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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

💥 Ukrainian Air Force conducted precision bombing strikes on Russia's 205th Motorized Rifle Brigade on the left bank of the Dnipro river in Dnipryany, Kherson region on March 21st.

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 23/03/2025

SitRep - 23/03/25 - Ukraine advanced in the Belgorod region An overview of the daily events in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Russian channels confirmed that Ukraine has advanced in the Belgorod region, capturing the border town of Demidovka. REPOST=appreciated 1/X

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Peter Clifford @peterclifford1.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Travelling today, Guys, so too late for reports. I will catch up soon.

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Peter Clifford @peterclifford1.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

#Ukraine: 10. As a gesture of gratitude for #UK support, UA soldiers recite the famous poem "Invictus" by UK poet William Ernest Henley (mastering the pronunciation!). bsky.app/profile/24ho...

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Peter Clifford @peterclifford1.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

#Ukraine: 9. Just before peace negotiations start again tomorrow in #SaudiArabia, RU is using propaganda narratives to undermine the talks & to shift blame for its own actions to UA. Lead RU negotiator says they will be "combative & constructive." kyivindependent.com/russia-uses-...

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Russia uses propaganda narratives to undermine peace talks, shift blame to Ukraine, ISW says

The Kremlin has revived familiar narratives portraying Ukraine as the aggressor and acting under Western influence, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

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Peter Clifford @peterclifford1.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

#Ukraine: 8. A RU Su-34 could not deploy its wheels for landing due to a "technical issue & came in belly down. RU soldiers in a UA field fatally uncovered a mine. bsky.app/profile/wart... bsky.app/profile/wart...

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Peter Clifford @peterclifford1.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

#Ukraine: 7. Kirsty Coventry, a former Olympic gold medallist swimmer from Zimbabwe, has been elected as the new president of the International Olympic Committee (ICC) & takes over in June. She is already questioning why RU remains excluded from the Games. RU is delighted at her appointment.

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Peter Clifford @peterclifford1.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

#Ukraine: 6. Returned UA POW after 3 years of RU imprisonment, describes how bad it was. RU losses yesterday included 1210 dead/injured, 20 AFVs, 166 other vehicles, 9 tanks, 96 artillery systems, 258 drones & 3 MLRS. bsky.app/profile/anto...

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Peter Clifford @peterclifford1.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

#Ukraine: 5. A RU position in central #Toretsk was wiped out by a well-directed 2S7 Pion self-propelled cannon. UA forces repelled an attack on #Kupyansk front causing heavy losses to the attackers. bsky.app/profile/wart... bsky.app/profile/noel...

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Peter Clifford @peterclifford1.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

#Ukraine: 4. This is how a real leader operates. #Zelensky was at the front today in #Pokrovsk & #Donetsk talking to commanders, soldiers & drone operators. He also honoured the memory of the fallen at Donetsk Stele. bsky.app/profile/maks... bsky.app/profile/maks...

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Peter Clifford @peterclifford1.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

#Ukraine: 3. #UK is hosting 3 more days of military planning next week for countries willing to take part in a "coalition of the willing" to support UA in the event of a ceasefire. Former #Lithuanian FM, Gabrielius Landsbergis, tries to mobilise Europe.

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Peter Clifford @peterclifford1.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

#Ukraine: 2. Nr RU city of Voronezh in SW RU, a very large fire is burning, cause at present unknown. Unconfirmed reports it may be a UA strike on RU military HQ. RU officials say it's "reeds burning!" bsky.app/profile/maks...

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Peter Clifford @peterclifford1.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

#Ukraine: Today's latest info on #UkraineWar: 1. The #Kavkazskaya oil transhipment hub is still smouldering into its 4th day. A massive fire seems to have broken out in RU enclave Transnistria on the border with UA, cause unknown. bsky.app/profile/maks... bsky.app/profile/jjsm...

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Peter Clifford @peterclifford1.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

#Ukraine: 12. #Germany seized 1 of RU's shadow oil tankers, "Eventin," in Baltic Sea along with cargo of 100,000 tons crude oil worth $43 million. After UA's attack on Engels-2 airbase, specialist troops have arrived to deal with raised radiation levels.

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Peter Clifford @peterclifford1.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

#Ukraine: 11. #France's President #Macron to host another meeting of leaders, including #Zelensky, on March 27th in Paris to discuss progress on the peace plan. Macron said there were "no peace talks", only "a discussion between US & RU" without UA. bsky.app/profile/anto...

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Peter Clifford @peterclifford1.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

#Ukraine: 10. On #Bakhmut front, heavy fighting S of highway H-32 nr #Predtechyne. On #Kupiansk front RU assaults repelled NW of Kupiansk & at #Petropavlivka. UA intel reports demise of 2 RU officers in a car bomb attack at #Skadovsk, #Kherson region. (Maps: @chuckpfarrer.bsky.social)

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Peter Clifford @peterclifford1.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

#Ukraine: 9. This is same #Sudzha gas pipeline RU troops tried to use to get behind UA lines in #Sudzha town when UA occupied it. Turns out RU medics are now trying to save lives of RU troops with lung problems who managed to survive the failed attack: bsky.app/profile/wart...

