Hello and a very warm welcome to Monday's #Ukraine thread, documenting all the important news (and no gratuitous gore) from the country's defiance in the face of outright fascism and war crimes from invading #Russia.
It's Day 992, another day stained with blood.
Let's go
Sunday was another very busy day with a near 50-post thread.
Unrest in #Russia
#Belarus attacked by 🇷🇺
Strikes on military targets in #Moscow + #Bryansk
Help from #France
and Ukraine hating Trump Jr being a tw*t
It's all here⬇️
Though it may have not have sounded much, this blast was a 5-storey building being hit in the last hour.
Governor Serhiy Lysak says information about victims is being ascertained.
#RussiaIsATerroristState
#Russia does not discriminate.
Rich, poor, famous, infamous.
Everyone has to seek shelter when the illegal invaders target the people, including one of Europe's most powerful politicians.
1/2 As I wrote near the end of yesterday's thread, #Mykolaiv (RU: #Nikolaev) suffered a devastating multi-drone attack.
Five more innocent people were killed by #Russia's actions, hitting an apartment block as well as private houses.
#RussiaIsATerroristState
2/2 When the drone hit the upper floors of the apartment block in #Mykolaiv, a fire broke out.
One man was killed here.
Across the city, #Russia's attack drones demolished a private house, killing 3 women and a man.
One other person was injured.
#StopRussia
During the night attack, #Russia launched 2 missiles and 74 kamikaze drones.
#Ukraine's air defence shot down both missiles and 39 UAVs.
30 more were stopped by EW and another 3 veered off course to #Russia and occupied parts of Ukraine.
#RussiaIsATerroristState
#EATP for #Russia as Putin sets another record.
The highest ever number of troops lost by Moscow in the whole war, and possibly in any conflict.
Now they have a lot more "imported meat", the grinder is working overtime. Today's figure beats the previous record from May, by 30
Smoke seen in #Saratov amid a warning of a drone attack.
#Russia has closed the local Gagarin airport.
It's not known if there is any damage in the region, where the Engels air base can also be found.
#Ukraine Intel claims it's burned an Mi-24 attack helicopter in #Russia.
It says it happened the previous night at the #Klin-5 military airfield just outside #Moscow.
The helicopter was part of the 92nd squadron, used to retrain aircrew of the army aviation forces.
#Russia had 24 hours to prepare its media response to the loss of its helicopter in #Moscow, and responded by saying it thwarted a "hijack" attempt on a helicopter in occupied #Ukraine
The FSB accused "British curators" of organising the "failed operation" to recruit a 🇷🇺pilot.
The strike on #Zaporizhzhia last night is now known to have injured 22 people.
This was originally reported at the end of yesterday's thread.
#KryvyiRih UPD
Four injuries reported so far, there may be more people trapped under rubble after #Russia's strike this morning.
Keir Starmer is the first British PM to lay a wreath on Armistice Day in #France since Churchill.
Starmer and Macron used the opportunity to talk about protecting #Ukraine in a Trump world
#Russia claims to have shot down 2 missiles over #Kursk region.
Meanwhile Moscow says 3 workers at "Tavriya Energo" have been injured in shelling of the occupied part of #Zaporizhzhia.
#StopRussia #SaveUkraine
New analysis of the destruction of an apartment complex in #Belgorod, seems to prove that a Russian drone hit its own people.
It's possible #Russia's EW may have affected its own drone.
#FriendlyFire #EATP
Another suspected cold blooded killing of captured #Ukraine soldiers in #Kursk region.
(Video unverified)
#RussialsATerroristState
#Russia has shelled the centre of #Kramatorsk.
Three separate rockets landed in the town and there are some injuries.
No further details yet.
#RussiaIsATerroristState
#Russia has also bombed the Kurakhiv dam near #StariTerny village
Kurakhiv leader Roman Padun says they can't inspect the damage due to constant shelling. But water levels have risen 1.2m & reports some villages are starting to flood.
In 2023 #Russia destroyed the Kakhovka dam
It's two years to the day that #Ukraine managed to liberate #Kherson from the fascist invaders, amid scenes of utter joy.
Kherson remains the only regional capital captured during the full invasion and #Russia held it under 9 months.
Videos from #Kramatorsk already emerging.
In the second one you can hear how quickly the blasts happen, one after another.
Injuries reported, power has been lost, fires are burning. No official comment yet.
#StopRussia #RussiaIsATerroristState
A 16-year-old boy in #Bilenky village was injured when #Russia attacked #Kramatorsk this afternoon.
Private houses, an administrative building, and an infrastructure object were damaged according to #Ukraine officials in the town.
This is the moment of one of the 3 blasts.
#Russia is still bleating on about the NordStream attacks. Nikolai Patrushev says only the UK or US could have bombed the pipeline.
Why is the Kremlin suddenly returning to this story? To try to divide allies, particularly hoping to influence Germany's forthcoming elections.
More from #Kramatorsk in free #Donetsk that was badly hit by rockets a couple of hours ago.
It's now believed four warheads exploded. At the moment, still only one injury reported, a 16 year old boy.
#RussiaIsATerroristState
#Russia claims to have shot down another 2 drones over #Kursk region in the last hour or so.
They reckon 14 of #Ukraine's UAVs have been stopped by their air defence in that region alone, today.
