Welcome to the daily news thread for Day 338 of the #RussianUkrainianWar, with all the important bits, hopefully some stories you won't see elsewhere and a bit of comment too as #Ukraine continues its heroic defence of freedom and democracy.
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Awful start to yesterday, but a quiet end to the day and still calm this Friday morning so far.
If you need to catch up on Thursday's events, here's the link to the start of yesterday's thread - scroll through at your leisure.
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If you need to catch up on Thursday's events, here's the link to the start of yesterday's thread - scroll through at your leisure.
#StandWithUkraine
https://twitter.com/TWMCLtd/status/1618404424736702466
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First let's update you on the territorial situation at the front. You probably know I seldom publish or link to maps; to be frank many are guesswork and often out of date.
The British MoD has validated my previous rebuttal of #Russia's claims of gains in #Zaporizhzhia oblast
First let's update you on the territorial situation at the front. You probably know I seldom publish or link to maps; to be frank many are guesswork and often out of date.
The British MoD has validated my previous rebuttal of #Russia's claims of gains in #Zaporizhzhia oblast
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The more worrying area remains around #Bakhmut.
We can still proudly state #BakhmutHolds but I've had it confirmed #Russia has made ground westward to the south of the the town.
The threaten to take the T-0504 near Stupochky, the main remaining supply line.
#StopRussia
The more worrying area remains around #Bakhmut.
We can still proudly state #BakhmutHolds but I've had it confirmed #Russia has made ground westward to the south of the the town.
The threaten to take the T-0504 near Stupochky, the main remaining supply line.
#StopRussia
More astonishing losses for #Russia as they see wave after wave of Wagner convicts and newly mobilised wiped out in #Donetsk and #Zaporizhzhia.
Another 850 dead today says #Ukraine.
That's 18,750 killed in January, a record month.
Total dead is now up 18% since 31 December.
Another 850 dead today says #Ukraine.
That's 18,750 killed in January, a record month.
Total dead is now up 18% since 31 December.
Overnight an excellent interview on Canadian TV with PM of #Poland.
Mateusz Morawiecki gave numbers "we are ready to send 60 of our modernised tanks, 30 of them PT-91. And on top of those tanks, 14 Leopards"
Canada has now joined the tank coalition
ctvnews.ca/canada/better-…
Mateusz Morawiecki gave numbers "we are ready to send 60 of our modernised tanks, 30 of them PT-91. And on top of those tanks, 14 Leopards"
Canada has now joined the tank coalition
ctvnews.ca/canada/better-…
From a tank coalition, eyes turn to fighter-jets
The #USA hinted yesterday they may donate F16s to #Ukraine. Previously #Netherlands indicated willingness to support with modern aircraft.
#France's LeClerc tanks may not be too helpful, so Paris can step up with fighter jets too
The #USA hinted yesterday they may donate F16s to #Ukraine. Previously #Netherlands indicated willingness to support with modern aircraft.
#France's LeClerc tanks may not be too helpful, so Paris can step up with fighter jets too
Today is #HolocaustMemorialDay
I just heard Dame Joanna Lumley at an event in London saying "remember people were murdered just for who they were."
Exactly, and it's happening again now in #Ukraine
And Reuters spoke to a survivor of Nazi Germany & Russia
reuters.com/world/europe/h…
I just heard Dame Joanna Lumley at an event in London saying "remember people were murdered just for who they were."
Exactly, and it's happening again now in #Ukraine
And Reuters spoke to a survivor of Nazi Germany & Russia
reuters.com/world/europe/h…
In #Kyiv, too much power's being used so emergency cuts are applied again. This follows yesterday's missile attack by #Russia.
#Ukraine has still not really explained where all the missiles hit and how all 11 victims died.
Meanwhile explosions today in #Kyiv are planned demining
#Ukraine has still not really explained where all the missiles hit and how all 11 victims died.
Meanwhile explosions today in #Kyiv are planned demining
In yesterday's multi-missile attack, it's now known that #Russia again fired an "empty" nuclear-warhead at #Kyiv.
