Hello and welcome to Wednesday's daily thread with all the news from and about #Ukraine, still fighting to maintain its freedom.
#Russia's war has reached Day 406.
This thread is updated throughout the day (and night when it's busy) using my own sources and aggregating news.
Yesterday started with attacks on #Odesa/#Odessa but was generally quiet in military terms.
But lots of other stories as Germany admits shame at not helping Ukraine earlier, Moscow's Church continues to be driven out + more 🇷🇺corruption. Review it here:
#Russia's losses in the last 24 hours are interesting. While troop deaths remain in the 500-650 range we've seen for the past 2 weeks, look at the number of artlliery systems/MLRS destroyed.
These are significant figures. New western donations having an effect? #RussiansGoHome
In its daily update, #Ukraine's General Staff says its planes made 9 strikes on Russian "areas of personnel/military equipment. A high-precision "KUB" type UAV was also shot down."
Artillery units also struck control points, 2 Grad rocket systems + electronic warfare station.
ATESH, the #Ukraine resistance movement has published this video, which it says its agents took from inside an ammo production plant in #Russia
It claims the Svobodny Sokol pipe plant in #Lipetsk has been converted to manufacture shells.
Atesh hints at sabotage to come.
Not 100% war related, but with #Russia spending so much on the war, sanctions biting & with fewer qualified workers, more + more accidents are occuring.
Here in St Petersburg a huge "spill" of boiling water literally melted the road and swallowed up this car. 3 people got burned
In #Kramatorsk heavy flooding is inflicting further misery on the lives of remaining residents.
Not only heavy rains are to blame - #Russia's persistent shelling of infrastructure, including flood defences, have hugely exacerbated the problems. #RussiaIsATerroristState
Oh thank you, thank you...
The flow of coffee has resumed after a few "dry" days!
I am extremely grateful to the support and donations this morning from Michael G and @MorganBrv
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A seemingly dull, but extremely important, update from UK Intel today.
#Russia unable to finance its debt, is openly begging for help from "friendly states" which almost certainly means China and maybe India.
This is literally selling the country's future to kill Ukrainians.
Ivan Fedorov, the exiled Mayor of #Melitopol says collaborator Maksym Zubarev lost an arm and a leg in this car bomb attack.
Angry locals storm a church in #Chernivtsi region in west Ukraine. It happened after priests of the Moscow-aligned church apparently refused the burial of a soldier in the village of Zadubrovka. The man's body can clearly be seen.
As Pres. Macron visits #China, some pleasing words from his hosts
China doesn't recognise #Ukraine's occupied territory as Russian, doesn't help Russia militarily & doesn't support the war
1/2 Leader of the Terrorist State holds a Security Council meeting, flanked with four traitors, so called "Heads" of #Ukraine's occupied regions.
The life expectancy for Pushilin & Co is pretty low and most likely to be bumped off by #Russia/FSB if Ukrainians don't get them first
2/2 #Putin droned on about the occupied regions and said security forces must do everything to ensure the safety of the people.
So Vova, get your murderous war criminals out of the foreign country, then everyone's safe!
In the words of UK advertising legends, "Simples!"
This time in St.Petersburg, a scary blaze took hold of an apartment block in the Krasnoselsky district of #Russia's second city.
Spotted by and thanks to Carolynne.
UEFA Execs have decided to allow #Belarus to continue competing in @EURO2024, despite protests from over 100 MEPs.
Belarus lost both qualifiers so far, but there's a problem for #Ukraine. Legislation may make it illegal for Ukraine to play in any sport which allows🇧🇾or🇷🇺to play.
Two more explosions (unconfirmed) reported in #Melitopol.
The blasts were reportedly half an hour apart in, or near the villages of Myrne and Tambovka.
In Myrne local channels say the Occupiers have been making defences recently.
Mixed news for the President of #Ukraine Football.
Andriy Pavelko was re-elected to UEFA's committee for four more years in Nyon, Switzerland today.
However a Swiss court sets an October date for a hearing where Pavelko is accused of threatening and trying to bribe a journalist
Constance, you know who you are, and thank you for your ongoing support
One of the buildings of #Russia's Defence Ministry in central #Moscow caught fire!
Prigozhin, where were you at 6pm this evening?
#Russia reports a Ukrainian light-engine plane has crashed in #Bryansk region. The pilot has been detained.
🇷🇺media report the man saying he is a civilian pilot on a job to take a picture and did not realise he had crossed the border. Russia say it was a #Ukraine recon mission.
A top adviser to @ZelenskyyUa is quoted saying talks are possible if Ukraine's army reaches the border with Crimea.
FT is paywalled, but you can read it here: westobserver.com/business/ukrai…
I've been expecting this to happen for a while. #Russia's first step to restoring the death penalty (though of course summary executions happen regularly 'off the book')
Looks like Putin has got Sergey Mironov, of the Just Russia - For Truth party to propose the legislation.
In the southern #Russia republic of #Ingushetia there's a shootout between police + rebels.
More details at the start of the new thread in a few minutes...
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Day 1261 - the White House thinks the war in Ukraine is coming to an end.
Especially as the Kremlin has this morning announced Putin and Trump will meet in the coming days.
But is the war criminal just duping the US Pres again and buying more time?
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Much of Wednesday was taken up with the politics surrounding US envoy Wirkoff's latest chummy chat with Putin.
But then it turned dark, literally as the sun went down, but Ukraine looks to have had the better of the drone exchanges.
Catch up here:
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.
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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.