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#Ukraine: Today's updates from #UkraineWar: 1. While frontlines remain fluid around #Kreminna UA has retaken new ground in the forests S of the city & repelled attacks both here & S of #Spirne, #Donetsk region. Captured RU T-72B3 tank:
#Ukraine: 2. RU forces claim to have captured train station #Bakhmut-1 & taken NE of the city admin area. 200 RU troops reported to have surrendered in last week though & UA forces still fighting hard.
#Ukraine: 3. Igor Girkin, RU war criminal, does not rate RU's chances of taking anything. Time lapse does not show much of a #Bakhmut RU advance in last month, 9 months after they started. UA fighters have lucky escape.
#Ukraine: 4. At #Avdiivka UA troops have held their positions N & W of the urban centre and repelled RU forces in the surrounding areas. #tweet100 (Map: @ChuckPfarrer)
#Ukraine: 5. Listen to this moving address by Pres. Zelensky a few days ago in the village of #Yahidne, Chernihiv region, where RU imprisoned 370 villagers, men women & children in a basement for 27 days. #tweet100
#Ukraine: 6. While the congregation of Church of St. George in #Lviv voted to transition away from RU connection to UA Orthodox Church, Moscow-supporting priests made mourners at the village of #Zadubrivka wait an hour to mourn a dead UA soldier. #tweet100
#Ukraine: 7. Visiting #Warsaw, #Poland, today Pres. Zelensky signed a joint memorandum on reconstruction & munition production + an agreement to buy 150 Rosomak APCs, 54 Rak self-propelled mortars & 100 Piorun Manpads. #tweet100
#Ukraine: 8. UA's "Drone Army" initiative procured 3,200 drones in the 1st 9 months. UA is also reporting RU companies are carrying out mass deforestation in occupied territories, removing forests in #Zaporizhzhia, #Kherson & other regions. #tweet100
#Ukraine: 9. Media reports that UA has prepared 8 assault units with 40,000 troops - so hopefully some action soon! Reports also that UA forces shot down another RU Ka-52 helicopter today. Another 550 RU troops killed yesterday, 10 artillery systems & 6 APVs destroyed. #tweet100
#Ukraine: 10. #UK Intel says RU is likely expecting "friendly" nations to purchase its swelling state debt. The #CzechRepublic on the other hand is providing UA with $30 million worth of military equipment in storage & surplus to requirements. #tweet100
#Ukraine: 11. Lastly, more music from the frontline. Slava Ukraini! #tweet100
#Ukraine: Today's news from #UkraineWar: 1. UA forces yesterday pushed back RU troops on Korsunskogo Street in #Bakhmut using a charge fired from UR-77 Meteorit mine clearing vehicle, at least 13 of which have been captured from RU. Devastating! #tweet100
#Ukraine: 2. UA came under 70 attacks by RU yesterday, 32 of them in #Bakhmut. UA E Command said "building" #Prigozhin "installed" his flag on had long been destroyed. The flag was "dedicated" "Good Memory to Vladlen Tatarsky," the mil-blogger killed in St. Petersburg. #tweet100
#Ukraine: Today's news reports from #UkraineWar: 1. #Prigozhin claimed last night that he had placed a Wagner Group flag on top of the Admin building in #Bakhmut but daylight revealed the flag was stuck in a pile of rubble. #tweet100
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#Ukraine: 2. While RU forces are still making small gains, UA Gen Staff says fighting is still going on around the central Admin building, and #Bakhmut still holds. In SW UA has pushed back RU troops from Korsunskogo Street. #tweet100
#Ukraine: 3. From the N at #Bakhmut, RU forces have moved S from the AZOM plant but overall it appears RU has given up trying to encircle the city & now trying to move through it. Flanks are stable & UA has counter-attacked at #Ivanivske to SW. #tweet100 (Map: @ChuckPfarrer)
#Ukraine: Today's reports from #UkraineWar: 1. UA says the most intense phase of the fighting in #Bakhmut is underway. "The situation is stubbornly difficult." RU still attacks despite massive losses of men & equipment. #tweet100
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#Ukraine: 2. No large counter-offensive possible around #Bakhmut in immediate future because of snow conditions, probably followed by mud when it melts. UA Gen Staff says more than 50 RU attacks yesterday at Bakhmut, #Avdiivka & #Marinka.
#Ukraine: 3. RU forces launched 2 missile attacks on #Avdiivka causing serious damage to infrastructure. Among those killed in the town were a 5-month-old boy & his grandmother. #tweet100 (Pic: @GlasnostGone)
#Ukraine: Today's new updates from #UkraineWar: 1. One of the biggest snowfalls in E Ukraine in last 10 years has slowed all fighting down. However, street fighting continues in #Bakhmut N & E of city centre. ❄️❄️THREAD❄️❄️ #tweet100
#Ukraine: 2. RU continues to try to seize centre of #Bakhmut with 22 attacks in the last 24 hrs. UA forces destroyed an RU ammo depot at #Klyschiivka to the S. Wagner & RU regular forces continue to suffer heavy losses. #tweet100 (Map: @ChuckPfarrer)
#Uraine: 2. Heavy fighting continues to S of centre of #Bakhmut but RU made little progress in residential areas to N. UA East command says 100 Russians killed around the city area & 97 injured in 28 RU assaults. UA indicates AZOM plant disputed. #tweet100 (Map: @ChuckPfarrer)
#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