Some breaking news, we are learning about repeated explosions in #Zaporizhzhia this morning.
S-300 anti aircraft missiles again being used by #Russia to attack civilians, but monitoring groups say one exploded just after launch, before it crossed the frontline.
It's noisy.
The weather has improved in #Ukraine. But though the ground may be drying out a little on the frontline, conditions are still incredibly tough.
Kamikaze #Shahed drones launched by #Russia and heading towards #Kyiv again.
The fear is not the drones themselves any longer, but the exposure of air defence positions and potentially diminishing supplies of defensive missiles.
#Ukraine shot down 19 out of 25 drones which attacked last night.
There were 24 attack UAVs and one reconnaissance drone. In #Kyiv all were shot down, but 10 buildings and some cars were damaged by the falling debris.
In #Odesa only 12 out of 15 were hit by air defence.
A lot of #Russia's equipment and soldiers were destroyed in the last 24 hours. A good day's hunting in many of the categories.
200,000 will be reached within 3 weeks, possibly 2 weeks.
and here's the daily British update, talking about some drone attacks that almost certainly were via #Ukraine (unlike the Kremlin,probably staged attack)
Across #Zaporizhzhia region they're inspecting and starting to repair the damage.
One man was injured. Governor Yuriy Malashko says #Russia doubled its attacks, with 112 air and artillery strikes in the day, and ZP city itself was hit with an S-300 missile. #StopRussiaNow
President @ZelenskyyUa has begun his speech at The Hague in the Netherlands.
He received a warm welcome and then said "We would all like to see another Vladimir in The Hague - one who deserves to be convicted of criminal acts."
A small piece of sabotage with someone setting fire to a relay-cabinet near #StPetersburg. But this only affects electric trains to nearby Beloostrov and though most were delayed it won't affect the war effort. Better luck next time😉🇺🇦
#Russia also claims to have shot down a drone in #Voronezh region early this morning.
This is thought to be the moment the UAV started its descent.
"Rolex" Peskov is pressed into action again to make more inflammatory statements as the world slowly realises #Russia probably staged drone "attacks" on the Kremlin
Putin's mouthpiece claims the US is behind "Kyiv's attack on the Kremlin, US attempts to disown it are ridiculous"
Big problem with drink driving in #Russia and drunkenness among the military. Maybe the two combined here...
Somehow this Bastion missile complex was driven into a fence on the #StPetersburg ring road.
It was heading to the Victory Parade, a rehearsal taking place today.
The Mayor of #Odesa has been arrested. It's an ongoing case and accusations stretch back years. There's always been a lot of distrust of Gennadiy Trukhanov in pro-Ukraine circles.
Also in #Krasnodar I wonder if we have more sabotage on the rails?
Suddenly "law enforcement agencies" closed the line between the #Severskaya and #Ilskaya stations. Services to Sochi and Perm' have been delayed for hours.
Explosions in #Kyiv. It seems to be air defence, but some residents in the #Irpin district say the lights went out.
Following the altercation in the debating chamber, #Russia's Olga Timofeeva was said to be giving an interview when #Ukraine MP Oleksandr Marikovskyi brought out🇺🇦
Another Russian snatched it away but Oleksandr wasn't finished...
Two fires in #Kyiv during the drone attack on #Ukraine's capital.
I'll let the Mayor of #Kyiv say everything (translation of Telegram posts)
1/2 The big story since the last couple of hours of y'day's thread has been Ukraine's multiple successes in breaching Russia's air defence at military targets.
The Kremlin says it destroyed 93 drones, 60 over the Black Sea. There's no mention of how many they missed!
Exhibit A:
Even the most ardent peaceniks are realising one side doesn't want to stop fighting. At least until, as a state new agency said recently, all Ukrainians are killed.
Each + every day you'll find all the news here in one handy🧵
Let's go!
If you missed anything of yesterday's developments, well not as much to catch up on.
Click the link to review, things only really started going late at night..
Trying to compile threads on a train, using mobile only so far, is a nightmare. My first typo was rather important. It's Day 1256, so the observant don't need to message me 😊
Family day out today, going to see "Evita"
But always a thread and as up to date as I can be.
"White rabbits" is what I have to say to you this morning.
An old British custom is to say 'rabbits' or 'white rabbits' (often 3 times) at the start of a new month to ensure good luck for the month ahead
August is the 43rd month of Russia's war.
Today is Day 1255. Here's the🧵
Yesterday was a depressing day.
Not just Russia's horrific attacks on Kyiv, but the general lack of response and condemnation. The world just shrugs its shoulders.
2 weeks ago I said things could move quickly on air defence. One system had reportedly already been delivered to Ukraine
Remember Switzerland's order was bumped down to give priority to🇺🇦?
Now Germany says 2 more Patriots will be sent by October, starting with launchers in days
Putin's response was to bomb the cr*p out of Ukraine's capital again overnight.
It's decency against inhumanity. Which side are you on?
Welcome to THE daily thread.
Wednesday was a fairly quiet day, punctuated by the odd Russian missile attack, before another enormous attack centre on Kyiv.. and it's still going on.
But Ukraine hit back in Russia.
Missed anything? Click and scroll, but please come back!
Tuesday 29 July. Day 1252.
Documenting all the important stories and developments in Ukraine's ongoing fight for survival against an invading horde.
Every Single Day. No break, no days off.
All the news from the war in Europe, all the time.
Monday was probably a better day for Ukraine.
We saw Trump appear to lose patience with indicted war criminal Putin, we saw a Ukraine flag replanted in one reclaimed village & late in the thread more strikes on Russia's rail infrastructure.
I'll begin in Rostov region, where earlier Ukraine hit railway infrastructure in the town of Salsk.
Pretty much the whole of the rail network in Rostov oblast is crucial to Russia's military. The proximity to occupied parts of Ukraine & the route to Crimea run through here.