Starting Ukraine thread:
1/ President Zelensky calls on able Ukrainians to join national resistance, says diplomatic relations severed with Russia, Ukraine and Russia now on "different sides of history." Appeals on Russians to spread the truth about what's happening in Ukraine. https://t.co/IXUJqvBQQO
2/ Cruise missile strike near Ivano-Frankivsk airport in far west Ukraine, ~135 miles from Polish border. https://t.co/sxe5A09PzB
3/ Military equipment, likely Russian, including multiple rocket launchers, entering Ukraine via Senkivka crossing on Russian-Ukrainian-Belarusian border https://t.co/VwRUc2PehD
4/ Russian strikes caused heavy damage to an apartment complex in Chuhuiv, southeast of Kharkiv https://t.co/qjcinTAPDP
5/ Russian troops reached the outskirts of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, on Thursday morning and set up checkpoints on a major road. Videos verified by myself and @dim109 https://t.co/PwOhLSck9q
6/ A lone cyclist was killed by Russian artillery in the city of Uman in central Ukraine on Thursday morning https://t.co/5uyI3feDFD
7/ Remnants of a Smerch (heavy multiple rocket launcher) strike in the Piatykhatky neighborhood of Kharkiv https://t.co/ge2vmYGElX
8/ Russian strikes on likely Ukrainian naval forces at Ochakiv port https://t.co/F5vDrYtSDy
9/ Some of the earliest Russian crossings we verified occurred from Crimea and were visible in this border camera footage. @RALee85 ID'd Nona-S mortars, TMM-3M2 heavy mechanized bridge, and trucks. https://t.co/lBrLmqtlKI
10/ Australian freelance journalist @brycewilsonAU appeared to catch a cruise missile flying over his head in Kramatorsk as he filmed a livestream https://t.co/qAH4i9BMp5
11/ This @nytimes map shows where Russian attacks were reported by the Ukrainian authorities or independently verified by reporters as of Thursday morning, Ukraine time https://t.co/SDGx0UrEMi https://t.co/qwV8VlkpQU
12/ A Russian air assault, shown here in images verified by the Times, sparked a battle for an airport in Hostomel, on the northwest outskirts of Kyiv https://t.co/icROS2SktK
13/ The Pentagon assesses that Russia attacked along three axes (Belarus, Kharkiv, Crimea) and fired more than 100 medium- and short- range ballistic missiles in its initial offensive, and still aims to depose the Ukrainian government and install its own. https://t.co/5OWYG0o2bl
14/ CNN's @mchancecnn reporting from the earlier fighting for the airport in Hostomel outside Kyiv, showing recently-landed Russian troops https://t.co/oU70BHl2ci
15/ Hundreds of people protested Russia's invasion in Moscow, as police arbitrarily detained many https://t.co/ayGNZKepkP
16/ Satellite image from today provided by @planet shows smoke rising from an apparent Russian airstrike on an airport in Chuhuiv, southeast of Kharkiv. This is the same town where another Russian strike hit an apartment complex. https://t.co/0QCsiX6l9B
17/ "Putin is the aggressor, Putin chose this war," and he and Russia will bear the consequences, Biden says now in address announcing sanctions https://t.co/3MZE5GMSjn https://t.co/CR7YbGG4WE
18/ Biden estimates new sanctions "will cut off more than half of Russia's high tech imports," degrade space program and military advances. New limits on ability to do business in foreign currencies.
But "our forces are not and will not be involved in the conflict in Ukraine."
19/ Updated @nytimes map of axes of Russian invasion and strikes inside Ukraine, both those claimed by Ukrainian authorities and independently verified by reporters https://t.co/SDGx0Ua3nI https://t.co/OpRuBEW7xq
20/ New satellite images taken today show a Russian ground attack helicopter deployment and helicopters in flight near Tomarovka, in the Belgorod area. Possibly used in operations in and around Kharkiv or Sumy.
