Putin and Scholz hold phone call

"Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke by phone with Scholz calling on Putin to withdraw his forces from Ukraine and Putin highlighting Ukraine’s “blatant violations of international humanitarian law.” RT

Georgia comments on opening ‘second front’ against Russia

"Georgia would consider opening a ‘second front’ against

Russia, but only if its people
support the idea in a referendum, an MP and head of the leading parliamentary force – the ‘Georgian Dream’ Party – said.

Irakli Kobakhidze was commenting on statements made by some Ukrainian officials in recent months, who had called on Tbilisi to join its fight against Russia." RT

Blackouts Across Much of Ukraine as Russian Missiles Blast Power Plants, Waterworks

"The missile strikes, which left Kharkiv the Kharkiv region and Ukrainian-controlled areas of Donetsk in darkness, with partial blackouts also reported in Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Sumy. Water supplies are also said to have been impacted by the bombardment." Breitbart

 

Russians Killed Two Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Staff, Abused Others

"Russian forces controlling Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant have killed two staff

at the facility and detained and abused dozens of others, the head of Ukraine's nuclear energy agency told AFP. "Two people were beaten to death. We do not know where about ten people are now, they were taken [by the Russians] and after that we have no information about their whereabouts," Kotin said, adding about 200 people had been detained." MT

FSB Arrests Russian Factory Director Accused of Spying for Ukraine

"Russian security services said Tuesday they had arrested an employee of an aerospace factory on suspicion of high treason for passing classified defense-related information to Ukraine.

The Federal Security Service (FSB) said in a statement carried by Russian news agencies that it had detained a Russian national suspected of "high treason for transferring data to Ukraine to the detriment of Russia's security."

The FSB said the Russian citizen — a resident of the Moscow region — had photographed "classified top-secret technical documents," and sent them via mobile phone to an employee of an aviation factory in the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa." MT

Ukraine threatens teachers with jail

"Ukrainian forces detained an unknown number of teachers in Kharkov Region, after taking
several cities in a major counteroffensive, Kiev confirmed on Monday.

Those who taught local children under the Russian curriculum will now face criminal charges in Ukraine, Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk told the Ukrainian media outlet Strana." RT

Risk of military conflict is real – Serbia

"Kosovo is challenging Serbia’s security and creating the risk of violent clashes in the region,
President Alexander Vucic warned while addressing the national parliament.

Vucic accused Kosovo authorities of exacerbating tensions on the territory’s border with Serbia by increasing the presence of special forces." RT

Armenia Requests Russian Military Assistance As Fighting Breaks Out With Azerbaijan

"The overnight outbreak of fighting in multiple spots along the Armenian-Azerbaijan border is
serious enough for Yerevan to have asked for its powerful ally Russia's help. This has been revealed hours after Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan held a late night telephone conversation with President Vladimir Putin." ZeroHedge