Different year, same story as #Russia's terrorism continued right through the new year, but lucky for you my daily threads continue to document the terror and war crimes.
It's already been a terrible start to the day
So much happened in the last hour of 2022 as attacks intensify over #Kyiv. Earlier there was another massive missile attack.
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But from smiles and happiness to the horrors for #Ukraine's people. But it's impossible to see this country losing. These men, women, families will never be defeated.
Amid sirens and bomb blasts shouts of "slava Ukraini" and "Putin Khuilo" can clearly be heard in #Kyiv.
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The number of Russians dying each day is at consistently extremely high levels*
4,670 dead this week, which I think is the highest ever weekly death toll.
Also high numbers of missiles/drones after yesterday's attacks.
*Kyiv estimates
Ah, here's the first confirmed #RussiaOnFire of 2023
This is the Taras Bulba restaurant in the centre of #Moscow.
The significance is that Taras Bulba was a cossack from #Zaporizhzhia in a story written by #Ukraine born Gogol
Ceilings have collapsed but no injuries reported yet
As well as the drones, some missile fragments were also found in #Kyiv
Part of the Svyatoshynsko-Brovarska metro line was closed earlier today after another bit of rocket was found on the track at 'Hydropark"
Two other fragments were found in other areas of the city.
Here is the result of the continued shelling of #Kherson overnight.
Authorities in #Kyiv admit "an infrastructure facility" was damaged overnight, without specifying location or extent of the damage.
However Head #Ukraine's energy company, Volodymyr Kudrytsky says it's unlikely the country will suffer blackouts in the immediate future.
It's now confirmed a man was killed in attacks on #Kherson. One other person was injured.
Meanwhile another low for #Russia, hitting the regional children's hospital. 7 shells are thought to have hit the buildings with more than 700 windows smashed.
#Russia's state news agencies say the Ukrainian hryvnia is now no longer in use in "the new regions" of the Federation.
They refer of course the the illegally occupied territories in particular #Kherson and #Zaporizhzhia where there has been strong opposition to using the ruble.
In #Russia the death's been announced of a fairly well known hip-hop artist at the age of just 30.
Andrey Raikkonen, who performed as EPP or EkhoProkurennykhPodyezdov (Echo of smoky porches) was found dead in St Petersburg. He recently cancelled a concert saying he was "unwell"
Not far away, the #Donetsk College of Industrial Automation was hit. The rocket ended lodged inside the auditorium according to local occupying officials.
In its daily briefing, #Russia claims it destroyed an hotel in central #Kyiv as part of targeting production, storage and launch sites for attack drones.
Unconfirmed reports of repeated explosions near #Henichesk, which has become the Occupiers' regional "capital" in #Kherson since losing the real capital.
Locals say it looks like #Ukraine has hit an ammunition store.
Even some pro-Russia channels and bloggers are saying the school destroyed housed newly mobilised recruits. Some have mentioned 600 being stationed there.
This is the village of #Bakinskaya in #Krasnodar.
SOTA says they can tell they are all Wagner dead because of the absence of photographs and a wreath with a yellow five-pointed star in the centre.
It's all becoming a bit predictable - another air raid alert in many areas of #Kyiv with more Iranian drones in #Ukraine airspace.
it's clear what the Iran gave Putin for Christmas.
Currently reports of explosions in #Kyiv#Mykolaiv and #Dnipro, but all sound like air defence
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Drones from the south now heading towards #Kyiv as well as those from the north which first threatened the capital. This looks like being as big as last night in terms of numbers.
In #Dnipropetrovsk this happened a short while ago. Shot down or a hit?
#Kyiv UPDATE
Head of the City Administration Serhiy Popkp says a downed drone has caused the damage in the city.
He says the wreckage fell in the Desnyanskyi district, damaging balconies and shattering window panes in a tower block.
There is no fire, no news on victims.
Authorities in #Dnipro confirm they downed the attack drone, no landings (yet) - though it's likely the Iranian mopeds were heading over that region, towards the capital.
Here a nasty looking fragment of debris which it's claimed flew in through the window of one person's apartment where the drone was shot down in #Kyiv.
Meanwhile reports of another big explosion in #Ukraine's capital.
Whoever said 7 days is a long time in politics was dead right.
An about turn from tough guy & threats to TACO queen & Putin's poodle. And the next 7 days is now set to bring another cosy meet between a felon and an indicted war criminal.
It's Day 1263 of THE Ukraine thread:
A later start to Saturday's thread because of a crazily late finish to the last🧵
Fewer than 20,000 views for the first time in weeks on such an important day🤨🤔
So much effort and so little impact some days 😢
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Day 1261 - the White House thinks the war in Ukraine is coming to an end.
Especially as the Kremlin has this morning announced Putin and Trump will meet in the coming days.
But is the war criminal just duping the US Pres again and buying more time?
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Much of Wednesday was taken up with the politics surrounding US envoy Wirkoff's latest chummy chat with Putin.
But then it turned dark, literally as the sun went down, but Ukraine looks to have had the better of the drone exchanges.
Catch up here:
1/2 The big story since the last couple of hours of y'day's thread has been Ukraine's multiple successes in breaching Russia's air defence at military targets.
The Kremlin says it destroyed 93 drones, 60 over the Black Sea. There's no mention of how many they missed!
Exhibit A:
Even the most ardent peaceniks are realising one side doesn't want to stop fighting. At least until, as a state new agency said recently, all Ukrainians are killed.
Each + every day you'll find all the news here in one handy🧵
Let's go!
If you missed anything of yesterday's developments, well not as much to catch up on.
Click the link to review, things only really started going late at night..
Trying to compile threads on a train, using mobile only so far, is a nightmare. My first typo was rather important. It's Day 1256, so the observant don't need to message me 😊
Family day out today, going to see "Evita"
But always a thread and as up to date as I can be.
"White rabbits" is what I have to say to you this morning.
An old British custom is to say 'rabbits' or 'white rabbits' (often 3 times) at the start of a new month to ensure good luck for the month ahead
August is the 43rd month of Russia's war.
Today is Day 1255. Here's the🧵
Yesterday was a depressing day.
Not just Russia's horrific attacks on Kyiv, but the general lack of response and condemnation. The world just shrugs its shoulders.
2 weeks ago I said things could move quickly on air defence. One system had reportedly already been delivered to Ukraine
Remember Switzerland's order was bumped down to give priority to🇺🇦?
Now Germany says 2 more Patriots will be sent by October, starting with launchers in days
Putin's response was to bomb the cr*p out of Ukraine's capital again overnight.
It's decency against inhumanity. Which side are you on?
Welcome to THE daily thread.
Wednesday was a fairly quiet day, punctuated by the odd Russian missile attack, before another enormous attack centre on Kyiv.. and it's still going on.
But Ukraine hit back in Russia.
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