This morning I heard "TV vet" Scott on BBC Five Live in a surprisingly emotional interview.
It also highighted some of the unseen problems such as "orphaned" or abandoned pets now having pups or kittens of their own in the wild.
Geat work from @btc_int
If #Ukraine pulls out of #Bakhmut these twin cities will be right on the front line.
Nothing is sacred for #Russia - even the church in Kramatork is damaged (the small sign says "mines☠️")
Last night it appears there was a new strike on #Russia's bases in #Zaporizhzhia.
Black smoke rose "for several hours" over neighbouring villages of Novokarlivka and Inzhenerne, about 10km from #Polohy
It's also known a railway bridge in Novokarlivka was damaged the day before.
Much of #Odesa city and the region is without power this morning after "an accident"
Officials stress there were no strikes by #Russia, but a substation is on fire, causing outages in the Suvorovsky, Primorsky, Malinovsky districts of #Odessa and part of the wider region.
Thank you to Ali, Carolynne and David for submitting story suggestions via DM today - indeed it was Carolynne who spotted the last one.
UK Intel highlights another fairly pointless announcement by #Russia.
It's all designed to give the impression to their own soldiers and the domestic audience back home that "everything is going to plan"
P.S. they fail to mention none of the 4 regions is under total🇷🇺 control🤡
In #Belgorod they're trying to downplay the scale of the huge fire in #Borisov
The Governor said “A civilian industrial facility in Borisov was attacked by #Ukraine. The fire was contained... Thank God that no one was hurt"
The yellow "terrorism" threat is extended indefinitely
More good news - 116 Prisoners of War have been returned to #Ukraine in the latest swap deal
Andriy Yermak from the President's Office says they are "defenders of #Mariupol, #Kherson partisans, snipers from #Bakhmut area"
Two of the released are officers, 114 privates/sergeants
USA's Attorney General Merrick Garland has confirmed #Ukraine is to get the value of forfeited assets of a Russian oligarch for the first time.
It follows the indictment of Konstantin Malofeev for evading sanctions. Millions were seized from Malofeev's US bank account.
📷UaOnlii
LOL. I hope this is true.
Someone (pretending to be) from #Ukraine's Security Service hacked a regional meeting of the Occupiers, informed the meeting they were on the wanted list and blasted the Ukrainian National Anthem.
Those who smiled could be in trouble😅
The bodies of British humanitarian volunteers, Chris Parry + Andrew Bagshaw are back in #Kyiv.
There was a memorial service in Kyiv this week. There's a lovely article about UK/NZ national Andy here inc a video of the 2 working
#Ukraine's army loves TikTok.
Well to be more accurate they love watching #Russia's troops record videos of their locations, such as here.
It was soon geolocated and now the TikTok stars are deleted from life according to ZSU.
Oops, this missed the thread, so including it now:
These are only rumours but from the same MPs who predicted other departures successfully. They believe Reznikov will be moved to the President's Office.
Tomorrow Kyivans will be able to use electricity without restriction until 4pm.
I cannot remember the last time this was the case.
The situation in #Odesa, after the earlier fire at the substation, has improved also. But there will be emergency power cuts there tomorrow.
Also in #Odesa region today, a barge laden with 860 tons of wheat sank.
The #Romania owned vessel reported water began to flow into the engine room while it was in the port of Reni. Five Romanian sailors escaped.
UPDATE
...Of the 18 member management committee of Cycling's Governing body, it just so happens one is Russian, one from Chine and among the others a Cuban and a member from UAE.
UCI says the decision to readmit cyclists from #Russia and #Belarus was unanimous.
Still quiet this evening.
I wasn't going to include this but as there's not so much in today's thread, here you go.
#RussiaOnFire - only an apartment block where 3 flats went up in flames.
1/2 This morning, not just Kyiv badly attacked.
In fact, at the moment, more people are known to have died in Dnipro then the capital and that's where I'll start.
5 killed and 25 injured there plus 3 more wounded in Kamianske in the wider region.
Hello again.
Day 1552. A holiday in many countries "Whit Monday" in most, Spring holiday in others (inc UK) and Memorial Day in the U.S
But after 4 years and 3 months, memorials are still being made in Ukraine because our leaders, collectively, let them down.
Here's the daily🧵
I'm still not quite sure where Saturday ended and Sunday began - the days merged into one for me.
What I do know is there were >120 new posts over the 48 hours, that's an average one story every 24 minutes, over the entire two days.
1/2 There are new murderous attacks by Russia already today in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
Explosions have been heard in the city of Dnipro after an alert for ballistic missiles. Smoke can be seen, but no initial news of widespread damage, so hopefully air defence did its job.
Here we go again then. Day 1550 of Ukrainians wondering if they, their home, their relatives, will be bombed today.
About 16 million people have been born in the US and 15m in the EU since Russia started its full invasion of Ukraine.
Welcome to Saturday's daily🧵
Friday was a cracking thread, with vodka cheaper than a single tomato, legless Russians celebrating, Moscow claiming a college in occupied Luhansk wasn't housing Rubicon pilots and their drones and Ukraine causing more mayhem deep inside Russia.
#UkraineSanctions have been successfully employed again!
Lots of action in Russia last night, even before I closed the thread. Around 8am this morning another Ukraine strike in Perm' region, a distance of about 1700km.
Putin's gone from the expected capture of Kyiv before the end of Feb 2022 & annihilation of Ukraine's leaders & the country's culture, to begging China to keep it afloat & trying to quell dissenters at home as bombs fall!
The daily🧵
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Wednesday 20 May is Day 1547 of Putin's catastrophic full invasion of its peaceful neighbour.
Russia has lost a large part of a generation of men - dead, dying or those who managed to emigrate. Reserves spent, economy collapsing.
Putin, not Zelenskyy, is Russia's biggest enemy
Let's start the daily thread in the traditional manner with the link for the start of Tuesday's thread.
A lot more destruction on both sides, as Putin grovels in China. Click, but remember to come back for today's news...
Welcome to THE daily thread on Day 1546 of the war.
Russia is showing small signs of desperation.
More economic woes, more Ukraine air attacks deep inside Russia, a desperation to strengthen ties with allies and having to make new nuclear threats.
All the news in one place:
Here's the link back to the start of Monday's thread for those catching up.
A day when Russia lost more equipment, including a helicopter, but also bombed the hell out of Dnipro, while the EU looks for a lead negotiator to meet Putin.
One thing I learned last night I'll repost here as very few people saw it last night, and for Ukraine watchers it's very interesting and potentially important.
Will Zelenskyi dare fire Zaluzhnyi so he has no platform in the run up to an election?