Did I confuse you with 3 separate spellings for the same place?
Well, the original is Мар'їнка
The ' is not used in English but here it means the ї is pronounced more like "yi".
But most Ukrainians prefer to use an i instead of a y, so ii (same with ia=я and iu=Ю e.g. Iuliia)🇺🇦
1/2 #Ukraine's spokesman for #Mariupol' again speaks of genocide in the Occupied city.
Piotr Andryushchenko says more and more settlers and soldiers from far eastern #Russia arrive in the city and eradicate the culture and memory of what Mariupol was before the war
📷BBC
2/2 Andryushchenk also says Ukrainians are being forcibly evicted from a village just outside #Mariupol
#Lisne (name literally means forest) is being made into a military base, because it's easy to hide equipment in the forest)
Video postcard from #Avdiivka.
Try as they might, the invaders still can't take the small town (pre-war population of only 30k), which is less than 10 miles from central #Donetsk.
Looks like there's been another prisoner exchange, but no news from #Kyiv yet.
#Russia says 106 of its personnel have been released from captivity after negotiations, "who were in mortal danger" which I take to mean they were sick.
Confirmation has just come from Andriy Yermak in the President's Office:
"We are bringing home 100 of our people - they are soldiers, sailors, border guards, and national guardsmen. Among them are defenders of Mariupol, Azovstal and Hostomel. Some are seriously injured.
My first #RussiaOnFire of the day comes from the capital.
An oxygen cylinder is said to have exploded in Nahabino, #Moscow region.
The subsequent fire covers 1,000 sq metres.
No further details yet.
There are so many stories about the US Intel "leaks".
But as some have clearly been doctored, and we don't know if there was an intended leak by the US, it's hardly worth reporting what is still essentially speculation.
e.g. Ukraine will run out of air defence missiles by 3 May
Not far from the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation is a hole in the pavement a foot (30cm) deep where a witness reported an explosion and flames.
The cause was said to be a short circuit of high-voltage wires.
#Bulgaria has said it will transfer MiG-29 fighters to #Ukraine, but only if western partners supply Bulgaria's MoD with more modern combat aircraft.
The ministry made it clear "they are not going to transfer fighter jets to #Kyiv for free."
#Russia's Occupiers have finally admitted the attack on #Tokmak, which I reported here yesterday.
The fact it's taken so long to show any photos or video is highly likely because of signifcant damage and troop losses.
Russia claims two people were injured.
#Russia's state propaganda channel publishes this video which I publish unedited:
"A video of the likely death of a mercenary from Britain in the Donbas came into the possession of RIA Novosti.
The recording was made on the action camera of a Ukrainian soldier who later died."
Experience the pure emotion, relief and joy as a Ukrainian mother hears from, and sees her son for the first time after being a Prisoner of War.
Ignore the subtitles of the first 25 seconds as they pick up the background noise. In fact you don't really need any subs!
In #Russia, article 359 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation states up to 20 years in prison for recruiting mercenaries using one's official position.
Here municipal buses in #Omsk, owned by the mayor's office, proudly advertise #Wagner's recruitment campaign.
A panelist on the primetime propaganda TV blurted out that many more Russians had been killed than Ukrainians in the war, and the reaction was priceless!
Welcome to Thursday's thread with all the important news on Russia's illegal war in Ukraine.
It's Day 1275 - the day Putin openly mocks Trump.
After China + India upped oil purchases, the indicted war criminal ordered his army to bomb a US company in🇺🇦
Let's begin:
Ukraine is recovering from the predicted massive overnight attack.
Russia launched more than 600 missiles and drones.
The mayhem started in the last third of yesterday's exhausting thread. If you missed it, click and scroll here:
It's Day 1274 of Ukraine's incredible defence of its people, land, culture + shielding many NATO states, next on Putin's hit-list from his long stated dream to reunite the USSR
Somehow Trump & his cults (I nearly misspelled that) seem intent on helping Putin.
Here's the daily🧵
Tuesday was another 50+ post thread, packed full of some more untold insights into Ukraine news and life, including the resurgence of Covid and a language 'foul' on the football field.
But politics and Russian atrocities are omnipresent.
Here's your link
Let me start with an unwanted shock for residents in Poltava, who were warned of a radiation threat this morning, I imagine sparking all sorts of horrific thoughts.
Thankfully, the governor says it was human error, Myrhorod should've had an air alert, not the radiation warning.
Zelenskyy's forced to be careful, but Ukraine's always been ready for the unconditional ceasefire Trump first demanded 5 months ago. So no surprise he's travelling to Washington on Monday
It's Alaska Day, or a couple of half-baked Alaskas meeting later as Russia hopes to carve up Ukraine, with Trump's approval.
That's much later on Day 1269 of Putin's war.
As I start this thread at around 02:30 GMT, 05:30 Ukraine, there is a big attack on Russia.
Let the🧵begin
In a rush to get to sleep, so let me waste no further time in giving the link to yesterday's thread.
Both X and BSky have been a bit crappy scrolling through threads. One thing you can do is click my profile and then "replies", click one + scroll up
Whoever said 7 days is a long time in politics was dead right.
An about turn from tough guy & threats to TACO queen & Putin's poodle. And the next 7 days is now set to bring another cosy meet between a felon and an indicted war criminal.
It's Day 1263 of THE Ukraine thread:
A later start to Saturday's thread because of a crazily late finish to the last🧵
Fewer than 20,000 views for the first time in weeks on such an important day🤨🤔
So much effort and so little impact some days 😢
If you're one of many to miss it, click⬇️
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?
Follow me & today's thread:
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: