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
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#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.
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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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While #Ukraine hurt #Russia infrastructure during the night (covered at the end of last night's thread), the terrorist state still has success with its own drone attacks.
More than 11% got through 🇺🇦defences overnight, with 38 of 71 UAVs being stopped and 25 likely decoys.
Sunday 19 January is Day 1061 of #Russia's all-out war in #Ukraine. We are also just 2 weeks away from the 4,000th day since #Moscow's initial invasion with the start of its illegal takeover of #Crimea
Welcome to another daily thread with all the news you need in one place 💙💛
Thankfully a quieter start to Sunday than yesterday, which means I get a later start today.
Saturday was all about #Russia's double ballistic attack which brought death to 2 #Ukraine cities.
Catch up on that and all yesterday's stories here⬇️
Hello on Day 1054 of #Russia's terrorist campaign in #Ukraine.
I've been working for a while today, tidying up loose ends, but a late start to the daily thread - the only feed you need for all the important news and analysis.
So a lot to catch up on, let's go again!
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So, it's even more important I post a link back to yesterday's thread. Here we are
Christmas Day 2024. Day 1036 of the war inflicted on #Ukraine. The third Christmas for Ukrainian people to suffer. Empty chairs at the dinner table, that will never be filled again. Others at the frontline fighting for their lives and the life of the country.
It's the daily🧵
So Merry Christmas and Happy Hannukah to those celebrating.
A special shout out too, to those working this special day. Also working today, emergency workers in #Ukraine after another massive missile attack
Day 1001 of #Russia's all out war in #Ukraine.
The genocide & attempt to wipe its neighbour from the map continues, but #Putin's increasingly desperate.
Welcome to another daily🧵
Breaking news already early this Wednesday morning.
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Tuesday 19 November was always going to be special. Day 1,000 and what a day it proved.
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1/2 First the breaking news - and a third attack of the night inside #Russia.
At the end of yesterday's thread you may have read of the drone attacks on #Voronezh and #Belgorod regions. Well now it's become clear that #Novgorod has also been attacked by #Ukraine's UAVs..
Here's the link back to all Monday's news.
More heinous attacks. On its day of mourning, #Sumy was hit again just as the day ended, and #Odesa lost another ten residents.