Hello and welcome to Wednesday's thread with all the news that matters, and a little analysis, from the war in #Ukraine
#Russia's brutal, illegal invasion continues and you can find the news here, updated throughout the day. Please share/retweet as my shadowban continues!
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Today is Day 392.
There was quite a lot of activitiy last night with #Russia launching a missile attack on #Odesa (RU: #Odessa) and drone attacks across #Ukraine.
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Sadly a fourth person has now died following the drone attack in #Kyiv last night. His body was recovered from the rubble of the dormitory in #Rzhyshchiv about 80km south-east of the capital itself.
This weekend is "Freedom Day" (seriously) in #Belarus, and an opposition group has said a 'security operation' in which a foreign saboteur was killed, was all staged.
BYPOL claims the "foreign terrorist" was likely a KGB stooge, citing various evidence:
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1/2 Back to #Zaporizhzhia and a couple of videos to show you from the scene of #Russia's missile attack on another apartment block.
18 people have been injured, four of them seriously.
Two children aged 7 and 9 are among those taken to hospital.
1 person died in today's horrific attack on residential quarters in #Zaporizhzhia
21 were wounded, 2 children among them
The impact, seen here, happened before air raid warnings sounded. #Ukraine says it's because they were hit by MLRS, taking just seconds from launch to impact
#Russia seems to be calling up tanks which are "older than Putin"
The T-54 came into commission in 1946. Here 54s and 55s are on the move from the far east of Russia.
There seems no point moving them unless they're heading to the front, in whch case they must be desperate?
A video's emerged supposedly showing #Ukraine's attack on occupied #Sevastopol in the early hours of this morning.
One particularly big explosion is clearly visible. #Russia said they destroyed 3 naval drones - but we know not to believe what the Kremlin says!
Yet another 'mysterious' fire at a military recruiting office.
This is in the city of #Svobodny in the #Amur region.
There was an arson attempt on the same enlistment office 6 months ago which damaged the facade of the building.
Thank you also today to all the contributors who've suggested stories for inclusion in the thread. As always Carolynne and Renée are two of my biggest helps, digging out stories I may have missed.
Day 1201 of Europe's war.
But the pre-conflict hybrid war has already been waging worldwide for years. Hacking, election interference, sabotage - we're all targeted by Russia, even if we don't all realise it yet.
Ukraine can stop the war criminal with our help.
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Maybe Sunday will bless Ukraine with a quiet day?
Saturday was another full-on journalistic stint, catching sleep when I could.
Kharkiv shattered overnight then a daytime attack on a kids' railway.
Operation Web 2.0 & a factory hit in Russia.
It's all ⬇️
1/2 Early this morning, just before the end of the previous thread I showed the Azot chemical plant in Tula region on fire.
Not long afterwards, Ukraine hit another facility, this time in Russia-controlled 🇺🇦
This is the Hydromash factory in Melitopol' in occupied Zaporizhzhia.
Day 1194 of Putin's war, though let's remember the initial invasion came 11 years ago.
Since February 2014, not once have western sanctions or military support come close to being enough to restore justice and defeat evil.
Welcome to THE daily 🇺🇦 thread for Sunday 1 June
A new day, a new season. Summer officially started, but nothing is likely to change just yet.
Y'day's thread had some great stories, but everything paled into insignificance when justy before midnight came news of a disaster in Russia's Bryansk region:
Another night of no sleep yet - dramatic action in Moscow.
Time to start another daily thread covering everything to do with Putin's disastrous 'operation' in Ukraine.
It's 5am in Russia and Ukraine, on Day 1190 of the war.
Let's begin...
I've still NEVER missed even one day since the start of Russia's full invasion.
But yesterday's thread ended up being one of the most lively. Another near 50-post story of the day, and if you like seeing "bavovna" in Russia, go right through to the end!
Good morning on Day 1176 of the war in Europe.
In my opinion, Ukraine should have won this war in 2022/23.
Effective leadership is based on good, decisive decisions. Sadly, the allies have never been decisive, preferring dithering and half measures.
Welcome to my daily thread:
What I mean by dithering is endless internal political battles in most countries to give adequate weapons. Scholz (Taurus), Biden (everything) the most obvious examples, though Joe was hampered by Congress and is way better than now
But it's always enough to survive, not to win
If you missed anything from yesterday, catch up with this link to the start of yesterday's thread. Scroll down to where you got to and complete your knowledge!