Dateline Moscow, Kyiv, Vilnius, Brussels, Madrid: Hybrid war and alliance building.
Ukraine at D+125: Disinformation on Kremenchuk. (The CyberWire) Russia concentrates on the Donbas as Ukraine retakes ground near Kherson in the south. Moscow says the missile strikes on the Kremenchuk shopping center were a Ukrainian provocation. NATO takes a harder line on Russia as Turkey withdraws its objection to membership by Sweden and Finland. Cyberattacks against Lithuania seem to fall short of triggering Article 5 (kinetically, at least).
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 126 (Al Jazeera) As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 126th day, we take a look at the main developments.
Near Kherson, Ukrainians regain territory in major counteroffensive (Washington Post) At a school where Russian forces had set up a base in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region, three of their armored personnel carriers remained on the property — for now. They were damaged when Ukraine’s military recently forced the occupying soldiers back from this area. Over the weekend, three locals hammered at one vehicle to salvage spare parts.
The Real Key to Victory in Ukraine (Foreign Affairs) Why sustaining the fight is everything in a war of attrition.
Russia calls Kremenchuk mall attack another ‘false flag operation’ by Ukraine (Republic World) Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova dismissed the strike on a shopping centre in Kremenchuk as another “false flag operation” by Ukraine.
