Hello and welcome to day 349 of #Russia's war of choice.
#Ukraine still defends valiantly, but the west's tardiness to act has placed them under severe pressure for the next 6 weeks until trained troops return with some new toys.
All the news in one thread, read on...
First the link to yesterday in case you were busy or just want a summary.
A lot of flim flam was written but actually you missed very little. Here's one of the shortest threads of the last 11 months so far:
The clock is ticking if #Russia is to meet #Putin's 25th "deadline" (that's a guess, don't take me literally)
The little man with a big anger issue is clearly intent on taking all of Donbas before the anniversary, or 1 March latest.
British intel doesn't think they'll do it.
Absolutely insane losses and a new record today.
These are only #Ukraine's estimates, but everyone at the front we hear from concurs #Russia just sends wave after wave of meat to attack, with zero regard for human life.
OVER 1,000 dead in one day, big equipment numbers too.
#Russia's campaign to ensure bomb shelters are available across the nation has silently been underway for months according to the Moscow Times.
Nizhny Novgorod alone is spending 50m rubles on updating shelters.
A photo from #Kharkiv oblast where #Russia shelling hit a hospital in Vovchansk, #Chuhuiv district overnight. 8 people were evacuated from the bomb shelter there.
In the #Kupiansk area, two 5-storey residential buildings were hit along with a private house and farm buildings.
#Ukraine's southern command, which monitors movement in the Black Sea, reports that all #Russia's missile carriers have returned to port.
Press Centre spokeswoman Nataliia Humenyuk says it's due to weather conditions.
Today's chapter comes from #Kstovo in the Nizhny Novgorod region.
What a shame to see another oil refinery on fire!
Local officials say the cause is still unknown!
I missed this yesterday. There's no proof this happened and you'd normally class it as certain propaganda. But then you realise #Russia has done just as bad things, so it could also be true.
#Ukraine's defence forces have shot down another plane of #Russia's air force.
It happened near #Bakhmut when Border Guards with MANPADS hit the Su-25 attack jet. This is supposedly the scene of the plane crashing. It's not known what happened to the pilot.
In occupied #NovaKakohvka a transformer caught light.
The cause is unknown. #Ukraine has accused #Russia of repeatedly shelling the town it controls in a bid to force the local population to move to Russia.
Day 1233 of a war that's the biggest threat to the future stability of the lives of every person reading this.
The root cause is extremist, imperialist and anti-democratic forces being allowed to wage war unchecked. Ukraine in the firing line today, but who's next? Here's the🧵
Another very difficult night for Ukraine, especially Kyiv, with more deaths now confirmed in the capital.
It was a second successive very long and loud night for many. To bring yourself up to date on all yesterday's news, click the link:
First breaking news this morning from Kyiv, where a man has been shot dead in the Holosiivskyi district of the capital.
It's now been confirmed that the victim is a colonel of the Security Service of Ukraine.
The gunman used fired from a gun with a silencer and fled in a SUV.
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I've literally just finished Friday's thread, with an extraordinary flurry of late news from inside Russia rounding off another bumper thread, stretching to 60 posts.
A late start to today's thread on Day 1216 of Russia's war of choice, after another late finish due to the latest murderous attack on civilians by Putin's horde.
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Kyiv was again the target overnight, details at the end of yesterday's thread.
But a lot of important and interesting stories Sunday, including how the animal kingdom took revenge on one traitor, but more pain for Ukraine as a training ground is again hit
Zelenskyy is visiting my shores today, speaking with Sir Keir Starmer to discuss joint defence protection, which will probably see an agreement on manufacturing.
Ukraine's leader points out the hypocrisy of Russia, condemning the US strikes in Iran then hours later hitting Kyiv
Russia displayed outright Nazism + Fascism on Friday.
From killing in Ukraine, more utterings from the war-criminal in chief, to locking up young women and taking legal action against small independent new sites.