Thread by @TWMCLtd

Sunday 19 March, Day 389 of #Russia's war of choice.

Here's yet another daily thread for your delectation!

If you missed something yesterday, here's the link forall of Saturday's news relevant to #Ukraine.

https://twitter.com/TWMCLtd/status/1636899471815573506

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Bunker Boy emerged from the Kremlin yesterday, turning up in #Crimea, which he likes to do to celebrate anniversaries of the capture.

Putin also survived a trip to occupied #Mariupol', where he allegedly met with locals, but on footage I saw it was all officials.

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What I find interesting is how the Kremlin tried to make out #Putin had driven to #Crimea, and again today they're at pains to show footage of him "driving around #Mariupol."

I believe this shows there's serious concern in Moscow about his health, so he must prove he's fit.

While Putin scuttles around in darkness, no sign of him meeting real troops on the frontline. Maybe some were lined up but they all died before he could present them with another meaningless medal.

710 fresh bodies in the meat grinder today + tons of equipment destroyed.

In #Mariupol and all the other temporarily occupied territories (TOT), there is a severe shortage of skills, especially medics.

Even with fewer hospitals, #Russia is now trying to tempt, bribe or force 125 doctors and 125 more nurses to head to #Ukraine.

sprotyv.mod.gov.ua/2023/03/18/oku…

Some confusion about the grain deal extension I reported yesterday, which allows #Ukraine export from some southern ports.

Kyiv said the deal is for 120 days, but last night #Russia said it was for only 60 days.
The UN statement avoids the issue:

un.org/sg/en/content/…

Back to Putin in the occupied territories. Many, especially in #Ukraine are convinced the wanted suspected war criminal has many "body doubles"

24tv is sure it was actually another "twin" in Crimea, pointing to him using his right hand.

24tv.ua/putin-priyihav…

#BakhmutHolds, but #Ukraine's General Staff reports the situation remains "very difficult"

#Russia attacked and tried to advance in 5 directions in #Donetsk and #Luhansk, but Kyiv officials say they repelled 83 attacks

Here's the latest map with Bakhmut and Avdiivka highlighted

Britain's MoD says #Russia has tacitly accepted it won't capture #Zaporizhzhia.

They cite the designation of #Melitopol as 'capital' of the occupied part of ZP oblast.

#RussiansGoHome #StandWithUkraine

A medical volunteer from #Czechia has been seriously injured in the war zone.

The Phoenix Project gave few details on its official page, other than it happened in #Donbas and his condition is now stable:

facebook.com/people/Project…

Thank you so much to Heidi in Tampa for the kind words and donating to my coffee fund a few hours ago.

If you want to support what I do and can afford a small gift, click here 💙💛

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It is fairly quiet today, thankfully.

Some media making a lot of #Germany saying it would arrest #Putin if he came to the country. But that's obvious as would any country which signed up to the statute.

#NATO increasing troop numbers along its eastern flank the other main story

3 civilians have been killed after a Russian grad rocket hit their home in #Zaporizhzhia region.

Two more were injured in the small town of #Kamianske, about 40km south of Zaporizhzhia city.

No photos from there yet; these are from y'day when Russia fired on the region 97 times

Michael the "PolskaBlade" bought me a coffee earlier this afternoon through the link in my profile page here.
Thank you for your support Michael💙💛

Few tears will be shed over this death.

Collaborator Serhiy Moskalenko, who is said to have run the torture chamber in Nova Kakhovka, was blown up in a car bomb attack in occupied #Kherson.

#VivaLaResistance
investigator.org.ua/ua/news-2/2525…

Also in #Kherson region another potential scalp for the Resistance.

It looks like a similar car bombing hit the Commander of a platoon of Russian security forces in #Skadovsk, deep into the occupied zone.

#StopRussia
📹Kherson councillor Serhii Khlan

#Ukraine channels on social media are claiming the "random residents" whom #Putin was supposed to have met in #Mariupol were acually usual suspects from Moscow's rentacrowd mob.

I cannot independently verify these supposed results showing facial matches with a previous event.