📸: @Maxar https://t.co/GQmDFBGrP8
21/ Russian forces on the Crimea axes appear to be advancing the fastest. This video shows Russian troops controlling a road in Melitopol, en route to Mariupol, 120 miles to the east. https://t.co/rlLiM9yStA
22/ Useful map from @Nrg8000 (which is supported by visual evidence) showing approximately depth of Russian penetration up to now. As @RALee85 notes, Russian forces may be bypassing certain cities. https://t.co/YahZH6Hll4
23/ Russian paratroopers with Kornet anti-tank guided missile launcher engage Ukrainian forces during the apparently failed attempt to capture Antonov Airport outside Kyiv earlier today. Geolocated by @Danspiun to 50.593662, 30.221412. https://t.co/sR5apoD8fL
25/ Possible use of banned cluster munitions: Weapon remnants from a strike near a hospital in Vuhledar that killed four people and injured 10 shows what analysts say are the remains of a Tochka short-range ballistic missile https://t.co/0qFHqO9hwi https://t.co/aMhLDrRBHm
26/ Videos verified by the Times showed the first heavy urban fighting of the invasion in the northeastern city of Sumy, where social media reports said Russian troops had initially been repulsed https://t.co/qES2SZScGC https://t.co/4iBldmod7q
27/ Sumy region governor Dmitry Zhivitsky says Russian troops have encircled cities in his region, including Konotop, and are sending forces west toward Kyiv. The Times verified videos showing fighting in Sumy's capital earlier tonight. https://t.co/oVvik2hIyo
28/ Air defense systems engaged over Kyiv in recent minutes https://t.co/lxt7AgBRWK
29/ Sound of possible aircraft flying over Kyiv in the seconds before the explosion https://t.co/S9iVBDIeEd
30/ Videos we verified showed a large explosion in the sky over southern Kyiv early on Friday morning. Witnesses filmed fiery debris falling over parts of the city. The videos appeared to show at least two surface to air missiles being fired https://t.co/KFkeHU217A https://t.co/HruMXjymz8
31/ @mchancecnn reports live on air that Ukrainian authorities have told him a Russian air defense unit in
a suburb of Kyiv shot down a Ukrainian Su-27.
32/ Russian forces in control of Melitopol in southern Ukraine, where they likely first arrived about 24 hours ago. Vehicles geolocated to here: 46.83977063959528, 35.37298906866762. https://t.co/cAb2HFmghv https://t.co/saVXO8pxYg
33/ Two bridges that lead to Kyiv were destroyed, a new tactic to defend the capital. The Times verified that crossings on the city’s northern and western edges were destroyed in an apparent attempt to slow down the advancing Russian forces. https://t.co/Yr4ws4WzzM https://t.co/xOncyXISPP
34/ @mschwirtz and @TylerHicksPhoto arrived at the aftermath of a battle on Friday at an entrance to Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, at which Ukrainian forces seemed to be holding. Russian forces did not appear to have yet tried to enter the city https://t.co/jGxMdNZMBb
35/ Dashcam video of a probable Russian rocket barrage on a populated civilian area of Kharkiv earlier this afternoon. Geolocated to 50.048479 36.189215. https://t.co/xtX2HyTUFR https://t.co/uZEBDrUlo0
36/ Satellite images from Friday show more than 90 helicopters lined up across five miles of road in rural Belarus, 90 miles from Kyiv. The decision to position the aircraft along the road appears designed to facilitate rapid deployments. https://t.co/u4gyBGkxrT
37/ Visuals from Ukraine on Friday (first geolocated by @bellingcat and analyzed by @CalibreObscura, then confirmed by the Times) indicated the continued use of widely banned cluster munitions on populated civilian areas, most likely by Russia. https://t.co/srunyLbrZe https://t.co/nc6CSMeVl5
38/ Videos verified by The Times showed vehicles on fire in the Kyiv neighborhood of Shuliavka, near the city’s zoo, as fighting was reported in the city on Saturday morning.
https://t.co/vmjUAn3zmF https://t.co/Mt2kxVYcRD
39/ Scores of residents stood in line on Friday to pick up assault rifles at a distribution center in central Kyiv after President Zelensky called for volunteers to take up arms.
"I don't really have any choice, because this is my home."
https://t.co/ItQAslIuum https://t.co/gX4ii0qnK7
40/ AP: President Zelensky turned down a US request to evacuate Kyiv.
"The fight is here; I need ammunition, not a ride," he said, according to a U.S. official. https://t.co/Qe2OkeFkyD
41/ Videos and photos verified by the Times showed a residential building struck by a missile in southwestern Kyiv, about 1.5 miles from Sikorsky Memorial Airport, on Saturday morning. Videos showed rescue and evacuation efforts underway. https://t.co/PDR3NvL9iT
42/ Verified videos showed the aftermath of overnight fighting. Burned-out military vehicles were filmed near a Kyiv train station where fighting took place. Ukraine said paratroopers tried to land at Vasylkiv air base and were “destroyed.” By @heytherehaley & @tiefenthaeler https://t.co/bZlpGU6Azg
43/ @oryxspioenkop is tracking visually verified Russian military equipment losses. The tally currently stands at 107 destroyed, damaged, abandoned or captured. https://t.co/jEvwcjd1PS
44/ Germany, long reticent to send military aid to Ukraine, now says it will send weapons. https://t.co/B5nDtKXpiz
45/ Residents of Bakhmach confront Russian armor with their bodies. geolocated by @tiefenthaeler to: 51.176054, 32.827783. https://t.co/6fjbSSHVrA
46/ Evidence that Ukraine relocated air force assets in anticipation of Russian strikes on airbases, which do not seem to have successfully eliminated Ukraine's ability to contest the skies https://t.co/RJjWqhCAJf
47/ Western sanctions "means there is going to be a catastrophe on the Russian currency market on Monday," said former Russian Central Bank Deputy Chairman Sergei Aleksashenko https://t.co/qboa3F6Xh0
48/ "Let me introduce you, this is the general." A video shows a Ukrainian soldier carrying what appears to be an NLAW shoulder-fired missile near burning vehicles.
