Russian occupiers provided Hamas militants with US- and EU-manufactured trophy weapons that they captured during the hostilities in Ukraine. Defence Intelligence of Ukraine says Russia is preparing to discredit Ukraine in order to affect the allies' attitude and impact on the supply of Western weapons.
The Kremlin has blamed Western intelligence communities, particularly the US and the UK, for providing the information needed to plan the strike on the Russian Black Sea Fleet’s headquarters in Sevastopol last week.