#Ukraine: Latest updates from #UkraineWar: 1. RU channels report that General Akhmedov kept large gathering of troops in #Kreminna out in open waiting 2 hrs for a pep talk before battle. UA HIMARS struck, 100 reported killed incl general, 100 wounded. #tweet100
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#Ukraine: 3. Armed Forces of Ukraine say casualty rates around #Bakhmut are 1 x UA to 8.73 RU & at #Zaporizhzhia front 1/5.3. RU remains superior in aviation & artillery resources. Many more RU prisoners taken in the last week, a sharp increase.
#Ukraine: 4. Chechen Kadyrov's right-hand man, Adam #Delimkhanov, reported seriously injured in UA strike W of Berdanysk 2 days ago. #Venevitin, RU officer detained by Wagner group previously, claims #Prigozhin told UA Intel of Chechen's location. (Carry on infighting!) #tweet100
#Ukraine: 5. RU media reporting that #Novocherkassk Thermal Power Plant nr #Rostov is on fire, covering 200 sq metres. Locals report an explosion prior. RU losses yesterday include 680 dead, 11 APV, 8 tanks, & 17 artillery systems.
#Ukraine: 6. Reports of an explosion nr #Melitopol which has destroyed 5 rail freight wagons & 50 metres of track. Unconfirmed reports of 2 x SU jets shot down, 1 smoking, other disappearing. UA sappers improve tactics:
#Ukraine: 7. In #Bakhmut area fighting continues around villages of #Vesele, #Berkhivka & #Yahidne. Vesele is reported as under UA control & other 2 contested. UA downed 3 out of 10 RU cruise missiles overnight & 9 out of 10 Shahed drones. #tweet10 (Map: @mhmck)
#Ukraine: 8. #Swizerland's National Council has voted 132 votes to 59 to decommission 25 Leopard 2 tanks & sell them back to #Germany's Rheinmetall, the manufacturer for UA. #Denmark considering restoring its submarine fleet which it disbanded in 2004. #tweet100
#Ukraine: 9. RU propagandist, Margarita Symonyan, on RU state TV in complete delusion that vast areas of UA will still vote for union with RU - & that #US propagandist for RU, Tucker Carlson, will help them achieve this goal! (Sad!)
#Ukraine: 10. #Netherlands is to purchase 4 x VERA-EG radar systems to bolster UA air defences. #UK to supply another package also of radar, but weapons & much ammo too, total worth $115 million. #tweet100
#Ukraine: 11. RU fails to evacuate residents on E bank of #Dnipro, so UA uses drones to deliver aid. Dnipro has dropped another 32 cm overnight & is now 2.13m above normal. 3,103 houses remain under water. 6/7 km wide Dnipro before & after flood:
#Ukraine: Today's latest reports from #UkraineWar: 1. UA used 50 drones last night to attack a RU signals intel centre, the #Ostafyevo airfield nr Moscow & Millerovo air base in #Rostov region. UA also attacked #Olenya Air Base in Murmansk in RU Arctic, 2000km from UA. THREAD
#Ukraine: 2. Result of last night's 50 drone attack still to be made, RU claiming to have shot down 45. UA Intel says UA attack on RU's #Savasleika airbase, 400 miles NE of UA, Aug 16th, destroyed MiG-31 Foxhound interceptor & 2 Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft, damaging 5 more.
#Ukraine: 3. The UA attack on #Rostov may have targeted a RU S-300 air defense system nr #Novoshakhtinsk. "Explosions were observed at targeted areas. The accuracy of the strike is being determined," said UA General Staff.
#Ukraine: Today's latest news from #UkraineWar: 1. Syrskyi, UA's C-in-C, says UA has now penetrated 28-35km (18-21 miles) into RU's #Kursk region & taken control of 93 settlements. UA, after destroying 3 bridges across Seym River, has also wiped out 2 RU pontoons. THREAD.
#Ukraine: 2. UA says it now controls 1,263sqkm (488 sqmiles) of RU territory. RU, amidst #Kursk incursion, has also issued a security alert for #Bryansk & #Belgorod regions. #Zelensky visited his wounded troops in hospital today: (Map: Kyiv Independent)
#Ukraine: 3. A tank from UA's 63rd Mechanised fired point blank at RU positions on #Kreminna front. On #Bakhmut front RU soldier, after months of preparation, defected to UA, dropping grenades on commanding officers before leaving:
#Ukraine: Today’s news from #UkraineWar: 1. On #Bakhmut front, after several days of relative calm, RU forces have resumed assaults at #Ivanivske, increased shelling & resumed an attempt to move towards #ChasivYar, where UA are dug in. THREAD
#Ukraine: 2. Tempo of RU operations also increased on #Avdiivka front where RU troops attempting to push to W. UA estimates suggest RU has now lost overall 428,420 soldiers killed, 6,758 tanks, 12,949 armoured vehicles, & 10,580 artillery systems destroyed. (Map: @ChuckPfarrer)
#Ukraine: 3. #UK is investigating RU military cyber hackers who targeted the plane of UK’S Defence Secretary, Grant Shapps, as he flew 60 miles from #Kaliningrad on a return flight from #Poland. For 30 minutes the hackers took out the RAF Dassault 900LX’s primary navigation.
#Ukraine: Today's new reports from #UkraineWar: 1. Under cover of drones & helicopters UA is expanding its bridgeheads on E (left) bank of #Dnipro River, #Kherson region. UA has cut #Oleshky-#NovaKhahovka road in 2 places. UA BMP-1 crosses river:
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#Ukraine: 2. RU channels complain of significant UA air defence on W bank of #Dnipro which is effectively closing E bank to RU aircraft. Expected RU reinforcements have been mauled at #Verbove. UA drone attack S of #KozachiLaheri:
#Ukraine: 3. At #Krynky on E bank of #Dnipro RU complain of low-fly UA helicopter attacks. UA taking new positions at settlement nr forested areas to S & SW. UA in control from Antonivsky railway bridge N of #Poima to Antonivsky road bridge N of #Oleshky.
#Ukraine: Today's latest updates from #UkraineWar: 1. UA forces holding their positions on E (left) bank of #Dnipro River, building up troops nr #Oleshky & consolidating their positions at #Krynky. UA now controls all larger islands in Dnipro.
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#Ukraine: 2. RU struggling to hinder UA's reinforcement of its troops on E bank of #Dnipro. 4 RU tanks fled as UA took positions to secure village of #Krynky. Yesterday RU launched 36 FAB-500/1500 guided bombs against both sides of the Dnipro to stymie UA activity. (Map: @mhmck)
#Ukraine: 3. UK volunteer fighter, Macer Gifford, explains how UA prepared for months for #Dnipro operation. And UA's drone king, Robert Madyar, reappears in #Kherson area to bomb RU river boats:
#Ukraine: Today's latest news from #UkraineWar: 1. Despite initial advances N of #Avdiivka, RU troops have been unable to hold ground, & on SW flank, RU lost numerous vehicles again & were forced to retreat. #tweet365
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#Ukraine: 2. UA's Drone Army makes a record, hitting 428 units of RU gear in a week. At #Avdiivka alone they have destroyed 101 RU guns, 88 armoured vehicles, 75 tanks & much more. Nonchalent commentary from RU soldier passing his dead comrades: #tweet365
#UKraine: 3. UA Special Forces spotted an RU recon team recovering a drone & followed them "back home" to base. Boom! RU losses yesterday included 860 dead, 23 APV, 17 tanks, 44 artillery systems (!) & 1 plane (Su-25) + 1 helicopter (Mi-8) #tweet365