Checking In 🇺🇦

Russians basically came to Kyiv with an unbelievably stupid and unrealistic plan, killed a lot of people, ruined a lot of homes, and sustained heavy casualties.
No results, no reserves.
Now they just have to leave before they get slaughtered in a pocket northwest of Kyiv.

— Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 (@IAPonomarenko) April 1, 2022

The UN’s nuclear watchdog is looking into reports that some Russian soldiers who left the shuttered Chernobyl nuclear plant have radiation poisoning. They pulled out on Thursday, five weeks after seizing it, Ukraine’s state-run energy company said.https://t.co/OZOqLSSogV

— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 1, 2022

The Battle of Kyiv 2022 has ended with Russian defeat.
Period. Turning the page.
Now the grand Battle of Donbas is what lies ahead. pic.twitter.com/qzfm9iWkK8

— Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 (@IAPonomarenko) April 1, 2022

A few weeks ago, I mentioned on @cnn that 1 April is “new conscript day” in RU.

30 April is when 1 cohort of serving conscripts is released (don’t know what those #’s). Many are in UKR now.

If new draftees don’t go, RU is about to have a force regeneration issue. https://t.co/Ndrg5Gqgy6

— Mark Hertling (@MarkHertling) March 31, 2022

Two things:
1.Nope
2.Whoever laid that minefield had to be a Russian engineer. https://t.co/YnIWsjsGAt

— Mark Hertling (@MarkHertling) March 30, 2022

I actually admire engineers. My son-in-law is an engineer. I prefer to think this was done by Aggies. My brother is an Aggie. So it's okay.

Preparing to retreat from the city of Kherson

The Russian fascist invaders relocated helicopters and other aviation assets from Chornobayivka airport near Kherson to Chaplynka airfield.

Chaplynka is only 15km north of the administrative boundary with Russian-occupied Crimea. pic.twitter.com/TQ1mDfxKQA

— Michael MacKay (@mhmck) March 31, 2022

Russian troops have continued to retreat from Kyiv in the last 24 hours, although the withdrawal remains at about 20% of the force Russian President Vladimir Putin sent to seize the Ukrainian capital, a senior Defense official said Thursday. https://t.co/zZXUIjnKnQ

— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) April 1, 2022

If you're wondering how Yesterday went for Russian troops invading Ukraine...
Here's a map of the 40 (!) towns and settlements claimed recaptured by Ukrainian forces yesterday. Along 8 different axes of advance.
Seems like half withdrawal, half rout. pic.twitter.com/yYgXL2TrkF

— Nathan Ruser (@Nrg8000) April 1, 2022

"Trapped pockets of troops." I sincerely hope my prediction of long columns of RU POWs marching with their hands up toward Kyiv was prescient...even if it is a few days later than I thought. https://t.co/bOeErqcGdk

— Mark Hertling (@MarkHertling) April 1, 2022