The start of meteorological summer. It's also the start of the 17th month which has seen war in #Ukraine.
It's Day 463 of #Russia's illegal war and Thursday is another day which has started with murder in #Kyiv.
All the important news and analysis in one thread, starts here:
First, a quick reminder that you can access all yesterday's developments in #Ukraine in this link to the start of Wednesday's thread⬇️
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The first day of summer is Children's Day in #Ukraine. Yesterday schools closed for the summer.
In the first few hours of this special day, an 11 year old child was killed, murdered by #Russia's missiles, along with two adults in their 30s.
The child who died in this morning's Terrorist Attack in #Kyiv was a 9 year old girl.
She was one of three killed in the Desnyan district of #Ukraine's capital, along with two women in their 30s. Ten other people were injured here including another child.
#Kyiv's Mayor, @Vitaliy_Klychko spoke live to @SkyNews just over an hour ago, saying "everyone in #Ukraine is a target for #Russia" adding "Putin needs Ukraine without Ukrainians"
By the way, I agree with this cheeky message which made its way on to British TV screens during this morning's interview with Vitaliy Klitschko (Klychko)
There is a huge scandal around the three deaths in #Kyiv today though, with some saying they died on the street because a shelter in #Desnyan was locked.
Two of the vicitms were a mother and daughter. The other woman to die was married to Yaroslav, who revealed the tragedy:
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A security guard at the polyclinic in #Kyiv where the shelter was allegedly shut, has reportedly been arrested for being drunk. Others say the shelter was open.
@Vitaliy_Klychko has called for a full investigation but it's not possible right now as doors were ripped off.
All photos in today's thread have the credit in the watermark or video, with the exception of some from social media and the Telegram Channel 'kyivoperativ'
Two men in their 50s were injured in the beleagured town of #Nikopol, which has suffered shelling almost every day for the past year.
Today a 5-storey building, a private house, a power line and a gas pipeline were damaged.
In response to the "locked shelter" scandals in recent days, @Vitaliy_Klychko has said police and security patrols will have to check to ensure all facilities are open when air raid warnings sound.
However, today there were just minutes between the alarm and missiles landing.
Chisinau is hosting the European Political Community Summit. The air space over Moldova and the rail network has been temporarily shut as a security move.
Must just squeeze in the British Intel update, which is interesting today.
A reminder that a few people in #Russia are now daring to speak out and just occasionally they are allowed to appear on TV screens, which has been the Kremlin's biggest brain washing device for decades.
Meanwhile anti-Putin partisan group "Legion of Free Russia" has made another statement saying "very soon we will again advance into the territory of #Russia to bring freedom.
"This is only the beginning... so the blue-white flag of freedom will be raised in #Moscow."
The "Freedom of Russia" Legion also published this video showing what they claim is destruction of #Russia's equipment in #Belgorod, but verifying is not possible.
The group also claims to have captured one KamAZ truck and a 'Tulip' self-propelled mortar, "in perfect condition"
Officials say it's a Soviet model Tu-141 Swift, converted into a strike-drone carrying explosives and with an extra fuel tank giving a range of up to 1,000km.
Everything according to plan at this oil field in #Nizhnevartovsk.
The explosion occurred at #Russia's Severo-Labatyuganskoye field.
Apparently no one was injured and the fire was soon extinguished.
Just been sent a new photo, showing in daylight, the damage following #Ukraine's drain attack on the oil refinery in #Russia's #Krasnodar region yesterday morning.
Awayfrom the war, a couple of shootings in #Ukraine today.
In L'viv a student is in a medical coma after being shot in the chest.
While here in #Odesa a man's been arrested after 2 people were killed. It's alleged he shot his wife and her lover.
Too many firearms in society now
#Kyiv decides to open all bomb shelters permanently.
"Today it was decided that they should be permanently open. Previously, because of repair works and homeless gathering there they had to be closed" said the Council's Roman Tkachuk.
"But now we have no other choice"
However some locals say something fell off a plane.
It wouldn't be the frst time of course!
On Saturday, between 10am and 4pm, there will be a "blood for the army" campagin in central #Kyiv.
