It's Wednesday, 22 February, and day 364 of the war in Europe.
Here's another daily thread documenting the developments as #Ukraine fights for its very survival as #Russia continues its illegal pursuit of colonialism.
All the news in one handy thread, updated real time, all day
Quite a bit to catch up on yesterday if you didn't stay up...
It loooked like a big counter attack with long range rockets by #Ukraine on targets in the occupied territories.
See what you missed by scrolling through yesterday's thread here: #StopRussia
By the way, no official (or even unofficial) news yet on damage caused to Russia and its troops in the attacks yesterday evening. Even in #Mariupol where 11 missiles were thought to be fired on the southern port.
"It was a mistake" - #Russia's authorities cannot explain why the population in some cities were terrified by air raid warnings cutting across radio stations.
From Belgorod to Kazan, listeners were shocked by the unexpected warning this morning.
This is the moment the missiles were launched from #Belgorod, just inside #Russia.
Four rockets are thought to have hit #Kharkiv. The distance between the two cities is less than 50 miles/80km, and of course to the border from Kharkiv is half that distance.
Let's hope the good people of #Vladivostok (I'm sure there are some), haven't seen or read "Sweeney Todd".
The local council is giving grieving wives of those killed in #Ukraine, fresh sausages!
Don't mention the meat grinder!
Many schools in #Ukraine are closed to pupils today.
Hundreds in #Kyiv and other regions have switched to remote lessons for the rest of the week because of the heightened threat of attacks by #Russia around the anniversary of the full invasion.
US officials say #Russia's latest missile test failed.
They believe the Terrorist State fired a Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile ("Satan 2") around the time Joe Biden was in #Ukraine.
Had it been a success they're convinced Putin would have bragged about it yesterday.
* Graphic photo * #Wagner founder Prigozhin has gone nuts.
He's in danger of arrest for "discrediting the army" with his continued rants against #Russia's military chiefs, claiming they're refusing to give him artillery
He published this photo of Wagner's losses in a single day
Here's today's entry for the popular series #RussiaOnFire
A massive fire is currently out of control in #Krasnoyarsk. It's at a warehouse of the Biryusa refrigerator plant. In 2019 about 50,000 fridges were destroyed in a similar blaze.
Carry on smoking guys!
Thousands of zombies/people heading to today's rally in #Moscow, in favour of the war.
The "celebration" of the anniversary of the start of the full invasion and genocide in #Ukraine, is being held at the Luzhniki stadium. Many attending will be state workers forced to go.
I've mentioned previously about being invited by the @Independent on to an "exclusive expert panel event" to mark the anniversary of #Russia's invasion.
It happens tomorrow evening at 18:30 GMT and
you can register here if you want to watch tomorrow:
It's alleged police cadets in #Moscow were locked in a hall until they agreed to sign up for the war.
TG channel mobilizationnews reports the students resisted the pressure and it's claimed a 19 year old phoned the police. Officers later arrived and released the cadets.
#China's Foreign Ministry has said they will NOT supply weapons to #Russia for the war against #Ukraine.
Photo from occupied #Debaltseve which was shelled by #Ukraine last night. Looks like a pinpoint strike on a building which presumably had been identified as a base for #Russia's soldiers.
Here a two storey building burns in #Stupino, about 100km south of central #Moscow
It's unclear if the warehouse was in use at the time of the fire; some say it was used to store plastic parts, others say it's abandoned.
Thx @CarolynnePries1
At Putin's big war rally in #Moscow it seems many forced attendees just dumped the obligatory flag before they enter.
Plenty of speculation on #Ukraine channels about #Putin, his health, his potential body doubles.
These are pics of the man posing as the Russian President yesterday at his national speech and at today's rally. Same person?
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It's interesting for me to note how so many supposedly independent Telegram channels in #Ukraine are hugely biased.
For instance Trukha reports every press release for Rinat Alhmetov gushingly (as do others) and yet ignore anything from @poroshenko
2/2 Today #Akhmetov's foundation announced that the oligarch and former Party of Regions backer had donated $125m to #Ukraine in the first year of the war. That's good, but nothing new.
This week Poroshenko purchased and donated some great new drones, but it went unreported.
