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!
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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.
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Yesterday was all about the ritual humiliation of tRUmp, dished out by Putin, and the US president's brain being too rusty to realise.
I also indulged in a long sub-thread on my fears about what's happening in Washington DC.
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It's official. tRUmp's supposed skill at making a deal is absolutely RANK
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#TraitorTrump promised a deal with his mate in NK, got nothing.
He handed the Taliban everything, got nothing.
Now, ending the war in 24 hours turned into humiliation
Putin, the aggressor, the war criminal, presiding over countless heinous crimes, executions, kidnapping of children, is about to be given a pass by Donald J Trump.
The despot and the wannabe talk today.
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Yesterday saw an explosive end to a day which started with mystery surrounding a Ukraine hit in Russia, and moved through the thread with some harrowing and shocking tales and scenes from Kherson.
Welcome to my daily thread, covering all things #Ukraine every single day since even before the first day of Russia's full invasion.
This is Day 1110 of Putin's long promised land grab - he's also pledged to reunite the rest of the USSR.
More atrocities overnight, let's begin:
For those loving people who urge me to get more sleep, you will be pleased to know there was no alarm this morning; I am refreshed and ready to tackle JD TRussia again.
A busy Friday ended with news of the awful attack in free Donetsk, catch up here:
Today sees the completion of 3 years of full scale war unleashed by #Russia on #Ukraine.
As signs point to an end to this war relatively soon, the ONLY question which should be asked is: are you happy to reward war-criminal terrorists with land?
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It's Day 1096 of #Russia 's war.
If you missed anything yesterday, catch up on Saturday's news here:
1/2 The #UK is in full focus today.
As @Keir_Starmer prepares to fly to Washington, new sanctions will be unveiled tomorrow.
Foreign Sec @DavidLammy says it will be "the largest package of sanctions against #Russia since the early days of the war eroding its military machine."
Day 1083 of the war in Europe and the 1083rd of my daily threads.
Three years ago we knew #Ukraine wouldn't go down without a fight. Now, for the first time in over a year there's genuine reason for #Russia to be worried about the outcome.
Plenty to learn and from in Sunday's thread.
In #Russia, ships crashing and exploding, faking capture of a key town in #Ukraine and late at night drones attacking again.
On the other hand, Moscow attacks civilians. Take a look at what you missed: