Ukrainian drones over Moscow, Russian bombs on grain in Kiev

While the stalemate continues on the land front, the deadly exchange of weapons of war on targets in the rear continues unabated. After Monday’s raid in mid-May, Kiev managed to pull off a second coup against the rival capital. At dawn, two drones fell within a stone’s throw of the heart of the enemy system, the Ministry of Defense, severely damaging only the Military Orchestra building.

Bangs They also caused damage to several neighboring buildings in the center of Komsomolsky Prospekt, without causing any casualties. Then the Ukrainian bombing of Crimea continues, yesterday it hit a crowd of 17 drones. For the third time, an ammunition depot near the village of Volno in the north of the peninsula was targeted, causing the evacuation of several thousand local residents and disrupting traffic along the Taurida federal highway.

On the Russian side, the bombing of the Odessa region is increasing despite international reactions, led by UNESCO, after the damage to the Savior Transfiguration Cathedral.

Moscow attributes responsibility for the damage to the building to the Ukrainian fire because, in no way they say, did the Russians have an interest in striking the main Ukrainian religious site that remained under the jurisdiction of the Moscow Patriarchate. On the other hand, there is no doubt about the Russian will to destroy all Ukrainian port infrastructures in the region, whether on the Black Sea or on the short course of the Danube River that the Ukrainian state faces. After Monday night’s attacks, sea traffic on the river came to a complete halt.

next to destruction Among the important military depots, Moscow’s goal is to export Ukrainian grain, in order to force the Westerners to renegotiate the wheat agreement that was suspended on July 17, a situation that caused prices to rise globally.

The issue is linked to the global geopolitical confrontation that Russia is trying to orchestrate against Western positions. In light of the Russia-Africa summit that opened this weekend in St. Petersburg, Washington and its allies are taking advantage of the end of the grain deal to implement strong boycott measures against African leaders that Putin is preparing to welcome.

Yesterday the “Caesar” assumed the role of political scientist by publishing a long article (Russia and Africa: Let us unite our forces for peace, progress and a successful future) with anti-colonial overtones in which he accuses Westerners of acting solely for the sake of their business interests managing Ukrainian exports.

Meanwhile, Kiev, increasingly vulnerable militarily, is ramping up diplomatic efforts to engage the potential of NATO allies increasingly in the Black Sea. Zelensky has requested and obtained the first emergency activation of the NATO-Ukraine Council formed at the Vilnius summit. Jens Stoltenberg responded promptly to the request and the meeting will take place at ambassadorial level tomorrow. At the same time, through the speech of EU diplomatic chief Borrell, Brussels insists that the best response to the current escalation is new military supplies to Kiev.

High tension Also on the Russian side, where Putin spoke on Sunday and Monday with his fellow Belarusian and main ally in the Ukrainian adventurer Alexander Lukashenko. The two released a very interesting video in which Lukashenko, talking about the Wagner militiamen on their territory, said, “They are very nervous and would like to take a trip west, towards Warsaw, knowing that the weapons used by the Ukrainians come from there.”

Lukashenko nonchalantly ended up saying he had managed to calm them down, but it was the second direct recall of Poland after Putin hinted on Friday that Warsaw might go to war.

And confirmed the fact that these are not just Russian provocations taxthat the Vatican was going to propose to the Moscow Patriarchate a meeting between Pope Francis and Kirill at a Russian airport upon his return from a pastoral visit to Mongolia in early September.