The West understood it so correctly, and Russia misunderstood it when it came to pre-war intelligence in Ukraine.
Now, according to an expert on Russian intelligence, President Vladimir Putin is looking for the spy who pursued him. “We are hearing some new rumors and more information about the apparent hunt for a traitor in the FSB, the Russian Federal Security Service, because many people are wondering right now in Moscow why American intelligence was so accurate, so accurate before. the invasion, “said Andrei Soldatov.
Soldatov believes that the United States and NATO have learned the details of Russia’s planning from more than electronic interception, because he believes Russia has a Byzantine system and the way decisions are made is never clear. So Putin would assume that someone is singing. And it would be convenient to blame his military losses on this one.
Read more: How paranoid is Putin?
Russia can create the context for the use of WMD in Ukraine
The Russians continue to accuse the United States of running a biological weapons program in Ukraine in recent days, raising fears that they could try to create a pretext for using their own weapons of mass destruction in the country.
Concerns come after Russia’s Defense Ministry released a list of US and EU nationals Krlemin claims to have participated in Ukraine’s biological weapons program, along with the head of Russia’s radiological, chemical and biological defense forces, General -Lieutenant Kirilov makes similar accusations, Russian media report.
Russian media also reported that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the United States and its allies of waging a “total hybrid war” against Russia, which he said was designed to cut the world off from Russian information.
Rebecca Coffler, author and former DIA intelligence officer, fears this could be a pretext for Russia to start using WMD against Ukraine.
“Russia is escalating its disinformation campaign against the United States, using allegations of alleged WMD programs in Ukraine as a potential excuse for using the WMD war in Ukraine,” Kofler told Fox News on Thursday. “Feeling hasty in claiming victory by May 9th and frightened by Sweden’s and Finland’s expected plans to join NATO, Putin is considering catastrophic measures in the latest and hottest phase of Russia’s war against Ukraine.”
Pro-Russian Ukrainian politician has confiscated assets
Viktor Medvedchuk, a pro-Putin man who was captured by Ukrainian authorities earlier this week, has had many assets confiscated, the State Bureau of Investigation said.
26 cars, 30 plots, 23 houses, 32 apartments, 17 parking spaces and a motor yacht were seized.
Medvedchuk is Putin’s closest ally in Ukraine, claiming that the Russian leader is his daughter’s godfather.
Medvedchuk was placed under house arrest in May 2021 on charges of treason, but escaped in February.
The Pentagon cannot confirm that the Russian naval ship was hit by the Ukrainian military
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the United States could not confirm Ukraine’s claims that its forces had hit a Russian naval ship with a missile, although he noted that the Pentagon could not refute the report.
Kirby said the United States could confirm that the ship had exploded and that the fire was still raging this morning.
The spokesman added that the loss of the ship, a cruiser, could deal a significant blow to Russia’s capabilities, as it is one of only three that the Russians have in their inventory.
Russia sets up “formation operation” to prepare for ground offensive: senior defense official
Russia is preparing a “shaping operation” in preparation for a major ground offensive as it focuses its military efforts in eastern Ukraine, a senior U.S. defense official told reporters Thursday.
The senior defense official said the Russians were moving in artillery units, command and control “activators” and air support.
During the last 24 hours, defense officials have seen helicopters landing in the northern part of Donbass.
“They are doing the things we believe they need to do to create the right conditions for a renewed ground offensive,” the senior defense official said.
Ukraine’s attorney general has declared 6,500 war crimes cases
Ukraine’s chief prosecutor said on Thursday that he had found 6,492 cases of alleged aggression and war crimes since the pressure of the Russian invasion nearly seven weeks ago.
The prosecutor’s office identified 570 “suspects” linked to the military or the political sphere who are believed to be involved. Another 2,941 “crimes against national security” were announced.
The number of Ukrainians killed since the beginning of the fighting in February remains unclear. Read more here.
A senior US defense official cannot verify what caused the explosion of the Russian cruiser
A senior U.S. defense official failed to investigate what caused the explosion of a Russian warship in the Black Sea on Thursday.
