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The fact of the day
The war in Ukraine, which the Kremlin continues to call a “special operation,” continues to shift into Russian territory. On Wednesday, a civilian was killed and four others were injured in a Ukrainian bombardment which hit the Russian village of Gorkovsky, near the border, according to the governor of the Belgorod region.
Earlier today, Russia announced that it had shot down two Ukrainian drones heading towards Moscow. This type of attack, which targets Russian territory, has multiplied in recent weeks. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said one of the bombs was shot down in the Domodedovo area, where a major international airport is located, and the other near a major highway leading west.
sentence of the day
I was telling him, mate, don’t do that. If you wiggle your ass bare in front of a hornet’s nest, be prepared for them to sting you very hard. So don’t get up. »
This is a statement by musician Valentin Sokhorev, who “almost” considered himself Anatoly Berezikov’s big brother. This Russian anti-war activist was found dead in his prison in Rostov-on-Don, in southwestern Russia, on June 14, 2023. He is, officially, the first Russian opponent of the conflict in Ukraine to die in detention since the offensive of February 24, 2022. The circumstances of his death are obscure because if the authorities evoke a suicide, his supporters affirm that he was tortured to death.
The number of the day
2,000. This is the number of additional soldiers that Warsaw will send to its border with Belarus. Poland is registering a record number of attempts to cross and accuses Minsk and Moscow of orchestrating a new influx of migrants into the European Union in order to destabilize the region.
The trend of the day
The Kremlin again shows its teeth and threatens the West while accusing it of being threatening itself. On Wednesday, Russia’s Defense Minister detailed Russia’s “military security threats” at length, which he said “have multiplied in the western and northwestern directions” in recent years.
And issued a vague but aggressive warning: these threats “require a rapid and adequate response”, hammered Sergei Shoigu. “We will discuss the necessary measures to neutralize them during the meeting and take the appropriate decisions,” he continued in this speech. Among these threats, the Minister cited Stockholm and Helsinki joining NATO as well as support for Ukraine. Sergei Shoigu notably castigated the “indirect war” waged by the West against Russia, “by providing unprecedented support to the puppet regime in kyiv”.