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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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Jul 17
Day 1605 of the war in Europe.

Eyes on the war in Ukraine have been dragged from the frontlines to political battles in Kyiv. It's Day 2 of public protests against Zelenskyy's siding with a Soviet-era General against a young Defence Minister.

This is Friday's daily thread:
The People of Ukraine mobilised on to the streets yesterday, for the first time since forcing Zelenskyy to back down over his attempts to silence NABU, the anti-corruption agency.

But lots more news too on Thursday. Click the link to see what you missed

Let's start with Tanker Bingo!

12 more Russian vessels 'caught fire' in the night, with a little help from Magyar and his team, piloting 'birds' to their targets.

All today's hits were in the Black Sea:
9 dry cargo ships
1 tanker
1 gas tanker
1 tugboat
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Jul 16
Please go easy on me today as I start the daily thread on Day 1604. I think I am suffering from DIMS.

Double Incompetent Management Syndrome - resulting in losing a football match and a very good, well respected reformer as Head of Ukraine's Ministry of Defence.

OK, let's go..
There's already huge fall out over the make up of 🇺🇦 new cabinet, particularly the sacking of Mykhailo Fedorov as Defence Min.

The rumours were true. Zelenskyy confirmed his decision last night.
Ukraine still had time to attack a 🇷🇺airbase.
Catch up here
I've just been listening to, and transcribing, Mykhailo Fedorov, who happened to be scheduled to speak this morning.

Here's what he had to say, in the wake of his sacking as Defence Minister: Image
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Jul 12
Another 100 days of war is completed as we reach Day 1600 of Russia's all-out invasion.

100 days is a long time to be fighting for your life, yet now it's "just another 100" not even a real milestone.

Think of that as we delve into another Ukraine news thread,
I'm maybe the only person to compile a daily🧵every single day of the 1600

So much has changed since we reached 100 days - click here if you wish to take a trip down memory lane

At that time <31k 🇷🇺casualties. Continuing at that rate =495k. Instead 1.4m
Here's the more traditional link, back to the start of yesterday's thread. Saturday was a day which saw more Russian ships fail to outrun Ukraine's drones and the establishment of the "Magyar Triangle"

Loads of news yesterday, and you should check it out
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Jun 21
I'll quote a favourite saying in Ukraine.
Day 1579 of Russia's war 'didn't start with coffee' especially in occupied Crimea.

Here comes another of my daily threads, with all the important news from Ukraine, and I've still not missed a single day.
Those with me just a few hours ago will already know the early hours saw a huge attack on Crimea.

Before that more war crimes from Russia, while the Poland-Ukraine spat spirals out of control.
Missed anything? Here's the link to catch-up:

Many targets in Crimea have been hit, indeed on both sides of the illegal bridge linking Russia with the annexed peninsula.

Energy infrastructure have been hit, causing power cuts in Sevastopol, Alushta, Krasnoperekopsk + Armiansk among others.
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Jun 16
Half of June has already gone and still no resolution to the war in Ukraine. But Moscow is reaping what is sows.

This is THE daily thread for Tuesday - all the news every single day.

We've reached Day 1574
I keep garnering new followers, but X keeps taking followers away without them choosing to unfollow.
But daily views of the thread are slowly increasing again, now around 12k a day.
But we used to be at 25-30k

Y'day was another important and long thread:
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Ukraine delivered a message to Moscow during the night. The message was delivered by Dr One in spectacular fashion.

Here's the translated meaning of Magyar's team, the day after Ukraine's most important religious site was hit by the war criminals. Image
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Jun 15
It's Day 1573 and the attempted genocide by Russia continued through the night.

Killing the people of Ukraine, its first responders and the most sacred religious site in the country.

The world looks on, shaking its head. If Putin's Nazism isn't stopped, it will reach you soon.
This is THE daily thread with fact-checked news of everything that's happening in Ukraine (and Russia).

The overnight attack by Russia was already underway when I finished Sunday's thread - here's the link if you missed anything on a busy day:

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The main temple of Kyiv-Perchersk Lavra is over 1,000 years old.

The Assumption Cathedral was built in 1078, three centuries before Moscow existed.

The Mongols badly damaged it in the 13th century.
700 years later it was blown up in WWII
Now the new Nazi invaders did this:
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