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Feb 9, 2023 28 tweets 23 min read Read on X
Here is my daily thread number 351 on the #Russia-#Ukraine war. One for each day of the war.
News and analysis of all events covering #Putin's illegal war.

Yesterday's thread was limited by Twitter.
I (and most others) were unable to post after 9.30pm UK time.
#StandWithUkraine
In case you were wondering about that tweet which couldn't be loaded, I found it quite amusing as Chancellor Scholz went straight past his flag and to the #Ukraine lectern before being corrected by Zelenskyy!
President @ZelenskyyUa is now arriving in #Brussels to meet EU officials as he continues his mission to get fighter aircraft for #Ukraine.

We've had almost a year now and it really angers me that no-one foresaw this. We never truly protected Ukraine as Russia controls the skies.
#Russia has now lost over 135,000* soldiers, dead in the disastrous illegal invasion #Ukraine.

Not many equipment losses today, but again more than 900 sacrificial lambs to Tsar Putin.

* Ukraine estimates.
Founder of #Wagner (though he denied it for years), Yevgeniy Prigozhin has "announced" they are no longer recruiting prisoners. So,

1) No one else is stupid enough to sacrifice their lives
2) The only benefit of the war for #Russia is saving a ton of money locking up prisoners.
I cannot verify this, but the photo is reportedly of a queue for bread in Occupied #Mariupol'

Such progress living under #Russia!
Elon Musk and #Starlink have restricted #Ukraine use of the satellite system.

Astonishingly they claim it's been weaponised.
So Musk just wants Ukraine to keel over? New order from the Kremlin?

c4isrnet.com/battlefield-te…
The British MOD says no-one should plann an offensive in difficult weather conditions.

However, Putin doesn't care about conditions or tactics. Like Hitler, he won't accept "no" or "retreat".
The 24 Feb anniversary and the start of spring on 1 March are near, he demands results
Unrest in #Siberia!

The Russian run KHL ice hockey league, has told the team from #Novosibirsk to stop its fans from chanting "glory to Siberia" during the Russian national anthem.

m.sport-express.ru/hockey/khl/new…
#RussiaOnFire

Meanwhile, in #Novosibirsk today a suspected gas explosion in a block of flats.
As a result, the entrance completely collapsed . At least two people died and seven more were injured.
#Russia's Occupiers in #Berdyansk release a long video (I've edited this down) showing how they foiled an "assassination attempt" on collaborators

There are separate videos of two arrested men "admitting" to their crimes obviously under duress.
Just a bit surprised no Mein Kampf
President @ZelenskyyUa begins his speech in the European Parliament in Brussels with "Slava Ukraini"

#StandWithUkraine
Some German media already report that #Zelenskyy did enough to convince both Scholz and Macron to provide fighter jets to #Ukraine.

If this is true it will at last be something I would call a potential game changer. As long as the game is still in progress. Speed of the essence.
A standing ovation again for #Zelenskyy as he finishes his speech in Brussels, also ending with the words "Slava Ukraini"

The President of the European Parliament presents Zelenskyy with a flag of the EU.
The Ukraine national anthem is now being played in Brussels.
In #Kyiv's beautiful Mariinskyi Park, work is already underway to remove the statue of Vatunin.

Nikolai Vatutin was a WWII Soviet Commander, operating mainly in Ukraine, helping to fight off the Nazis, but keeping #Ukraine under subjugation by Moscow.
#RussiaOnFire
This chapter visits #Rostov-na-Don, a big city quite near the border with #Ukraine.

A fire in a prison has killed two convicts.
Surely just coincidence that no more prisoners are "volunteering" to sacrifice themselves in the war?
Ran out of characters - Thanks to @CarolynnePries1 for spotting the last story.
...

News just in - the 2025 World Swimming Championships, scheduled for #Kazan in #Russia have been moved by the governing body FINA, to #Singapore.
Following rumours that #Germany and #France will offer #Ukraine fighter jets, the Head of the President's Office in #Ukraine, @AndriyYermak has just said "The issue of long-range weapons and fighter jets for Ukraine has been resolved."

✈️🤞🇺🇦
Since 2 December, the number if #Russia's troops killed in #Ukraine has increased 50%.

That means a third of all 135,000 deaths happened in the last 69 days of the 351 day war.

Finally @carlsberg has sold its business in #Russia and left the market in the Terrorist State.
The cold snap in #Crimea, with overnight temperatures down to -10c, caused the Uchan-Su waterfall near Yalta to freeze.

In Tatar it means "flying water" and it's the highest waterfall in all of #Ukraine

#CrimeaIsUkraine
Occupiers are getting twitchy in #Crimea.

This document shows #Russia's puppet 'government' and the FCB introduced a Yellow (High) level of terrorist danger in many towns.

Funnily enough, all these lie within strike range of the GLSDB recently pledged by US to #Ukraine
In the Darnytsia region of #Kyiv one person has died in an exposion at a former factory.

It's thought a gas cylinder exploded. Mayor @Vitaliy_Klychko says six people were trapped under the rubble but most are rescued already.

