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Mar 14, 2023 32 tweets 27 min read Read on X
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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May 23
Here we go again then. Day 1550 of Ukrainians wondering if they, their home, their relatives, will be bombed today.

About 16 million people have been born in the US and 15m in the EU since Russia started its full invasion of Ukraine.

Welcome to Saturday's daily🧵
Friday was a cracking thread, with vodka cheaper than a single tomato, legless Russians celebrating, Moscow claiming a college in occupied Luhansk wasn't housing Rubicon pilots and their drones and Ukraine causing more mayhem deep inside Russia.

#UkraineSanctions have been successfully employed again!

Lots of action in Russia last night, even before I closed the thread. Around 8am this morning another Ukraine strike in Perm' region, a distance of about 1700km.
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May 22
Day 1549 of the madness that is Russia's war

Putin's gone from the expected capture of Kyiv before the end of Feb 2022 & annihilation of Ukraine's leaders & the country's culture, to begging China to keep it afloat & trying to quell dissenters at home as bombs fall!
The daily🧵
A quick reminder, everything I do is free. No extra content behind paywalls or subscriptions.

Every single day, documenting everything important about the war and about Ukraine. Still never missed a day. If you are able to support here's the link:

ko-fi.com/twmcltd
Thursday's thread was another fairly long one, with over 40 posts and many encouraging for Ukraine.

Vyshyvanka day proved to be a good one, unless you're supporting invaders, as they suffered myriad setbacks including 100 in one hit.
Catch up here⬇️

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May 20
Wednesday 20 May is Day 1547 of Putin's catastrophic full invasion of its peaceful neighbour.

Russia has lost a large part of a generation of men - dead, dying or those who managed to emigrate. Reserves spent, economy collapsing.
Putin, not Zelenskyy, is Russia's biggest enemy
Let's start the daily thread in the traditional manner with the link for the start of Tuesday's thread.

A lot more destruction on both sides, as Putin grovels in China. Click, but remember to come back for today's news...

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I'll start though with new photos leaked out of occupied Crimea.

You may remember I wrote about a large Ukraine attack at the weekend - and these photos are from a military airfield, thought to be Belbek. Image
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May 19
Welcome to THE daily thread on Day 1546 of the war.

Russia is showing small signs of desperation.
More economic woes, more Ukraine air attacks deep inside Russia, a desperation to strengthen ties with allies and having to make new nuclear threats.

All the news in one place:
Here's the link back to the start of Monday's thread for those catching up.

A day when Russia lost more equipment, including a helicopter, but also bombed the hell out of Dnipro, while the EU looks for a lead negotiator to meet Putin.

One thing I learned last night I'll repost here as very few people saw it last night, and for Ukraine watchers it's very interesting and potentially important.

Will Zelenskyi dare fire Zaluzhnyi so he has no platform in the run up to an election?

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May 14
Day 1541 of Russia's war on Ukraine - this is PART TWO of today's thread.

I'm restarting, and linking here to the 17 posts so far today (thread part one).
If I continued I would not able to see any replies.

I've now had confirmation of one fatality in Russia's attack on Kyiv.

The injury count is now up to 16.
This is a video from first responders, trying to rescue those trapped in a collapsed apartment building in the Darnytskyi district.
Air alerts are beginning to be lifted in more regions of Ukraine.
Among those is Khmelnytskyi, where there was a drone swarm on the military airbase. No damage is reported.
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May 13
Hello again. It's the daily Ukraine thread on Day 1540 of Russia's full invasion of its peaceful neighbour, which never threatened nor ever fired a shot at Russia, until after the original 2014 invasion.

All the big news in one place, every single day. It's what I do!
Tuesday saw a late flurry by Ukrainian drones in Russia, while earlier the Terrorist State was having problems with self-starting fires.

Loads of other interesting stories in a near 50-post thread - missed anything? Click and scroll now:

A big daytime drone attack on Ukraine is ongoing as I type.

Explosions have been heard in Kyiv - air defence shooting them down as far as I can tell so far. About 30 Russian drones are attacking the region and city.
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