It's Day 279 of #Russia war and this is the first tweet in the daily thread. Update on the situation in #Ukraine and all linked news throughout the day in real time.
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If you need to review yesterday's news, including the night attack on #Dnipro, you can click and scroll here:
News that the hated #Wagner group of mercenaries may have suffered heavy losses...but not in #Ukraine
The C.A.R. reports "a plane from a neighboring country bombarded a camp of soldiers in the north of the country, and their Russian paramilitary "allies"
Two events to note today: #NATO's meeting is getting underway in #Bucharest, #Romania, with some rumours they could finally agree to support #Ukraine with F-16 jets.
And later #Ukraine's first lady Olena Zelenska will address MPs in London.
The first Russian national on trial in #Norway for suspected spying, admits #Russia paid for his trip to Svalbard. But he maintains it was an annual inspection of mining operations.
Another trial, of oligarch's son Andrey Yakunin, starts today.
#Ukraine's Defence confirms hits on 3 Russian bases in the occupied part of #Zaporizhzhia
They claim the strikes on #Tokmak#Polohy and #Basan' accounted for 50 units of equipment, an ammo depot and almost 500 of #Russia's soldiers likely to be injured, some killed.
Today is Day 278 since #Russia declared all out war on #Ukraine
Many battles have been won by those defending their homeland, but the war against Putin's hordes continues.
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A late start today and a travel day for me, so I'll update as and when I can.
Thankfully it remains pretty quiet in terms of attacks and destruction. So not too much news the last 24 hours or so, but you can catch up on yesterday's thread here:
First, I wanted to highlight this report by #Ukraine's respected @pravda_eng
It looks at how, and why, President @ZelenskyyUa gained his own TV channel, while other oligarchs were squeezed out of the media market. This echoes my own concerns:
#Ukraine's officials are not saying much, but we do know there were two explosions at, or near, the railway station in the city in #Dnipropetrovsk region.
It's Day 276 of #Russia's full invasion of #Ukraine.
It's also Holodomor Memorial Day, commemorating those starved to death by Moscow's regime in the genocide of the 1930s.
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Another fairly quiet night. Long range missile attacks by #Russia confined to outbursts every few days it seems, while artillery pounds the usual targets in southern and eastern #Ukraine
If you missed anything on Friday's news feed, scroll through here:
But yesterday evening they also passed a resolution against #Belarus with Lukashenka "sharing responsibility for war crimes with #Russia", calling for justice at the Hague. europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-…
#Russia's crack airborne units couldn't defend the right bank of #Kherson - will they fare better in #Donbas where #Ukraine cannot target supply lines as easily.
Here's the UK Intel report for Thursday: #StopRussia
Early, unconfirmed, reports of a strike by #Russia in #Kherson
A rocket landed in the courtyard of one of the high-rise buildings in the city, but no reports of injuries.