Guys, we go again! No rest on the frontline for the brave warriors defending #Ukraine, so the least I can do is report on it and the least you can do is read and spread the news, ensure there is NO war fatigue.
Welcome to Saturday's news thread, Day 304 of #Russia's illegal war:
So much happened yesterday, including numerous fires in Russia, in Moscow in particular.
Then there was a likely assassination in Melitopol and reported drone attacks on Crimea.
Missed something? No problem... click and scroll yesterday's thread:
I've spent most of the last 24 hours working on my script for the upcoming short film about Ukraine; how heroics in the war may be hiding some problems in society.
I didn't even touch on the planning law, where a Minister has asked the G-7 to observe
Amid talk of a possible new attack on #Ukraine from the north, the daily British Intel update casts doubt on whether #Russia has enough ammo and missiles to even defend the frontline, let alone launch an offensive.
1/2 It's exactly 10 months ago today that #Russia broke international law and invaded #Ukraine despite repeated promises to international leaders it would not do so.
I want peace, everyone wants peace.
But today's war happens exactly because allies did not confront Putin earlier
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The West did nothing in Georgia in 2008
Did nothing in Crimea and the Donbas in 2014
Even prior to that no action or even a hint at war crimes for Chechnya, then Syria.
"Peace" now will repeat past mistakes, allow Putin to learn lessons, re-arm and come back stronger.
The two people badly injured in the #Kemerovo nursing home fire (see previous tweets), have now died.
It brings the death toll to 22.
The owner of the reportedly unregistered home has already been charged. #RussiaOnFire
Got to say I'm surprised and a little disappointed they didn't use the "Mein Kampf" trick.
#Russia here claiming a successful operation to detain an "Azov Nazi Terrorist" in #Luhansk.
Looks staged to me, especially the powder puff explosion at the end😅
#Russia's Occupiers also claim to have arrested eight partisans of #Ukraine in #Kherson region.
Meanwhile some locals in Occupied bits of #Zaporizhzhia say they're being told tomorrow there is an all-day curfew in some places. They panic about locations being leaked to #Ukraine.
1/2 #Russia has today pumped out masses of new documents and allegations against the USA & big Pharma companies and individuals.
It's the usual hints at biolabs abroad, including #Ukraine. When the UN or someone impartial takes it seriously I'll listen more seriously...
2/2 What is interesting is that #Russia's MoD specifically calls out Democrats.
Obviously Conspiracy Theorists and a large section of the GOP are all over this - just before Republicans take control of the The House and could try to block future funding to Ukraine.
Nice tale here of Transatlantic help with Christmas spirit!
Guys from @westportctgov are trying to twin with #Lyman. Tomorrow volunteers plan to deliver 400 hot meals to the devastated town still recovering from Occupation.
I've just heard an 8th person has died in #Kherson after the attack on civilians in the centre of the city.
Deputy Council leader Yuriy Sobolevsky says the Silpo supermarket was struck: on a Saturday before new year. An atrocious war crime.
Fire spread to the city's main market
The deputy of the party of #Moldova's President says there should be no negotiations with #Transnistria as he hopes (with #NATO + #Ukraine's help) to demilitarise the "breakaway" region, ruled by #Russia.
Earlier I told how Russia's occupiers telling some residents they wouldn't be allowed to leave their home tomorrow.
Well in #Hornostaivka in #Kherson region, 30km upriver from #Kakhovka, locals are now told they cannot leave their homes until 3 January.
Thank you @Hopeful11212715 for buying me a coffee! 💙💛
Really needed these days!
A guy with almost 300k followers posts fakes. No checking. Promises to take it down if it's fake - doesn't do so.
Pic 1 - FAKE photoshopped claim of SS symbol.
Pic 2 - Original: clear to see number 46 (battalion number)
Pic 3 - Does it look genuine when using @FotoForensics?
Life expectancy isn't that high in #Russia, so the death of a 67yo man is not shocking
So why does my eyebrow raise when I learn of the sudden unexplained death of Aleksandr Buzakov?
He headed "Admiralty Shipyards", which makes submarines which carry Kalibr cruise missiles.
Sarah, Kyle and Krissi all bought me a "ko-fi" - thanks so, so, so much and Merry Christmas to you all.
Hope you don't mind if I actually sip something a little stronger tomorrow!
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I know it's incredibly cold in #Murmansk in #Russia's frozen north. But they really should stop setting fire to things!
This #RussiaOnFire incident is at the 'Faktor' plant which supplies ships and boats.
In Occupied #Kakhovka, in #Kherson oblast, reports of both incoming and outgoing rockets at the same time.
Very loud right now in the town which sits on the banks of the River Dnipro.
Locals in #Kakhovka and nearby are strongly suggesting #Russia is firing on the town itself.
People are saying there's only two seconds between launch and impact and can only come from Russian positions.
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: