Thread by @TWMCLtd

Happy Spring! Welcome to March.
Wednesday is day 371 of the war in #Ukraine.

#Russia's illegal onslaught continues, especially on the eastern front.

All the news in one handy thread.
Catch up on yesterday's developments here:

https://twitter.com/TWMCLtd/status/1630428662649503744

#Russia attacked #Ukraine with another small wave of drones last night.

There are no signs of damage, although Ukraine reports only shooting down five of the UAVs, all hit by air defence in #Poltava region.

#StopRussia

Meanwhile reports of explosions in occupied #Crimea.

There may have been two separate attacks on #Russia's invaders with chat sites full of messages asking what the loud bangs were.

No confirmation, but this is a good round up of what's known:

24tv.ua/vibuhi-krimu-1…

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#RussiaOnFire

Thanks to Ali for spotting this large blaze in #Ulyanovsk

A car paint shop and service centre went up in smoke. The roof of the two-storey building soon collapsed.

40 employees evacuated the building with just two needing minor treatment for smoke inhalation.

#Ukraine didn't quite reach 150,000 dead Russian soldiers by the 1st of March.

The daily losses show 650 more invading cattle slaughtered and while that's well above the daily mean for the whole war, it continues to be much lower than recent highs.

#StandWithUkraine

Some (unconfirmed) reports in #Ukraine of a new threat to civilians - "magnetic" landmines.

It's actually the detonator which is magnetic. This supposedly means usual de-mining methods cannot be safely used.

#StopRussia

The latest bizarre story from the Kremlin is that #Ukraine will secretly import radioactive substances using the "grain ports" near #Odesa and use the material to stage a "provocation" in #Moldova.

More concerning often what #Russia claims others will do is what it plans itself.

The Intel update from London focuses on #Russia's use of drones.

I think far more important is #Ukraine having to reveal air defences in tackling these "mopeds" and also potentially running down ammo stocks.

A large scale missile attack is now likely within 24 hours I think.

#RussiaOnFire
A private sawmill burns in the village of Vizinga in the #Komi Republic, which is in the north of #Russia.

Emergency services say the fire has now been controlled with 25 firefighters and 8 pieces of equipment tackling the flames.

Today sees the release of @Independent TV's new documentary, made by the excellent @Beltrew

"Body In The Woods" was premiered in #Kyiv at the weekend.

dailymotion.com/video/x8io5fd

1/2 Remember these drones which crashed in #Belgorod?

I'm now calling this out as a provocation, i.e. #Russia firing on its own side to try to engender hatred of #Ukraine and justify retaliatory action.

I've come to that conclusion after the news this morning that each UAV had

2/2

.."makeshift IEDs" attached but mysteriously didn't explode.

#Ukraine has already shown it's capable of successfully attacking very long range military targets successfully. Now we're supposed to believe they couldn't fly a few kilometres and couldn't detonate explosives?

This is sick. A 12 year old girl is sent to an orphanage in #Russia and her single father arrested.
The 'crime'? The schoolgirl drew an anti war poster.

There can be no doubt that Russia is a fascist state.

themoscowtimes.com/2023/03/01/rus…

#Finland's Parliament has ratified #NATO accession in an overwhelming vote.

184 agreed to joining the west's defensive alliance.
Now the President should sign the constitutional paperwork.

Yet another attempt to firebomb a military enlistment office in #Russia.

Last night a schoolboy threw Molotov cocktails at the building in Kirovsky district of Leningrad oblast. It was caught on camera - the video is here

There have been 70 such attacks

47news.ru/articles/22721…

#Ukraine is not retreating from #Bakhmut

The defiant message is from Serhiy Cherevaty, spokesman of the Army's Eastern Group.

However he did admit "If we see that the threat to our personnel and our operational situation is greater than the need to hold the territory, we do it"

It's a year to the day that #Russia began its occupation of #Kherson. The city was liberated on 11 November.

But today, may be to mark the anniversary, a big increase in shelling. 3 people have been injured, including a one year old boy whose face was badly hit by flying glass.

#Serbia's President will arrest #Wagner volunteers from his country.

Aleksandar Vučić blasted “I don’t need Wagner’s support"
Serbs who’ve been recruited to fight in Ukraine “are going to be arrested when they come back to Serbia and within our reach."

politico.eu/article/serbia…

Here's video of a strike thought to be on Russian occupiers in #Polohy. The small town is midway between #Zaporizhzhia and #Mariupol'

Looks like fuel is burning and maybe quite a bit extra too.

#StandWithUkraine #RussiansGoHome

Palestinians and Syrians are now being paid by #Russia to fight in #Ukraine.

themedialine.org/top-stories/ex…

#China aiding #Russia?
By helping Wagner they probably feel it's not directly aiding the state?

This company was added to the US Blacklist in January.

https://twitter.com/SamRamani2/status/1630757651230408705

UPDATE

First photos from #Kremenchuk where missiles struck this evening. Yesterday multiple attack drones were shot down.

An infrastructure object as well as a private cottage were hit. There were no victims.

"For Tuapse" was written (the Russian oil refinery hit by a drone)

I've now heard the very loud sound causing #Ukraine followers excitement in #Crimea.

Last night #Russia claimed it shot down 6 drones and 4 more were disabled with "electronic warfare".

Now RU bloggers claim this was just a sonic boom of their fighter jets taking off.

On the ruins of the apartment block in #Dnipro, where 45 residents were killed, a banner now hangs urging Russia to be "kicked out" of the #UN.

#StopRussia