#Ukraine: Latest reports from #UkraineWar: 1. In a surprise but not totally unexpected move, #US Pres. Biden visited Kyiv today, travelling by train from #Poland. “I thought it critical that there not be any doubt, none whatsoever, about US support for UA”. #tweet100
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#Ukraine: 2. Pres. Biden walked openly around Kyiv, though RU had been advised in advance. He also pledged a further $500 million package to UA, Javelins, howitzers, HIMARS & 155mm ammo +.
#Ukraine: 3. At #Kreminna, despite major offensive, RU forces not gaining ground. UA reported to have regained territory to S around #Yahidne. RU losses running at almost 900 a day over last 2 weeks. UA also reported to have retaken land nr #Vuhledar. #tweet100
#Ukraine: 4. At #Bakhmut, fighting intense N of city where RU said to have crossed M-03 road & captured T-05-13 junction. Fighting less extreme to E & S. RU trying to force breakthrough at any cost before 24th Feb. Report from Kiyanyn, dated 19th. #tweet100 (Map: @ChuckPfarrer)
#Ukraine: 5. RU jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny (who has not supported UA in past), now urging through his team, restoration of UA’s 1991 borders, including #Crimea & payment of restorations. #tweet100
#Ukraine: 6. #UK’s King Charles lll met with UA troops training in UK today. Italian media, La Republica, reporting the #Italy might donate 5 Tornado jets or AMX fighters to UA if other countries will do the same thing with aircraft.
#Ukraine: 7. Today is 9th anniversary of day in 2014 when the UA Parliament voted to condemn violence against demonstrators in EuroMaidan Revolution, including members of the President’s Party of Regions. Demonstrators demanded Pres. Yanukovych’s resignation & he fled. #tweet100
#Ukraine: 8. RU launched 75 rocket & shell attacks on UA’s #Kherson region yesterday. At the same time RU lost another 820 dead yesterday + 8 armoured vehicles, 6 tanks, 7 artillery systems, 1 plane & 13 other vehicles/tankers. #tweet100
#Ukraine: 9. RU has blocked the rotation of IAEA personnel at #Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, preventing them from leaving and their replacement, while continuing to hold the plant with military equipment & troops.
#Ukraine: 10. #Japan has pledged a further $5.5 billion aid package for UA. With Biden’s visit and all the support worldwide, the spirit in UA remains high. #tweet100
#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.
#Ukraine: Today’s updates from #UkraineWar: 1. Footage emerges of clearance of #Vovchansk aggregate plant, reported yesterday, by UA Defence Intelligence units who cleared 30 buildings sometimes engaging in hand-to-hand combat. RU prisoners taken, exchange fund renewed. THREAD
#Ukraine: 2. #Pokrovsk still under pressure from RU but UA hitting back with Dragon Drones dropping thermite on troops & vehicles. 50km to S, #Vuhledar is under a month long attack from RU, most of it destroyed: . (Map: @ChuckPfarrer) kyivindependent.com/what-the-fall-…
@ChuckPfarrer #Ukraine: 3. In an interview with ABC News in #US, #Zelensky said RU is using #China’s satellites to take detailed photos of UA’s nuclear plants. The threat is that RU will strike the plants, or at least their connections to the grid leaving them extremely vulnerable.
#Ukraine: Today’s reports from #UkraineWar: 1. UA forces have captured the rest of #Vovchansk in #Kharkiv region NW of #Bakhmut. After recapturing the aggregate plant & fire control over the rest of the town, RU troops have been driven out. THREAD (Maps: ) euromaidanpress.com
#Ukraine: 2. On #Vuhledar front, UA repels massive RU attack at #Kostiantynivka. Fighting continues around Vodiane. All that’s left of RU attacking force nr Pokrovsk: (Map: @ChuckPfarrer)
#Ukraine: 3. UA’s 95th Brigade say they have broken through another stretch of RU’s border in #Kursk. Exact location & time of incursion as yet unknown. UA also struck RU forces in #Zaporizhzhia region using a glide bomb:
#Ukraine: Today's latest info from #UkraineWar: 1. UA struck 2 more RU ammo depots last night, causing massive destruction. The 1st was at #Oktyabrskii, #Tver region, just 16km(10ml) from the #Toropets site destroyed 3 days ago. THREAD
#Ukraine: 2. The 2nd attack on RU ammo storage last night was at #Tikhorets, #Krasnodar region. Reports say missiles from #NKorea are stored there. Spectacular explosion (sound on!). Satellite pics indicate nearby #Tikhoretsk airbase is also on fire.
#Ukraine: 3. RU sources say RU Tornado-G MLRS rockets from the exploding ammo store at #Tikhorets ended up in a town located 10km away. 1200 people have been evacuated from the immediate area of the fire.