A young Australian volunteer has lost his life in #Bakhmut.
Sage O'Donnell from Victoria, was 24 years old and a former soldier with the Australian Army.
Heavy loss of life on both sides as #Russia's illegal invasion continues.
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The strike(s) on the Engels air base while not officially confirmed, look real.
It's exactly 3 weeks since the previous hit in #Saratov.
Some #Ukraine Telegram channels happily showing this satellite pic of the base, where 🇷🇺 wrote "Death to Nazis" - maybe they got their wish!
So #Russia admits 3 people died in the drone attack on its Engels air base in #Saratov.
They claim the ground crews were victims of falling debris when the #Ukraine UAV was shot down. This is almost certainly a lie. One drone hit the target.
A personal representative of hated Ramzan Kadyrov is arrested by #Russia's police in occupied #Crimea.
Four lieutenants of the Akhmat SOBR regiment as well as Hasan Ibragimov are on security cameras beating a guy. The man objected when one of the Chechens groped his girlfriend.
Oops. Missed the thread.
Twitter app is misbehaving for me this morning.
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Sensible words from #Ukraine Air Forces spokesman Yuri Ignat on the "TV Marathon"
While #Russia says no aircraft were damaged at the Engels base, no one trusts that & Ignat says only satellite photos will reveal the truth.
The fact 🇷🇺admits 3 deaths in the attack shows it's bad
New video of the damage following one of the latest attacks on #Kherson.
#Russia shelled the city 33 times in the last 24 hours, but luckily no residents were killed or injured.
He's being operated on in Moscow, but some say he is likely to be paralysed. I put this more into the "speculation" category, but moving him hundreds of kilometres shows it was very serious.
Hundreds came to the opera on Christmas Day. However there was an air raid warning which lasted an hour and a half. Cast, crew, workers and public alike had to gather underground until #Russia's planes returned to base.
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But as soon as the air raid all clear was sounded, the show in #Kyiv began.
No surprise the first 3 are involved in military aggression in the last 24 hours, while #Iran just fights its own people for the time being
Russia needs other wars; others emboldened by Russia's war
Head of #Wagner who enriches himself at the expense of African states + grieving Russian families, has called for rich Russians to be stripped of their wealth.
Prigozhin: "It's necessary to take away everything, the faster the better, then everyone will be on an equal footing."
Thousands more Russian troops are being sent to defend #Melitopol as the invaders see they are in real danger of losing the town.
Petro Andriyushchenko, exiled advisor to Mayor of Mariupol' posted this secret film of some of the convoys heading to occupied #Zaporizhzhia region.
Sanctioned Chief Propagandist says "Russia is bombing #Ukraine without pleasure"
Margarita Simonyan: “I don’t know a single person in Russia, including Putin, who would enjoy what is happening now.”
RU says the dead are
Cdr Yuri Gorovets (callsign Svyatosha) and 3 sappers Maksim Mikhailov, Taras Karpyuk + Bogdan Lyagov
#Ukraine's anti-corruption agency NABU is conducting searches relating to fitness trainer Yana Khlanta.
She's been linked to Dnipropetrovsk Head Valentin Reznichenko. The region awarded Khlanta's company a $40m contract to repair roads despite the start of the full-scale war.
In #Kherson, shelling by #Russia damaged monuments to World War II heroes. This is in Slavy Park.
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It's emerged a few messages were posted on local media in #Russia saying five planes had been damaged at the Engels air base in #Saratov. They were swiftly deleted.
Meanwhile reports indicate the Kremlin is moving its planes east to the "Ukrainka" airfield in the Amur region.
They're taking the mickey now, surely?
Air raid warning in Saratov and the Engels airbase.
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In #Kharkiv region loud sounds after air raid warnings rang out there. However it's believed to be only air defence for the moment.
I do wonder if they're so embarrassed at what happened they're pretending there is a threat and that this evening they bravely shot all the (non existent) #Ukraine weapons from the sky?
