Kiev’s military leadership continues to refrain from calling this openly a counterattack. According to Russian officials, however, the ongoing “active conflict” in the Zaporizhia region in southern Ukraine appears to be the beginning of an action aimed at driving back Moscow troops from the occupied territories in the initial phase of the war. Its focus […]
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Who really benefits from the collapse of the dam in Ukraine?
The collapse of the Kakhovka dam is one of the events leading up to the usual blame game between Kiev and Moscow. Both sides accuse the other of crossing the dam and causing flooding in the valley. As with last year’s Nordstream pipeline explosions, Western suspicion immediately fell on Russia, but it denies responsibility for […]