#Ukraine: Latest news updates from #UkraineWar: 1. RU making repeated attacks across P-66 road at #Kreminna & on UA positions in forest area W of city. RU also shelling on part of Kreminna urban area, which suggests some sort of UA presence. #tweet100 (Map: @ChuckPfarrer)
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#Ukraine: 2. Multiple attacks along the #Svatove/#Kreminna axis suggest forecasted new RU offensive has already started. However, suicidal RU attacks have led to massive casualties. Record 1030 Russians died yesterday says UA, +14 tanks & 28 APV taken out of commission. #tweet100
#Ukraine: 3. At #Bakhmut, RU forces continue attacks NE & S of the city, but have not encircled it as of yesterday. Heavy street battles in the Zabakhmutka district. Short message from UA troops in the centre: #tweet100
#Ukraine: 4. Between #Bakhmut & #Slovyansk, RU troops said to have crossed E-40 road, while heavy fighting continues at contested #Berkhivka, SW of #KrasnaHora. UA fighter explains why he continues to fight, subtitles:
#Ukraine: 5. UA Border Guards shot down today yet another RU Su-25 fighter jet providing air cover for RU troops nr #Bakhmut, using a Manpad. Pilot apparently captured alive. View of crash site:
#Ukraine: 6. At #Vuhledar RU attacks were thwarted by UA mines and artillery which took out a whole column of approaching RU armour - some just abandoned as Russians ran away under fire. #tweet100 (Map: @chuckPfarrer)
#Ukraine: 7. The RU "fire virus" struck again this morning at Lukoil refinery nr #Kstovo in Nizhny #Novogorod region of Russia. 5 loud explosions were also reported from an RU site in #Mariuopol where RU had recently placed air defence & other equipment.
#Ukraine: 8. In further moves to distance UA from RU, the Ukraine Greek Catholic Church, with about 10% of worshippers in UA, has officially changed its celebration of Christmas date to 25th December rather than 7th January. #tweet100 (Pic: @GlasnostGone)
#Ukraine: 9. UK Intel says RU have only gained "several 100 metres a week" since early Jan & this is unlikely to affect the war's outcome in coming weeks. Somehting burning at #Makiivka:
#Ukraine: 10. Reports from #Germany say that they will send, in conjunction with #Denmark & #Netherlands, between 100 & 178/181 (reports vary) older Leopard 1 tanks to UA.
#Ukraine: Today's latest news from #UkraineWar: UA carried out a combined drone & ATACMS missile attack on the Beriev Aviation Scientific-Technical Complex in #Taganrog, RU, 150km from the UA frontline. At least a dozen explosions & 14 burned vehicles in the parking lot.
#Ukraine: 2. The #Taganrog complex is responsible for producing the RU A-50/100 AWACS planes. RU soldiers have rioted over poor treatment of the injured. #UK MOD summarises the situation: x.com/DefenceHQ/stat…
(Infographic: @ChuckPfarrer) x.com/UKikaski/statu…
#Ukraine: 3. UA used its new "Peklo" (Hell) missile for the 1st time, 6 missiles successfully striking the Transneft oil depot in #Bryansk. x.com/LXSummer1/stat…x.com/i/status/18666…
#Ukraine: Today's update on #UkraineWar & other related events: 1. Today's news is dominated by #Syria, where Islamic rebels completed their overthrow of the Assad regime by taking #Damascus overnight. This evening Assad & his family appeared in Moscow where RU has given them asylum "on humanitarian grounds." x.com/bradyafr/statu… (Map: @Loveuamap)
#Ukraine: 2. The Syrian Army seems to have melted away, showing little resistance to the rebel tide, many Assad troops defecting. Assad's core Alawite sect (Shia Muslim like Iran) along the coastal strip were expected to support him, but in the end they defected too, many tearing down statues of Assad & his father.
#Ukraine: 3. So ends the 54 year-old dynasty of the Assad family, which in the end collapsed completely in 11 days. When rebels entered the coastal cities of Tartus & Latakia, Assad's overthrow was complete. Women & children released from prison in #Saydnaya: x.com/ThomasVLinge/s…x.com/RamiSafadi93/s…
#Ukraine: Today's latest info THREAD on #UkraineWar: 1. UA forces have cleaned RU forces from #Kupiansk city, #Kharkiv region, & driven them back beyond the outskirts where UA now maintain control. RU channels calling RU withdrawal a "disgrace." RU's FSB "Hammer" bombed in #Tyotkino, #Kursk region: (Map: Deep State)
#Ukraine: 2. Last night, RU launched a record 188 Shahed drones against UA. UA Air Force downed 76 drones across 17 regions & 95 were "lost" as a result of electronic warfare (EW) intervention. 5 drones flew on to Belarus. 2 people killed in Sumy region & 40
injured across UA.
#Ukraine: 3. Despite UA's continued resistance, analysts say RU has gained 600sqkm (232sqmls) since Nov, 234.79sqkm (90sqmls) in the last week. The advance is fastest near #VelykaNovosilka, Donetsk region. RU have also advanced 33sqkm (12.7 sqmls) nr #Pokrovsk, a key UA military hub in Donetsk.
#Ukraine: Today's reports from #UkraineWar: 1. UA forces launched counterattacks E of #Pokrovsk & are reported to have recaptured the #Novogradovskyaya mine, as well as retaking territory S of M-30 highway. THREAD (Map: @ChuckPfarrer)
#Ukraine: 2. In #Kursk region a 14km road is being called the "Road of Death" by Russians as it is under UA fire & drone control & is strewn with destroyed RU vehicles. RU's 155th Marine Brigade, accused of war crimes against UA POWs, suffered most damage.
#Ukraine: 3. UA forces destroyed a BM-27 Uragan 220mm MLRS using FPV drones. A vehicle carrying RU troops hit an anti-tank mine dropped in place earlier by UA: x.com/GloOouD/status…x.com/front_ukrainia…
#Ukraine: Today’s latest updates from #UkraineWar: 1. Last night UA successfully attacked a RU warehouse containing as many as 400 Shahed-136 drones nr #Yeysk, #Krasnodar region of RU, using UA Navy R-360 Neptune cruise missiles. THREAD
#Ukraine: 2. The RU oil depot at #Feodosiia, #Crimea is still burning 3 days after an attack by UA. RU sources say the fire will not be extinguished until the fire burns itself out.
#Ukraine: 3. #UK’s Telegraph reports that RU has suspended production of its Su-57 fighter jets because of sanctions preventing it from obtaining crucial electronic parts. UA troops capture a fully intact satellite comme station:
#Ukraine: Today’s latest reports from #UkraineWar: 1. UA last night attacked with drones, the RU missile & ammo storage facility at #Kotluban in RU, #Volgograd region. Reports say a delivery of missiles from #Iran arrived the night before. THREAD
#Ukraine: 2. Also in RU, the “Wildberries” warehouse at #Barnaul, with tanks nearby, was set on fire & burnt down. Cause of the fire is still unknown. In #Kursk region another turtle tank was eliminated:
#Ukraine: 3. Also in #Kursk region, a RU BMD tried to attack UA defensive positions but it was hit by a grenade launcher. Nr #Pleghovo, UA FPV drones + artillery, blocked another huge RU armoured attack.