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Peter Clifford @peterclifford1.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

#Ukraine: 8. RU accused UA of an attack on a Sudzha gas pipeline metering station in RU's #Kursk region. However, UA's General Staff said this was a false flag operation by RU to discredit UA & they had nothing to do with it. bsky.app/profile/igor...

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Peter Clifford @peterclifford1.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

#Ukraine: 7. RU losses yesterday included 1,330 dead/injured, 28 AFVs, 165 other vehicles, 17 tanks, 101 artillery systems (nearly 25,000 in total), 185 drones, 2 MLRS, 1 anti-aircraft unit & 2 special vehicles. UA struck another BM-27 Uragan MLRS: bsky.app/profile/igor...

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Peter Clifford @peterclifford1.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

#Ukraine: 6. #UK's MOD commented on UA estimates that as of yesterday RU has had over 900,000 casualties (200,000 to 250,000 dead, the rest injured). UA also eliminated over 100 artillery systems in 1 day, a new record.

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Peter Clifford @peterclifford1.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

#Ukraine: 5. In a meeting of military planners from 31 countries in #London discussing UA yesterday, Keir Starmer, UK's PM issued a warning to RU, saying, "It needs to be clear to Putin that there will be severe consequences if he breaches the lines" (of any peacekeeping agreement).

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Peter Clifford @peterclifford1.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

#Ukraine: 4. #Zelensky & #Pavel met at #Moshchun, a place that was deeply symbolic in the defence of #Kyiv when RU invaded. The 2 leaders went on to discuss security guarantees for UA in the event of an agreed ceasefire.

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Peter Clifford @peterclifford1.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

#Ukraine: 3. President of #Czech Republic, Petr Pavel, had just left #Odesa by train yesterday when the RU attacks began. He said later after meeting #Zelensky in #Kyiv today, that if RU really wanted peace why are they attacking civilian infrastructure? bsky.app/profile/anto...

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Peter Clifford @peterclifford1.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

#Ukraine: 2. Yesterday evening & later into the night, RU attacked UA with over 200 strike & decoy drones + aerial bombs. #Odesa was particularly badly hit, fires breaking out in a shopping mall, several stores & residential buildings. bsky.app/profile/noel...

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Peter Clifford @peterclifford1.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

#Ukraine: Today's latest report THREAD on #UkraineWar: 1. The fire at RU's #Kavkazkaya oil transhipment point has spread to 10,000sqm. 2 firefighters have been injured & there are reports others have left site unable to get the fire under control. bsky.app/profile/anto... bsky.app/profile/wart...

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Peter Clifford @peterclifford1.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Pleasure, Hans. Thanks for your support.

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Peter Clifford @peterclifford1.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

#Ukraine: 12. Yesterday was the 95th birthday of famous UA poet, Lina Kostenko. Here is a reading of one of her well known poems, "Wings," with translation into English. bsky.app/profile/robe...

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Peter Clifford @peterclifford1.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

#Ukraine: 11. #Zelensky confirms arrival of another fleet of F-16 jets in UA. UA destroys a RU command post used to plan attacks on UA's Sumy region. RU losses yesterday 1,400 dead/injured, 38 AFVs, 91 other vehicles, 13 tanks, 43 artillery systems, 179 drones, 2 MLRS & 3 anti-aircraft units.

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Peter Clifford @peterclifford1.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

#Ukraine: 10. #Zelensky says UA's Constitution states "territory of UA within its present border is indivisible & inviolable" & it is a "red line" he will not cross. "Berlin Wall is not an option," he added, saying he had warned #Trump on March 19th against leaving UA settlements split.

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Peter Clifford @peterclifford1.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

#Ukraine: 9. US sources say US intel agencies, including the CIA, have told the White House that while UA troops have faced intense pressure in #Kursk region, they have not been surrounded. Despite this, #Trump continues to say otherwise.

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Peter Clifford @peterclifford1.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

#Ukraine: 8. This is the RU mindset that Europe is up against - RU state TV propagandists. Putin has ordered Ukrainians "without legal status" (i.e. RU passports) to leave RU-occupied territories by Sept. 10th or "regulate their legal status." bsky.app/profile/anto...

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Peter Clifford @peterclifford1.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

#Ukraine: 7. Over 30 RU strikes reported on residential areas in #Kropyvnytsky, central UA. 10 people injured including 4 children. A UA recon & sabotage group ambushed RU troops in #Horlivka, #Donetsk region.

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Peter Clifford @peterclifford1.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

#Ukraine: 6. #Zelensky also addressed the European Council, saying Europe should be stronger in global competition & be faster, more flexible & more effective in making decisions in politics, defence, economics, industry & everything else: bsky.app/profile/anto...

