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
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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!
Hello again. Day 860 of #Russia's all-out war on #Ukraine, but for newcomers, we only got here because the west did nothing when Putin tried to subvert democracy in 2013/4 & invaded #Crimea and east Ukraine in Feb 2014.
Let's start another daily thread - not a single day off!
Monday was another busy thread.
More signs #RussiaIsCollapsing, big blackouts and record losses for the invader.
In occupied #Ukraine there was an important hit on #Crimea, and how drones hit a moving train used by Russia.
What times we live in.
#Russia takes over the revolving Presidency of the UN Security Council, while Putin's biggest ally in the west, #Hungary holds the EU Presidency for 6 months.
This morning Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán arrived in #Kyiv for the first time since 2012.
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It's Day 849 of #Russia's full invasion of its peaceful neighbour. But it's well over 10 years since the original illegal incursion into #Ukraine territory.
This is another daily thread with all the important news, presented without exaggeration, updated all day long every day!
#Russia's favourite mantra, repeated by trolls, useful-idiots, MAGA types etc, is of Nazis in #Ukraine.
It's simple: #Russia accuses others of what it does itself.
Democratic elections?🇺🇦✅🇷🇺❌
Jewish President?🇺🇦✅🇷🇺❌
Previous Pres Jewish?🇺🇦✅🇷🇺❌
Far right MPs?🇺🇦❌🇷🇺✅
Thursday ended with a lot of activity in #Russia's #Krasnodar region, explosions and nice videos.
You can see them at the end of yesterday's thread, a mammoth 60-post effort.
To catch up, click and scroll:
Hello and welcome of Day 838 of #Russia's full invasion of #Ukraine, a country which never fired a shot at any other until the initial 2014 invasion by its imperialistic neighbour.
This is THE thread for all the news, analysis and a bit of comment on the situation. Let's dive in
Regulars will know I (try to) always include a link back to the previous day for those who missed something, or like to just browse the main stories in one place, in a few minutes.
Please share, boost, do your NAFO thing to raise visibility!💙💛
It's Day 835 of #Russia's war.
A conflict based solely on the ego of one very little man. But Putin managed to remove all freedoms & opposition and then brainwash the public into supporting his tyranny, just as Hitler did.
This is THE daily thread covering the war in #Ukraine
It was another very difficult night for the people and air defenders in #Ukraine.
All the details coming up right here on Friday's thread.
First though, your chance to look back on Thursday's news. If you missed anything, click + scroll here:
First I want to point out the seemingly random number of "views".
Yesterday's thread-header has the lowest view count I can ever remember, despite almost identical likes/retweets to the previous day.
The last 3 days: 35k 22k and 9k
However of those 35k, 2/3 came after 2am GMT