Sunday 25 September, Day 214 of #Russia's war of choice. Imagine a leader choosing to send over 50,000 of his countrymen to death and calling up another million, against a peaceful nation which never fired on, nor invaded anyone!
It's believed #Ukraine has killed another collaborator in #Kherson.
Former Deputy of National Affairs Oleksiy Zhuravko is one of the victims after missiles destroyed this hotel populated by Russians. He was twice an MP in Ukraine before moving to Russia in 2014. #StopRussia
The daily British update shows the problems in recruitment for #Russia.
Quite a few have written about how Putin could end up with a war on two fronts, with the second one quelling growing dissent inside Russia.
I reported y'day on the clear evidence of ineligible men being called up in the mobilisation.
Now two senior lawmakers criticised the call-ups, with one Valentina Matviyenko backing protests:
“I consider it absolutely right that they are triggering a sharp reaction in society”
In total there are over 800 arrests in anti-mobilisation protests as fears grow across #Russia of the indiscriminate nature of the call-ups.
More protests are taking place, or trying to be held. In #Yakutsk, 8 hours ahead of London, people are told not to be afraid when arrested
the number of #Russia's war dead is on course to hit 60,000 in early October, I reckon 5/10/22
Almost all categories show above average numbers today, with 4 🇷🇺 Air Force jets perhaps the highlight (1x Su-25, 2x Su-30 and 1x Su-34)
After destroying 4 of #Russia's jets yesterday, Air Command South says it downed another Su-25 in #Beryslav.
The Occupiers then sent a Mi-8 chopper to rescue the pilot, but it too was taken out by the #Odesa brigade.
Earlier this afternoon a car bomb in #Melitopol blew a vehicle apart.
Naturally the Occupiers claim two #Ukraine partisans accidentally killed themselves in the incident on vul. Lomonosov. However no proof of that and car bomb attacks have been quite effective previously.
With big queues still at the #Russia-Georgia borderit looks as if #Georgiamay close the border tomorrow.
One MP claims it will happen as so many Russian men in the country is a threat to national security.
Even footballers in #Russia have not avoided the draft.
It's reported the coach of Stavropolagrosoyuz is threatening to withdraw from the Russian Kubok after multiple summonses for players.
Meanwhile a lawyer, masseur and administrators of Russia's national team also called up
At least 2,346 people have now been arrested in anti-mobilisation protests in #Russia since the draft was announced.
Today 101 detentions in #Makhachkala and another 24 in #Yakutsk, both featured at the start of today's thread.
#Ukraine's President, speaking this evening in Russian, accused #Russia of ethnic genocide.
@ZelenskyyUa reckons Putin is trying to "exterminate indigenous peoples"; as noted in these threads far more are sent to die in Ukraine from the east + south
Finally for Sunday, this video is causing great hilarity in #Ukraine.
Occupiers looting a property came across wireless headphones for the first time. They think it's some king of miracle. Some joke "imagine their reaction when discover toilets inside houses"
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Let's start Day 213 with #Russia's total losses after 7 months. On average 264 soldiers are being killed every day. The ratio between deaths and injured/disabled means if #Ukraine's estimates are correct likely 200,000 have been lost to the military
From pathetic Putin's ramblings/partial mobilisation, to the street protests in #Russia, to the prisoner swap deal which saw all 5 Britons released, ending with Zelenskyy's focused and powerful, history-making speech at the #UN
⚡️#Russia's soldiers sexually assaulted a 4 year old child.
⚡️🇷🇺embassy in Canada firebombed
⚡️Big (suspicious) fire in 🇷🇺 city
⚡️Employees forced to "donate" over 40% of their weekly wage to Russia's war