Mayor of Kiev Klitschko encourages, those who can, to evacuate Kiev due to major power and water supply failures. The utility supplies are under severe strain and repairs are not possible due to lack of spare parts.

Of course Zelensky is telling everyone to stay (in minus 10 C temperature with no power or gas) for the sake of defiance and the look of the thing, or whatever.

Same as after the first Oreshnik missile strike on Ukraine there has been a news blackout after the second strike. There are reports that the target was not the gas storage facility but rather an air force base close by.


On the battlefronts the city of Konstantinyka is 50% taken by Russian troops. And further north Lyman city supply lines from the north have been cut off as Russian troops enter the southern section of the city.

After these 2 fortified cities there is just Kramatorsk and Sloviansk neither of which are heavily fortified having been found to be relatively indefensible positioned as they are on valley floors surrounded by hill top fire positions.

Some reports say the Russians may capture all of the Donbas within 6 months.

Zelensky goes back to Washington this week to finalise security guarantees both he and the US know are completely unacceptable to the Russians (so what’s the point?) The plan mostly centers on after there is a ceasefire but the plans themselves actually guarantee there won’t be a ceasefire

There have been several reports now that the attempted drone attack on Putin’s residence was set up by the US as a decapitation strike. Reports say that Putin was told by the Americans to stay put and wait for a phone call but Putin moved to another location before the drones were launched.

It is true that the Russians are furious over the incident, much more so than after the attempted drone attack on a helicopter Putin was in several months ago.

And going back to the confusion of the intended target, the US first denied the attack happened then said it was aimed at a military complex close by. But the Russians are saying the only possible military target was the bunker for Putin’s use, close to his home, in the event of a nuclear attack.

The Russians are not even talking about any further negotiations with the Americans anymore.



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