Kyiv Endures Russia’s Largest Drone Strike Yet
The strikes came on the heels of a slickly produced video, meant to rally Ukraine and its allies, which strongly hinted at an imminent Ukrainian counteroffensive.
The strikes came on the heels of a slickly produced video, meant to rally Ukraine and its allies, which strongly hinted at an imminent Ukrainian counteroffensive.
The UK and the Netherlands have vowed to create an international “fighter jet coalition” to help Kyiv procure F-16s and other aircraft. France and Belgium have promised to train Ukrainian pilots, however, no aircraft has been pledged so far.
Officially, Hungary wants clarifications on the future role of the EU’s peace fund, but local sources claim the move is also a response to Kyiv’s unfair decision to sanction a Hungarian bank.
“Ukraine should just blow up the pipeline and likely destroy Hungarian [Prime Minister] Viktor Orban’s industry, which is based heavily on Russian oil,” Zelensky said, according to the leaked intelligence documents.
While Germany’s new package comprises the kind of arms it had supplied previously, fighter jets—ever high on Kyiv’s wish list—are not among them.
“We believe that this is the best way to reflect and celebrate Ukraine’s Eurovision song contest win and show we are united by music during these hard times,” the EBU concluded.
Moscow has claimed that a drone attack at the Kremlin last night was an attempt on Vladimir Putin’s life.
The Russian missile attacks came just days after Zelensky said that he and Xi had a “long and meaningful” phone call where Xi said he would send a peace envoy to Ukraine and other nations.
Beijing will send an envoy to Ukraine to help work towards a “political settlement” to the ongoing conflict.
Poland is currently Ukraine’s third largest military partner, after the U.S. and the UK. Ukrainian victory is of great interest to the Poles, who see their country as directly threatened by Russian aggression.
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