Shortages of ammunition and other military equipment in Ukraine due to delays in the delivery of US military aid may make the current front line more fragile than Russia’s relatively slow advance in various sectors suggests, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). The fact that Ukrainians are forced to decide which sectors these are those most at risk from Russia’s offensive operations could create vulnerabilities elsewhere that Russian forces could exploit for a sudden and unexpected advance if Ukrainian resources continue to dwindle. According to ISW, the fact that Russia retains the initiative throughout the SDF increases the risks of such developments, allowing the Russian military command to decide to scale up or scale down operations anywhere along the front almost at will.

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07:44 A senior official from the Republic of Moldova said on Wednesday that Moscow is breaking the law by printing ballot papers in the separatist region of Transnistria ahead of this weekend’s Russian presidential election.

Moldova’s pro-European authorities have already summoned the Russian ambassador to complain about the decision to open six polling stations in the pro-Russian enclave. The government of Moldova stated that the agreement, which allows voting in only one section – in the Russian embassy in Chisinau, is being violated.

The ambassador dismissed the complaint as unfounded, saying Russia was simply allowing about 250,000 Moldovan citizens to vote, many of them in the separatist region.

“These ballots were most likely printed right there (in Transnistria) to avoid passing through the checkpoint,” Deputy Prime Minister Oleg Serebryan said before the government meeting (Reuters).

Austria expelled two Russian diplomats

07:08 Almost 1,600 bodies were discovered after the liberation of Kyiv region from Russian occupation – report.

The main office of the National Police of Ukraine in the Kyiv region reports that 1,590 bodies were discovered in the territory of the region after liberation from the Russian occupation, of which 208 were military personnel and law enforcement officers.

07:03 Russia increasingly blocks the Internet / Since the beginning of the offensive against Ukraine, more than 100,000 sites have been blocked

05:42France: The Senate approved the security agreement with Ukraine. After the French National Assembly on Tuesday, the Senate on Wednesday approved a security agreement between France and Ukraine, despite some reservations from the upper house, where the presidential camp is in a minority.

00:51Austria expels two Russian diplomats. They behaved “in a manner incompatible with their diplomatic status,” the Austrian Foreign Ministry said.

A brief retelling of the last events of the war:

• Vladimir Putin a few days before the presidential elections: Russia is ready for nuclear war. The USA after Putin’s threat: “We have not seen any signs that Russia is preparing to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine.”
• How big is Russia’s nuclear arsenal, how can the launch order be given and what does “Cheget” look like, a suitcase that is always a few meters away from Vladimir Putin.
• Vladimir Putin again called for security guarantees from Russia, saying they would be needed to end the war in Ukraine, even though he personally does not trust anyone.
• Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda sent a scathing message to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, following the attack on Leonid Volkov, a close associate of Alexei Navalny.
• The war may acquire a European scale through the countries that support Ukraine, say in Moscow. Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday that Russia believes that the West is walking “on the edge of the abyss” and is also pushing humanity to this edge with its actions in Ukraine.
• Russia is concerned about what it considers Armenia’s “offensive rhetoric” towards it and Yerevan’s ultimatums to Moscow, Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday.
• The mayor of Paris wants Russian athletes not to have access to the Olympic Games. Ann Hidalgo expressed her hope that Russian athletes will not be allowed to the Olympics in Paris and the opening ceremony of the competition.
• Prime Minister of Finland in the European Parliament: “Russia is clearly preparing for a long conflict with the West.”
• What are the Russian rebels who say they have captured parts of Belgorod and Kursk waiting for? – an interview with one of the leaders of the “Freedom of Russia” legion: “Possible resistance by force.”
• 27 EU member states on Wednesday reached an agreement to add 5 billion euros to the fund intended to finance the purchase of weapons for Ukraine.
• NO to Ukraine: Chancellor Olaf Scholz explained in the Bundestag why he does not approve the supply of Taurus missiles to Ukraine.
• Scholz, Macron and Tusk urgently meet in Berlin to resolve differences over Ukraine

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