Russia is getting ready for main offensive in Eastern Ukraine, Donbass, D-Day unclear: senior defense official

The West got it right, and Russia got it right wrong when it came to intelligence before the war in Ukraine.

Now, according to experts on Russian special services, President Vladimir Putin is watching for spy who pierced him. “We hear some new rumors and more information about explicit hunting for a traitor within the FSB, the Federal Security Service of Russia, because many of people asking yourself right now in Moscow, why was US intelligence so accurate, so accurate to invasion”, Andrey Soldatov said.

Soldatov believes that the US and NATO learned the details of Russian planning from more how just electronic intercepts, because he says Russia has Byzantine system and way decisions are made never clear. So Putin will assume that someone was singing. And it would be convenient to hang it military losses on that someone.

Read more: How paranoid is Putin?

Russians continue to blame the US of works with biological weapons program in Ukraine in recent days, raising fears that they might try to create an excuse for use own weapons of Mass destruction in the country.

Fears come after the Russian ministry of defense released list of names of US and EU citizens, according to Krlemin, were involved in biological weapons program in Ukraine, with head of state of Similar accusations are made by Lieutenant General of the Forces of Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defense of Russia Kirillov. media reported.

Russian media also it was reported that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the United States and its allies of of keeping”total hybrid war” against Russian, who, according to him, was designed cut off off in world from Russian information.

Rebecca Koffler, author and former DIA intelligence officer fears it could be a pretext for Russia in begin using WMD against Ukraine.

“Russia is ramping up disinformation campaign against United States, using accusations of alleged use of WMD programs in Ukraine as a potential justification of using weapons of mass destruction in Ukraine,” Koffler told Fox News on Thursday. “A sense of rush to claim victory by May 9 and the fear of Sweden and Finland about the impending plans to join NATO and Putin contemplate disastrous measures in in last and “hottest” phase of Russian war on Ukraine.”

Viktor Medvedchuk, pro-Putin who was recaptured by Ukrainian authorities earlier this week, saw the treasure of assets confiscated, State Bureau of Investigation announced.

items confiscated 26 cars, 30 plots of land, 23 houses, 32 apartments, 17 parking spaces and a motor yacht.

Medvedchuk is Putin’s closest ally in Ukraine has gone so far as to claim that the Russian leader is his daughter’s godfather.

Medvedchuk was imprisoned house arrest in May of 2021 on accusations of treason but ran away in February.

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the US cannot confirm Ukrainians claim that their forces hit Russian warship with missile, although he noted that the Pentagon could not deny this report.

Kirby said the US could confirm that the ship was damaged of explosion and all fire still raging like of this morning.

Press secretary added what a loss of ship, cruiser, could deal a significant blow to the capabilities of Russia, as it was one of only three that the Russians have in their inventory.

Russia sets up “forming operation” in preparation for large land offensive as he concentrates his military efforts in east of Ukraine, and senior US defense official told reporters on Thursday.

senior defense official said the Russians moving in artillery units, command and control facilities and aviation support.

Above last 24-hours defense officials saw how helicopters were brought to the northern part of Donbass region.

“They do what we believe in, they believe that they need do to set proper conditions for renewed earth offensive”, senior defense official said.

Prosecutor General of Ukraine on Thursday said it was found 6492 cases of alleged crimes of aggression and war crimes since the attack of Russia invasion almost seven weeks ago.

prosecutor’s office office pointed to 570 “suspects” linked with in military or in political sphere who presumably were involved. Another 2941 ‘crime against national security” were also announced.

Number of Ukrainians have been killed since the start of hostilities in February remains unclear. Read more here.

BUT senior US defense official failed to verify that caused explosion in occur on Russian warship in Black Sea Thursday.

official spotted a cruise ship about 60 miles south of Odessa, maybe hit from a rocket also these ships carry a lot of combustible materials.

“We just not know” senior defense official told reporters.

In the fourth prisoner of military exchange since Russia invasion started seven weeks ago, Ukraine welcomed home thirty of its citizens on Thursday.

The exchange was announced Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk who said the exchange included 17 soldiers, five officers and eight civilians, including one female, in a post on Telegram.

dont clear how many Russians soldiers were exchanged in in prisoner change.

The Kremlin is tough. tactics Silence Russians Opposing Moscow invasion to Ukraine meant that hundreds of Russians now facing accusations for Speaking out.

Repressive law passed in Russia government last month bans Spreading of what he thinks”false information” about invasion or anything derogatory relating to his military.

