Day 402 of the war. #Russia's illegal full invasion of #Ukraine.
This is the start of the daily news thread for Saturday 1 April, with all the relevant news updated as quickly and often as I can around the clock.
Thanks everyone for your support.
Together we #StandWithUkraine
I am currently sat in Mother Theresa airport (did you know there was such an airport name?) - I'll give the city/country in the next tweet, a little quiz to start your weekend!
Friday turned out to be quite busy for #Ukraine news, here's the link:
So, the answer to the conundrum? The airport named after Mother Theresa is in Tirana, capital of #Albania. A taxi ride over the border from Montenegro & now two flights to get home.
Thank you @CLies13 who's just bought me multiple coffees to keep me going at airport lounges💙💛
The chairman of the #USA Joint Chiefs of Staff says #Ukraine's victory this year is unlikely.
However, General Mark Milley did say it was still possible:
A 5 month old baby has died under Russian shelling in #Avdiivka.
#Ukraine authorities report the boy's mother refused to leave the day before when police tried to evacuate her and the family. The grandmother also died, while both parents are wounded.
The famous drone manufacturer #Bayraktar announced a successful test launch of its new development.
The IHA-230 supersonic missile produced by Roketsan, can hit targets over 150km away.
The company nased in #Turkiye has always supported #Ukraine in its fight for freedom.
Now news of one of the more unusual international ways of supporting #Ukraine.
#Netherlands has donated 11 sniffer or "sapper" dogs. They will be "in service" to help in demining and detecting the illegal movement and storage of explosives, weapons + ammunition.
The Head of the Moscow branch of #Ukraine's Orthodox Church appears in court after leaving the Lavra
Pavlo Lebed's accused of "repeatedly insulting religious feelings of Ukrainians, humiliated the views of believers of other faiths & tried to form hostile attitudes towards them"
What a world we live in, where the Presidency of the @UN Security Council is held by a Terrorist State.
It's not fit for purpose when, because of the veto, a nation thinks it can act with impunity.
This is supposedly just a poultry enterprise burning strongly earlier today. The chicken farm is in the village of Uruchcha near #Bryansk.
It's only 65km from the border with #Ukraine and some reports claim it may have been a Ukrainian attack.
More courtroom drama earlier in the case of Moscow-patriarch aligned "Pasha Mercedes" as he is known by some for his extravagant lifestyle as a humble priest
Metropolitan Pavel was given house arrest for 60 days, but then said he was unable to wear an ankle tag on health grounds
In the early days I reported on almost every speech by #Ukraine's President. I think it's worth watching today's nightly speech on the day #Russia became chair of the UNSC.
Zelenskyy also praises 'neutral' #Switzerland for joining in sanctions.
Here's another CCTV recording of the explosive sound heard all over the Russian city of #Rostov tonight.
Usually some excuse about fighter jets breaking the sound barrier is wheeled out. Emergency services say there's no incident to attend. Another mystery! #StandWithUkraine
1/2 The big story since the last couple of hours of y'day's thread has been Ukraine's multiple successes in breaching Russia's air defence at military targets.
The Kremlin says it destroyed 93 drones, 60 over the Black Sea. There's no mention of how many they missed!
Exhibit A:
Even the most ardent peaceniks are realising one side doesn't want to stop fighting. At least until, as a state new agency said recently, all Ukrainians are killed.
Each + every day you'll find all the news here in one handy🧵
Let's go!
If you missed anything of yesterday's developments, well not as much to catch up on.
Click the link to review, things only really started going late at night..
Trying to compile threads on a train, using mobile only so far, is a nightmare. My first typo was rather important. It's Day 1256, so the observant don't need to message me 😊
Family day out today, going to see "Evita"
But always a thread and as up to date as I can be.
"White rabbits" is what I have to say to you this morning.
An old British custom is to say 'rabbits' or 'white rabbits' (often 3 times) at the start of a new month to ensure good luck for the month ahead
August is the 43rd month of Russia's war.
Today is Day 1255. Here's the🧵
Yesterday was a depressing day.
Not just Russia's horrific attacks on Kyiv, but the general lack of response and condemnation. The world just shrugs its shoulders.
2 weeks ago I said things could move quickly on air defence. One system had reportedly already been delivered to Ukraine
Remember Switzerland's order was bumped down to give priority to🇺🇦?
Now Germany says 2 more Patriots will be sent by October, starting with launchers in days
Putin's response was to bomb the cr*p out of Ukraine's capital again overnight.
It's decency against inhumanity. Which side are you on?
Welcome to THE daily thread.
Wednesday was a fairly quiet day, punctuated by the odd Russian missile attack, before another enormous attack centre on Kyiv.. and it's still going on.
But Ukraine hit back in Russia.
Missed anything? Click and scroll, but please come back!
Tuesday 29 July. Day 1252.
Documenting all the important stories and developments in Ukraine's ongoing fight for survival against an invading horde.
Every Single Day. No break, no days off.
All the news from the war in Europe, all the time.
Monday was probably a better day for Ukraine.
We saw Trump appear to lose patience with indicted war criminal Putin, we saw a Ukraine flag replanted in one reclaimed village & late in the thread more strikes on Russia's rail infrastructure.
I'll begin in Rostov region, where earlier Ukraine hit railway infrastructure in the town of Salsk.
Pretty much the whole of the rail network in Rostov oblast is crucial to Russia's military. The proximity to occupied parts of Ukraine & the route to Crimea run through here.