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Welcome to another daily thread for Day 384 of #Russia's illegal war on #Ukraine.
In yesterday's thread we heard that the ICC is planning on bringing two war crimes charges against the Kremlin.

If you want to review anything from Monday, it's all here⬇️
#Russia has now lost over 160,000 soldiers invading #Ukraine according to Kyiv's fugures.

10 tanks, 16 artillery systems (+2 MLRS) and 740 more deaths for Russia are the standout figures in the last 24 hours.

#StandWithUkraine
#Russia's continuing supply problems are the focus of the UK update once again today:

#RussiansGoHome
More terrorism by #Russia in #Ukraine this morning.

The invaders hit another apartment block, this time in #Kramatorsk in #Donetsk oblast.

At least three people were injured when the rocket smashed into the building, but rescuers are still sifting through the rubble.
Update from #Kramatorsk, where one person is dead after #Russia's rocket attack which hit and damaged 6 town centre residential buildings.

President @ZelenskyyUa wrote "Every strike that takes an innocent life must result in a lawful and just sentence that punishes murder."
A loud explosion heard in #Odesa (RU: #Odessa) today.

There was an air raid warning active at the time. Clearly air defences were working, but it's not yet clear whether #Russia hit any targets.
There are power cuts in the city but DTEK says these were planned.
#RussiaOnFire

A young woman seems to have a grudge here. Against the state? Against neighbours? Who knows?
But she calmly took a taxi to this apartment block in #Krasnodar and set fire to papers in the letter boxes.

No serious damage occurred and no one was injured.
I forgot to highlight this yesterday, but continuing today is the trial of one of the few people I admire in #Russia today.

Charged with treason, @vkaramurza faces 24 years in prison. Putin is so scared of him, the trial is behind closed doors.

A lot of people have contributed story suggestions over the last 24 hours, some of whom wish to remain anonymous. Thanks to you all, Carolynne, Renee, Simon, Naomi et al.

DMs open for tip-offs.💙💛
It's claimed another civilian has been killed by #Russia's shelling in #Ukraine.

#Kharkiv region governor, Oleh Synyehubov says a 55 year old woman died when "an enemy projectile hit a civilian car"

This happened in #Vovchansk, just 6km from the border with Russia.
#StopRussia
Now confirmed that #Odesa was hit by missiles this morning.

#Russia fired 4 warheads from Su-24 aircraft over the Black Sea, towards the coast in #Odessa

The tactic in the last 48 hours seems to be singular missile attacks, to locate, then aim to destroy #Ukraine's air defences
#Poland hopes to be able to hand over fighter jets to #Ukraine in "the next 4-6 weeks."

They will be the Soviet strye MiG-29s, which Ukrainian pilots can fly without additional training.

But another month or more? We've been hearing about plane donations since December.
#RussiaOnFire

For the second day in a row, a fire broke out at a Russian Thermal power plant in #Udmurtia.

Officials say the smoke at the plant in #Izhevsk was due to oil in the transformer catching light.
#Russia's getting twitchy over drones.

A UAV's been spotted over #Moscow's Vnukovo airport this afternoon.
Y'day 3 quadcopters were reportedly spying on military in Moscow.

Earlier today a #Ukraine drone was supposedly shot down while "trying to attack #Bryansk chemical plant"
Earlier in the thread I reported on the death of a 55 year old woman in shelling in #Kharkiv region.

It transpires she, and others caught up #Russia's attack on #Vovchansk, were carrying the body of a relative to the cemetery when hit by the rocket.

#RussiaIsATerroristState
The President's office in #Kyiv reports after a Defence meeting today, unanimous support for ongoing defence of #Bakhmut.

My analysis is this defies logic, so there must be some non-public info:
1) Western artillery/tanks/ammo imminent
2) It's a bluff
The governor is #Luhansk is reportedly resigning.

Serhii Haidai became quite well known during the war as #Ukraine managed to wrestle back some territory in the region from #Russia.

He may become ambassador to Kazakhstan.
Reports coming in of another car bomb explosion in occupied #Melitopol

#RussiansGoHome
#Russia is accused of desecrating a church in #Kherson.

St. Nicholas Church in the south of the city was damaged in shelling today.

#RussiaIsATerroristState
UPDATE

Video from the scene of the car bomb in occupied #Melitopol.

It's not known who was in the car, but those on site say at least one person died.
It's now known 9 people were injured in this attack on #Kramatorsk.

Head of the City Council Oleksandr Honcharenko said mercifully only two were hospitalised.

#USA is accusing #Russia of deliberately hitting an MQ-8 Reaper reconnaissance drone over the Black Sea.

The Command of US Forces in Europe blames one of two Russian Su-27 fighter jets which "carried out a dangerous and unprofessional interception" of the drone.
#StopRussia
The fire following the car bomb explosion in #Melitopol' is now out.

There are various rumours about who was in the car and who carried out the attack. Some say it was score settling among the occupiers themselves.

No official information, but officials say no-one died.
The Occupiers' media channels now say three people were injured as a result of the car bomb attack in #Melitopol'

They still refuse to name any of the victims, or their condition.

#RussiansGoHome
It's now confirmed that one person died in the #Melitopol bombing.

