#Ukraine: Today's news updates from #UkraineWar: 1. RU forces made gains at #Soledar yesterday taking the salt mine & other positions. UA withdrew to avoid flanking in the north. UA 46th Airmobile Brigade counter-attacked overnight. #tweet100 (Map; @mhmck)
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#Ukraine: 2. Pic from journalist,Yuriy Butosov, this morning 7/12 at #Soledar shows salt mine regained & devalues RU claims of "taking the town". More like strategic manoeuvring. #tweet100 (Gif: @MILChronicles)
#Ukraine: 3. At #Bakhmut UA Border Guards repelled RU advance & killed RU unit commander. Waves of RU forces sent against city and many dying. This pic shows at least 46 RU dead nr #Bakhmut. RU troops so exhausted they accuse UA of using "chemical weapons". #tweet100
#Ukraine: 4. As a result of Christmas shelling in #Bakhmut (Putin's ceasefire), 2 civilians killed & 30 injured. Report here from Bakhmut, and UA Chechen volunteers in action against RU troops. #tweet100
#Ukraine: 5. RU has lost so many troops that UA Intel indicates that RU will launch another mobilisation of conscripts on Jan 15th for as many as 500,000 men. UA estimates that RU lost another 490 soldiers yesterday 6/12. #tweet100
#Ukraine: 7. #Finland has said it is ready to give UA 2 Leopard tanks if other EU countries agree and #Greece has told #Germany it can wait on its order for 40 Marder infantry fighting vehicles if it wants to forward them to UA 1st. #tweet100 (Pic: @igorsushko)
#Ukraine: 8. Pres. Zelensky signed a decree sanctioning 119 Russians & pro-RU Ukrainians who support RU's war. He has also withdrawn UA citizenship from 13 pro-Ru Ukrainian Orthodox clerics aligned to Moscow. Pro-UA Orthodox Church held 1st service at Pechersk Lavra. #tweet100
#Ukraine: 10. Lastly, Russia has lost so many fuel tankers, that it has apparently been attempting to disguise them as wood-carrying trucks! (Hey, Ruskis, I think UA forces will see through this one really quickly!) #tweet100
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#Ukraine: Today’s news from #UkraineWar: 1. On #Bakhmut front, after several days of relative calm, RU forces have resumed assaults at #Ivanivske, increased shelling & resumed an attempt to move towards #ChasivYar, where UA are dug in. THREAD
#Ukraine: 2. Tempo of RU operations also increased on #Avdiivka front where RU troops attempting to push to W. UA estimates suggest RU has now lost overall 428,420 soldiers killed, 6,758 tanks, 12,949 armoured vehicles, & 10,580 artillery systems destroyed. (Map: @ChuckPfarrer)
#Ukraine: 3. #UK is investigating RU military cyber hackers who targeted the plane of UK’S Defence Secretary, Grant Shapps, as he flew 60 miles from #Kaliningrad on a return flight from #Poland. For 30 minutes the hackers took out the RAF Dassault 900LX’s primary navigation.
#Ukraine: Today's new reports from #UkraineWar: 1. Under cover of drones & helicopters UA is expanding its bridgeheads on E (left) bank of #Dnipro River, #Kherson region. UA has cut #Oleshky-#NovaKhahovka road in 2 places. UA BMP-1 crosses river:
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#Ukraine: 2. RU channels complain of significant UA air defence on W bank of #Dnipro which is effectively closing E bank to RU aircraft. Expected RU reinforcements have been mauled at #Verbove. UA drone attack S of #KozachiLaheri:
#Ukraine: 3. At #Krynky on E bank of #Dnipro RU complain of low-fly UA helicopter attacks. UA taking new positions at settlement nr forested areas to S & SW. UA in control from Antonivsky railway bridge N of #Poima to Antonivsky road bridge N of #Oleshky.
#Ukraine: Today's latest updates from #UkraineWar: 1. UA forces holding their positions on E (left) bank of #Dnipro River, building up troops nr #Oleshky & consolidating their positions at #Krynky. UA now controls all larger islands in Dnipro.
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#Ukraine: 2. RU struggling to hinder UA's reinforcement of its troops on E bank of #Dnipro. 4 RU tanks fled as UA took positions to secure village of #Krynky. Yesterday RU launched 36 FAB-500/1500 guided bombs against both sides of the Dnipro to stymie UA activity. (Map: @mhmck)
#Ukraine: 3. UK volunteer fighter, Macer Gifford, explains how UA prepared for months for #Dnipro operation. And UA's drone king, Robert Madyar, reappears in #Kherson area to bomb RU river boats:
#Ukraine: Today's latest news from #UkraineWar: 1. Despite initial advances N of #Avdiivka, RU troops have been unable to hold ground, & on SW flank, RU lost numerous vehicles again & were forced to retreat. #tweet365
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#Ukraine: 2. UA's Drone Army makes a record, hitting 428 units of RU gear in a week. At #Avdiivka alone they have destroyed 101 RU guns, 88 armoured vehicles, 75 tanks & much more. Nonchalent commentary from RU soldier passing his dead comrades: #tweet365
#UKraine: 3. UA Special Forces spotted an RU recon team recovering a drone & followed them "back home" to base. Boom! RU losses yesterday included 860 dead, 23 APV, 17 tanks, 44 artillery systems (!) & 1 plane (Su-25) + 1 helicopter (Mi-8) #tweet365
#Ukraine: Today’s latest news from #UkraineWar: 1. S of #Orikhiv UA forces destroyed a T-72 tank & a BTR tracked infantry fighting vehicle & continued to repulse attacks around #Verbove. #tweet365 (Map: @ChuckPfarrer)
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#Ukraine: 2. Pres. Zelensky arrived in #Granada, #Spain today to take part in the European Political Community Summit. “Working together with partners to enhance European Security Architecture,” said the President. Useful meeting on sidelines. #tweet365
#Ukraine: 3. At the Granada meeting, #Spain said it would transfer 6 MIM-23 Hawk air defence systems to UA with a range of 28-31 miles (45-50kms) & #Germany working to send another Patriot missile system this winter. #UK providing $500 in winter fuel payments. #tweet365
#Ukraine: Today’s latest updates from #UkraineWar: 1. Having crossed railway lines E of #Andriivka, S of #Bakhmut, UA have consolidated their positions, dislodged RU from a tree line & pushed them significantly back. #tweet365 (Map: @ChuckPfarrer)
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#Ukraine: 2. S of #Bakhmut at #Klishchiivka & #Andriivka + #Hryhorivka to N, RU attacks have been repelled, despite numerous RU air strikes all along the front. A large group of RU infantry were destroyed by UA using sniper rifles in W Bakhmut. #tweet365 (Map: @mhmck)
#Ukraine: 3. #UK Intel comments on “friendly fire” downing of an RU S-35 (5th Su-35 lost) reported yesterday & RU’s increasing dependence on its Naval Aviation as the Black Sea Fleet becomes largely redundant. #tweet365