Thread by @PeterClifford1

#Ukraine: Latest updates on #UkraineWar: 1. Tension building around #Kreminna as UA forces approach southern urban areas of city, while another Russian attack on #Bilohorvika was repelled. Both a RU Mi-8 helicopter & Su-35 jet downed.#tweet100 (Map: @ChuckPfarrer)
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#Ukraine: 2. Putin has requested a ceasefire in UA from noon Jan 6th to midnight Jan 7th "to allow celebrations of Orthodox Christmas". UA has declined to take part. UA sees it as "hypocrisy" & as a ploy for RU to regroup and rearm. #tweet100

#Ukraine: 3. Also the weather on the #Svatove/#Kremmina front is about to crack down. Friday forecast -15C, Sat -17C, Sun -15C at night. More badly equipped Russians will likely freeze to death. UA armour will be able to move on solid ground. #tweet100

#Ukraine: 4. The bridge at #Torsk came under RU shell fire. But another RU base at #Lysytjansk, #Luhansk region was hit by UA HIMARS - reports of exploding munitions & 30 dead. #tweet100 (Pic: @uafrontline)

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#Ukraine: 5. Picked up RU comms: (Translated) "Mom, we are in #Kreminna, it's absolute hell here.The Ukrainians kill 40 of our boys per 24 hours, & I don't even want to talk about the wounded. Ukrainians are 3 times stronger than us. I don't know how long I will live. #tweet100

#Ukraine: 6. Very good news. The US has agreed to provide UA with 50 ($2.8 billion's worth) Bradley fighting vehicles. Germany to ship Marder infantry fighting vehicles + additional Patriot air defence system. #tweet100

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#Ukraine: 7. As well as downing both a RU jet & helicopter yesterday, UA forces destroyed 2 armoured vehicles, 14 other vehicles/tankers, 3 tanks, 12 artillery systems, 2 drones & 2 multi-rocket systems. Another 810 Russians also died according to UA estimates. #tweet100

#Ukraine: 8. As well as light armoured vehicles, Germany sending UA rocket launchers mounted on pick-up trucks, anti-drone tools, recon drones & remote-control infantry vehicles for support tasks. Norway has donated 10,000 shells for M109 howitzers. #tweet100 (Pic: @markito0171)

#Ukraine: 9. In ongoing battle between UA Gov & Ukrainian Orthodox Church still aligned to Moscow, UA state has now repossessed parts of the Pechersk Lavra monastery nr Kyiv. Patriarch Kirill in Moscow, who backed RU war, is also calling for a Putin "Christmas truce"! #tweet100

#Ukraine: 10. Lastly, #Belarus border guards are complaining about "rude warning signs" made by Ukrainian guards on the other side! #tweet100

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