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'
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
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.
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"
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.
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."
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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.
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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I also indulged in a long sub-thread on my fears about what's happening in Washington DC.
Catch up here:
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#TraitorTrump promised a deal with his mate in NK, got nothing.
He handed the Taliban everything, got nothing.
Now, ending the war in 24 hours turned into humiliation
Putin, the aggressor, the war criminal, presiding over countless heinous crimes, executions, kidnapping of children, is about to be given a pass by Donald J Trump.
The despot and the wannabe talk today.
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More atrocities overnight, let's begin:
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A busy Friday ended with news of the awful attack in free Donetsk, catch up here:
Today sees the completion of 3 years of full scale war unleashed by #Russia on #Ukraine.
As signs point to an end to this war relatively soon, the ONLY question which should be asked is: are you happy to reward war-criminal terrorists with land?
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It's Day 1096 of #Russia 's war.
If you missed anything yesterday, catch up on Saturday's news here:
1/2 The #UK is in full focus today.
As @Keir_Starmer prepares to fly to Washington, new sanctions will be unveiled tomorrow.
Foreign Sec @DavidLammy says it will be "the largest package of sanctions against #Russia since the early days of the war eroding its military machine."
Day 1083 of the war in Europe and the 1083rd of my daily threads.
Three years ago we knew #Ukraine wouldn't go down without a fight. Now, for the first time in over a year there's genuine reason for #Russia to be worried about the outcome.
Plenty to learn and from in Sunday's thread.
In #Russia, ships crashing and exploding, faking capture of a key town in #Ukraine and late at night drones attacking again.
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