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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.
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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 20
Tuesday: Day 909 of the war in Europe.

You've found the start of the daily thread - here every single day. All news is fact-checked, without hyperbole but with context. My aim is to help you know what's really going on in #Ukraine so you can be informed to tell others

Let's go
It's been a difficult morning for #Ukraine with #Russia launching missile attacks already, after drones earlier in the night.

But the traditional way to start is to give you the chance to review yesterday's news, inc more gains in #Kursk and 🇷🇺burning!
#Kyiv was the main target again for #Russia as it launched cruise missiles after drone attacks.

The Iskander-K and 2x Kh-59 missiles were downed, but two ballistic devices (Iskander-M or North Korean NK23) could not be intercepted.

25 of the 26 UAVs were shot down. Image
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Aug 19
Hello & welcome to Day 908 of #Russia's disgusting, and now disastrous, all-out war on #Ukraine.

Throughout history the independence, strength and rebellious nature of Ukrainians has caused problems for imperialist rulers and dictators.
History is biting Putin on the bum again!
This is THE daily thread, the only one you need for all the major news about #Ukraine's fight for freedom and its very existence.

Sunday was quiet, but still plenty to get your teeth into. Click here if you were offline some of the day & need a catch-up:
#RussiaOnFire

Yet another problem for #Russia's collapsing rail industry.

A fire at a substation on the #Krasnoyarsk Railway left #Mariinsk in #Kemerovo Region without power.

The line was blocked for over 2 hours before the flames were put out.

Officials blame a malfunction
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Aug 16
Well I'm not supposed to be starting another thread yet. But dramatic events in #Crimea, so, no rest!

Welcome to THE thread covering all things #Ukraine and #Russia.

We've reached Day 905.
Let's go (and KoFi appreciated if you are able)
A fiery thread yesterday. Catch up here:

Explosions heard in #Crimea and all the lights in the #CrimeaBridge went off.

Then a fire seems to have broken out...

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Aug 12
A new week, and coming to the end of the first week of #Ukraine's decision to take the war directly into #Russia's territory, more than 10 years after Putin invaded sovereign🇺🇦land.

It's Day 901 of the all-out war. All the news, all the time, in one handy thread. Read-on!
We start again with a look back to yesterday.

Lots of news once again. Not least from #Kursk region, but please remember #Ukraine has a media silence from there. Some battalions post selfies, but mostly it's only #Russia and locals uploading photos.

I want to revisit what happened at the #Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

I've now read and spoken to a few who know more than me about the plant. Everyone agrees it's a cooling tower, with nothing to burn there.
So it's almost certain #Russia burned something as a provocation.
Read 44 tweets
Jul 20
Hello again.
You've found the start of my daily thread on Day 878 of #Ukraine's defence against #Russia's war of choice.

Wherever you may be, enjoy your weekend, but don't forget about freedom and democracy. Ukraine today, another victim next if we don't stop the bully.
#Russia seems to be affected by fire & water problems in equal measure. #Ukraine helps with its drone successes!

It was a busy Friday! Zelenskyy in London, and Russia up to its old tricks, capturing foreign exchange tokens + killing civilians.
Review here
#Russia did attack #Ukraine overnight.
Two main targets were the energy sector and also the railways.

The national energy company confirmed drones attacks in 3 regions, but it seems the damage to the grid is not too bad.
#StopRussia
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Jul 7
Day 866 of #Russia's war is already underway.

A frightening start to Monday with missiles already entering #Ukraine's airspace.

All the news all the time, all day every day. Welcome to THE daily thread about Europe's war.
In case you missed any, or all, of Sunday's thread, here's the link so you can catch up easily.

Quite a day it was, too, with numerous successful strikes for #Ukraine on #Russia's positions and in the rear.
##SlavaUkraïni

There are 3 groups of Cruise missiles in #Ukraine right now.

Two are heading westwards towards ##Vinnytsia but are likely to change course many more time yet. The third group is still in #Chernihiv region.

#RussiaIsATerroristState
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