If you're interested, here's a link to the story about Poroshenko's drones.
Erlan Ermekov was recruited from prison in November by #Wagner's mercenaries. His mum Gulnara Zakirova says he died on 6 Feb.
"I lost my only son. Don't let other mothers suffer like this, save other children.”
One year ago the people of #Mariupol were on the streets showing support for #Ukraine.
On the first photo you can see the city's theatre, which within weeks would become the site of a massacre and a tomb at the hands of the Terrorist State.
As the anniversary of the big invasion approaches, Telegram channel Kyiv_polit reports an increase in the number of checkpoints on the outskirts of #Kyiv.
"Putin's chef" and founder of the illegal #Wagner mercenary group has launched another verbal assault on #Russia's Minister of Defence Shoigu and Head of the war effort Gerasimov.
Prigozhin said tonight "This is the usual tyranny of an official who has gone crazy from power.”
Sad news that another Defender of #Mariupol has died. Oleh Mudrak survived Mariupol and 6 months of being a Prisoner of War.
The world was shocked by the change in Oleg when he was released. This week his heart gave out. #Russia is culpable.
By the way quite a few accounts and channels reporting that a Polish LOT airlines plane "accidentally" flew over #Ukraine on its way back from #Dubai.
It didn't. Fake news. I checked it out. It took the normal route and landed safely in Warsaw.
One renowned journalist in #Ukraine reports hits on the airport near #Mariupol'
Andriy Tsaplienko says "two powerful explosions were heard between 10-11pm. They say there were "arrivals" at Russian warehouses at the airport on the western outskirts of the city."
No confirmation
Also this evening, what looks like a targeted strike in #Belgorod, one of the regions in #Russia which borders #Ukraine.
Possibly weapons/ammo store located.
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1/2 The big story since the last couple of hours of y'day's thread has been Ukraine's multiple successes in breaching Russia's air defence at military targets.
The Kremlin says it destroyed 93 drones, 60 over the Black Sea. There's no mention of how many they missed!
Exhibit A:
Even the most ardent peaceniks are realising one side doesn't want to stop fighting. At least until, as a state new agency said recently, all Ukrainians are killed.
Each + every day you'll find all the news here in one handy🧵
Let's go!
If you missed anything of yesterday's developments, well not as much to catch up on.
Click the link to review, things only really started going late at night..
Trying to compile threads on a train, using mobile only so far, is a nightmare. My first typo was rather important. It's Day 1256, so the observant don't need to message me 😊
Family day out today, going to see "Evita"
But always a thread and as up to date as I can be.
"White rabbits" is what I have to say to you this morning.
An old British custom is to say 'rabbits' or 'white rabbits' (often 3 times) at the start of a new month to ensure good luck for the month ahead
August is the 43rd month of Russia's war.
Today is Day 1255. Here's the🧵
Yesterday was a depressing day.
Not just Russia's horrific attacks on Kyiv, but the general lack of response and condemnation. The world just shrugs its shoulders.
2 weeks ago I said things could move quickly on air defence. One system had reportedly already been delivered to Ukraine
Remember Switzerland's order was bumped down to give priority to🇺🇦?
Now Germany says 2 more Patriots will be sent by October, starting with launchers in days
Putin's response was to bomb the cr*p out of Ukraine's capital again overnight.
It's decency against inhumanity. Which side are you on?
Welcome to THE daily thread.
Wednesday was a fairly quiet day, punctuated by the odd Russian missile attack, before another enormous attack centre on Kyiv.. and it's still going on.
But Ukraine hit back in Russia.
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Tuesday 29 July. Day 1252.
Documenting all the important stories and developments in Ukraine's ongoing fight for survival against an invading horde.
Every Single Day. No break, no days off.
All the news from the war in Europe, all the time.
Monday was probably a better day for Ukraine.
We saw Trump appear to lose patience with indicted war criminal Putin, we saw a Ukraine flag replanted in one reclaimed village & late in the thread more strikes on Russia's rail infrastructure.
I'll begin in Rostov region, where earlier Ukraine hit railway infrastructure in the town of Salsk.
Pretty much the whole of the rail network in Rostov oblast is crucial to Russia's military. The proximity to occupied parts of Ukraine & the route to Crimea run through here.