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Peter Clifford @peterclifford1.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

#Ukraine: 5. Ceasefire/peace talks between US & RU & US & UA are due to restart again in #SaudiArabia on March 24th. #Zelensky confirmed that in conversation with #Trump he did not mention "handing over power stations", but talked exclusively about #Zaporizhzhia nuclear station.

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Peter Clifford @peterclifford1.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

#Ukraine: 4. Today President #Zelensky went on to #Norway to meet with PM Jonas Gahr Store, who announced a tripling of defence support agreed unanimously by their parliament for shells, drones & investment in UA's defence industry: bsky.app/profile/anto...

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Peter Clifford @peterclifford1.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

#Ukraine: 3. In his visit to #Finland yesterday, #Zelensky visited an underground shelter for 6,000 people & signed to create a coalition of civilian shelters. He also received a standing ovation in the Finnish Parliament.

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Peter Clifford @peterclifford1.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

#Ukraine: 2. So powerful were explosions at Engels-2 that local residents had to be evacuated. Houses, barns, windows & fences in a nearby dacha community were seriously damaged. A local hospital lost all its windows in the blast. bsky.app/profile/anto... bsky.app/profile/wart...

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Peter Clifford @peterclifford1.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

#Ukraine: Today's latest report THREAD on #UkraineWar: 1. UA carried out strike on #Engels-2 airbase in #Saratov region, home to RU's Tu-95/Tu-160 strategic bombers. A missile/ammo store was hit, the explosion showering buildings within a 5 km radius: bsky.app/profile/anto...

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Peter Clifford @peterclifford1.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Some of you might enjoy this (some of you won't!) by UK comedian Jonathan Pie (Tom Walker). Deadly accurate! youtu.be/w6Y4uANNxj4?...

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Peter Clifford @peterclifford1.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

#Ukraine: 12. On #ChasivYar front, UA counterattacked across the canal at #Hyrhorivka. RU losses yesterday included 1060 dead/injured, 14 AFVs, 111 other vehicles, 12 tanks, 64 artillery systems, 100 drones & 1 MLRS. (Map: @chuckpfarrer.bsky.social)

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Peter Clifford @peterclifford1.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

#Ukraine: 11. #US media NBC reporting US may let go of leadership of NATO's European command after 75 years of US 4 star generals, Supreme Allied Commanders, overseeing NATO operations. US security agencies have also suspended operating with partner countries against RU sabotage & cyber operations.

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Peter Clifford @peterclifford1.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

#Ukraine: 10. #US media Politico reports #Trump's son, Donald Jr., Tucker Carlson, Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, & special envoy Steve Witkoff all involved in backchannel talks with #Zelensky's political rivals to undermine him. Latest polling suggests Zelensky would get 44% in an election vote.

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Peter Clifford @peterclifford1.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

#Ukraine: 9. RU's MOD, ahead of the #Trump/Putin call yesterday, claimed that UA had made a significant ground assault on RU's #Belgorod region at the villages of #Demidovka & #Prilesye, a few dozen km SE of #Sudzha in #Kursk region. UA dismissed the claims as propaganda ahead of talks with the US.

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Peter Clifford @peterclifford1.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

#Ukraine: 8. In a prisoner exchange (arranged before the #Trump/Putin phone call) 175 UA POWs returned home, including 22 severely injured fighters. "Mom, I'm home," was 1 soldier's emotional call. bsky.app/profile/anto... bsky.app/profile/anto...

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Peter Clifford @peterclifford1.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

#Ukraine: 7. Yesterday, President #Zelensky & his wife visited #Finland, meeting with President Stubb, the PM & MPs. #Stubb spoke of Finnish loss of territorial integrity, both of his grandparents & father born in territory stolen by Stalin in 1944. bsky.app/profile/anto...

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Peter Clifford @peterclifford1.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

#Ukraine: 6. One of Putin's demands to #Trump is that allies stop all arms deliveries to UA & intelligence sharing. #Zelensky pointed out that if RU genuinely wanted to stop fighting UA, why demand that UA weaken its army? bsky.app/profile/wart...

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Peter Clifford @peterclifford1.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

#Ukraine: 5. #Yaysky Refinery in RU's #Kemerovo region, 3,000km from UA border, lit up last night. UA also targeted several Pantsir-S1 air defence systems, S-300SV SAM missile launchers, a Mi-8 helicopter & 2 tugboats in #Crimea. bsky.app/profile/igor...

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Peter Clifford @peterclifford1.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

#UKraine: 4.#Zelensky said UA to compile list of energy sites RU must stop attacking. Meanwhile, overnight UA hit "Kavkazskaya" oil pumping station in #KrasnodarKrai region. Fire spread to 3,8800sqm & still burning this morning, stopping operations: bsky.app/profile/noel... bsky.app/profile/anto...

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Peter Clifford @peterclifford1.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

#Ukraine: 3. Today, #Trump also spoke for 1 hr with #Zelensky by phone, UA's president affirming his agreement to a 30-day halt in energy infrastructure attacks, requesting more Patriot missiles systems & Trump's offer to take over #Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant as a form of "security guarantee."

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