"After this war, I will never speak Russian [expletive] language again."
https://t.co/02UFJ79kfA
49/ Previous video verified by @ckoettl @dim109 & @johnismay; geolocated to 50.9507124736966, 29.881624447670188.
50/ Russian troops supported by light armor appear to have made a push into Kharkiv this morning. Numerous videos of intense fighting. This video geolocated to 50.030460787825476, 36.2938205590018 by @Michael1Sheldon https://t.co/pWqo19V105
51/ Several videos show fierce fighting on Shevchenka Street in northeast Kharkiv. Here Ukrainian troops fire multiple RPGs near a column of apparently abandoned Russian vehicles. Fighting occurring about 100 meters from a primary school. https://t.co/qfJ0rfVKHR https://t.co/QlHey0OIwv
52/ Videos show widespread destruction of homes in Sumy, while in Okhtyrka, civil defense dug through rubble searching for civilian casualties, saying at least four people had been killed. Verified by @tiefenthaeler & @heytherehaley:
https://t.co/zFlvzFLmWV https://t.co/cRd6wEa1LY
53/ The primary school from tweet 51, located amid heavy street fighting in Kharkiv, is shown burning in this video apparently from later on Sunday https://t.co/dSaoL4f6Mo
54/ Video purporting to show a Ukrainian drone strike on a Russian military column, geolocated by others to Kherson's airport. The Times has not independently verified the video, which was also posted by Ukraine's commander in chief. https://t.co/ZjW9rlkmu9 https://t.co/FVGBlH9NeT
55/ Another apparent Ukrainian drone strike https://t.co/tgtQnZXWY4
56/ Likely Russian troops in Berdyansk, 50 miles west of the key city of Mariupol. Western officials previously said Russia landed troops nearby, and visual evidence has showed them pushing in this direction from Crimea https://t.co/lodDyf6VSa
57/ Russian news agency posts the following information about Russian losses in Ukraine. It adds a link to a Ukrainian military Facebook page that provides a hotline for those attempting to contact captured soldiers. https://t.co/urCCrzwBDc https://t.co/1ZzBZt6rPR
58/ Geolocated video of Russian forces with possible Buk surface to air missile launcher entering Berdyansk from the west. https://t.co/bebmtQDotJ
59/ Videos verified by The Times show heavy rocket attacks on a neighborhood in Kharkiv on Monday. Ukraine accused Russia of killing dozens of civilians in the city, just as talks were starting in Belarus. By @heytherehaley @tiefenthaeler & @mschwirtz:
https://t.co/1L7m38ZVPs https://t.co/HsIoeWckuQ
60/ Satellite images from yesterday morning show hundreds of Russian military vehicles in convoy northeast of Ivankiv moving toward Kyiv, approximately 40 miles away.
📸: @Maxar https://t.co/mmHmiUm5sI
61/ Possible cluster munitions falling on a civilian neighborhood in southeast Kharkiv, geolocated by other researchers to 49.927841, 36.43340 https://t.co/GHHTgfEckM https://t.co/qpmXNcg8z8
62/ The convoy from tweet 60 now stretches over more than 17 miles and is moving closer to Kyiv, @ckoettl reports. It is 20 miles north of Antonov Airport and 30 miles from the city limits.
https://t.co/WY225l2v9W
📸: @Maxar https://t.co/2N78zINQEu
63/ The latest map of Russia's invasion of Ukraine as of this morning, via @nytgraphics: https://t.co/SDGx0UrEMi https://t.co/6BmtTHI7nC
64/ Radar imagery provides a wider view of the Russian convoy mentioned in tweets 60 and 62 (you can see the faint dots appear on the road stretching diagonally across the image) https://t.co/biphQuJlsD
65/ US will expel 12 diplomats from Russian mission to the United Nations https://t.co/KDTSeECBRa
66/ Smart thread corroborated by a lot of the visual evidence we've seen. Evidence of poor Russian planning and force employment, Ukrainian resolve and adept information shaping; but the worst may still be yet to come https://t.co/SkIHwn9F8p
67/ “This is my land, I will tear you apart with my teeth.” Videos from Monday, verified by the Times, show Ukrainians in Berdyansk protesting Russian troops who occupied their city hall overnight.
