Peter Clifford
peterclifford1.bsky.social
Peter Clifford
@peterclifford1.bsky.social
Blogger, therapist, writer. HR defender. Lover of life, adventurer. BLM. Collating reports on Ukraine war to give support. Slave to semi-feral cat. Newsletter: http://peter-clifford-online.ck.page/6f986f2390
#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...
🇺🇦🇬🇧 Ukrainian soldiers recite the poem Invictus by British poet William Ernest Henley as a gesture of gratitude to the United Kingdom for its unwavering support

- Valerii Zaluzhnyi
Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom
March 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
#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-...
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).
kyivindependent.com
March 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
#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...
Russian Su-34 made an emergency belly landing after its landing gear failed to deploy. The crew jettisoned the navigator’s canopy mid-flight for a potential escape.
March 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
#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.
March 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
#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...
"Sorry, hiding hands behind my back is a habit, a habit of a slave. Because for almost 3 years... We were abused, beaten, tortured."

"For 3 years, I didn't know what happened to my family, I didn't know anything. They [the Russians] did not allow me to call.
March 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
#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...
Reports say a Russian position in central Toretsk was obliterated by a 2S7 Pion, directed by the 100th OMB. Enemy suicide squads with ammo falter as Ukrainian artillery dismantles their efforts.
March 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
#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...
🫡🇺🇦 Zelensky: I visited the command post of the Tactical Group Pokrovsk and met with the commanders of the Drone Line.

I received a report on the defense of the Pokrovsk direction, the operational situation, and the progress of the missions. I honored our warriors with state awards.
March 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
#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.
March 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
#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...
Voronezh 🔥🔥🔥
March 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
#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.
March 22, 2025 at 1:41 AM
#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...
President Emmanuel Macron:

"…Today there is a discussion between the USA&Russia.If I'm correctly informed,Russia has invaded Ukraine.Ukraine is not at the negotiating table.If Russia backs down,if Russia commits to a cease-fire in Europe,then we will see what the security guarantees will be”
March 22, 2025 at 1:41 AM
#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)
March 22, 2025 at 1:41 AM
#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...
Russian "pipe sweepers" who tried sneaking into Sudzha via gas pipe now breathe Mendeleev’s table. Turns out, strolling through gas lines is risky—who’d have guessed? Akhmat medics scramble to revive their 90% clogged lungs.
March 22, 2025 at 1:41 AM
#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...
March 22, 2025 at 1:41 AM
#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...
💥 Ukrainians destroyed a Russian BM-27 Uragan MLRS with a precision strike from the US-supplied HIMARS MLRS.
One of the Russian rockets ignited and launched itself in the strike.
March 22, 2025 at 1:41 AM
#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.
March 22, 2025 at 1:41 AM
#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).
March 22, 2025 at 1:41 AM
#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.
March 22, 2025 at 1:41 AM
#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...
Czech President Petr Pavel about the Russian drone attack on Odesa during his visit:

"We had left Odesa by train about 20 minutes before the first explosions were heard. It was not pushed by this incident. We were there in a planned time frame, so it was just a coincidence⤵️
March 22, 2025 at 1:41 AM
#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...
Since last night, Russia launched over 200 drones and guided bombs on various Ukrainian regions. Odesa, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, Kyiv, Khmelnytskyi, and Chernihiv were hit. Fires in Odesa, injuries in Zaporizhzhia, and damage to homes are reported.
March 22, 2025 at 1:41 AM