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Ukraine’s attacks on Russia’s border cities adding to Putin’s troubles
Russia’s aggression in Ukraine is now spreading to its own territory. A hasty evacuation was ordered after Ukraine’s attacks on Russian border cities. Kyiv also wants long-range missiles from the United States. Biden hesitates, fearing an escalation.
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The rocket hit Russia’s Belgorod, which is near the Ukrainian border with Kharkiv.
Russia’s war in Ukraine does not stop at its own border. The Russians are currently evacuating several areas along the Ukrainian border, where the war has spread to their own territories. It is not clear whether it was scattered fire or a targeted attack.
This week, officials in the Russian border region of Belgorod personally asked President Vladimir Putin (69) to authorize the evacuation of entire areas along the border. This was reported on Wednesday by the Russian Telegram channel “General SVR”, which shows access to a Kremlin insider.
Fears of “Civil War and the Fall of the Country”
The Ukrainian counter-offensive in the country’s northeast is now clearly taking the war to Putin’s door: “Military bases in Russia were hit by artillery strikes” on Saturday, the Washington Post reported. Russian officials are hastily ordering evacuations in border towns.
According to “General SVR” information, some areas of the Bryansk, Kursk, Voronezh and Rostov regions are also affected by the evacuation. Concerns are also expressed about “a civil war and the collapse of the country”, in relation to a feared mobilization in the region.
Biden hesitates before long-range missiles for Ukraine
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky (44) is now also calling on the United States for a new and more powerful missile system that can reach farther into Russian sovereign territory with a range of more than 300 kilometres.
Zelensky told Washington that he had no intention of attacking Russian cities or targeting civilian targets in Russia, the New York Times reports. But such missiles are crucial for a broader counter-offensive that could begin as early as next year.
US President Joe Biden (79) apparently hesitates before delivering such weapons. He does not want to start a major war with Russia. The long-range guided missiles, which would also put Crimea, which Moscow captured in 2014 within Kyiv’s reach, could be seen as a major provocation by Putin, he says. Biden just wants to drive the Russians out of Ukraine. “We are trying to avoid World War III,” the newspaper quoted an earlier statement from Biden. (Case)
