread:

Many in #Kyiv were woken by loud explosions this morning, especially two blasts in the central area of #Ukraine's capital.

Mayor @Vitaliy_Klychko reports 15 of #Iran's Shaheed killer drones were shot down. But one did hit more critical infrastructure. Two injuries reported.
Today's strikes by #Putin are even more heartless as it's St Nicholas' Day. In view of New Year celebrations being largely a Soviet/Moscow doctrine, more and more families in #Ukraine focus on 19 December as the day for children to receive most presents. Instead they got this:
While #Russia's attack this morning was largely centred on central #Kyiv, there were other drones too.

All told, 30 out of 35 of the #Iran-made murder-missiles fired at #Ukraine were shot down.

#StopRussia #SaveUkraine
One brave or foolhardy person was filming on their mobile when the first kamikaze drone struck central #Kyiv.

The #Shevchenkivskyi and #Solomianskyi districts of the #Ukraine capital were hit today.

#StandWithUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
Now to the daily losses for #Russia and again more than 500 lives sacrificed for the Fuhrer of Moskva.

Probably Thursday when we reach 100k.

Only 8 drones (UAVs) in today's data - the ones shot down today will be shown tomorrow.

#SlavaUkraini
The daily British intelligence update underlines just how brutal and unscrupulous #Russia is. Quite simply lives do not matter - people can be replaced with more mobilisation. Replacing armed vehicles and tanks is much more difficult. Yet still the brainwashed fight for Putin.
The photos show yet another ruined Russian helicopter.

For the second time in 3 days a Mi-8 was destroyed in a crash landing in #Russia. It happened today in the Siberian region of #Magadan, 8 time zones east of Moscow.

Just one of the three on board was injured.
#StopRussia
Police in #Kyiv have released more photos following the drone attack on the capital this morning.

Andrii Nebytov, police chief for the capital region, says 9 houses were damaged as well as critical infrastructure. 3 people were injured.

#RussiaIsATerroristState #SaveUkraine
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Not quite #RussiaOnFire but another minor catastrophe near #Moscow

12 people needed treatment when scaffolding collapsed in #rasnoznamensk. No reason was given for the accident, but several workers are said to be seriously injured....
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Worse was to follow for the injured after the scaffold collapse near #Moscow.

#Russia's ambulances couldn't get to the seriously ill victims because of the snow (no sniggering please!)

#StopRussia
Animals and idiots.

Any decent people in #Russia need to stand up and be counted against the attempted genocide.

I think it's the 5th time today, but the air alarm is sounding again in #Kyiv and indeed most of #Ukraine right now.

#StopRussia #RussiaIsATerroristState #SaveUkraine
#Putin is currently flying to #Belarus. This is the likely reason for the raising of #Russia's aircraft, with both fighters and bombers currently active.

These craft are the reason for the air raid warnings over most of #Ukraine.
Some #Ukraine media reporting that the election campaign is underway.

It's seen that #Lviv businessman Heorhiy Kozlovsky has started an advertising campaign on Facebook seemingly designed to unseat Zelenskyy.

His motto "We're moving towards victory"
In #Russia they still happily feed their sons and partners to the meat grinder the war in #Ukraine has become.

This is in #Saratov an ordinary city in #Putin's Terrorist State. The monument on the "Alley of Heroes" is already full of victims' names, with others still "missing"
For the third time, #Russia has hit the local government building in #Kherson.

#RussiaIsATerroristState #StandWithUkraine
In #Belgorod the local government releases photos of the shelling last night of the village of Krasnaya Yaruga.

Of course they blame #Ukraine. Today Ukraine's military admitted they have conducted operations inside #Russia, but always on pure-military targets.
#Kherson has been hit again.

There's a big fire in the city now after the latest attack by #Russia.

#RussiaIsATerroristState
A couple of days ago I showed the Christmas Tree (Yalynka) being erected and lights tested in the centre of #Kyiv.

This afternoon was the big switch on. Yellow and Blue the new colours of Christmas!
I'll continue the Christmas decorations theme for a couple more tweets...

First to #Kharkiv where the city's traditional yalynka is this year going underground! Quite a display in the metro station 'University'

#StandWithUkraine #StopRussia
Most surprising of all is to see the colours chosen by the #Kerch authorities on occupied #Crimea.

Very patriotic display - but I'm pretty sure #Moscow will be furious!

#CrimeaIsUkraine #StandWithUkraine
Big blast has hit central #Donetsk this evening.

The occupied city is covered in smoke.