Collections will be taken by medics on Mikhailivska Square.
Can't imagine why they want blood stocks higher for next week!
#Russia sends in more heavy military equipment to #Shebekino. The town near the border with #Ukraine has been under fire much of the last week and today Russian patriotic rebel groups claim they made it to the outskirts unhindered.
We may run out of 🍿
Earlier Prigozhin made disparaging remarks about Kadyrovites. They suggested a "meeting" in a threatening way.
For those who don't know Utkin, @thetimes wrote this about him. Why Wagner? He was Hitler's fave composer. Get the idea?
The security guard who failed to open the shelter in #Kyiv where 3 people died, was sober a medical examination has proven. Some residents claimed he was drunk.
Meanwhile Zelenskyy is using the tragedy to score political points over @Vitaliy_Klychko, blaming Kyiv authorities.
Brazil's President continues to flip-flop (or should I say thong?) in the war
Lula had been spouting some of #Russia's propaganda, but today after meeting Finland's President he reiterated his condemnation of Russia's invasion but said he wanted to remain neutral to broker peace
1/2 The Russian Volunteer Corps has this evening released two videos, which the group writes "say more than a thousand words"
Monitors pick up launches from #Russia's Tu-95 bombers over the Caspian Sea. The rockets are expected to be in Ukraine's airspace in about an hour's time.
#Ukraine, a democratic nation, desperate to keep it that way, remains under intense pressure from #Russia, an autocracy led by a despot and indicted war criminal.
All the news all day long in one handy thread. Read on..
#StandWithUkraine
Yesterday we only really had two stories, but they were big ones.
#Putin exiling & side-lining top names from the Kremlin.
And 25 years after the #Russia apartment bombings, 13 were killed in a new attack - but who did it?
Review the news here:
Hello and welcome to Day 807 of #Russia's war on #Ukraine.
Each day documenting the news and war crimes committed by indicted war criminal Putin and his Moscow horde as the neo-imperialists try to steal more land and wipe out another culture.
Here's another daily thread...
As always, the quick link back to the starts of yesterday's thread for those who missed some, or all, of Thursday's developments.
And right at the end of the day we saw another oil target inside #Russia being hit by drones!
So confirmation of another attack on an oil refinery in #Russia, the second in 2 months at this partuicular site.
Pershiy Zavod is the largest refinery in the region - the main complex for the processing of commercial oil and gas condensate, and the capacity is 1.2m tons/yr
Day 803 of #Russia's full invasion continues. The war criminals are super confident, tossing away lives of the plebs and useful idiots from Asia, Africa + the Americas.
But #Ukraine fights hard for its existence and supplies filter through to the frontlines.
This is the daily🧵
Today is a holiday in most of the UK, so I allowed myself a later start (no school run!)
Coming up news of #Ukraine hitting a Rusdian boat...
But first the link to yesterday's thread, which turned out to be quite busy.
Many across Europe celebrate a holiday today, the first day of May.
In normal times in #Ukraine it would be a big celebration, with Labour Day followed by Easter and Remembrance/Victory Day. But these are far from normal times. No respite from war. Welcome to the daily thread:
Tuesday saw #Russia's world bring more death to #Kharkiv and to #Odesa for the second time in two days - a video proving the sickening cluster bomb attack on the people the day before.
All yesterday's news can be found here if you missed anything:
Welcome to Sunday morning.
I'm starting early for the daily thread on Day 760 of #Russia's full invasion of its peaceful and sovereign neighbour #Ukraine.
There is a big danger of another missile attack from Russian aircraft. Follow for all the news all day (and night!)
It proved another marathon thread (almost 70 posts) on Saturday with the consequences of the #Kransogorsk terrorist attack dominating the agenda.
Playing catch-up? Click and scroll from the start, right here:
Across #Ukraine, millions are on tenterhooks. Anyone asleep will soon be woken by air alarms, with monitors sensing launches of cruise missiles from #Russian planes.
Meanwhile attack drones are also causing problems. Explosions recently in #Lviv but these seem to be air defence