🇷🇺 #Russia is likely to keep banking on various coercion tactics to bolster its military manpower in Ukraine, experts say, a strategy that has proven effective at ensuring a continuous supply of fresh recruits to the frontlines for the past two years.
#Russia planned to partially encircle Kharkiv and shell it with artillery, writes The Economist, which has obtained a plan of the Russian occupiers' offensive in the #Kharkiv region.
Despite their attempts, the occupiers were quickly stopped by the 92nd Separate Assault Brigade, which pushed the enemy back 10 kilometers from their original goal.
"Every decision is a year late" – President Zelensky on Western aid in a Reuters interview
According to the President, arms deliveries from Allies are "one big step forward, but before that two steps back. So we need to change the paradigm a little bit."