Another monument to a famous Russian writer is dismantled in #Ukraine.
The Maksim Gorky statue is taken away by authorities in #Dnipro.
1/2 A couple of days ago I wrote about a team of volunteers taking Christmas hot meals to liberated, but still under fire, #Lyman in #Donetsk region.
Just been sent videos by Brian and the Alex21/Ukraine Aid Intnl team. They're sponsored by @westportctgov and Germany's Hamburg.
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#Lyman is back in the firing line again with #Russia publicly saying they're launching a new attack to try to occupy the town again.
For the residents it's already a struggle just to survive. Great effort from these guys to risk their lives to help others.
Indeed, there was apparently little danger of paralysis. The operation on Rogozin to remove shrapnel from his buttocks, proved routine and he is said to be comfortable in hospital.
Day 1163 of Russia's war of choice, invading a peaceful neighbour.
Another bloody and murderous night in Ukraine, but the pressure is all on Russia today as Ukraine signs the minerals deal, the US (finally) continues its shift against Putin and the oil price dives
Here's THE🧵
Good morning and happy May (or MayDay).
I have to say a new month brings new optimism for Ukraine following the US/Ukraine agreement.
That was the biggest news story of a near 50-post thread.
It took me ages - least you can do is read it!😂
Day 1158 of the war in Europe.
This is the daily thread for Saturday 26 April, and as I mentioned last night, the anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster.
A later start today, sorry if I kept you waiting, but let's waste no more time...
Yesterday we saw Russia attack civilians of course, but we also probably also got a reminder of the power of Ukraine's Military Intelligence, as a Russian general and a weapons designer were both confirmed dead.
Hello at the start of another weekend, Day 1151 of the war in Europe.
Day by day the US paves the way for capitulation.
Trump may pretend there was no war in his first term, but his administration said it would never recognise Crimea.
This is THE daily thread for Saturday.
Here's the link for the start of yesterday's thread.
Visibility is still low - 15k views.
Plenty to get your teeth into.. 100 fleeing Russian refuseniks, tRUmp on the verge of failure, and of course the attacks on Ukraine.
Catch up here:
With even tRUmp slowly realising he's been played by Putin all along with no intent on peace, Russia has upped the aerial attack on its next targets for invasion.
Sumy, Kostiantynivka + Kupiansk feel the full force.
In the latter 10 glide bombs in one day with 5 people injured.
This is the start of THE daily thread covering all things Ukraine.
Reliable, accurate information for 1124 days as Russia and its willing accomplices (Iran, North Korea and MAGA-land) try to destroy Ukraine, its culture and its democracy to make it a vassal state.
Here's the🧵
Yesterday started with shocking lies and propaganda from the White House and ended with another massive attack by Russia, knowing tRUmp and co don't mind at all.
Find all the details by clicking and scrolling here⬇️
The war Russia inflicted on Ukraine enters Day 1120
Ukraine, a country which never invaded another, never killed anyone abroad; a fully democratic nation where only one President has ever won a second term in office.
Here's THE daily thread for Wednesday, with all the news.
Yesterday was all about the ritual humiliation of tRUmp, dished out by Putin, and the US president's brain being too rusty to realise.
I also indulged in a long sub-thread on my fears about what's happening in Washington DC.
Catch up here:
It's official. tRUmp's supposed skill at making a deal is absolutely RANK
Russia
Afghanistan
NK (North Korea)
#TraitorTrump promised a deal with his mate in NK, got nothing.
He handed the Taliban everything, got nothing.
Now, ending the war in 24 hours turned into humiliation
Putin, the aggressor, the war criminal, presiding over countless heinous crimes, executions, kidnapping of children, is about to be given a pass by Donald J Trump.
The despot and the wannabe talk today.
This is THE daily thread
Yesterday saw an explosive end to a day which started with mystery surrounding a Ukraine hit in Russia, and moved through the thread with some harrowing and shocking tales and scenes from Kherson.