Ukrainian Armed Forces enter a village that was recently occupied by Russians, but has now been reclaimed. The village people welcome the Ukrainian soldiers with cheers and fruits.
Bellingcat reports Russian Defense Minister Shoigu and other senior Russian officials including possibly President Putin are residing in nuclear bunkers in the Ural mountains.
According to NBC, the Border Patrol agents that stormed the elementary school in Uvalde, TX to eliminate the shooter did so after becoming frustrated by local police telling them to wait.
From
#Iran
, where strong protests continue following the death of Mahsa Amini. Multiple ppl take on an officer. Resistance is very very strong, not like I've seen in many past protests in Iran. The Iranian people are pissed, and rightfully so.
Advisor to the Head of the Office of the Ukrainian President says
#Russia
has completely halted an advance towards
#Kyiv
in some directions, and some of its units are withdrawing.
Adam Osmaev, leader of a battalion of Chechens that fight against Russians, releases a statement against Kadyrov's participation in the war. Spot the Ukraine flag in the background.
People are clinging onto the wheels of C-17 cargo jets because they're that desperate to escape the brutal, murderous Taliban, but he's going to sit here on national television and tell the American population that some people didn't want to leave the country. Not gonna fly.
A sphere 1.5 meters in diameter has washed up on the shores of Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Local police have closed the beach, and the object is being looked at by specialists.
A Russian convoy north of Kyiv is now stretched out over at least 17 miles.
The line of vehicles is so extensive that it was not entirely captured in satellite imagery.
By
@ckoettl
Major outage currently involving almost every major US cellular company.
- Sprint
- T Mobile
- Verizon
- AT&T
- US Cellular
- Consumer Cellular
- Metro PCS
- Century Link
- Comcast
- Simple Mobile
- Line
- Straight Talk
- Walmart Family Mobile
- Mint
- Tracfone
And many more.
Just to put into perspective how large the blast was in Beirut today, the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995 carried out by Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols was 2.5 tons of ammonium nitrate (and other chems) while the blast in Beirut was 2,750 tons.
A former Russian Central Bank official says "catastrophe" is waiting on Monday for the Russian currency market, following more sanctions and SWIFT cutoff news.
A Ukrainian volunteer connected to the military writes on Facebook that a Russian military vessel "Moskva" was struck by a Neptune anti-ship missile. Unconfirmed as of now, he writes “the cruiser is on fire and there is a storm at sea.”
Four Russian fighter jets violated Swedish airspace over the Baltic Sea, according to the Swedish military. It says 2 Su-24s and 2 Su-27s violated the airspace earlier today. JAS-39 Gripen aircraft were scrambled to intercept.
Moscow Stock Exchange begins trading at 10am. It's currently 6:23am in Moscow, just about 3 1/2 hours until things begin. Expected to be a brutal day for the Russians financially.
CNN airs incredibly graphic surveillance camera footage of Russian soldiers looting two older Ukrainian civilians, letting them go, and then shooting them dead as they walk away.
The Polish lower house of Parliament has approved a new law to increase the size of the military. It will spend 3% of the Polish GDP on defense versus 2%, increase the amount of soldiers from 110k to 250k, and will form a territorial defense unit with approximately 50,000 troops.
The United States Senate has unanimously passed a resolution condemning Russian President Vladimir Putin as a war criminal. It was introduced by GOP Senator Lindsey Graham, and backed by Senators of both parties. It calls on the ICC & other nations to investigate Russia.
Zelensky warns tonight the Russians will launch a major assault. Rumors Kyiv could be in the crosshairs. Zelensky says tonight is the night Ukrainians have to stand ground, tonight will decide the fate of Ukraine.
Shooters Instagram was just nuked, I nabbed this screenshot though of his one and only post. It was this, another selfie, and a picture of a gun magazine.
The Ukrainian Interior Ministry says Ukrainian forces on Snake Island in the Black Sea have been overrun, they've lost connection with border guards fighting troops there.
High alert ordered at all Pakistani airports, no senior state member or government official is allowed to leave the country without an NOC. Hospitals in Islamabad placed on high alert also, says
@KazmiWajahat
.
U.S. has activated its Nuclear Incident Response Team following Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant clashes, says it has NOT seen elevated radiation levels.
Breaking:
#Russia
acknowledges fire onboard Moskva naval ship, says as a result of a fire, ammunition detonated, causing severe damage to the ship. The crew has been completely evacuated and the causes of the fire are being investigated. (RIA NOVOSTI)
Vladimir Putin declares partial mobilization (the biggest mobilization for Russia since WW2) and a day later releases a shit ton of Azov fighters that held out in one of the most grizzly combat scenarios I've ever seen in Azovstal, what a fuckin' master strategist this guy is.
Mr. Sergiy Kyslytsya, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations, "There is no purgatory for war criminals, they go straight to hell, Ambassador."
The Governor of Texas confirms that the shooters name is Salvador Ramos, 18 years old. He shot his grandmother before going into the school and opening fire.
It **could** mean that the Russians are preparing for an intensive bombing campaign and want to get their troops out of the area prior to that. I'm hoping that isn't the case.
Ukrainians using a BMP-1 at a ballistic trajectory (with correction coming from a drone and Kropiva (Nettle) targeting software). Not the first time the Ukrainians have fired weapons guided by UAV, surprisingly effective.
U.S. President Biden concluded his speech earlier by advocating for regime change in Russia, stating, "For God's sake, this man cannot remain in power."
Video circulating of Azerbaijani soldiers executing Armenian POWs is repulsive beyond words. A clear cut war crime, and not the first that Azerbaijan has committed.
Video from Hamid Karzai International Airport this morning, wave of people rushing towards the airport terminal as gunfire can be heard in the background.
Unconfirmed video circulating reported to show Ukrainian Armed Forces detonating a bridge over the river Oskol in Senkovo, allegedly to prevent Russian Armed Forces from encircling Kharkiv.
An approaching Russian warship was heard ordering those on Snake Island to surrender and lay down arms, otherwise, they will be bombed.
The Ukrainian force on Snake Island responded, "Russian warship, go fuck yourself." before the assault began
This does not happen in Japan. It's one of the safest places in the world. It has some of the strongest gun control in the entire world. How the fuck does this happen. This is a major major development.
Per
@jimsciutto
, U.S. officials say they were able to block the balloon from gathering intelligence during its cruise over the United States. The U.S. military was able to gather intelligence on the balloon itself, while it was left without its function.