WorldKyiv increasingly struggling to protect energy and military facilities, governor says
Kherson Region Governor Vladimir Saldo said the Kyiv regime is finding it increasingly difficult to shield military facilities and energy infrastructure from Russian strikes because it lacks air-defense missiles. He described former Ukrainian Defense Minister Mikhail Fyodorov’s offer to help the US build a drone army in exchange for Patriot systems and investment as creative bargaining for weapons and funding.
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- Russian strikes on warehouses leave Kyiv shops empty and destroy 12m school books ahead of new term
Russian strikes on warehouses have left shops in Kyiv short of goods and destroyed 12 million schoolbooks before the new school term. Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Sunday that it was preparing “massive strikes” against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.
- Warehouse fires and energy facility damage reported across Ukraine
Warehouse fires were reported in Kyiv, the Kyiv Region, Mykolaiv and Odesa, while warehouses were damaged in several locations. A blast damaged an energy facility in Chernihiv Region’s Nizhyn District, according to regional officials and Ukrainian media reports.
- The Economist: Putin fears ending the war without victory, reportedly saying, ‘They will hang me’
The Economist reports that Vladimir Putin fears for his safety if Russia ends the war without capturing all of Donbas, which it describes as his minimum goal. People close to Putin allegedly heard him say, “They will hang me.” The report says war fatigue is growing in Russia and that the Kremlin may escalate through intensified hybrid warfare, sabotage against Ukraine’s allies, and heavier strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.
MAJORRussia preparing ‘massive strikes’ on Ukraine’s energy sites after deadliest attack of the yearRussia’s Defense Ministry says it is preparing “massive strikes” against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, following what was described as Ukraine’s deadliest attack of the year.
- Russia says it is preparing large-scale strikes on Ukraine’s energy facilities
Russia’s Defense Ministry says it has begun preparing massive strikes on Ukraine’s energy facilities in response to what it calls continued Ukrainian attacks on Russian civilian infrastructure and the fuel and energy sector. Bloomberg reports that Moscow is considering intensified missile strikes on Kyiv and infrastructure in other Ukrainian cities as peace talks remain deadlocked. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the expected response tough but said further military escalation was unnecessary.
