Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened to seize ships belonging to European countries in response to plans to intercept and seize Russian ships suspected of being part of Moscow’s “shadow fleet.” “We will be forced to respond in kind,” Putin said while overseeing naval exercises in Russia’s Far East, adding that Moscow will act “wherever it deems necessary and appropriate, anywhere.”
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Drone attacks were reported overnight in the Russian port city of Novorossiysk and in Russian-occupied Crimea. Residents of Novorossiysk reported repeated explosions as Russian air defenses attempted to repel the attack, according to the Kyiv Independent. Russian state media reported that drone debris hit six residential buildings, a commercial building, and a construction site in Novorossiysk, causing casualties. The number of casualties has not yet been disclosed. Novorossiysk, an important Russian port on the Black Sea, hosts a naval base used by the Russian fleet. Russia has moved much of the fleet from occupied Crimea to Novorossiysk following repeated Ukrainian attacks on Russian warships and naval infrastructure on the peninsula. Explosions were also reported throughout occupied Crimea. Other explosions were heard near the Balaklava thermal power plant, near Sevastopol.
Zelensky: Putin ready for mobilization after elections
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said today that Moscow is planning a mobilization after the parliamentary elections scheduled next month in Russia. “It is all confirmed by internal Russian documents: they are preparing for autumn, right after the fake parliamentary elections,” Zelensky said in his evening address.
“Putin’s plan is not particularly complicated – he added – he wants to create the impression that Russians support the war: every party still allowed to participate is, in one way or another, against peace. And then, after the so-called elections, he plans a further rapid mobilization of several hundred thousand Russians by the end of the year, plus as many next year.”
“The Russian contingent in Ukraine loses at least 30,000 men per month, 60% of whom are killed – the Ukrainian leader claimed – the overall size of the occupation army on our territory is gradually decreasing, thanks to our operations and, above all, the use of drones.”
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