Today is a day of mourning in Kyiv.
The death toll from yesterday’s attack has risen to 30. The UN condemned it and, as usual, said attacks against civilians should stop, while Ukraine’s OSCE envoy said Russia is targeting civilians because it’s not making any actual progress on the front. But some kind of accountability is still needed beyond condemnations – which is likely why Ukraine launched a war crimes probe against Gerasimov, the Kremlin’s top general now in charge of the invasion.
But Russia’s setbacks did not end on the battlefield – reports suggest the fuel crisis has gotten so severe that it is trying to import jet fuel from Japan via intermediaries, while Russian officials are said to be given priority at gas stations, likely to the displeasure of ordinary Russians. Blackouts were also reported in occupied Crimea and Belgorod after what might or might not have been retaliatory Ukrainian strikes.
Even Belarus advised against travel to Russia, something hard to imagine just a few years ago.
While there’s no sign that Ukraine is marching toward Crimea anytime soon, Russia held war drills against a potential Ukrainian offensive just in case.
In international news, Russia has delivered a new batch of Su-35s to Iran to help modernize Tehran’s aging air fleet, while Kremlin hawk Medvedev touched down in Tehran to pay his last respects to the late Khamenei.
By Leo Chiu
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