There has still been the regular shelling during the night in #Ukraine
Two villages near #Zaporizhzhia were hit by #Russia's artillery. Also struck of course was #Nikopol, which I don't always mention in these threads but continues to be targeted daily.
In #Odesa explosions heard. Again, air defence has shot something down.
Presumably it's another wave of drones as seen last night. Then it was attack drones. These maybe reconnaissance in daylight to pinpoint air defence units and any overnight movement ahead of missile attacks.
Air defence also working in #Russia's #Belgorod region, as can be seen here.
#Russia's imposed Head of the occupied part of #Zaporizhzhia region admits #Ukraine partisans are the reason for lockdowns and blocking entry to/from #Melitopol.
Traitor Balitsky says explosives and weapons are smuggled in inside "cameras and tyres which our dogs can't detect"😅
Damage in one of #Kyiv's most densely populated areas, after debris from a Russian rocket fell on Darnytskyi district.
It looks as if more lengthy power outages are likely for many in #Ukraine. They had been hoping to get back to "normal" power cuts - with electricity rationed to a few hours a day.
#Odesa has already reverted to emergency blackouts, #Kyiv likely to follow
Mayor of #Kyiv@Vitaliy_Klychko says "So far, two people have been rescued from a damaged private house. Medics treated them on the spot and hospitalised them."
"Rescuers continue search and rescue operations.
Rocket debris also damaged a car on one of the central streets."
#Kharkiv - four missiles landed. This confirmed by Head of the region, Sinegubov who says they were hit with "probably S-300, in Nemyshlyansky and Osnovyansky districts."
The target is critical infrastructure. No details on casualties yet.
My analysis is that the drones over the last 24 hours were definitely testing air defence as #Russia seems to be targeting defence systems in this morning's attack, as well as power infrastructure.
More reports of Russian drones now - no doubt surveying the damage.
#Kyiv - first official photo of the damage in the residential #Darnytskyi neighbourhood.
At least 3 people were injured. Rescue work continues.
#Kyiv - more photos of the extensive damage in the #Darnytskyi district of the capital.
This is clearly not just fragments of a rocket landing.
But it is evidence of more war crimes, the day after @GordonBrown said headway is being made for a War Crimes Tribunal.
#Mykolaiv: the small town of #Ochakiv (RU: #Ochakov) is under heavy fire from MLRS. 11 shells hitting so far according to local sources.
This is the coastal tip opposite the Kinburn Spit.
The all clear has been given for the people of #Ukraine to emerge from bunkers and shelter.
This air raid alert lasted for 4 hours and 44 minutes.
An air raid warning again at the Engels air force base in #Saratov! More explosions also, but only looks like air defence from photos and reports so far.
1/2 Depending on your point of view, more cleaning up of #Ukraine's politics, or more abuse of power in clamping down on opponents?
First, a document alerting members of the now banned "Opposition Platform for Life" political party a criminal case has been opened against them.
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Secondly, a crimincal case is opened against the Mayor of #Poltava.
Bizarrely #Ukraine prosecutors blur the fact of Oleksandr Mamai even though there is only one elected Mayor!
He's accused of publishing army details in the war without permission of the General Staff.
Fake provocation, to get the population ready for war?
#Belarus claims it shot this down in its air space..
"Wreckage was found in a field in Ivanovo District of #Brest. The wreckage belongs to the S-300 anti-aircraft guided missile launched from the territory of #Ukraine."
A lot has been written on both sides about the removal of the "Catherine the Great" statue in #Odesa. It's certainly contentious and divisive. But most Russian arguments I've seen are ridiculously simplistic and historically inaccurate.
Here's a pro #Ukraine take:
This caught my eye. It's allegedly an attack by #Ukraine on Russians in Occupied #Donetsk.
I cannot verify the claim, nor the timing.
At least one Russian channel is reporting that the #Engels air base incident may have been a case of friendly fire. There's no verification and no comment from the Kremlin of course but the story says one of #Russia's Su-25 planes was mistaken for a drone
The tribunal is creeping nearer.
There cannot be an ICC hearing immediately, but a War Crimes Tribunal is a realistic prospect according to EU/UK/US allies.
In the southern town of #Marhanets, a shell lands outside a shop. People dive for cover, but one customer admonishes the shop assistant for not completing her order!
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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.
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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.
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#TraitorTrump promised a deal with his mate in NK, got nothing.
He handed the Taliban everything, got nothing.
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More atrocities overnight, let's begin:
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Today sees the completion of 3 years of full scale war unleashed by #Russia on #Ukraine.
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It's Day 1096 of #Russia 's war.
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1/2 The #UK is in full focus today.
As @Keir_Starmer prepares to fly to Washington, new sanctions will be unveiled tomorrow.
Foreign Sec @DavidLammy says it will be "the largest package of sanctions against #Russia since the early days of the war eroding its military machine."
Day 1083 of the war in Europe and the 1083rd of my daily threads.
Three years ago we knew #Ukraine wouldn't go down without a fight. Now, for the first time in over a year there's genuine reason for #Russia to be worried about the outcome.
Plenty to learn and from in Sunday's thread.
In #Russia, ships crashing and exploding, faking capture of a key town in #Ukraine and late at night drones attacking again.
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