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On Wednesday, the Russian MoD released footage of a combined ballistic missile/drone strike on what they claimed were trucks transporting Ukrainian drones. Ukraine claim they were loading grain. Russia's own footage and satellite imagery disputes their claims of drone launches.🧵

CAUGHT🎥! Always dark Russian 'spy ship' Admiral Vladimirsky filmed by the Sky News helicopter as it travelled through UK waters. It was being shadowed by Royal Navy ship HMS Cattistock. news.sky.com/video/sky-he...

MarineTraffic data shows the moment of collision between the Portuguese flagged "Solong" and the US flagged "STENA IMMACULATE" off the UK coast this morning at approximately 09:47 local time. The "Solong" was travelling at approximately 16kn/30kph/18mph at moment of impact.

Significant number of fires detected today in Sudzha, Kursk Oblast after Russian and North Korean infantry launched a large-scale offensive aimed to push Ukraine out of Russian territory. I wouldn't be surprised if Putin has demanded the Ukrainians are pushed out prior to May 9.

Three days ago, Zelenskyy offered a mutual ban on the targeting of civilian energy infrastructure. Russia gave their response overnight with a large-scale missile attack on Ukraine's gas facilities. I'd expect to see some Russian oil refineries struck before Monday.

Zelensky offers a mutual ban on missiles, long-range drones, a ceasefire at sea, and prisoner exchanges in order to reach a peace deal with Russia. The ball is now firmly in Russia's court.

Well that's the US involvement in any peace negotiations dead. That's the one positive to come out of this, the mask has slipped and they never had any intention of fighting for a fair deal for Ukraine. Let Europe take the lead.

The Ukrainian Air Force have posted their final overnight report of February and the total numbers for the month are huge, even when compared to the spike we saw beginning in September 2024. The Russians are launching a massive number of drones at Ukraine on a daily basis.

Trump has gone from calling Zelensky a dictator to saying that they're going to ask Russia to give up a large part of the occupied coastline (see Berdyansk and Mariupol). It's going to be interesting when Putin's response is the equivalent of laughing in his face.

Another massive Russian drone attack against Ukraine last night, the second time in three days that more than 200 total drones have been reported. Over those 3 days, Russia fired more drones at Ukraine than any individual month between January and July 2024.

In the first 20 days of February, the Ukrainian Air Force have reported 14 days in which the Russians launched 100 or more attack drones at Ukrainian cities. To put that in context, between Jan 1 and Nov 31 2024, there were 15 days. There were none in 2023.

First time in Kyiv, hopefully not the last. Miss it already 🇺🇦.

Kyiv really is a beautiful city.

Azerbaijan following the Russian playbook and are claiming that "The independent Armenian state is a fascist state" and "fascism must be destroyed. Either the Armenian leadership will destroy it, or we will. We have no other choice". Appeasing Aliyev just emboldens him. en.apa.az/official-new...

Bought myself a drone and then also set myself up an Instagram so I don't spam all the photos here (I'm sure I still will). Give me a follow if you enjoy very average photography. www.instagram.com/kg_dronephot...

Being a United fan is just constant suffering. Why do I do this to myself

Fighterbomber is reporting the loss of a Ka-52 and pilots after being shot down by "friendly" fire. I thought Putin insisted that Russian IFF systems made this impossible?

"Bombing Russian cities is an unacceptable escalation". "Killing Russian generals is an unacceptable escalation". How long before these idiots insist that killing Russian soldiers inside Ukraine is an unacceptable escalation?

Ukrainian Christmas cards are a little more violent than the ones I get.

The number of Shahed/Geran drones launched by Russia in December so far is slightly down on November but still very high compared to pre-spike months (Jan-Aug). As things stand, we might see another month of more than 2,000+ drones reported.

Claimed to be DPRK soldiers after a failed offensive in Kursk this weekend. As always, Russia is huge and has many ethnic groups living in the country, especially in the east. That being said, this is probably the best example we have of potential DPRK on the front so far.

This morning, a car belonging to the head of the Olenivka prison where more than 50 Ukrainian PoWs were massacred was blown up in Donetsk resulting in his death. Location: 47.999570, 37.798891 t.me/rian_ru/272272

More than a decade ago, Marie Colvin and Rémi Ochlik were murdered by the Assad regime in Homs for reporting the truth about what Assad was doing to his own people. Tonight, the city was liberated and a little slice of justice was finally served.