#RussiansGoHome
Here's an incredible photo from occupied #Donetsk a couple of minutes after the blast in the centre.

#StandWithUkraine
CCTV of strikes in the Kalininskyi district of #Donetsk, one channel reports the same hospital has been hit as yesterday

Don't let the fog of war sway you to #Russia's words. Remember they occupy this city illegally, #Ukraine has never been proven to fire on non-military targets
#Russia's occupiers seem to have realised their repeated stories about grads hitting #Donetsk have been rumbled (#Ukraine's army is not close enough)

Tonight propaganda outfit RIA says 15 MLRS rockets hit the hospital and surrounding district.

#DonetskIsUkraine #SaveUkraine
#Ukraine Resistance or Army may have struck another blow right on the border with #Crimea.

This is near the checkpoint in #Chonhar.
The person taking the video says a car was blown up. He doesn't want to go to Crimea anymore!

#StopRussia
Direct hit reported on another of #Russia's bases in #Melitopol'

Reports still coming in, but seems this happened in the microdistrict, just north of the centre.

#SlavaUkraini #StopRussia #ZaporizhzhiaOblast
Real problems for people in #Kyiv since the morning drone strikes.

Just one in five people has power and to make matters worse many have lost internet too even with fully charged devices and power banks they're still cut off.
I recently wrote about a controversial new planning law proposed by #Zelenskyy's "Servant of the People" party.

Today one MP, Halyna Yanchenko has resigned from the party after parliamentary leader Olena Shulyak visited a war hero in hospital when he criticised her bill.

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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.

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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.

So last night ended with a lot of damage in southern Ukraine & southern Russia

Part of the damage in the Sochi/Adler are of Krasnodar region seems to have been self-inflicted.

Here's a new video of what seems to be Russian air defence missing but landing harmlessly this time.
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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.
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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.
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Day 1245
One thousand, two hundred + forty-five days of battling to survive against what was said to be the world's 2nd greatest army.

Ukraine's resistance has been heroic but still a lot of work to do.

I'm starting Tuesday's thread before sleep as the air attack just ended.
Monday's thread was another 50-post marathon

A lot of problems for Russia, with drones, planes, trains and the elements. But another major Ukraine city was hit in the early hours of this morning.
All yesterday's news is here, click and scroll to catch-up
Straight to events in Odesa then.
At around 2am Russian drones descended on the city.

There seem to be 3 sites of damage - though at least one may be debris damage.

Mayor Hennadiy Trukhanov, a great self publicist, released a video after visiting the site of the worst damage.
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Jul 20
Day 1243 of Russia's gross violation of the peaceful world order. Breaking UN Rules and the Geneva Conventions. Doing anything to anyone in a bid to eliminate Ukraine and all its people who won't bow down to the Führer of the 21st century.

Here's yet another daily thread.
Well, for a country at war, it's been a quiet night and day so far in Ukraine.

Mind you, not so in Russia, and the previous 24 hours turned out a little crazy, with a 50-page thread to get your teeth into if you were busy on Saturday:

No missiles were fired at Ukraine overnight, and "only" 57 attack drones.

As Russia fired mostly at soft targets in front line regions, the air defence stats don't look good.

Just 18 UAVs were shot down and 7 stopped by EW, which is 44% Image
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I finally made it, to start Saturday's daily thread covering all things about Russia's aggression, not only in Ukraine, but increasingly on all of its enemies.

It's Day 1242, which began after midnight with a mass of objects flying both both sides of the border.
Friday's was another huge thread, not surprising as it encompassed 24 hours from start to end.

Catching up? Click, scroll down to where you left off.
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A massive 35 missiles were fired by Russia, mostly this morning, along with 344 suicide drones.

Ukraine shot down:
7/12 ballistic missiles
7/8 Iskander-K cruise
9/15 Kh-101 cruise

But more interesting is that Ukraine says all the other 7 cruise missiles were disabled by EW Image
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Thanks for finding me again!
It's Daily Thread time, Day 1241 of the full invasion of a sovereign nation by a brutal, sadistic, rogue terrorist state.

If we are civilised and want to protect our values, way of life and our children, we have to do everything to stop Russia.
I'm starting the thread before heading off for sleep.

Very healthy numbers of viewers/likes yesterday on both X and BSky.

Some very important articles and videos to read and watch in the thread, take time to scroll through if you missed them on Thursday
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Dnipro, Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia regions were all subject to drone attacks.

In Dnipro at least 3 explosions in Pavlohrad but no news of damage has been revealed.
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