More big and sustained support for #Ukraine.
It's absolutely vital Ukrainians are not railroaded into an unjust "peace" - it's not fair on millions of them to see their country ripped apart and it sets a precedent that the west rewards aggression.
It's more than likely to be a fake, but it made me chuckle.
#Russia allegedly reporting that two North Korean soldiers drunk themselves to death.
Ooo look - trouble in #Abkhazia, one of the two areas effectively illegally annexed by #Russia from #Georgia.
Locals storm the equivalent of the FSB building, ramming gates with a car.
Two missile strikes have rocked #Kharkiv
The districts of #Kholodnohirskyi and #Novobavarskyi have been hit.
It's believed one ballistic missile and a Grom-1E hybrid missile were used by #Russia.
No details on casualties yet.
The sound of "arrivals" tonight in #Kharkiv.
Awaiting details on damage and casualties...
#RussiaIsATerroristState
#Russia has done its best to ensure there is no celebration of liberty in #Kherson.
On the second anniversary of being ousted, the invaders shelled the Ship (Korabelny) district causing fires to break out and now drones are also attacking.
25 drones are flying over #Ukraine at the moment. Quite a few other of #Russia's weapons have already been stopped.
🔞 WARNING Graphic Video 🔞
In the 15th hour of rescue work, emergency services have recovered the body of a woman from the wreckage of an apartment block in #KryvyiRih
They murdered a mum of three. #RussiaIsATerroristState
Well it's been a very busy night already for air defenders in #Ukraine, but so far without serious incident as far as I can tell.
Some alarms in the regions have begun to be turned off, but with 20+ drones still flying this is often a short respite.
#StandWithUkraine
By the way, there's been virtually no update about the earlier missile strikes on #Kharkiv.
All the city authorities have said is a mains pipeline was damaged. No word on injuries and no photos allowed, which, I have to say, is always suspicious.
#Ukraine's hit another of #Russia's oil depots.
This time drones attacked a plant in the #Belgorod' region.
The governor admits the strike on the depot in #Starooskolsky. However he claims only 1 tank caught fire and "crews quickly extinguished the fire" without casualties."
No new donations today, but thankfully the monthly coffee subscription arrived from @night_waker and @FaktorStor 💙💛
I'm very grateful for all the support, whether it's helping share my stories, buying coffee or just writing encouraging words. It all helps.
Last tweet of the 🧵 - drone update..
17 mopeds remain, but #Kyiv is threatened with 6 over the east and south of the capital region.
So I wish you a peaceful night. Join me again in the morning and please re-post, send your tip-offs via DM or buy me a KoFi if you like my work
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Today sees the completion of 3 years of full scale war unleashed by #Russia on #Ukraine.
As signs point to an end to this war relatively soon, the ONLY question which should be asked is: are you happy to reward war-criminal terrorists with land?
Here's THE daily thread:
It's Day 1096 of #Russia 's war.
If you missed anything yesterday, catch up on Saturday's news here:
1/2 The #UK is in full focus today.
As @Keir_Starmer prepares to fly to Washington, new sanctions will be unveiled tomorrow.
Foreign Sec @DavidLammy says it will be "the largest package of sanctions against #Russia since the early days of the war eroding its military machine."
Day 1083 of the war in Europe and the 1083rd of my daily threads.
Three years ago we knew #Ukraine wouldn't go down without a fight. Now, for the first time in over a year there's genuine reason for #Russia to be worried about the outcome.
Plenty to learn and from in Sunday's thread.
In #Russia, ships crashing and exploding, faking capture of a key town in #Ukraine and late at night drones attacking again.
On the other hand, Moscow attacks civilians. Take a look at what you missed:
While #Ukraine hurt #Russia infrastructure during the night (covered at the end of last night's thread), the terrorist state still has success with its own drone attacks.
More than 11% got through 🇺🇦defences overnight, with 38 of 71 UAVs being stopped and 25 likely decoys.
Sunday 19 January is Day 1061 of #Russia's all-out war in #Ukraine. We are also just 2 weeks away from the 4,000th day since #Moscow's initial invasion with the start of its illegal takeover of #Crimea
Welcome to another daily thread with all the news you need in one place 💙💛
Thankfully a quieter start to Sunday than yesterday, which means I get a later start today.
Saturday was all about #Russia's double ballistic attack which brought death to 2 #Ukraine cities.
Catch up on that and all yesterday's stories here⬇️
Hello on Day 1054 of #Russia's terrorist campaign in #Ukraine.
I've been working for a while today, tidying up loose ends, but a late start to the daily thread - the only feed you need for all the important news and analysis.
So a lot to catch up on, let's go again!
Normally I pin the first post of the thread on my profile page, but for another 24 hours the pinned item is about the auction for a truly unique item - please check it out
So, it's even more important I post a link back to yesterday's thread. Here we are
Christmas Day 2024. Day 1036 of the war inflicted on #Ukraine. The third Christmas for Ukrainian people to suffer. Empty chairs at the dinner table, that will never be filled again. Others at the frontline fighting for their lives and the life of the country.
It's the daily🧵
So Merry Christmas and Happy Hannukah to those celebrating.
A special shout out too, to those working this special day. Also working today, emergency workers in #Ukraine after another massive missile attack