Russian FSB counterintelligence service has detained Lieutenant General Yury Kuznetsov, head of the Main Personnel Directorate of the Russian defense ministry
The directorate is responsible for the State Secret Protection Service.
Putin besetzt hochrangige Posten mit engen Vertrauten
Russlands Präsident Putin baut seinem Machtapparat weiter um - und besetzt wichtige Posten mit engen Vertrauten. Im Verteidigungsministerium wurde unterdessen erneut ein hochrangiger Mitarbeiter wegen Korruptionsverdacht festgenommen.
Much of the analysis of the reshuffle in the Russian government seems to be missing how much it is about coup-proofing Putin's regime rather than making smart decisions for Russia.
Russia lost 72 soldiers per hour over the past 24 hours!
Russia lost a staggering 1,740 troops in a single day, the highest tally of casualties for Moscow since the start of the invasion in 2022, according to Ukraine.
Germany will transfer military aid worth 7 billion euros to Ukraine.
This was announced by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Additionally, the country will transfer the third Patriot air defense system to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Lieutenant General Yuri Kuznetsov, the head of the personnel department of the Russian Defense Ministry, was detained on May 13 on criminal charges, the state-owned news agency TASS reported, citing undisclosed law enforcement sources.
An episode of today's Russian assault, where a soldier of the 5th 🇺🇦 Slobozhanska Brigade himself repels the assault of four invaders at point-blank range, defending a position in the Klischiivka area
Facing Russian Advance, a Top Ukrainian General Paints a Bleak Picture
#Ukraine’s forces are stretched thin & have minimal reserves to draw on, the chief of #military#intelligence said, in addition to shortages of #weapons.
#Ukraine’s military is confronting a “critical” situation in the country’s northeast, facing troop shortages as it tries to repel a Russian offensive that has been advancing for several days, a top Ukrainian general said on Monday.
Russian troops surged across the border last week to open a new line of attack near #Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city after #Kyiv, capturing at least 9 settlements & villages & forcing thousands of #civilians to flee.
"Russia is conducting a sabotage campaign across Europe in an increasingly aggressive effort by President Vladimir Putin to undermine Western support for Ukraine, seeking to damage railways, military bases and other sites used to supply arms to Kyiv, U.S. and European officials say."
NBC News reports: "The attempted sabotage includes an alleged Russian-backed arson attack on a Ukrainian-linked warehouse in the United Kingdom, a plot to bomb or set fire to military bases in Germany, attempts to hack and disrupt Europe’s railway signal network and the jamming of GPS systems for civil aviation."