Gen. Sergei Surovikin, newly appointed commander of Russia’s forces in Ukraine, will likely have to contend with an increasingly factional Russian Defence Ministry that is poorly resourced to achieve the political objectives set for it in Ukraine, British intelligence says.
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Instead of a tactical nuclear weapon, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko is being activated, Lithuanian Defence Minister Arvydas Anušauskas said after Minsk accused Ukraine of preparing an attack, arguing the aim is to pull Ukrainian forces from the front to the border.
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A fire broke out on the Crimean Bridge across the Kerch Strait linking occupied Crimea with Russia, partially collapsing two road spans and halting traffic, after Russian authorities said a truck exploded and set fire to fuel tank cars on a freight train on the bridge.
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EU agriculture continues to suffer from the consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, from soaring energy prices to rising input costs and food inflation, but the sector remains stable and food availability is not at risk, the European Commission’s outlook says.
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The US Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act has come into force, meaning more and better weapons for Ukraine to liberate all of its occupied territories, according to Verkhovna Rada Chairman Ruslan Stefanchuk. The law aims to speed up deliveries of arms to Kyiv.
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Vladimir Putin has signed documents on the so-called annexation of the Russian-installed entities in Donetsk and Luhansk and the Russian-occupied parts of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts, at a Kremlin ceremony following sham referendums condemned by Ukraine and the West.
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The Baltic Pipe, inaugurated in Goleniów, Poland, will allow imports of up to 10 billion cubic metres of gas a year from Norway to Poland and transport of 3 bcm annually from Poland to Denmark, helping Central and Eastern Europe cut its dependence on Russian gas supplies.
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