At least 23 people have been prosecuted and prison phrases for break the law, and another 500 facing misdemeanor charge for neglect military.

Russia will have to strengthen the defense in Baltic Sea, including potential nuclear escalation if Sweden and Finland join NATO, Moscow said on Thursday.

“Can not be more speak of any non-nuclear status for Baltic – balance must be restored— Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of Russian Security Council and former the president of This was reported by Russia, according to Reuters.

“Until now, Russia has not taken such measures and has not planned to. If they force us, well … mind you, there us who offered it,” he said. added, reports Reuters.

Read more: Russia threatens Sweden and Finland with nuclear program over NATO review

Russian finance minister Anton Siluanov plans attend the G20 meeting with Other global This was announced on Thursday by economic officials from Indonesia, which will host the G20 summit this fall, according to the report.

Russian President Vladimir Putin plans attend the G20 summit in Bali at the end of October, the country’s ambassador to Indonesia said late last month.

President Biden and other G20 leaders spoke out in recent weeks against having Putin, who Biden called “war criminal”, on the top.

The president also told reporters last month he thinks Putin should be removed from G20.

Russia invasion of Ukraine seems to set off the “perfect storm” that caused numerous crises around the world in areas of food, energy and debt, with destructive impacts for development countriesUN warned in Wednesday report.

“War in Ukraine, in in all its dimensions, causes disturbing cascading effects in world economy already affected by COVID-19 and climate change, with especially dramatic consequences on development countriesthe report warns. — Recent UNCTAD forecasts [the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development] evaluate that world economy will full percentage point of GDP growth lower than expected due to the war, which is severely undermining already dense nutrition, energy and financial markets.”

The report describes the failure as a “perfect storm” to come.”on edge of a global debt a crisis.”

Read more: War in Ukraine is a ‘perfect storm’ threatening food, energy and debt World crises: UN report

Former Deputy national Security adviser K. T. McFarland told Fox News Digital that Russia has fallen back on “Plan D” after an unsuccessful attempt to withstand a protracted siege in Kyiv.

Russia overestimated its strategy and on On March 25, the focus on security in eastern Ukraine began, culminating in in sudden departure from Kyiv and nearby cities – move that some intelligence and military experts say that few more than trying to save face after military disaster.

“Their plan A was to gather along the border, as if for an invasion, and assume that Ukraine would capitulate. on NATO membership and Donbass,” McFarland said. — When Ukraine didn’t, Russia’s plan B was to invade and be in the control in a few days.”

Read more: Russia. invasion of Ukraine failed on numerous fronts, so Putin resorts to “Plan D” to “save face’

Russia has repeatedly launched “indiscriminate” attacks on urban centers in Ukraine since invasion started, said the British Ministry of Defense. in Thursday morning update.

“Cities of Kramatorsk and Konstantinovka may become a target for Russia for similar levels of violence,” update said.

Ministry added what Russia is preparing for updated offensive in Donbass in east of Ukraine.

“Combination of massive rocket and artillery strikes and efforts to concentrate forces for en offensive is a return to traditional Russian military teaching”, i.e. update continuation. “However, this will require significant force levels. continuation of the defense of Ukraine of Mariupol currently binding down significant numbers of Russian troops and equipment.”

fiji investigates arrival of the superyacht is reportedly owned by a sanctioned Russian oligarch without customs clearance.

According to Reuters, billionaire Suleiman Kerimov has come under US, UK and European Union sanctions.

It is reported that the yacht was seized by the Fiji authorities, and the crew was detained.

“The United States is determined to find and capture assets of oligarchs who supported the brutal, unprovoked war of the Russian Federation of choice against Ukraine, US Embassy in fiji said in application for the arrest of the yacht. “We and several of our EU partners already frozen or seized many assets of these oligarchs. We work closely with government and private industry partners in Europe and the whole world including Fiji, on This issue.”

Russian flagship of his Black Sea Fleet was severely damaged and had to be evacuated on Russia confirmed on Wednesday, according to reports.

Russian government said fire on ship caused explosion in Russian media but Ukrainian officials said the ship was hit two missiles.

Maxim Marchenko, governor of the Odessa region, said “Neptune missiles protect the Black Sea caused very serious damage,” Reuters tells the Russian missile cruiser Moskva.

Last month, Ukraine said it damaged another Russian ship. on sea of Azov.

Read more: Russian warship seriously damaged in Black Sea

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