w/ @mschwirtz @trbrtc @dim109 @brenna__smith
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68/ A Ukrainian government official tells @politico that Ukrainian pilots have arrived in Poland to take control of MiG-29s and Su-25s donated by European countries https://t.co/LqsPMLeu6G
69/ New satellite imagery shows that the Russian convoy heading toward Kyiv (ref. tweets 60, 62 and 64) is actually 40 miles long, stretching from Prybirsk to Antonov Airport.
Some homes near Ivankiv along the convoy route are shown burning.
📸: @Maxar https://t.co/3tpZlgHsr7
70/ Two more images from that Russian convoy, including the alleged burning homes.
📸: @Maxar https://t.co/s6mmsny3lC
71/ Seventy Ukrainian soldiers died after a Russian strike on a military unit in Okhtyrka, the regional governor said today: https://t.co/xfQlBEPjUi. Geolocated to 50.306, 34.880, the base of the 91st Operational Support Regiment. Note the very large crater. https://t.co/17D8MYc5SV
72/ Massive strike in the center of Kharkiv just about 50 minutes ago, with the rocket or missile streaking visibly to the ground. Location: 50.00399, 36.23565, directly in front of the regional government building. https://t.co/AnPFaXu9O7
73/ Videos verified by The Times show attacks and Russian patrols in Kherson, a city that has seen major fighting in the south. Kherson's mayor wrote on Tuesday that it was "still Ukraine." By @heytherehaley & @tiefenthaeler: https://t.co/yjtX4GUja6 https://t.co/Fl36XsawR0
74/ Russia hit Kyiv's main radio and television tower not long after announcing it would strike certain military targets and "objects" to prevent "information attacks."
By @trbrtc @heytherehaley @tiefenthaeler & @msalexkoroleva: https://t.co/k3OeofbmXb https://t.co/SFf9gOiKMa
75/ Statement from Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center in Kyiv, which is located about 2,000 feet from the city's main radio and television tower, which was hit in a Russian attack today: https://t.co/TC03mGdvnS
76/ Intense street fighting in Borodyanka, northwest of Kyiv, geolocated by @Cen4infoRes to 50.642256, 29.929897. https://t.co/aQ6KbTFByc
77/ Nord Stream 2 AG, the Gazprom-owned company in charge of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline which came under US sanctions on Feb. 23, is insolvent and has released all 106 employees, Swiss government official says: https://t.co/ChvQUwYgTL
78/ Videos verified by The Times show bodies and damaged buildings next to a suspected Russian strike on a TV tower on Tuesday in Kyiv. “It looks like this was a family walking together,” a man says. By @muyixiao @dim109 & @msalexkoroleva
https://t.co/3JdGGEfv61
79/ Videos from Kyiv TV tower strike aftermath: "There are four bodies there. It looks like this was a family walking together." https://t.co/2ACITJdjLR
80/ Latest visually-verified Russian equipment losses by @oryxspioenkop:
404 vehicles, including 47 tanks, 16 SAM systems and 6 helicopters. Up from 107 on Feb. 26.
https://t.co/3htPircCrs
81/ Videos verified by The Times on Tuesday show major damage to two large apartment buildings in Borodyanka, 35 miles northwest of Kyiv. Parts of both buildings collapsed, and witnesses said they heard cries beneath the rubble. With @muyixiao & @dim109. https://t.co/iY7h58Xo8I
82/ Witnesses and Ukrainian deputy foreign minister @EmineDzheppar said the two devastated apartment buildings were hit by Russian planes.