An interesting read here about why the Kremlin may be doing this.
#RussiaIsATerroristState
en.defence-ua.com/news/once_agai…
An interesting read here about why the Kremlin may be doing this.
#RussiaIsATerroristState
en.defence-ua.com/news/once_agai…
#Ukraine's President Zelenskyy, himself Jewish of course, recorded a message on #HolocaustMemorialDay
https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1618900720497074176
Last week @ZelenskyyUa enacted a law to prevent public officials leaving the country amid growing anger at the elite swanning off abroad, leaving the war and power cuts behind.
An investigation here tracks public figures "hiding" in UAE, "Dubai Battalion"
pravda.com.ua/articles/2023/…
An investigation here tracks public figures "hiding" in UAE, "Dubai Battalion"
pravda.com.ua/articles/2023/…
#Russia continues to shell many areas of #Kherson region.
A 62 year old man was killed and 3 injured in the village of #Kozatske. Others have been wounded in #Beryslav and #Olhivka.
Private residences are frequently targeted.
#RussiaIsATerroristState
A 62 year old man was killed and 3 injured in the village of #Kozatske. Others have been wounded in #Beryslav and #Olhivka.
Private residences are frequently targeted.
#RussiaIsATerroristState
Anger in #Kyiv region at another politician who's accused of locking residents out of their apartments.
This is #Irpin: the owner of a residential complex is also a local councillor. Families say they paid for repair after war damage but remain homeless.
censor.net/ua/blogs/33957…
This is #Irpin: the owner of a residential complex is also a local councillor. Families say they paid for repair after war damage but remain homeless.
censor.net/ua/blogs/33957…
Very interesting insight of a Prisoner of War camp in #Ukraine.
One inmate said "we were sent to the war to fight for ourselves. It's not clear for whom or against whom."
washingtonpost.com/world/interact…
One inmate said "we were sent to the war to fight for ourselves. It's not clear for whom or against whom."
washingtonpost.com/world/interact…
I wrote earlier about the planned explosions in #Kyiv region today.
In Vyshhorod and Boryspil' they've been making unexploded shells and mines safe, with the police releasing this video of their work:
#StandWithUkraine
In Vyshhorod and Boryspil' they've been making unexploded shells and mines safe, with the police releasing this video of their work:
#StandWithUkraine
A young mother has been killed in today's shelling of #Kherson.
The 24-year-old was hit by shrapnel when a rocket hit #Kamyshany, just west of the city.
Her husband was injured, but their 6 year old daughter has lost her mother.
The 24-year-old was hit by shrapnel when a rocket hit #Kamyshany, just west of the city.
Her husband was injured, but their 6 year old daughter has lost her mother.
Two civilians have also died under #Russia's grads in #ChasivYar
The small town lies west of #Bakhmut in #Donetsk region.
Huge damage there today.
#StopRussia
The small town lies west of #Bakhmut in #Donetsk region.
Huge damage there today.
#StopRussia
A military spokesman confirms two big energy targets were hit by #Russia yesterday, using their "kinzhal" hypersonic missiles which #Ukraine cannot yet intercept.
Yuriy Ignat says Russia hit the sites in #Kyiv and #Zaporizhzia to leave people without electricity, a war crime.
Yuriy Ignat says Russia hit the sites in #Kyiv and #Zaporizhzia to leave people without electricity, a war crime.
Another Russian plane has been shot down.
The Su-25 attack jet was downed over #Donetsk by a unit of #Ukraine's anti-aircraft missile brigade.
#StopRussia #StandWithUkraine
The Su-25 attack jet was downed over #Donetsk by a unit of #Ukraine's anti-aircraft missile brigade.
#StopRussia #StandWithUkraine
#Ukraine️ said it needed 300 modern tanks from partners.
This infographic reckons they may just make that figure.
#StandWithUkraine #TankAlliance
This infographic reckons they may just make that figure.
#StandWithUkraine #TankAlliance
The Director of the Auschwitz museum used #HolocaustMemorialDay to accuse #Putin of behaving like Hitler.
