So what's special about 21 December? Well it's the solstice so days get longer from today.
It's also the day Pres Zelenskyy went abroad for the first time in the war.
And, the day #Ukraine's tally of tanks destroyed reached 3,000 (tomorrow a bigger landmark!)
I don't often retweet my own stuff, but this came through late last night and likely got a bit lost in the news around #Ukraine's President's trip abroad.
This morning President #Zelenskyy confirmed his visit to #USA
My information is that he has actually already arrived on US soil, but understandably his itinerary was kept secret. Ze likely flew from Rammstein military base in Germany Tuesday afternoon.
Nice scoop from @CNN as @willripleyCNN became the first western reporter to set foot on legendary #SnakeIsland (Ostriv Zmiinii) since the start of the war.
Excellent video report from the scene of the famous "Russian Warship Go F*** Yourself" moment.
Ukrainskyi Pravda has discovered that among Wagner troops attacking the country now are men handed back to #Russia after being detained in Belarus in 2020.
#Ukraine launched a sting operation but Lukashenka later released the mercenaries.
Pity the poor people of #Belarus, some of whom continue to think they're independent
Following #Putin's visit to Minsk, one region 'jumped the gun' with official websites announcing the reunification of the nations! #Tyumen's leaders soon deleted the page but it's archived
For those interested in seeing Zelenskyy's historic visit to the Washington DC live, #Ukraine's President will meet Biden on the famous White House lawn at 7pm UK, 8pm CET, 9pm EET, with a press conference 2.5 hours later.
Despite #Ukraine officials saying there is no sign of a build up of Russians at its northern border, more tanks and armed equipment heads south.
This convoy of over 30 #Russia tanks, fuel trucks etc. was filmed in #Mohilev (Mogilev) in Belarus heading south.
Hero of the day in #Ukraine?
How about this teacher in Kyiv.
No heat, no light, no internet at home? No problem.
Wrap up warm and head outside the nearest supermarket to catch the free WiFi to continue education of your students!
#FortressBakhmut has started trending in #Ukraine after yesterday's use of the term by Zelenskyy during his visit to the frontline yesterday.
#BakhmutHolds! The International Legion reporting a moment of calm in the town centre.
With #Russia's planes in the air, a large scale air raid warning was issued half an hour ago.
President Zelenskyy has driven into the White House ahead of the official meeting with Joe Biden on the Lawn with the world's media and TV cameras gathered.
Whatever you're doing right now, spare a thought for this middle-aged couple. There are thousands like them all over #Ukraine, homes, lives shattered by #Russia
#Zelenskyy may stop off in London on his way back from Washington...
Watch this space!
Extraordinary - #Russia is so desperate it may be about to steal from its own people to fund the war.
Don't think this is a fake.
The head of 🇷🇺 Central Bank, Elvira Nabiullina, is considering "mandatory conversion of bank deposits of individuals into defence loan bonds."
These are #Zelenskyy's opening words on Capitol Hill before his speech to congress.
Love the "bye bye" at the end!
The former head of #Russia's space agency Roscosmos, has been injured in #Donetsk.
Dmitry Rogozin (left in photo) was celebrating his 59th birthday today when the hotel he was in with other military, was hit.
He's said to have suffered shrapnel wounds to his head, leg and bum.
Among explosions in #Donetsk. #Ukraine's General Staff says it has hit more of Russia's ammunition dumps in #Kadiivka.
In addition, the target of the explosions in #Kakhovka last night proved to be the airfield, used by the military.
New info: so-called 'Prime Minister' of puppet #Donetsk Republic, was also in the hotel. Officials say 3 missiles hit the hotel minutes after Vitaly Khotsenko's arrival.
A Russian MP, Aleksei Zhuravlev was also there.
One person has died in the strike.
Wow! Thanks Morgan B...💙💛
They just bought me a coffee and a cake for my efforts here bringing you all the news concerning #Ukraine and the war waged on the country by Russia.
I've been chasing this story for a long time.
Not confirmed by Ukraine's Defence Ministry, but I believe Wagner was driven out of the central area of #Bakhmut where they were encroaching. However they've been pushed back only max 500m, fighting continues
It's Friday! The weekend approaches.
It's also the 814th day of #Russia trying to destroy #Ukraine, its language, culture and people, and over 10 years since the first invasion.
For all the news on Day 814 keep clicking back here.
No coffees for 2 days - please help if you can.
Thursday was another busy one.
A day which saw Putin humiliated, #Ukraine attack #Crimea (again) and a load of other stories and videos.
Missed any of it? Just click here and scroll through the day's news:
#Ukraine, a democratic nation, desperate to keep it that way, remains under intense pressure from #Russia, an autocracy led by a despot and indicted war criminal.
All the news all day long in one handy thread. Read on..
#StandWithUkraine
Yesterday we only really had two stories, but they were big ones.
#Putin exiling & side-lining top names from the Kremlin.
And 25 years after the #Russia apartment bombings, 13 were killed in a new attack - but who did it?
Review the news here:
Hello and welcome to Day 807 of #Russia's war on #Ukraine.
Each day documenting the news and war crimes committed by indicted war criminal Putin and his Moscow horde as the neo-imperialists try to steal more land and wipe out another culture.
Here's another daily thread...
As always, the quick link back to the starts of yesterday's thread for those who missed some, or all, of Thursday's developments.
And right at the end of the day we saw another oil target inside #Russia being hit by drones!
So confirmation of another attack on an oil refinery in #Russia, the second in 2 months at this partuicular site.
Pershiy Zavod is the largest refinery in the region - the main complex for the processing of commercial oil and gas condensate, and the capacity is 1.2m tons/yr
Day 803 of #Russia's full invasion continues. The war criminals are super confident, tossing away lives of the plebs and useful idiots from Asia, Africa + the Americas.
But #Ukraine fights hard for its existence and supplies filter through to the frontlines.
This is the daily🧵
Today is a holiday in most of the UK, so I allowed myself a later start (no school run!)
Coming up news of #Ukraine hitting a Rusdian boat...
But first the link to yesterday's thread, which turned out to be quite busy.
Many across Europe celebrate a holiday today, the first day of May.
In normal times in #Ukraine it would be a big celebration, with Labour Day followed by Easter and Remembrance/Victory Day. But these are far from normal times. No respite from war. Welcome to the daily thread:
Tuesday saw #Russia's world bring more death to #Kharkiv and to #Odesa for the second time in two days - a video proving the sickening cluster bomb attack on the people the day before.
All yesterday's news can be found here if you missed anything: