Thread by @PeterClifford1

#Ukraine: Latest news updates from #UkraineWar: 1. UA Gen. Staff says up to 150 Russian troops were killed in a strike on #Khakovka, #Kherson region + 20 units of Russian military equipment destroyed. In total, another 550 Russians were killed yesterday. #tweet100
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#Ukraine: 2. In #Bakhmut, this drone footage shows Russian forces trying to advance in the east of the city - for them a deadly result. #tweet100 (Map: @Tendar)

https://twitter.com/i/status/1606204857974542336

#Ukraine: 3. The US has assessed that the Russian Wagner group has around 50,000 personnel fighting in UA, 10,000 contractors & 50,000 convicts, costing them $100 million a month to support. #tweet100

#Ukraine: 4. A car, Renault Duster, carrying 2 Russian FSB agents mysteriously blew up in #Melitopol, seriously injuring both and 1 losing a limb. #tweet100

#Ukraine: 5. Reports that Russian forces engaged in close-range fighting in the forests S of #Kreminna have retreated back into the city, leaving UA troops just south of the city limits. #tweet100 (Map: @TulioWars)

#Ukraine: 6. In his lastest mouthing off, Igor Girkin, wanted Russian criminal for the downing of MH17, speculates that Russia will launch a pincer assault on Kyiv on 25/26 December from the territory of #Belarus. Interesting! We will see! #tweet100

#Ukraine: 7. Jens Soltenburg, NATO Sec. Gen, says, in the Financial Times, Putin does not want "peace" but just a pause for regrouping and time to prepare a new offensive against UA. #tweet100

#Ukraine: 8. Yesterday (22nd) UA forces hit 3 Russian command points, 8 troop concentrations and 3 ammo depots. Russian forces fired 6 missile strikes and shelled UA positions & settlements more than 70 times with multi-rocket launchers. #tweet100

#Ukraine: 9. UA Prosecutors say they've uncovered 54 Russian torture chambers & have investigated over 5,000 cases of alleged torture. 855 criminal investigations have been opened into war crimes against children, including 10 of sexual violence. #tweet100 kyivindependent.com/national/how-r…

#Ukraine: 10. Russian human rights warrior, Vladimir Osechkin, met with members of UA Prosecutor's Office in Paris, and handed over a huge trove of evidence of Russian war crimes & terrorism. Osechkin thanked the Prosecutors for their professionalism. #tweet100 (Pic: @igorsushko)

#Ukraine: 11. Reports that at least 492 Russian draftees have died at training centres in Russia before getting anywhere near the front. In the video below is a disastrous assault by Russian marines in east UA. #tweet100 (Pic: @igorsushko)

https://twitter.com/i/status/1606074821707800577

#Ukraine: 12. The energy deficit in Kyiv is still 50%. Hospitals, water and heat, all critical, are functioning but some people get only 2-4 hours of power a day. However, 632 emergency hubs now operate throughout the city. #tweet100 (Pic: @GlasnostGone)

#Ukraine: 13. #Belarus partisan, Vital Melnik, who attacked their railways, was sentenced to 16 years in a penal colony. He was shot in the knees on arrest & still walks on crutches, all for supporting UA. #tweet100 (Pic: @HannaLiubakova)

#Ukraine: 14. The Pentagon is considering training UA troops on the Patriot Missile System at a military base in the US. Putin says the S-300 system is "better" & they will destroy the Patriots! #tweet100

#Ukraine: 15. In an expansive mood, Pres. Zelensky told a conference of UA ambassadors the UA would open embassies in 10 African countries to increase UA presence on the continent and trade ties. #tweet100

#Ukraine: 16. EU to send UA 66 million euros to restore schools (2,800 educational establishments have been damaged), and Netherlands to send 2.5 billion euros in 2023 for military & humanitarian aid, & critical infrastructure repair. Japan donating 500 generators. #tweet100

#Ukraine: 17. T-72B3 and T-90 captured tanks, both fairly modern, are now used against Russians in #Bakhmut. The T-90 was captured and hidden until liberation in April by the "Tractor Brigade". #tweet100

#Ukraine: 18. On the longest night of the year (21st Dec), more than 60 famous locations around the world honoured Ukraine. #tweet100

https://twitter.com/i/status/1606027325123874817