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Ballistic missile fired at southern Odesa region.
Explosion heard.

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As well as the elderly man killed in Sloviansk, a woman Who was also trapped under rubble at a different location, was rescued. She's in a serious condition in hospital.

#RussiaIsATerroristState

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The large town of Sloviansk, has been under an incredible barrage, almost non-stop for 24 hours.

One of the "fortress" cities in free Donetsk, it's now known 63 homes have been damaged in repeated airstrikes by aerial bombs and drones.

One person was killed.

The alert for a missile attack on the Krasnodar ports (they posted about Neptune and Flamingo phobia), has now been lifted. But the threat from Ukrainian drones remains.

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Now video of... guess what... Yes! ANOTHER air defence system being reduced to the charred remains of its constituent parts.

The LASAR group say this modern S-400 Triumph was spotted and destroyed in the bordering Belgorod region of Russia.

I reported last night on the likely crash of another Russian helicopter. It's now confirmed that the crew also died. And #FriendlyFire does look to be the cause.

This will have saved quite a few Ukrainian lives.

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Wow, what an unexpectedly crazy morning.
Just got to check out of the hotel I'm in, find a place to sit and resume work, then I'll be back with you, coffee in hand.

#SlavaUkraïni

From 5am this morning, Moscow time, airports in Russia began to be shut.

Ulyanovsk, Cheboksary, Kazan, Nizhnekamsk, Kirov, Kaluga, Perm and Izhevsk all stopped operating.

They have all now reopened, but Krasnodar + Gelendzhik are now closed.

1300km away, Ukraine has also successfully attacked the 'Uralchem' chemical plant in the Kirov region of Russia.

Local sites say up to 8 drones may have hit the factory in Kirovo-Chepetsk. Here thick smoke can already be seen as another Liuty UAV flies in.

Also in Crimea, problems for the occupiers.

Explosions are reported in Hvardiivske, and the CrimeanWind TG channel says its subscribers see smoke rising from the oil depot in the village.
#CrimeaIsUkraine

I'm hearing of another big Ukrainian attack on the Krasnodar coast.

All the way from the Crimea Bridge down to Sochi and Anapa have been put on the highest alert, with waves of drones appearing.

A return to Novorossiysk cannot be ruled out.

Trump's unruly mobs are hounding legal Ukrainian migrants in the U.S., the BBC reports.

Here's a translation of the story by BBC Ukraine, on the growing problem facing those who fled to the "land of the free."

Russia complains "humanitarian workers" were attacked in occupied Ukraine.

Here's the thing, both Irinas could have stayed at home instead of invading. And their "humanitarian" aid was purely for the soldiers. The elder, dead, Irina gave herself a call-sign "Fagot" after the brigade she worked for.

a man with long hair and a beard is holding a cup of coffee and saying " you don 't say ... " ALT: a man with long hair and a beard is holding a cup of coffee and saying " you don 't say ... "

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In fairness, I should point out that Dr One, Marina and Miss DeBris have made no comment, and neither has the Ukrainian government.

But most observers tend to agree with Russia's inspired guesswork that Kyiv may be behind the attack.

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Russia released photos of its sanctioned and illegal shadow tanker, after Ukraine's "Do One" probably added unwanted air conditioning.

The Arctic Metagaz was travelling from Murmansk before having an unfortunate collision with Dr One's sister Marina, who works in the sea.

"There's a chance our our drones take us out?" - a Russian 'tourist' in Dubai.

Wreckage from a Geran-2 (Shahed) UAV was found near Jebel Ali port.

I thought they'd be used to Friendly Fire!

"Z" channels have published a 70 second video on the "capture" of Neskuchne in Kharkiv region.

There are a load of drone hits on cars and soldiers, which could have been from any time. But not one frame from the village itself, which can be seen, FREE, on the DeepState map.

For the first time in a long time, NO injuries have been reported in either Dnipropetrovsk or Zaporizhzhia regions since yesterday.

The forward creep of the invaders in both oblasts has seen big increases in attacks in the past 3-4 months.

In Sumy region, one man was killed and another injured in separate incidents.

The regional council says there were 60 attacks on 30 towns and villages during yesterday.

The person killed was a 48 year old man from Esmansk.

It turns out one employee was injured in the attack on the train in Mykolaiv.

The man is in hospital, but his life is not in danger.

The train had arrived for maintenance and no passengers were on board.

Huge news from inside Russia about the attack on Novorossiysk 2 nights ago.

Five military ships were damaged according to the reliable "Spy Dossier" channel. It states the “Valentin Pikul” received extensive damage; Eysk & Kasimov less serious.

3 military died, 16 wounded.

Nothing particularly notable about today's data on Russia's losses.

1,733 drones of all type were shot down - high, but not even in the top 5 now.
232 vehicles is also high - drones pick off moving things much easier than this time last year.

Here are the figures from overnight.

Russia fired 149 long range attack drones (no missiles).
129 were stopped by Ukraine air defences.
1 is still flying and there were 19 hits in 15 places.

Air Defence success = 87%

Russia has hit another train this morning.

This was the scene in Mykolaiv, in the south of Ukraine, just an hour ago.

Thankfully the carriage hit was empty and there were no injuries.
#RussiaIsATerroristState

This is the daily thread for Wednesday 4 March, all the news, every single day (still never missed one)

Please think of me when you're having a coffee - link in bio if you want to share!

More problems with BSky this morning.
I've been unable to access the site until now, so the thread is already well underway.

I'll copy and paste from X, but first the link to yesterday's thread.

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Not Ukraine related, but thought you may like to know UK police have arrested three men on suspicion of spying for China.

Aged 39, 43 and 68, they were detained in London and Wales.

25 minutes ago Sochi airport was also ordered to cease flights and refuse landings.

More "elitniy" holidays getting off to a bad start (or end).
They can avoid all of this simply by having to guts to demand Russia leaved Ukraine 🤦‍♂️

Good morning, and may I say thank you to everyone who is reading, still following, and still caring about Ukraine. Gove yourself a little pat on the back, but then carry on spreading the word!

It's Day 1470 of Russia's 3-day special operation.
#TeamTim reporting for duty!

BREAKING

Spain’s MEP Irene Montero:

“Trump is sowing terror across the world.”

“We must remove the US military from all our bases and from Spanish territory.”

“Spain must leave NATO.”

“Our people must not pay the price for Trump’s illegal invasions and unlawful attacks.” 🇪🇸