According to Ukrainian officials on Thursday, multiple cities, including Kyiv and Kharkiv, came under attack from a “massive” barrage of Russian missiles. Ukrainian presidential advisor Mykhailo Podolyak said that more than 120 missiles had been launched across the country and had been targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure.
According to a report by investigative journalist Jack Murphy that was released Sunday, the CIA has been using the intelligence services of a European NATO country to conduct sabotage attacks in Russian territory since Russia invaded Ukraine in February. The report cites multiple unnamed former US intelligence and military officials.
Russian media reported Monday morning that a Ukrainian drone had attacked an airbase deep inside Russian territory, killing 3 soldiers. According to reports, the drone was intercepted before debris rained down on the base.
On Wednesday, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu announced a plan, supported by Russian President Vladimir Putin, to increase Russian military troops to 1.5 million by next year.
The governor of Belgorod Oblast said on Sunday that one civilian was killed, 8 others were injured, and a poultry farm sustained damage amid Ukrainian shelling that targeted the Russian city.
While Russian President Vladimir Putin made a questionable visit to neighboring Belarus, the Kremlin began calling on the U.S. to avoid further escalation of the war in Ukraine over Washington’s support for the war-torn country. The warning from the Kremlin comes as concerns mount that Belarusian forces could join the fighting in Ukraine and only days after the Pentagon announced that it would be providing long-range Patriot defense systems, with long-range missiles, to Ukraine.
Buried in a recently published New York Times deep dive into the last 10 months of the war in Ukraine is a little-known fact – Ukraine’s military and intelligence division attempted to assassinate the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, General Valery Gerasimov against the concerns of U.S. officials that it would lead to extreme Russian military escalation.
On Thursday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky continued his campaign to have Russian and Belarusian athletes banned from competing in the 2024 summer Olympics in Paris. If Zelensky gets his way, the banned athletes would also be prevented from competing under a ‘neutral’ flag.
According to an article published in the Royal Navy’s official magazine, the Globe and Laurel, Lieutenant General Robert Magowan confirmed that 350 marines were deployed to Ukraine for two separate missions since January – the first prior to the invasion and the second in April.
Tuesday evening, it was announced by multiple U.S. defense officials and a top Biden administration official that the U.S. was working on a deal to send Patriot missile systems to Ukraine. On Wednesday, the Kremlin responded to the announcement with Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, posting on his Telegram account (computer translation), “If, as Stoltenberg hinted, NATO supplies Kyiv fanatics with Patriot complexes along with NATO personnel, they will immediately become a legitimate target of our Armed Forces. I hope the Atlantean impotents understand this.”