Thread by @TWMCLtd

Day 439 of the war. #Russia's war on its peaceful neighbour.

That neighbour, #Ukraine, continues to be under attack as Monday 8 May begins.

Here's another daily thread with all you need to know about what's happening.
Catch up on yesterday's news here⬇️

https://twitter.com/TWMCLtd/status/1655101203582156803

#Kyiv - at the end of yesterday's thread, just before midnight UK time, I showed video of a car on fire after drone wreckage fell on it after being shot down.

Now Mayor of the capital, @Vitaliy_Klychko has confirmed there are injuries, four in total in two different incidents.

Two of the injured in #Kyiv have been hospitalised.

Another explosion is reported in the capital now too.

#StopRussia #UkraineUnderAttack

Here's a video clip of a fire in #Kyiv - this may be where the car was hit by debris after the drone was shot down.

#StopRussiaNOW #UkraineUnderAttack

And now a photo of the building in #Kyiv which has been damaged in tonight's drone attack on #Ukraine's capital.

This seems consistent with a falling drone/debris crashing into the building after being hit by air defence.

#RussiaIsATerroristState #UkraineUnderAttack

Strong explosion now in #Zaporizhzhia

And why do some western allies think it's fine for #Russia to bomb the crap out of #Ukraine, its infrastructure and its people, and yet say Ukraine must not hit targets in Russia?

This is war. Stand up to bullies. #StandWIthUkraine

#Kyiv - thought to be video of the moment the falling drone crashed into an apartment building in Sviatoshyn district of #Ukraine's capital.

#UkraineUnderAttack #RussiaIsATerroristState

Another view of the drone crashing into a building in #Kyiv.

Censorship still applies under martial law, hence why we get very short or blurred clips only.

#UkraineUnderAttack #RussiaIsATerroristState

#Kyiv update:

The city council says more drone wreckage has fallen on the runway of Zhulyany airport, also known as Sikorsky Kyiv International Airport.

#UkraineUnderAttack #RussiaIsATerroristState

#Odesa/#Odessa

City officials confirm what I wrote earlier that "Kh-22 rockets were directed at warehouses" on the Black Sea Coast. #Ukraine says it belonged to a food enterprise, #Russia says it was a weapons/ammo store.

No word on casualties yet.

Tochka-U missiles believed to be being fired at #Zaporizhzhia from the Occupied areas.

The situation does not look good in #Donetsk where #Wagner and elite troops of #Russia's regular army are making a last ditch bid to capture more of the region before tomorrow's Victory Day "celebrations"

#ChasivYar and #Bakhmut are both under fearsome attack.

This is interesting. Andrey Kovalev is Chairman of the "All-Russian Movement of Entrepreneurs"

Basically a semi-political movement lobbying for business interests in #Russia. He must have deleted this post as it went to far. He was in favour of the war.

https://twitter.com/NatalkaKyiv/status/1655331444447649793

#Russia say it hit #Ukraine's soldiers and warehouses (storage) in #Orikhiv.
That's a front-line town in #Zaporizhzhia region.
No comment from Ukraine yet.

The air alarm has now been switched off.

All the air raid warnings in #Ukraine have ended.

The local authority in #Kyiv gave a few more details, explaining in the central district one fire was caused when drone debris damaged a gas pipe. The problem's now been fixed with no interruption to supplies.

Time for sleep!

I've just had a lovely anonymous donation.
Thank you "B" and I think you're right, I am likely to be busy in the next few weeks. 💙💛

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I'm not Ukrainian, but you can feel the anger of decades, indeed a century of oppression, lies and murder of #Ukraine's people in this excellent thread.

This is the last tweet in Anna's thread and please do watch this if you can.

https://twitter.com/DrAnnaPirates/status/1655389040676417537

Today's figures released by #Ukraine show a fall in equipment losses for #Russia in the last 24 hours.

8 MLRS and 4 Special pieces are the only categories above the daily average for equipment, and though Occupiers' troops deaths are lower, 540 is still above the mean.

The graphic says it all, a 100% success rate for #Ukraine's air defenders aiming to hit drones in the overnight attack.

It's now known that 35 "Shahed" killer drones were fired by #Russia towards the capital #Kyiv, and all 35 were hit.
#SlavaUkraini

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In addition to the drones in #Kyiv, there were more serious missiles fired at #Odesa.

#Russia attacked #Odessa from Tu-22 long-range bombers, firing 8 cruise missiles from over #Crimea. They say some missiles didn't reach their targets.

The fire service released this video

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Officials in #Odesa release few other details.

The fire was at the food factory; #Russia says it stored weapons, which may be true. I do know one guard died here.

There were 2 other landing sites which #Ukraine describes only as "the recreation area on the Black Sea coast."

Another interesting event in #Odesa (RU: #Odessa) this morning was the first sighting of the Mayor since his latest release on bail after arrest by anti-corruption officers.

Trukhanov laid flowers at the WWII monument to the unknown sailor, where the Eternal Flame burns.

Still in #Odesa, there's criticism at the lack of info regarding the other missile landings, but it's likely sensitive information.

It seems one Kh-22 hit #Dachne just outside the city. Journalists point out that in 2017 news stories were made about the new military accomm there

In the capital #Kyiv, it's confirmed that 5 people were injured during the drone attack by #Russia.

Two appear to be more seriously hurt.

Here's video released by #Ukraine of the building in the city which was badly damaged by falling debris.

President Zelenskyy has ruled that in future years in #Ukraine, the symbolic 9 May will be "Europe Day" and no longer a day for honouring the fallen in WWII.

Instead, in another shift west, 8 May will be the day of remembrance and Victory over Nazism, to align with Euro partners

One of the critically injured in last week's massacre in #Kherson has died.

The death of the woman brings the total murdered byu #Russia that day to 24.

https://twitter.com/TWMCLtd/status/1654052233271541767

The Mayor of #Kyiv has published some more photos from the site of the worst damage from what he says was the biggest attack on the capital since the start of the war.

@Vitaliy_Klychko confirms two casualties are in hospital, one was operated on but no lives are in danger.

In #Odesa, officials confirm the death of a man whose body was found under rubble at the bombing site.

They also say three other people were injured in the missile attack.

#StopRussia

Here's the daily briefing from #London looking again at the recruitment problems for #Russia.

I can also point out that these huge salaries are usually a con. For example in #Chechnya, warlord Kadyrov charges recruits for almost all their equipment, making a nice % himself!

#RussiaOnFire

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A small🧵within a🧵now on the catastrophic fires in #Russia.

You'd think a place with the name #Asbest would be better equipped than most to deal with fire - and yes the town is named because of the asbestos industry.

But here too there's chaos and tears.

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While I understand the awful situation for some in #Russia, when I see quotes like this (in E1 news) maybe they should think of #Ukraine

"In the city of grief, how can you not cry here. Everything is on fire, no water, no light. It's never been so bad. What will happen next?"