Biden leaves Monday for Poland to meet with President Andrzej Duda and other key NATO leaders. U.S. officials believe that Ukraine’s defense is about to hit a critical phase with Russia launching its much-telegraphed offensive. The Biden administration has urgently pressed President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s administration to consolidate its gains — and perhaps launch its own counterstrike.

The White House has also told Zelenskyy’s team, per multiple officials, to prepare for the offensive now, as weapons and aid from Washington and Europe flow freely, for fear that backing from Ukraine’s European neighbors could be finite.

Combat footage of the seizure of Gryanikovka in Kharkov Oblast. The Russian Army used artillery to squeeze the VSU out. We also see the VSU trying to dig some of their dead or wounded out of the rubble.

Reversing Brexit

Rage Against the War Machine Rally LIVE STREAM

Save this one for later

Russian Aerospace Forces carried out strikes on clusters of Ukrainian militants in Avdeyevka.

💥 Explosions reported in Kherson.

I've been on a brief break from streams and return with Brian Berletic this coming Tuesday. For now drop a like on my latest video with Garland Nixon discussing how Russia has beat sanctions via de-dollarization: https://youtu.be/1a7wgtahJZE

💥 Explosions reported along both banks of the Dnepr near Kherson, artillery duels are ongoing on the frontline.

2015, Lugansk 😔

The head of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Alexander Bastrykin, in an interview with TASS:

◾️ The Investigative Committee collected evidence of the involvement of the military and political leadership of Ukraine in the genocide of the Russian-speaking population of Donbass;

◾️ Almost 700 Ukrainian security officials have become defendants in criminal cases on the use of prohibited means and methods of war, about 120 of them are commanders and heads of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

🇩🇪The next few months will be decisive for Ukraine, says German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius.

“I believe that the coming weeks will be very decisive for Ukraine,” he told Bloomberg. our priority task is [...] to ensure air defense. Within three months we need to achieve the creation of reliable, working air defense."

The head of the German defense department also clarified that this period is really important, but it will not determine the outcome of the conflict in Ukraine.