#StandWithUkraine
Sad to learn that under Elon Musk's new plans for Twitter many, useful, automated services such as thread unroll, earthquake monitors, ground flash reports and possibly vid translators will all likely be unavailable as he starts charging them for automated tweets. @TwitterLive
Astonishing photos from near #Vuhledar in #Donetsk. There's an obsession to, or a fear of not, delivering Donetsk to Putin by the anniversary in 2 weeks.

Another #Russia unit decimated and no fewer than 31 T-72B3 tanks, BMP 1/2, MT-LB + 1 IMR were destroyed.
#Ukraine is being menaced by Iranian "mopeds" again.

There's an air raid alert in many regions with multiple drones reported in #Zaporizhzhia district now.

The fear is that drone "attacks" recently have been a precursor to a large scale missile attack the next day or two.
Wow! #Ukraine has confirmed this and it turned out to be significant.

The strikes were on #Berdyansk airport.
Ukraine claims 100 invaders were destroyed.
A warehouse with ammunition and fuel plus a radar station were also damaged.

Remember the smiling widows and mothers who got given fur coats to make up for their pain? Even then #Russia can stoop lower...
They took back the coats, one widow says, pretending they were getting better quality ones and now no-one answers their calls.

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Aug 31
Welcome to Day 1285 of Russia's war of choice.
Sunday 31 August, the last day of summer in the northern hemisphere and Russia's summer offensive is the latest failure.

Here's another daily thread - all the news all the time.
If you were busy on Saturday and missed some, or all, of the news from Ukraine, just click this link and find out what happened step by step throughout the day.

This time y'day I was reporting on Ukraine strikes on occupied Ukraine. Now satellite imagery and analysis from @avivector shows 2 Russian helicopters may have been destroyed in a drone attack on Simferopol airport.

There are signs of fire where Mi-8 + Mi-24 choppers had been. Image
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Aug 30
Saturday 30 August 2025. Day 1284 of Russia's full invasion of Ukraine.

And no matter where I am in the world, you know I am here every single day with fact-checked reports and analysis with my daily🧵

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As expected, it was another difficult night, with Russian missiles and drones criss-crossing Ukraine with little regard for human life.

Friday's thread turned into another 50-post effort, documenting fall out from the Kyiv attack and ending with another:
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The worst affected place in Russia's latest mass missile attack, was Zaporizhzhia.

One civilian was killed, 22 others injured. Boys aged 9 and 10, plus a 16 year old girl are among the wounded.

There's an almost haunting feel to this video of the aftermath of one location
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Aug 29
Friday 29 August. Day 1283 of the war on Ukraine.

As usual Russia received "condemnation" from all sides, but nothing ever happens, which encourages the war crimes + massacre of civilians.

Here's THE daily thread with all the important news and analysis & no fillers for clicks
Yesterday was dominated with events in Kyiv which suffered one of its bloodiest attacks of the war, with over 20 civilians murdered by Russia.

But Ukraine managed to hit a number of military targets from a missile carrier to refineries.
Catch up here:
20 past 6 in the morning in Kyiv and none of the nightmare of 24 hours ago.

Here's the current air map and it's been like that for a few hours. For real 'nerds' it's maybe interesting that the air raid alerts in Chernihiv and Sumy are now not region-wide but more specific. Image
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Aug 28
Day 1282 of Russia's all-out war is another very grim day with at least 15 civilians murdered by Putin's regime in clear attacks on residential buildings and areas of Kyiv.

Here's the Ukraine-Russia thread for Thursday 28 August 2025
A quiet start to Wednesday exploded into life - more importantly death - in the early hours in Kyiv.

To catch up with anything you may have missed click and scroll from here:

For anyone who missed it yesterday, I am on a different time zone, explaining a later start. It's 07:10 in New York where I am for a few days. So my apologies if you were looking for me earlier.

In the coming days I'll try to start the thread before I go to sleep here.
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Aug 27
Good morning world! It's Day 1281, so it must be thread number 1281 (4205 since the start of the Crimea invasion)

Every day documenting the news, without gratuitous gore, and the war crimes as Russia continues its unprovoked all-out war against a sovereign neighbour.
If you missed anything on Tuesday, it's simple to catch up. Just click this link for the start of yesterday's thread and scroll down to where you last read and then continue reading through to the end.
But remember to come back here!

A few people are asking about my health after my emergency trip to hospital.

I feel ok, and the eye is no worse, which is good news I think. Follow-up appointment in just over a week.

I've been given the ok to fly today - which will mean no updates later on in today's thread.
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Aug 21
Welcome to Thursday's thread with all the important news on Russia's illegal war in Ukraine.

It's Day 1275 - the day Putin openly mocks Trump.
After China + India upped oil purchases, the indicted war criminal ordered his army to bomb a US company in🇺🇦

Let's begin:
Ukraine is recovering from the predicted massive overnight attack.

Russia launched more than 600 missiles and drones.

The mayhem started in the last third of yesterday's exhausting thread. If you missed it, click and scroll here:

So let's break down Russia's aerial attack, which consisted of 40 missiles and 574 drones.

Ukraine's air defence intercepted these missiles:
1/4 Kindzhal hypersonic
0/2 ballistic
12/14 Kalibr cruise
18/19 Kh-101 cruise
0/1 unknown

and 546/574 UAVs = 95%

11 locations were hit. Image
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