Day 321 of #Russia's war. There's been outright war in Europe for every month of the past year after the unprovoked aggression started with bombs and the invasion of #Ukraine last February.
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Everyone in #Ukraine is awaiting news from #Soledar on the eastern front. It's not looking good with supply lines possibly having been effectively cut - #Russia has fire control over the main route in to the town in #Donetsk oblast.
Russians are sacrificing 1000s but may succeed
Here's a photo of the car in which two people died in #Kramatorsk.
#Russia's rockets hit the car and road last night.
More details are being reported on the mystery of how and where #Ukraine hit a Russian boat yesterday.
Sources say it happened on the River Dnipro in #Kherson region, at Bilohrudove near to #HolaPrystan. The vessel was hit by artillery from the right bank.
Big media finally cover the disappearance in #Ukraine of volunteers Andrew Bagshaw and Chris Parry.
However, they're reporting that both are British. I wrote yesterday Mr Bagshaw, from Christchurch, is a New Zealander. But he does hold dual citizenship
In #Kherson the Council has released photos of damage from the latest attack by #Russia on a residential area of the city.
Deputy Chairman Yuriy Sobolevskyi says this lake is the crater from the explosion. "There are no military targets nearby. They're terrorists."
This is becoming far too common. #Russia gets to know where humanitarian aid distribution points are and looks to be deliberately shelling them. It cannot be coincidence. It can be called evil and terrorism.
One of the very few overseas politicians to visit east #Ukraine, she visited the badly bombed district of Saltivka and met medics during her tour alongside Kharkiv's Mayor +🇺🇦's FM
In occupied #Donetsk,rockets hit one of the city's mines.
Here is the damage to the Skochinsky mine in the Kirovsky district of the city.
It's reported that #Ukraine has captured a popular Telegram propagandist.
Anatoly Dryomov has amassed almost 50,000 subscribers to his Telegram channel while fighting for #Russia
Here is a screenshot of the man said to be him, being questioned plus earlier pics from his channel
#Russia refuses to admit the true losses and won't publish names of the dead
However Ukraine has just released another intercepted call where a woman says her husband helped transport 22 truck loads of bodies.
Unverified
#Russia's propaganda channels and war bloggers claim #Wagner mercenaries have entered the centre of #Soledar and captured the local Admin/Council building.
Obviously these are as yet unconfirmed reports which #Ukraine denies
Meanwhile here's a recent satellite photo of the town
Two Russians reportedly injured tonight in #Belgorod.
The local Governor says the border village of #Shebekino has been repeatedly shelled.
#Wagner militants released a short video claiming to have taken control of the administration building in the centre of the town.
Here's a screenshot and it was noticeable they shot very tightly, not showing surroundings.
2/3 Gunfire can also be heard in the clip so there is still fighting.
Also, thanks to Google, we can clearly see #Wagner were NOT at the main council building in the centre of #Soledar, which is shown here:
3/3 A few more searches reveals the old school number 14 was turned into #Soledar council buildings 3 years ago. It matches the facade in the video.
This WikiMapia photo was taken before the inscription was added.
Thanks @Chr39548346 for correcting me. School 14 is <200m away
Very sadly, the photos/news on Telegram about missing volunteer Chris Parry was a sick fake
The photos did not show up on image searches, but found the originals now - taken from Chris' instagram account when he had an op in 2016.
Chris and Andrew are still missing near Bakhmut
Russians write that they've given #Ukraine's troops in #Soledar a midnight deadline to surrender.
I doubt this is true and even if it is, there will not be a surrender. There is still a route out albeit now far more dangerous than a few days ago.
Explosions in #Kharkiv confirmed.
No further details yet.
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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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The war Russia inflicted on Ukraine enters Day 1120
Ukraine, a country which never invaded another, never killed anyone abroad; a fully democratic nation where only one President has ever won a second term in office.
Here's THE daily thread for Wednesday, with all the news.
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.
Catch up here:
It's official. tRUmp's supposed skill at making a deal is absolutely RANK
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#TraitorTrump promised a deal with his mate in NK, got nothing.
He handed the Taliban everything, got nothing.
Now, ending the war in 24 hours turned into humiliation
Putin, the aggressor, the war criminal, presiding over countless heinous crimes, executions, kidnapping of children, is about to be given a pass by Donald J Trump.
The despot and the wannabe talk today.
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Yesterday saw an explosive end to a day which started with mystery surrounding a Ukraine hit in Russia, and moved through the thread with some harrowing and shocking tales and scenes from Kherson.
Welcome to my daily thread, covering all things #Ukraine every single day since even before the first day of Russia's full invasion.
This is Day 1110 of Putin's long promised land grab - he's also pledged to reunite the rest of the USSR.
More atrocities overnight, let's begin:
For those loving people who urge me to get more sleep, you will be pleased to know there was no alarm this morning; I am refreshed and ready to tackle JD TRussia again.
A busy Friday ended with news of the awful attack in free Donetsk, catch up here:
Today sees the completion of 3 years of full scale war unleashed by #Russia on #Ukraine.
As signs point to an end to this war relatively soon, the ONLY question which should be asked is: are you happy to reward war-criminal terrorists with land?
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It's Day 1096 of #Russia 's war.
If you missed anything yesterday, catch up on Saturday's news here:
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.
On the other hand, Moscow attacks civilians. Take a look at what you missed: