Meanwhile here's today's Intel update from the UK.
If #Russia stopped this war it would have no problem fulfilling its new plans.
There's much talk of Russia having 1m or soon 1.5m strong army. In truth, with paramilitary and reserves they can call on 3.5+ million.
#Ukraine's MoD has hit back at corruption when it became known they were paying up to 3 x the usual cost of food for troops.
They claim there are signs of "manipulation" and that reports are misleading. A full investigation is underway.
Here's a translation of its FB post
It's hardly a surprise. Soon "historical" books directly about Putin will be on the school syllabus; already some material relating to the "Special Military Operation" in #Ukraine is being taught.
A story I haven't covered much here is the murder of Denis Kireev on Day 10 of the war.
He was shot by #Ukraine's SBU (Intelligence), but now the country's overall Spy Chief, Kyrylo Budanov says Kireev was NOT a traitor. So he was assassinated by traitors radiosvoboda.org/a/%D0%B2%D0%B1…
Following on from 2 of the last 3 tweets I want to acknowledge there is a huge amount of corruption in #Ukraine
It's getting better but slowly. As expert Oleh Lysnyi told me in my new film (released 13 Feb), it's a legacy from Russian/Soviet occupation:
#Ukraine's General Staff claims it hit a "VIP" hospital in #Luhansk region, reserved exclusively to treat invading Chechens
They say the pinpoint strike happened in #Kadiivka (RU: #Stakhanov) where a factory has secretly been equipped with everything needed for injured soldiers.
It's 8 days since the last mass missile attack by #Russia. It was the day the apartment block in #Dnipro was hit.
But #Ukraine's Southern Command lets it be known there are still 4 missile carriers in the Black Sea, armed with a salvo of 32 Cruise missiles ready to fire.
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Another video released by #Ukraine's Armed Forces here as they pour scorn on #Russia's claims of gains in #Zaporizhzhia region.
I've seen no evidence of any RU offensive gaining ground. Ukraine says it holds better positions and wipes out Russian advances at will.
Fire engulfs a private house in occupied #NovaKakhovka after more shelling.
Both sides blame the other. It does benefit #Russia to make remaining locals think it's #Ukraine doing this and helps their plan to (forcibly) evacuate people to under-populated Russia.
After a string of recent forced landings and diversions of passenger aircraft in #Russia, today a Ryanair flight from #Poland had to respond to a bomb threat.
The plane safely landed in #Greece where no threat was found.
Some rocket and shelling in #Donetsk region today.
Occupiers are reporting multiple 155mm shells have hit #Panteleimonivka, a hamlet midway between #Horlivka and #Makiivka.
Meanwhile in #Ilovaisk they've shown these photos of a missile but no news of the damage caused.
Michael G - a shout out for a very welcome donation to my coffee fund. Thank you sir.
One of my long time followers writes a substack, think you can access this free. He's an overseas non native English speaker. Sure they'd welcome your feedback.
The owner of a well known Telegram opposition channel in #Belarus says he was told to close the group after his 15 year old brother was kidnapped by police.
Remember previously #Lukashenka hijacked a Ryanair jet. How is Belarus NOT a terrorist state?
A shout of thanks to Sara C for giving me a tip for compiling these threads every single day of the war so far.
See my profile for the link.
#Russia invaded #Ukraine
Russia made up "threats" about 🇺🇦 + #NATO
In 2014 Putin lied that NATO was making a base on #Crimea.
Putin moved missiles to Kaliningrad, then complained about NATO missiles near Russia.
War cemetery in #Kharkiv - the deaths must not be in vain.
🎼Kalush
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It continues to be fairly quiet in #Ukraine with no major missile attack for 9 days and even mortar attacks are less frequent in some of the usual hotspots.
In #Sumy for instance 'just' 15 mortars in Novoslobidsk and Shalyhinsk was shelled with artillery just once.
No injuries.
#Russia has now lost over 120,000 soldiers from its' regular army. Another huge daily number of sacrificial lambs on the altar of Tsar Putin: 860, one of the highest ever.
Also decent equipment numbers hit by #Ukraine according to their estimates.
Need to catch up on yesterday's news?
Missed the one about Russian doctors setting their own patient on fire, or the suspected #Ukraine hits of #Russia's bases in two regions?
Today may be a landmark day in the war.
All eyes on #Rammstein where the regular meeting of #Ukraine's allies will take place, and I am confident a number of nations will supply #Leopard-2 tanks to Kyiv even if #Germany continues to object.
Hello and welcome to the #Ukraine daily thread for the 330th time.
Yes, Thursday is Day 330 of #Russia's illegal war and still the bickering goes on between Freedom allies about whether to give Ukraine tanks to defend itself.
All the news throughout the day in one handy thread..
Busy yesterday? need a recap?
Scroll through Wednesday's news from #Ukraine here, where there was only one big story, as yet another tragedy hit the country.