I've had no direct update from eastern front, but gathering intel from various most reliable sources, it appears #Russia gained a little ground on the outskirts of #Soledar + #Bakhmut also, but have failed to get to the residential area which they briefly managed a while ago.
Yesterday I wrote about locals in #Voronezh getting worried amid explosions near the military airfield - finally #Russia was forced to admit some "activity" but passed it off as air defence hitting one "small drone"
There were similar scenes tonight in the city: #StopRussia
This is being reported by a #Ukraine official, but personally I doubt its authenticity.
Claims of 5,000 mobilisation forms being printed urgently in #Krasnodar region of #Russia.
Names and dates are supposedly left off to fill in as and when needed for quicker turnaround.
First donation of the day from S.H.
Thank you very much indeed for the coffees.
May the sky be bright all day where you are.💙💛
Air raid alerts sound in some southern and eastern regions of #Ukraine.
The fall out continues after the massive strike on the newly mobilised Russians in #Makiivka.
#Samara Gov Dmitry Azarov admits what I already wrote, that they were from his region.
“Our compatriots were also under attack by enemy forces. There are wounded, alas, there are dead."
Meanwhile #Russia and its puppet "DPR" are on the verge of falling out over the loss of hundreds of new soldiers in the hit on #Makiivka.
Donetsk "officials" blaming Russians for leaving their phones on. Claims were made on Russian TV channels, angering Moscow.
As I suspected, the daily losses keep rising for #Russia
A mammoth 750 more killed in battle for #Putin's needless war.
1/2 A cautionary note about this story from #Ukraine's Southern Command spokesperson.
I was careful not to say "liberation" and Nataliia Humenyuk says it's too early to use the word when talking about Greater Potemkin island in #Kherson region.
Humenyuk says "Establishing the flag is a signal to the enemy that the land is ours"
#Russia's bloggers claim #Ukraine's soldiers nip across the water to take selfies with a flag and head back. But if #Russia still controlled the barren land they'd soon shoot up enemy craft
In Novy Oskol, near the border with #Ukraine, heavy smoke is rising and on a #Belgorod chat site some say it's a military facility, but they could easily be mischievous Ukrainians.
There does seem to have been some sort of explosion. Awaiting further news...
Here's a video today of the destroyed ice rink and arena in #Donetsk region, attacked by #Russia last night.
No weapons, ammunition or army. This was a working arena in #Druzhivka where the Donbas hockey team trained; classes were still held for players and figure skaters alike.
Another big blow for #Russia and perhaps another piece in the jigsaw which leads to widespread street protests from mothers.
This is occupied #Tokmak in #Zaporozhzhia. This building housed another large contingent of newly mobilised ("mobchiks") according to partisan locals.
UK PM Rishi Sunak has told #Ukraine's President that they "can count on the UK to continue to support it for the long term."
Sunak held a call with Volodymyr Zelenskyy today.
Just noticed a tweet earlier today outlining another alleged war crime from #Putin's band of criminals.
#Ukraine's Defence Minister accuses #Russia of destroying a power plant.
There really is not a lot going on in #Ukraine. Many news sites trying to fill with stories which are speculation or not important. Just wanted you to know you're not missing anything!
On New Year's Eve I highlighted the immoral and disgusting stance of @Bonduelle_Group
Finally a few in #France are picking up the baton. Thank you @felicia_sidx for the original thread and to @Euan_MacDonald for translating and keeping up the pressure
A tragicomedy! #Russia pretends it immediately returned fire on the MLRS which hit #Makiivka, destroying the rocket launcher.
Moscow also claims they killed 200+ #Ukraine troops "and foreign mercenaries" by destroying the ice rink in #Druzhivka and hitting a nearby train station
In #Kherson once again #Russia has resorted to using incendiary munitions tonight.
These are thermite, spontaneously igniting in the air. Temperatures can reach 3000 degrees Celcius and cause widespread fires and damage.
Not restricting use to military targets is a war crime.
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It's Alaska Day, or a couple of half-baked Alaskas meeting later as Russia hopes to carve up Ukraine, with Trump's approval.
That's much later on Day 1269 of Putin's war.
As I start this thread at around 02:30 GMT, 05:30 Ukraine, there is a big attack on Russia.
Let the🧵begin
In a rush to get to sleep, so let me waste no further time in giving the link to yesterday's thread.
Both X and BSky have been a bit crappy scrolling through threads. One thing you can do is click my profile and then "replies", click one + scroll up
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 😢
If you're one of many to miss it, click⬇️
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?
Follow me & today's thread:
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