The officer noted that the cruise ship, about 60 miles south of Odessa, may have been hit by a missile, but also said the ships were carrying a lot of flammable materials.
“We just don’t know,” the senior defense official told reporters.
Ukraine returns 30 citizens to exchange prisoners of war
In the fourth prisoner exchange since the start of the Russian invasion seven weeks ago, Ukraine welcomed 30 of its citizens home on Thursday.
The exchange was announced by Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk, who said the exchange involved 17 soldiers, five officers and eight civilians, including a woman, in a Telegram post.
It is not clear how many Russian soldiers were exchanged during the exchange of prisoners.
Russian repression has stifled protesters against the war
The Kremlin’s harsh tactics to silence Russians who oppose Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine mean hundreds of Russians now face charges of speaking out.
A repressive law passed by the Russian government last month bans the dissemination of what it considers “false information” about the invasion or something contemptuous about its military.
At least 23 people have been prosecuted and sentenced to prison for violating the law, and another 500 are facing criminal charges of contempt for the military.
Russia poses a nuclear threat to Sweden and Finland over NATO considerations
Russia will have to step up its defenses in the Baltic Sea – including a potential nuclear escalation – if Sweden and Finland join NATO, Moscow said on Thursday.
“We can no longer talk about the status of the Baltic Sea without nuclear energy – the balance must be restored,” said Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council and former president of Russia, Reuters reported.
“To date, Russia has not taken such measures and will not do so. If our hand is forced, well … keep in mind that we did not propose this,” he added, according to Reuters.
Read more: Russia poses a nuclear threat to Sweden and Finland over NATO considerations
Russia’s finance minister plans to attend the G20 summit next week, Indonesia said
Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov plans to virtually attend the G20 summit with other representatives of the world economy, Indonesia, which hosts the G20 summit this fall, said on Thursday, according to a report.
Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to attend the G20 summit in Bali in late October, the country’s ambassador to Indonesia said late last month.
President Biden and other G20 leaders have spoken out in recent weeks against Putin, whom Biden called a “war criminal,” at a summit.
The president also told reporters last month that he believes Putin should be removed from the G20.
Ukraine’s war is a ‘perfect storm’ threatening food, energy and debt crises around the world: UN
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine appears to have caused a “perfect storm”, sparking numerous food, energy and debt crises around the world, with devastating consequences for developing countries, the UN warned in a report Wednesday.
“The war in Ukraine, in all its dimensions, is having alarming cascading effects on the global economy, which is already affected by COVID-19 and climate change, with particularly dramatic impacts on developing countries,” the report warns. “The latest UNCTAD forecasts [the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development] believe that the global economy will be a whole percentage point of GDP growth lower than expected due to the war, which is seriously disrupting the already narrow food, energy and financial markets. “
The report describes this disturbance as a “perfect storm” coming “on the brink of a global debt crisis”.
Read more: Ukraine’s war is a ‘perfect storm’ threatening food, energy and debt crises around the world: UN report
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has failed on many fronts, so Putin is turning to Plan D to “save face.”
Former Deputy National Security Adviser K.T. McFarland told Fox News Digital that Russia had abandoned Plan D after failing to sustain a long siege in Kyiv.
Russia has re-evaluated its strategy and on March 25 began focusing on securing eastern Ukraine, culminating in a surprise withdrawal from Kyiv and surrounding cities – a move some intelligence and military experts say is little more than an attempt to save face. after a military catastrophe.
“Their plan A was to massage the border, as if to invade, and accept that Ukraine would capitulate to NATO and Donbass membership,” McFarland said. “When Ukraine did not do that, Russia’s plan was to invade and control in a few days.”
Read more: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has failed on many fronts, so Putin is turning to Plan D to save face
Russia has repeatedly launched “indiscriminate” attacks on Ukrainian cities: UK Ministry of Defense
Russia has repeatedly launched “indiscriminate” attacks on urban centers in Ukraine since the beginning of the invasion, the British …
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