There appeared to be major fighting that throughout Borodyanka on Tuesday. This video shows a tank firing at an apartment building. https://t.co/Y0CCBo1mAX
83/ Videos show the aftermath of a strike on a government building in Kharkiv on Wednesday. Rescue workers pulled 10 people from the burning debris, the city’s emergency services agency said. By @mattmbigg. https://t.co/QICWBn3qkE
84/ Visuals verified by The Times show Russian troops controlling a government building in Kherson, which they have surrounded, though battles could be ongoing. Mayor Igor Kolykhaev wrote that the city was “still resilient.” By @tiefenthaeler @trbrtc @bottidavid @MarcSantoraNYT https://t.co/yuggSIttEb
85/ This suggests that the projectile that detonated directly in front of the regional capital building in Kharkiv, in a public square (see tweet 72) was a targeted strike by a Russian cruise missile: https://t.co/feOwe50IIk
86/ The Russian Ministry of Defense official tally of casualties in the Ukraine invasion so far is:
498 dead
1,597 wounded
https://t.co/jziCMrwu9n
87/ A video verified by The Times shows two Su-25s striking an apartment complex in Irpin, just outside Kyiv, on Wednesday. ANNA News, a pro-Kremlin outlet, said they were targeting “Ukrainian military positions.” By @trbrtc @DrewJordan_NYT & @msalexkoroleva https://t.co/mn4R2b2qKP
88/ In footage from Konotop verified by The Times, Russian troops walk with grenades through an angry crowd, and the mayor asks whether citizens want to surrender or fight, and risk the Russians razing their city. By @dim109 @bottidavid & @tiefenthaeler. https://t.co/MP7GG46ZRR
89/ Kherson has become the first major Ukrainian city to fall under Russian control: https://t.co/hZHoAM2GnI
90/ The Russian invasion of Ukraine has killed more than 2,000 Ukrainian civilians and destroyed hundreds of structures including transport facilities, hospitals, kindergartens and homes, Ukraine's emergency service said on Wednesday. https://t.co/7qMU7r9zxv
91/ Mayor of the surrounded city of Mariupol says in video message that they were without electricity, water, heat and telephone service today, but that the army and far-right Azov Battalion fought back against Russian and separatist forces https://t.co/GVUXvKcrrU
92/ The latest map of Russian military progress in southern Ukraine via @nytgraphics https://t.co/7aP4ch3IUS
93/ Daily map of visually verified Russian troop movements up to 3pm March 2 via @Nrg8000 https://t.co/dRhdPT18S3
94/ An ITV crew was among the last international press to leave Mariupol today, unable to access electricity, water or fuel. The city is now surrounded. They encounter Russian tanks and a column of troops on their way out: https://t.co/x9KMkF2R7v
95/ Dash camera video verified by The Times shows bombardment of Chernihiv, a city along the Russian advance to Kyiv. The impact area is near several apartment buildings, pharmacies and a cardiac hospital. By @heytherehaley @tiefenthaeler & @MashaFroliak https://t.co/CkFWVRkwth
96/ Ukraine's State Emergency Service claims 22 bodies were removed from the rubble in Chernihiv as a result of air strikes and that rescue work continues: https://t.co/4lrXiSmpTV https://t.co/SuGBeSpoGZ
97/ Ukrainian special forces continue to battle Russian troops in Hostomel, near Antonov airport on the northwest outskirts of Kyiv, where fighting has raged for days. Geolocated to 50.565360, 30.270760, via @nollaigoconnor https://t.co/0zirp6WND0
98/ Webcam from Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Enerhodar, where fighting has been reported today. Tracers, flares and smoke have been visible at different times in recent hours. https://t.co/oboSpmKG3f
99/ A clip of part of the firefight at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant slightly over an hour ago. The fighting was taking place near the parking lot at 47.506025, 34.588521. The rounds seem to be impacting a building identified by @nexta_tv as a museum. https://t.co/UlJLaQnT7j
100/ We verified videos from Melitopol, which has been under Russian occupation for days. Angry crowds initially confronted Russian troops, who responded with gunfire. But on Thursday, long lines formed in the rain to accept food handed out from soldiers. W/ @dim109. https://t.co/WsGZulu7V9
101/ A frequently updated map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Useful resource: https://t.co/XORtn7dWpC
102/ Videos verified by @nytimes show widespread devastation of residential areas and business districts after days of Russian bombardment in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city. By @muyixiao @ckoettl @DrewJordan_NYT & @brenna__smith. https://t.co/5yZHLR2Vz5
103/ The scene at the train station in Lviv, in the far west, where families are evacuating en masse https://t.co/2RmUToVw0k
104/ "Everything I thought to be a nightmare is nothing compared to what I am witnessing." The Times spoke with a Mariupol resident and verified videos of destruction in the besieged city. By @MashaFroliak @tiefenthaeler @heytherehaley @dim109 & @sskerrr
https://t.co/N3ssnZM1Z5 https://t.co/qmuYkhPzlm
105/ "You are endangering the safety of the entire world." A video received & verified by @nytimes shows events inside the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant as it was being attacked on Friday morning. There has been no sign of an increase in radiation. https://t.co/hhPTxjLZdB https://t.co/GEqqvIBRnl