Secret service sees Kremlin’s military strength dwindling
The expert welcomed the offer of help: “If North Korea expresses a desire to fulfill its international duty to fight Ukrainian fascism, we should allow it,” Korotchenko said. According to British intelligence, Russia might also urgently use such help. “I think they’ll run out of air soon,” the head of the agency recently said. In his estimation, Moscow is finding it increasingly difficult to procure personnel and material for its invasion war.
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Ukraine reports “tactical encirclement”: More than 1,000 Russian soldiers surrounded | politics
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
According to information from Kyiv, more than 1,000 Russian soldiers have been surrounded by Ukrainian forces in the occupied southern Ukrainian region of Cherson (almost 300,000 inhabitants).
Not far from the Vysokopillya settlement, the Russians got into a “tactical encirclement,” said President Volodymyr Zelensky’s adviser, Oleksiy Arestovych, on Friday evening.
On Thursday, the Russian military unsuccessfully attempted a breakthrough. Arestovych’s statements might not be checked independently. A confirmation from the Russian side is not yet available.
Some time ago, the Ukrainian army confirmed the capture of the village of Potemkyne. The general staff report spoke of Russian bombing of the place. Wyssokopillja and Olhyne were not mentioned.
The Ukrainian army had recently launched several counter-offensives in the Cherson region, which Putin’s soldiers had largely brought under their control following the start of the war once morest the neighboring country that began at the end of February.
Ukraine also wants to reconquer lost territories with the help of Western weapons. In Cherson, the population has repeatedly protested once morest the Russian occupiers in recent months. There have already been attacks once morest pro-Russian members of the administration appointed by Moscow.
It remains to be seen how the Ukrainian military will deal with the encircled Russians, or what concessions Moscow might be forced to make as a result. Will Ukraine allow the Russians a corridor to withdraw?
WSJ: US concerned about embezzlement of money sent to Ukraine
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
The American administration has thought regarding the possible risks of fraud and theft of funds that are allocated as financial assistance to Ukraine. This is written by the Wall Street Journal.
Since there are no US oversight bodies in Ukraine, and the scale of financial assistance is colossal, it is only a matter of time before this money is stolen. Thus, expert John Sopko, who previously controlled financial aid to Afghanistan, believes that the theft of financial aid will be in any case.
The publication noted that the mistakes of Afghanistan did not teach the American authorities anything. But Kyiv has been criticized for high-level corruption even before the start of the Russian special operation. It is unlikely that this corruption has disappeared somewhere following February 24, 2022.
As the WSJ emphasizes, the US authorities are already trying to control the spending of the allocated funds. But the supervisory authorities simply do not have the opportunity to fully study all the spending of the huge funds allocated to Ukraine.
Polish MP announced the possibility of supplying Ukraine with nuclear warheads
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
The West can provide Ukraine with nuclear weapons. This was told by the Polish member of the European Parliament Radosław Sikorski.
According to him, warheads will be needed by Kyiv to protect independence. He justifies this by saying that Russia allegedly violated the Budapest Memorandum.
The document Sikorsky is talking regarding was signed in 1994 by Russia, Ukraine, the US and the UK. Its full name is the Memorandum on Security Assurances in Connection with Ukraine’s Accession to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (following the collapse of the USSR, Ukraine became nuclear-free).