#Ukraine: Today's updates from #UkraineWar: 1. UA military says that #Avdiivka may become a 2nd #Bakhmut, with RU forces trying to surround it. However, despite making some gains, RU has lost 3 companies of troops there in the last 2 days. #tweet100 (Map: @ChuckPfarrer)
#Ukraine: 3. Heavy fighting continues in the NW & S sectors of #Bakhmut, with UA forces pushing away RU troops at #Ivanivske despite increased pressure. UA has evacuated all children from #ChasivYar to a safer place. #tweet100
#Ukraine: 4. UA has successfully counter-attacked at #Ivanivske ( I feel sorry for the terrified dogs!) and struck a RU base N of #Bakhmut at #Yahidne.
#Ukraine: 5. Despite all the almost continuous assaults at #Bakhmut, UA forces continue to hunt down the RU attackers. Another translated report from the city, below.
#Ukraine: 6. Wagner leader #Prighozhin is clearly not confident of a #Bakhmut victory as shown in translated letter to Defence Minister Shoigu. RU channels expecting UA counter-attack. 700 RU dead yesterday, lost: 16 armoured vehicles, 5 tanks, 9 artillery systems. #tweet100
#Ukraine: 7. BBC/Mediazona have identified the names of 17,000 Russian soldiers killed in last 13 months. 1 third not associated with the army prior to the UA invasion. #tweet100
#Ukraine: 8. Series of explosions reported this evening from #Dzhankoya, #Crimea. There is an airfield there but latest info suggests UA drones have targeted a rail shipment of Kalibr cruise missiles at the railway station. #tweet100
#Ukraine: 9. UA has received 4 x Su-25s from #NorthMacedonia & #Norway has delivered 8 x Leopard 2s +support vehicles. UA says no evidence of #China supporting RU militarily, except civilian products/drones. #US has announced another $350 package to include HIMARS ammo. #tweet100
#Ukraine: 10. RU investigators have "opened a case" against ICC members over Putin's arrest warrant & former RU president, Medvedev, threatens a missile attack on the court at Hague. #Mariupol "Putin visit" video has woman shouting "Its all lies.
#Ukraine: #Poland's ambassador to #France, Jan Rosciszewski, has said that Poland would have no choice but to fight RU if UA lost the war. Plus EU member states have today agreed to produce/procure 1 million shells for UA. #tweet100
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#Ukraine: Today's latest news from #UkraineWar: UA carried out a combined drone & ATACMS missile attack on the Beriev Aviation Scientific-Technical Complex in #Taganrog, RU, 150km from the UA frontline. At least a dozen explosions & 14 burned vehicles in the parking lot.
#Ukraine: 2. The #Taganrog complex is responsible for producing the RU A-50/100 AWACS planes. RU soldiers have rioted over poor treatment of the injured. #UK MOD summarises the situation: x.com/DefenceHQ/stat…
(Infographic: @ChuckPfarrer) x.com/UKikaski/statu…
#Ukraine: 3. UA used its new "Peklo" (Hell) missile for the 1st time, 6 missiles successfully striking the Transneft oil depot in #Bryansk. x.com/LXSummer1/stat…x.com/i/status/18666…
#Ukraine: Today's update on #UkraineWar & other related events: 1. Today's news is dominated by #Syria, where Islamic rebels completed their overthrow of the Assad regime by taking #Damascus overnight. This evening Assad & his family appeared in Moscow where RU has given them asylum "on humanitarian grounds." x.com/bradyafr/statu… (Map: @Loveuamap)
#Ukraine: 2. The Syrian Army seems to have melted away, showing little resistance to the rebel tide, many Assad troops defecting. Assad's core Alawite sect (Shia Muslim like Iran) along the coastal strip were expected to support him, but in the end they defected too, many tearing down statues of Assad & his father.
#Ukraine: 3. So ends the 54 year-old dynasty of the Assad family, which in the end collapsed completely in 11 days. When rebels entered the coastal cities of Tartus & Latakia, Assad's overthrow was complete. Women & children released from prison in #Saydnaya: x.com/ThomasVLinge/s…x.com/RamiSafadi93/s…
#Ukraine: Today's latest info THREAD on #UkraineWar: 1. UA forces have cleaned RU forces from #Kupiansk city, #Kharkiv region, & driven them back beyond the outskirts where UA now maintain control. RU channels calling RU withdrawal a "disgrace." RU's FSB "Hammer" bombed in #Tyotkino, #Kursk region: (Map: Deep State)
#Ukraine: 2. Last night, RU launched a record 188 Shahed drones against UA. UA Air Force downed 76 drones across 17 regions & 95 were "lost" as a result of electronic warfare (EW) intervention. 5 drones flew on to Belarus. 2 people killed in Sumy region & 40
injured across UA.
#Ukraine: 3. Despite UA's continued resistance, analysts say RU has gained 600sqkm (232sqmls) since Nov, 234.79sqkm (90sqmls) in the last week. The advance is fastest near #VelykaNovosilka, Donetsk region. RU have also advanced 33sqkm (12.7 sqmls) nr #Pokrovsk, a key UA military hub in Donetsk.
#Ukraine: Today's reports from #UkraineWar: 1. UA forces launched counterattacks E of #Pokrovsk & are reported to have recaptured the #Novogradovskyaya mine, as well as retaking territory S of M-30 highway. THREAD (Map: @ChuckPfarrer)
#Ukraine: 2. In #Kursk region a 14km road is being called the "Road of Death" by Russians as it is under UA fire & drone control & is strewn with destroyed RU vehicles. RU's 155th Marine Brigade, accused of war crimes against UA POWs, suffered most damage.
#Ukraine: 3. UA forces destroyed a BM-27 Uragan 220mm MLRS using FPV drones. A vehicle carrying RU troops hit an anti-tank mine dropped in place earlier by UA: x.com/GloOouD/status…x.com/front_ukrainia…
#Ukraine: Today’s latest updates from #UkraineWar: 1. Last night UA successfully attacked a RU warehouse containing as many as 400 Shahed-136 drones nr #Yeysk, #Krasnodar region of RU, using UA Navy R-360 Neptune cruise missiles. THREAD
#Ukraine: 2. The RU oil depot at #Feodosiia, #Crimea is still burning 3 days after an attack by UA. RU sources say the fire will not be extinguished until the fire burns itself out.
#Ukraine: 3. #UK’s Telegraph reports that RU has suspended production of its Su-57 fighter jets because of sanctions preventing it from obtaining crucial electronic parts. UA troops capture a fully intact satellite comme station:
#Ukraine: Today’s latest reports from #UkraineWar: 1. UA last night attacked with drones, the RU missile & ammo storage facility at #Kotluban in RU, #Volgograd region. Reports say a delivery of missiles from #Iran arrived the night before. THREAD
#Ukraine: 2. Also in RU, the “Wildberries” warehouse at #Barnaul, with tanks nearby, was set on fire & burnt down. Cause of the fire is still unknown. In #Kursk region another turtle tank was eliminated:
#Ukraine: 3. Also in #Kursk region, a RU BMD tried to attack UA defensive positions but it was hit by a grenade launcher. Nr #Pleghovo, UA FPV drones + artillery, blocked another huge RU armoured attack.