#Ukraine: Today’s news from #UkraineWar: 1. Reports from #Kreminna that local residents are being evicted from their homes to accommodate RU troops, dispersing them so they are not vulnerable to UA attack in 1 large building. #tweet100 THREAD
#Ukraine: 2. UK Intel says RU forces Minister of Defence, Shoigu, reported to have visited RU frontlines this week in a rare visit, perhaps prompted by all the visits from Wagner’s #Prigozhin. Future RU strategy not clear - even for them! #tweet100
#Ukraine: 3. By contrast UA’s General Syrsky visited his troops at #Bakhmut for the 3rd time in 10 days. UA artillery destroyed an RU assault group at night to the E of the city & UA National Guard shot down an Su-25. #tweet100
#Ukraine: 4. Low level fighting in #Bakhmut nr the #Bakhmutka River, while RU forces made more futile attacks on #DubovoVasylivka, 30 RU attacks in heavy fighting. Unconfirmed reports that Wagner units are fighting in the centre of the city. #tweet100 (Map: @ChuckPfarrer)
#Ukraine: 5. A video released today suggests UA forces have recovered use of the 00-50-06 road to the NW of #Bakhmut, regaining a supply road through #Khromove where they have set up a temporary bridge. #tweet100
#Ukraine: 6. For 2nd day 1000s of Georgians have protested outside parliament in Tbilisi against RU inspired “foreign agents” law, wanting to be European, not Russian. Protesters blocking main roads. Pres. Zelensky wished the protesters success. #tweet100
#Ukraine: 7. #Poland has said it is willing to hand over up to 30 Mig-29s it still has in stock. #Germany has delivered 2 more Gepard anti-aircraft guns, 2 border protection vehicles & 6 mobile antenna systems. Leopards from Germany & #Portugal due by the end of March. #tweet100
#Ukraine: 8. Tonight’s report also via Starlink from #Antarctica. Today has been another day of humpback whale & fur seal spotting and kayaking among the ice flows.
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#Ukraine: Today's latest news from #UkraineWar: UA carried out a combined drone & ATACMS missile attack on the Beriev Aviation Scientific-Technical Complex in #Taganrog, RU, 150km from the UA frontline. At least a dozen explosions & 14 burned vehicles in the parking lot.
#Ukraine: 2. The #Taganrog complex is responsible for producing the RU A-50/100 AWACS planes. RU soldiers have rioted over poor treatment of the injured. #UK MOD summarises the situation: x.com/DefenceHQ/stat…
(Infographic: @ChuckPfarrer) x.com/UKikaski/statu…
#Ukraine: 3. UA used its new "Peklo" (Hell) missile for the 1st time, 6 missiles successfully striking the Transneft oil depot in #Bryansk. x.com/LXSummer1/stat…x.com/i/status/18666…
#Ukraine: Today's update on #UkraineWar & other related events: 1. Today's news is dominated by #Syria, where Islamic rebels completed their overthrow of the Assad regime by taking #Damascus overnight. This evening Assad & his family appeared in Moscow where RU has given them asylum "on humanitarian grounds." x.com/bradyafr/statu… (Map: @Loveuamap)
#Ukraine: 2. The Syrian Army seems to have melted away, showing little resistance to the rebel tide, many Assad troops defecting. Assad's core Alawite sect (Shia Muslim like Iran) along the coastal strip were expected to support him, but in the end they defected too, many tearing down statues of Assad & his father.
#Ukraine: 3. So ends the 54 year-old dynasty of the Assad family, which in the end collapsed completely in 11 days. When rebels entered the coastal cities of Tartus & Latakia, Assad's overthrow was complete. Women & children released from prison in #Saydnaya: x.com/ThomasVLinge/s…x.com/RamiSafadi93/s…
#Ukraine: Today's latest info THREAD on #UkraineWar: 1. UA forces have cleaned RU forces from #Kupiansk city, #Kharkiv region, & driven them back beyond the outskirts where UA now maintain control. RU channels calling RU withdrawal a "disgrace." RU's FSB "Hammer" bombed in #Tyotkino, #Kursk region: (Map: Deep State)
#Ukraine: 2. Last night, RU launched a record 188 Shahed drones against UA. UA Air Force downed 76 drones across 17 regions & 95 were "lost" as a result of electronic warfare (EW) intervention. 5 drones flew on to Belarus. 2 people killed in Sumy region & 40
injured across UA.
#Ukraine: 3. Despite UA's continued resistance, analysts say RU has gained 600sqkm (232sqmls) since Nov, 234.79sqkm (90sqmls) in the last week. The advance is fastest near #VelykaNovosilka, Donetsk region. RU have also advanced 33sqkm (12.7 sqmls) nr #Pokrovsk, a key UA military hub in Donetsk.
#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.