Piotr Cywinski said "Auschwitz was created by Nazi megalomania and a similar sick megalomania and lust for power" has driven #Russia's destruction of Mariupol & Donetsk."
Piotr Cywinski said "Auschwitz was created by Nazi megalomania and a similar sick megalomania and lust for power" has driven #Russia's destruction of Mariupol & Donetsk."
As a row over #Russia's athletes possibly being allowed to compete at the Paris Olympics, President #Zelenskyy has invited IOC President Mr. Bach to #Bakhmut "so that he can see with his own eyes that neutrality does not exist."
Lord Seb Coe may challenge Bach for the Presidency
Lord Seb Coe may challenge Bach for the Presidency
Could do with a little more information, but #Ukraine's forces seem happy.
Planes incoming?
Great... but why the hell didn't true supporters do this 9 months ago.
Planes incoming?
Great... but why the hell didn't true supporters do this 9 months ago.
https://twitter.com/DefenceU/status/1619030519194480640
#Ukraine's leading and most progressive university, #Mohyla, has outright banned use of the Russian language anywhere in its grounds.
For many years lectures were not allowed in Russian.
For many years lectures were not allowed in Russian.
More rockets hitting infrastructure in #Zaporizhzhia.
A man has been hospitalised after this strike. A fire broke out at the site of the blast.
#RussiaIsATerroristState
A man has been hospitalised after this strike. A fire broke out at the site of the blast.
#RussiaIsATerroristState
In his evening address, President #Zelenskyy admitted the situation is toughest now and very difficult in #Bakhmut (RU: #Artemovsk) and #Vuhledar (#Ugledar)
Here's a video 'postcard' from the latter - yet another town just obliterated by #Russia with no regard for residents.
Here's a video 'postcard' from the latter - yet another town just obliterated by #Russia with no regard for residents.
Explosion in #KryvyiRih (RU #KrivoyRog) this evening, in the southern part of #Dnipropetrovsk region.
#RussiaIsATerroristState #StopRussia
#RussiaIsATerroristState #StopRussia
Video's appeared of the moment one of #Russia's hypersonic Kinzhal missiles his #Odesa (#Odessa) yesterday lunchtime.
I cannot verify it, but it looks genuine, and now it's absolutely clear why there are problems with energy supplies in #Ukraine again.
I cannot verify it, but it looks genuine, and now it's absolutely clear why there are problems with energy supplies in #Ukraine again.
Apologies I've not been interacting last couple of days. Twitter has been dodgy and not notifying me of many replies etc.
Going to try go through them manually now. But if you have info/suggestions/tip-offs, DMs are open
Thanks everyone for following and supporting.
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Going to try go through them manually now. But if you have info/suggestions/tip-offs, DMs are open
Thanks everyone for following and supporting.
💙💛
#RussiaOnFire
In the west of #Moscow a big blaze at the Sindika market.
No casualties reported. Not yet known exactly what burns or how it started.
In the west of #Moscow a big blaze at the Sindika market.
No casualties reported. Not yet known exactly what burns or how it started.
UPD: #RussiaOnFire
A new video of the #Moscow fire.
Officials say a warehouse caught fire, possibly storing lubricants and/or fuel.
The blaze is at the 65km mark of the Moscow Ring Road (MKAD)
A new video of the #Moscow fire.
Officials say a warehouse caught fire, possibly storing lubricants and/or fuel.
The blaze is at the 65km mark of the Moscow Ring Road (MKAD)
#Ukraine likened to Afghanistan by #Hungary PM Orban.
He reportedly described its neighbour as a 'wasteland'
reuters.com/world/europe/u…
He reportedly described its neighbour as a 'wasteland'
reuters.com/world/europe/u…
Missed this earlier.
Yet athletes from Russia and Belarus can compete at the @Olympics?
Shame on them.
Yet athletes from Russia and Belarus can compete at the @Olympics?
Shame on them.
https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1618906409613287424?t=aYwtf0qvAdQjQWqoYpifJg&s=19
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