Genuinely dreading what's going to be found when Sednaya is liberated. What we know is horrific and we know very little.

Proud of my colleagues on Eyes on Russia (especially Adam not yet on BlueSky) for helping to bring attention to this "human safari" in Kherson. Russian drone operators announced open season on anyone daring to leave their homes, attacking buses, ambulances, & cyclists. www.ft.com/content/31b6...

More evidence of Russian losses from Syria today, an FPV drone squad was overrun and killed.

With last nights record Russian Shahed/Geran drone attack on Ukraine, the Ukrainian Air Force have now reported more than 2,100 drones launched over the month to date. The numbers are increasing on a monthly basis and are now being accompanied by attacks on power infrastructure.

The F-35 discourse coming from Elon and his fanboys is physically painful to read. Every time they see a video of a Chinese display of drones they start dooming. China is massively investing in modern jet aircraft and naval vessels, maybe he should tell them they're wrong.

The Russian Ruble is at it's lowest rate to the dollar since the month following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. There has been a steady (and now rapid) decline since June 2022.

For the 1st time in 85 days, the Ukr Air Force reported 0 'Shahed' drones fired at Ukraine overnight. They did, however, claim that Russia fired an ICBM (Interncontinental ballistic missile). This would be the 1st time that this has been used since the full-scale invasion.

Whilst the Storm Shadow strikes on Kursk are an issue for Russia, what is also concerning is that Ukrainian recon drones can apparently loiter quite freely over the target without being intercepted by Russian Air Defence. This is over 40Km inside Russia on a very active front.

Ukraine's use of British/French Storm Shadow/Scalp-EG cruise missiles in Russia immediately after Russia re-wrote their nuclear doctrine is a very clear message to the Kremlin. The bluff has been called.

This is an unusual statement, Kyiv has been targeted by large missile attacks on several occassions since 2022, why say this now? Russia has also been increasing the number of drones launched in last months, likely an attempt to deplete AD stocks, this may be unrelated to ATACMS.

Today marks 1,000 days of Russia's full-scale invasion. Hundreds of thousands dead, cities and towns in ruins and no end in sight. What has Russia gained? Two more members of NATO, the decimation of vehicle stocks & reliance on Iran & North Korea, all for a land bridge to Crimea.

In 2022, Russia annexed the Ukrainian oblasts they occupied with updated maps of Russia appearing in book stores in 2023. In Russian law, the regions are Russia, not Ukraine or disputed, they're Russia. If striking "Russia" with ATACMS caused WW3, it would've started months ago.

North Korean troops in Europe and Iranian drones striking European cities - not an escalation. Ukraine defending itself - escalation. Outstanding logic.

North Korean soldiers within 100km of the Ukrainian border tonight

Is it a Welsh Christmas parade without eldritch horrors?

Russia have launched another 261 drones since I posted this update. This brings November's total up to 1,366, more than the entirety of September with 13 days left to go in the month.

Putin's response to Trump telling him "not to escalate". Are you telling me that telling Putin "no" doesn't actually do anything? Shocking.

Guess I'll die

Elon Musk laughs at President Zelenskyy's "sense of humour" after he stated that Ukraine is an independent country and that the US cannot force them to the negotiating table. Utterly digusting.

Yesterday, North Korea showed off their newly developed drone program which just so happen to exactly mimic Iranian 'Qasef-2' and Russian 'Lancet' drones. Who could have guessed that this would happen?

Took my car to the mechanic today to investigate why my carpets were soaked. I got the car back at the end of the day and found it now makes this noise when the engine reaches 3000 revs. Any ideas what they've broken? Will be returning it first thing tomorrow.

Unreal.

The number of 'Shahed' drones Russia have launched towards Ukraine in recent weeks is staggering. Throughout November so far, the Ukrainian AF has reported more than 1,100 Shahed launches. This is more than any single month this year with the exception of September and October.

It looks like the mass exodus is starting, I'll still be active on Twitter but it's looking there's more reason to check in here now.

Something large is burning in Makiivka in Donetsk this evening. A significant Russian ammo depot was destroyed there yesterday.