Drones and rockets were used by #Russia, leaving a 34 year old man dead and two injured according to Serhiy Lysak, the regional governor.
Energy infrastructure has been damaged.
No photos yet, #RussiaIsATerroristState
This morning's attack by #Russia was unique according to Yuriy Ihnat, spokesman of #Ukraine's Air Force.
In total, 81 missiles were launched including 6 Kh-22 and 6 "Dagger" warheads.
There were 8 more guided air missiles and 20 Kalibr cruise missiles from the Black Sea.
#Kharkiv is without power after missile stikes hit the city.
Mayor of Kharkiv Ihor Terekhov reports transformer substations were hit, but for critical institutions, hospitals etc, they are able to run off generators.
15 missiles targeted the region, 11 aimed at #Kharkov itself.
A fifth body has been recovered from #Zolochiv in the western #Lviv region of #Ukraine. A rocket smashed into residential housing - the devastation clear to see in this video.
Mass missile attacks by #Russia across the country took three thermal power plants offline. #StopRussia
Of #Ukraine's cities/regions I've not yet mentioned in today's thread, the following were also targeted by #Russia today:
1/ My analysis of the mass missile attack by #Russia
Firstly, the Terrorist State targets energy infrastructure, but also civilian targets, with plausible deniability of "unguided weapons" or that #Ukraine's defences must have knocked them off course.
Today's attack is the first mass missile launch on #Ukraine for 3 weeks, the longest gap since #Russia began such attacks in October. This likely shows they are worried about depleting stocks, but the worry is the Kremlin is being resupplied by Iran (likely), N.Korea or China
3/
#Ukraine desperately needs air defence:
(more) Patriot systems are "on their way" but the delay of any supply costs lives as we've seen today.
The fact that #Russia used so many types of missile, including 'Kinzhal' hypersonics, could be them striking before Patriot arrives.
4/
Without China/Iran help, without a further wave of mobilisation, #Russia is struggling
Bank reserves are used to keep 🇷🇺 economy stable. With no victory & no end to the war in #Ukraine in sight, pressure mounts on Putin
When any star dies it burns itself out in a final fury
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President @ZelenskyyUa says he held an emergency meeting this morning with key figures in Defence and Energy following the mass missile attack.
As he published his post on Telegram, another nationwide air-raid warning sounded with #Russia's planes active again from #Belarus.
#Poland's Deputy PM says they've already given #Ukraine the remaining 10 of the 14 Leopard-2 tanks.
Mariusz Blaszczak added "In addition to these 14 tanks, this battalion also includes four tanks from Canada, eight from Norway, and six from Spain,"
In what I see as a pure diversionary tactic, #Russia, immediately after striking civilians and civilian infrastructure in #Ukraine, announced they'd foiled an assassination attempt on the "leader" of #Transnistria, the unrecognised Russian occupied strip of #Moldova.
Another video from #Kherson of the damage from the ongoing shelling by #Russia's forces over the river.
These houses are on Korabelnaya Square, in the centre. Zero military value. Pure destruction, targeting of locals.
#Russia may have two new friends.
Military exercises are planned with #Mongolia and #Laos according to the Kremlin.
One person has been killed in occupied #Volnovakha and another injured according to #Russia.
The Occupiers claim a HIMARS missile hit the bus station in the town in #Donetsk region, midway between #Mariupol' and Donetsk city.
Some reports of explosions in #Dnipro region. These are purely planned work on unexploded enemy munitions. Sappers will also be working in #Kyiv region this afternoon.
Seen in a shopping mall in #Austria: "Not our war"
#Vienna was, and likely still is, the absolute hotspot in the EU for #Russia's spies and the Kremlin at one point managed to exert big influence on key political figures.
🇦🇹 seems to have come to its senses, but danger remains
'High-ranking officials' of the US Defence Department believes #Iran is using #Ukraine as a testing ground for its weapons.
The CNN report comes just a couple of days after Sky proved the Iranians had given 100m bullets and 300k shells to #Russia, but no ballistic missiles yet.
A fourth person has now died in the earlier shelling of #Kherson.
City officials now say #Russia almost certainly fired from a tank. They hit a queue at a bus stop and a shop.
Video 18+
Power has been fully restored in #Ukraine's capital #Kyiv.
However 30% of homes remain without communal heating according to Vitaliy Klychko (Klytshchko)
Protests continue in #Georgia even though the Russian loving government caved in to the people's demands. Arrested protesters were released and the legislation on "foreign agents" was scrapped.
Glory to #Ukraine appeared on the parliament building during tonight's demos.
Time for another in our series of #Russia vs Camels.
Looks like the ships of the desert are too strong. This makes it 3-0.
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I've literally just finished Friday's thread, with an extraordinary flurry of late news from inside Russia rounding off another bumper thread, stretching to 60 posts.
A late start to today's thread on Day 1216 of Russia's war of choice, after another late finish due to the latest murderous attack on civilians by Putin's horde.
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Kyiv was again the target overnight, details at the end of yesterday's thread.
But a lot of important and interesting stories Sunday, including how the animal kingdom took revenge on one traitor, but more pain for Ukraine as a training ground is again hit
Zelenskyy is visiting my shores today, speaking with Sir Keir Starmer to discuss joint defence protection, which will probably see an agreement on manufacturing.
Ukraine's leader points out the hypocrisy of Russia, condemning the US strikes in Iran then hours later hitting Kyiv
Russia displayed outright Nazism + Fascism on Friday.
From killing in Ukraine, more utterings from the war-criminal in chief, to locking up young women and taking legal action against small independent new sites.
Thursday 19 June is Day 1212 of the conflict in Europe.
Russia continues to make ground, expending its soldiers at will for a few more metres as Ukraine fights for its existence having been shamefully let down by the USA.
I'm here every single day, so here's today's daily 🧵
Wednesday saw the death toll in Kyiv rise throughout the day, ending at double the number it started at. Then later Putin cynically told journalists they only hit military targets
Elsewhere another traitor to Ukraine met his fate - click here to catch-up
Trump is now 150 days late in promising "peace within 24 hours" of taking office.
It's also, as @andrii_sybiha points out, 100 days since🇺🇦 agreed to an unconditional ceasefire, as tRUmp demanded.
Russia did what it always does: delay, lie, kill.
No time to waste. Kyiv is under the most immense attack.
It's Day 1210 of Russia's increasingly desperate attempt to eviscerate Ukraine and all Ukrainians.
Here's the daily thread, continuing to document the night attacks...
Just gone 04:35 in Kyiv.
A hellish night is not yet over.
Apartment blocks, student dormitories hit.
6 districts of Kyiv city damaged, plus other injuries in the wider region
Here's the link for Monday's thread with all the last half showing the chaos:
If you're just waking up, here's an idea of what's happened to Kyiv while you were sleeping.
Ukraine's capital has not slept.
Many are without homes due to Russia's ongoing war crimes and one person, an American, has lost his life during the attack.
Hello again. Day 1203 of Russia's genocidal war in Ukraine
Anyone with a brain slightly larger than that of a chihuahua knows it. Russian history and Putin's own words spelt it out, but peaceniks, Naziniks and idiotniks are still in denial
More proof coming up in🧵for Day 1203
Yesterday's thread lasted well over 24 hours, but nothing to be proud of.
I know I'm crazier than you, and thankfully you all have lives to live. So you will be needing the link to the start of yesterday's thread so you can catch up on what you missed..