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Welcome to a new thread for Monday 10 April with all the news from the conflict in #Ukraine.

It's Day 411 of #Russia's bombs raining down on civilians.

I got a lot of feedback y'day for mentioning the original 2014 invasion, and today's a bit of a landmark, reaching day 3,333.
Sunday was much busier than many recent weekends: no religious pause from #Russia on what was Orthodox Palm Sunday

A lot of destruction, deaths of a father and daughter, a fightback in #Bakhmut, invaders' camp hit in Zaporizhzhia region and more, all here
Personnel losses for #Russia starting to creep back up again.

This may be due to the pinpoint strikes with #HIMARS and other rockets as much as close combat in #Donetsk.

Little change elsewhere - artillery hits still slightly above average.
All figures estimated by #Ukraine Image
Just one tank in that last update on #Russia's losses, and it may have been this one..

A rare yellowish Russian T-72B3 (2011 model)

As far as we know there were only two of these with their unique "camouflage", shown in a military parade in #Yekaterinburg a few years ago. ImageImage
I think those who write the daily Intel updates didn't expect to still be doing this 400+ days later.

They've increased the font and reduced the screen size to make it look like they're filling the space😅

Today's gem tells us there's fighting in #Marinka #Mariinka #Maryinka Image
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)🇺🇦
#Germany's Interior Minister @NancyFaeser says she'll refuse visas to athletes from #Russia or #Belarus for events in the country.

Bravo Ms Faeser for saying even if they are re-admitted to international competitions “Countries that host major sporting events are not powerless."
More destruction in #Kherson after the dropping of aerial bombs and further shelling by #Russia.

No casualties, but an architectural monument, a cardio hospital, a local government building and an art museum all suffered damage.

#RussiaIsATerroristState ImageImageImageImage
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#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 Image
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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)

Invaders are already in #Nikolske
📷RIA Melitopol ImageImageImage
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.

But the scorched earth policy of #Russia continues.
#RussiaIsATerroristState
Overnight #Russia shelled a cemetery in #Kramatorsk.

Even when you die the Terrorist State won't leave you alone.

#DonetskIsUkraine ImageImageImage
Elsewhere in towns and villages near the frontline in #Donetsk, plenty of damage and casualties.

#Druzhivka #Avdiivka #Kurakhovo #Dachny all suffered with four people needing hospital treatment.

#StandWithUkraine ImageImageImageImage
#Ukraine is claiming this is (unverified) video of one of its own attack drones hitting #Russia's air defence.

This is near #Avdiivka in #Donetsk region.

With new western machinery, we are seeing a lot more Russian defence systems being successfully destroyed.
#Putin's #Russia

"On your knees. Kiss the ground, you scum. You are Russian" says a worker in a kindergarten.

Even kids' playgroups are becoming like concentration camps as Russian society degenerates.
Congratulations to #Ukraine...

News reaching me that they have shot down the 600th aircraft of the Russian Federation in the 14th month of the war.

This time #Russia lost an Mi-24 helicopter near #Avdiivka.

#SlavaUkraini
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.

#StopRussia
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
#RussiaOnFire

A scare for residents in #Moscow.

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."

#StandWithUkraine
#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. Image
Another war almost started in #Russia...

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!

#SlavaUkraini
Seen in #Russia:

"Remember the ruins of Grozny, do not fight for the Russian occupiers" appeared on a wall in the Shchukino district of #Moscow.

#StandWithUkraine #RussiansGoHome Image

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Aug 21
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:

So let's break down Russia's aerial attack, which consisted of 40 missiles and 574 drones.

Ukraine's air defence intercepted these missiles:
1/4 Kindzhal hypersonic
0/2 ballistic
12/14 Kalibr cruise
18/19 Kh-101 cruise
0/1 unknown

and 546/574 UAVs = 95%

11 locations were hit. Image
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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.
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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. Image
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There's an angry reaction from a wide cross section of society to Trump's compliant acceptance of Putin doing just what he wanted on U.S. soil

Welcome to my🧵on Day 1270 of Russia's war. I've never missed a day, if you want to support my quest for truth
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Yesterday proved to be about a 26 hour long thread, which even for me was crazy!

Ukraine had great success striking military targets, while eventually, Putin had great success manipulating Trump.

Here's the link if you're catching up:
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Let the🧵begin
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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

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Whoever said 7 days is a long time in politics was dead right.

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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⬇️
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As I said last night when Trump announced details, Putin got EVERYTHING he wanted (again) & gave up nothing, not even secondary tariffsImage
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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.

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Catch up here:

I think we should start with the latest from Moscow on the first of the meetings which most hope will end the war, but few realists believe.

The venue has been arranged - this is from one of Russia's state news agencies. Image
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