"The White House has reportedly held secretive behind-the-scenes dialogue with the Kremlin
related to the war in Ukraine......National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan spearheaded the secret talks with high-level Russian officials in recent months, reportedly with the aim of reducing the risk of the two nuclear-armed superpowers stumbling into a direct broader conflict. ....The report doesn't indicate whether the alleged phone calls were
positive or led to a lessening of tensions from Washington's
perspective, nor is it known precisely when they took place." ZH
"Russian troops shelled Komyshuvaska hromada [an administrative unit
designating a town,
village or several villages and their adjacent
territories] in Zaporizhia Oblast, and Shyroke hromada in Mykolaiv
Oblast overnight." UAP
"Oleksii Reznikov, the Minister of Defence of Ukraine, has reported that
anti-aircraft systems
NASAMS and Aspide arrived in Ukraine." UAP
"Ho Chi Minh City, the city known as Vietnam's economic engine, whose gas
stations are being forced to suspend operations due to shortages of the
fuel." ZeroHedge
