#Ukraine: Today's news from #UkraineWar: 1. In #Kreminna, fighting still goes back & forth, UA breaking up RU attacks & probes with counter-attacks. UA holding in the W forests with intense close fighting N of #Dibrova & around #Kuzmyne. #tweet100 (Maps: @ChuckPfarrer)
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#Ukraine: 2. At #Bakhmut heaviest fighting is nr #Paraskoviivka where RU is attacking UA positions from 3 directions. RU seem to have fire control over M-03 N of #KrasnaHora but being driven back S of #ChasivYar. UA special forces strike back:
#Ukraine: 3. #Vuhledar: Military assessment of the RU Vuhledar disaster is that the Russians, as well as losing 100s of men, lost 40 tanks & 130+ infantry fighting vehicles. One of their worst defeats since WWll. #tweet100 (Map: @chuckPfarrer)
#Ukraine: 4. In the early hours of Feb 16th, RU launched its 15th mass missile attack on UA critical infrastructure. 16 missiles were downed but others hit. UA was able to maintain its electric supply without any outages or shortages. #Ukrainewinning#tweet100
#Ukraine: 5. Marina Yankina, RU officer in charge of financial supply for the RU W Military District apparently "committed suicide" by falling out of window in St.Petersburg. This is what UA is up against, what is the matter with these people?:
#Ukraine: 6. #US to send UA, Iranian weapons intercepted on their way to #Yemen - 5,000 rifles, 1.6 million rounds of ammo, anti-tank missiles & 7,000 fuses for artillery shells. #Netherlands confirms it's buying 18 x Leopard 2 tanks + ammo from #Germany for UA. #tweet100
#Ukraine: 7. #Israel to send UA $200 million for development of the medical infrastructure & a smart early warning system. Reports that #France's AMX-10 fighting vehicles will be on their way to UA within "2 months". #tweet100
#Ukraine: 8. #Belarus's banana republic dictator, Lukashenko, seems to live in some strange fantasy land all of his own making!
#Ukraine: 9. UA Defence Ministry says Wagner Group have been losing up to 80% of their troops in some assaults around #Bakhmut with "evacuation of the dead & wounded limited, if carried out at all." Here is a case in point:
#Ukraine: 10. Another 101 UA POWs returned home today, the 16th, in a prisoner exchange with RU. Many fought at #Mariupol, including 63 who defended Azovstall steel works. UK Intel says the RU air force continues to underperform in UA, often based too far away. #tweet100
#Ukraine: 11. Keeping fit in #Bakhmut with a little help from a canine coach. Plus more RU failure at #Avdiivka.
#Ukraine: Today's reports from #UkraineWar: 1. At #Kreminna, UA forces are reported counter-attacking to the SW & RU attempts to gain ground W of #Lysychansk have been stopped. Some contact reported in W urban limits of city. #tweet100 (Map: @ChuckPfarrer)
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#Ukraine: 2. Many reports RU forces have been pushed back SW of #Bakhmut at #Ivanivske. This helps UA keep open the Bakhmut-#Konstantinovka route & gives them better control of the H-32 highway. S of Bakhmut UA forces struck a large RU ammo depot at #Zelenopillya. #tweet100
#Ukraine: 3. RU shelling of residential area of #Bakhmut yesterday with shells & MLRS killed 5 and injured 9. There are still an estimated 6,000 civilians still living there - UA's Deputy PM, Iryna Vereshchuk, has urged them to leave. #tweet100
#Ukraine: 2. At #Bakhmut RU forces were pushed back 1.7km to S of city and UA troops carried out raids at #KrasnaHora & #ChasivYar. City holding but UA supply routes under fire. Wagner being replaced by RU regular forces. Detailed Magyar report:
#Ukraine: 3. Pres. Zelensky described #Bakhmut as "living fortress", saying "It's hard, but we are holding on" & inflicting maximum losses on RU forces. Bakhmut & #Vuhledar are the most difficult combat situations. Spot on drone drop nr Vuhledar:
#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: 2. Overall, situation around #Kreminna remains confused with RU still shelling part of city's urban area, which suggests some sort of UA presence, especially to the SW. #Dibrova & #Kuzmyne seem to be contested. #Bilohorivka reported still under UA control. #tweet100
#Ukraine: 3. At #Bakhmut, UA still holds with RU only making small gains in N of the city over last few days. UA's defence helped by the surrounding hills. Destroyed RU column of 30 vehicles reported at #Ugledar. English report from Roman:
#Ukraine: Today's news for #UkraineWar: 1. Heavy battles going on around #Bakhmut with RU throwing its full force into encircling the city & breaking UA defence. UK Intel says city "increasingly isolated". This is the sound of Bakhmut.
#Ukraine: 2. UK Intel also says RU likely to have fire control over 2 key roads into #Bakhmut. Still a UA hold, UA forces under extreme pressure. Report from Kiyanyn, subtitles:
#Ukraine: 3. Huge battles also going on around #Kreminna, particularly to W of city. RU attacks at #Shyplivka, #Nevske & #Makiivka all repelled. UA forces continue to strike RU logistics in #Luhansk region.
#Ukraine: 3. According to RU they have already destroyed a M1 Abrams tank in UA's "unique desert climate"! At #Bakhmut another RU Lieutenant Colonel died, Vladyslav Ivanov. + Another good report from Kiyany (subtitles) (Pic: @Havoc_Six)