It could be traitor Ivan Tkach who has now been named among the three victims.
Tkach owned one of the largest transport companies in Melitopol and was made Director of "City Transport" by the Occupiers' council.
#USA has sumoned the Russian ambassador over the downing of a drone over the Black Sea

#Russia claims its fighters did not fire on the drone and did not "come into contact" with the US UAV.
"Due to sharp manoeuvering, the drone went into a dive, lost altitude and hit the water."
Earlier in the thread I wrote about the Governor of #Luhansk, Serhii Haidai leaving the post.

The Heads of #Odesa and #Khmelnytskyi are also dismissed.

It will be interesting to see if #Odessa's Maksym Marchenko is given another role or not.
Fascinating long read here about #Russia's installation of air defences (with zero regard for the environment, and possibly for residents too)

theins.ru/en/politics/26…
Explosions in #Russia's #Belgorod tonight.

The governor claims they shot down 3 missiles. “Debris from one hit the residential sector. There is damage"

#StandWithUkraine
More from #Belgorod

The governor says they shot down all missiles, but this video looks very much like the straight trajectory of a missile hitting a ground target. It's small, but moving left to right.

It would be very interesting to know the direction of travel.
And another video of the arc of one of the missiles in #Belgorod. Some report the rocket changed direction sharply. Any sign of air defence here?
Anyone able to geolocate to judge from where it was fired?
Another #Wagner cemetery has been discovered.

This is in #Yekaterinburg region. Residents of #Berezovsky confirm it's a real video in their village.

#StandWithUkraine

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Aug 20
Tuesday: Day 909 of the war in Europe.

You've found the start of the daily thread - here every single day. All news is fact-checked, without hyperbole but with context. My aim is to help you know what's really going on in #Ukraine so you can be informed to tell others

Let's go
It's been a difficult morning for #Ukraine with #Russia launching missile attacks already, after drones earlier in the night.

But the traditional way to start is to give you the chance to review yesterday's news, inc more gains in #Kursk and 🇷🇺burning!
#Kyiv was the main target again for #Russia as it launched cruise missiles after drone attacks.

The Iskander-K and 2x Kh-59 missiles were downed, but two ballistic devices (Iskander-M or North Korean NK23) could not be intercepted.

25 of the 26 UAVs were shot down. Image
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Aug 19
Hello & welcome to Day 908 of #Russia's disgusting, and now disastrous, all-out war on #Ukraine.

Throughout history the independence, strength and rebellious nature of Ukrainians has caused problems for imperialist rulers and dictators.
History is biting Putin on the bum again!
This is THE daily thread, the only one you need for all the major news about #Ukraine's fight for freedom and its very existence.

Sunday was quiet, but still plenty to get your teeth into. Click here if you were offline some of the day & need a catch-up:
#RussiaOnFire

Yet another problem for #Russia's collapsing rail industry.

A fire at a substation on the #Krasnoyarsk Railway left #Mariinsk in #Kemerovo Region without power.

The line was blocked for over 2 hours before the flames were put out.

Officials blame a malfunction
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Well I'm not supposed to be starting another thread yet. But dramatic events in #Crimea, so, no rest!

Welcome to THE thread covering all things #Ukraine and #Russia.

We've reached Day 905.
Let's go (and KoFi appreciated if you are able)
A fiery thread yesterday. Catch up here:

Explosions heard in #Crimea and all the lights in the #CrimeaBridge went off.

Then a fire seems to have broken out...

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A new week, and coming to the end of the first week of #Ukraine's decision to take the war directly into #Russia's territory, more than 10 years after Putin invaded sovereign🇺🇦land.

It's Day 901 of the all-out war. All the news, all the time, in one handy thread. Read-on!
We start again with a look back to yesterday.

Lots of news once again. Not least from #Kursk region, but please remember #Ukraine has a media silence from there. Some battalions post selfies, but mostly it's only #Russia and locals uploading photos.

I want to revisit what happened at the #Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

I've now read and spoken to a few who know more than me about the plant. Everyone agrees it's a cooling tower, with nothing to burn there.
So it's almost certain #Russia burned something as a provocation.
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Hello again.
You've found the start of my daily thread on Day 878 of #Ukraine's defence against #Russia's war of choice.

Wherever you may be, enjoy your weekend, but don't forget about freedom and democracy. Ukraine today, another victim next if we don't stop the bully.
#Russia seems to be affected by fire & water problems in equal measure. #Ukraine helps with its drone successes!

It was a busy Friday! Zelenskyy in London, and Russia up to its old tricks, capturing foreign exchange tokens + killing civilians.
Review here
#Russia did attack #Ukraine overnight.
Two main targets were the energy sector and also the railways.

The national energy company confirmed drones attacks in 3 regions, but it seems the damage to the grid is not too bad.
#StopRussia
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Day 866 of #Russia's war is already underway.

A frightening start to Monday with missiles already entering #Ukraine's airspace.

All the news all the time, all day every day. Welcome to THE daily thread about Europe's war.
In case you missed any, or all, of Sunday's thread, here's the link so you can catch up easily.

Quite a day it was, too, with numerous successful strikes for #Ukraine on #Russia's positions and in the rear.
##SlavaUkraïni

There are 3 groups of Cruise missiles in #Ukraine right now.

Two are heading westwards towards ##Vinnytsia but are likely to change course many more time yet. The third group is still in #Chernihiv region.

#RussiaIsATerroristState
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