Ukraine will look to launch a counteroffensive in 2025 with the support of the approved $61 billion aid package from the United States, as well as additional Western funding, U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told the Financial Times on May 4. Sullivan echoed Ukraine's hopes that the country will "move forward to recapture the territory that the Russians have taken” - the clearest such articulation as to how the White House sees the war evolving in the coming months.
CBS NewsAn FBI official fell victim to mysterious symptoms associated with Havana Syndrome while investigating an alleged Russian spy inside the United States, according to a joint investigation by CBS News, Der Spiegel, and Russian-focused magazine The Insider. The federal agent, identified only as Carrie, was “hit by a crippling force” while doing laundry at home in Florida in 2021, according to a 60 Minutes segment that aired Sunday. “It felt like I was stuck in this state of, like, disorient
UK intelligence has analysed Russia's steps to make their occupation of currently held territories of Ukraine irreversible, suggesting that residents without Russian passports may be deported. Source: UK Defence Intelligence review on Twitter dated 10 March, as reported by European Pravda Details: In particular, the ministry recalled that in the occupied territories, it is currently impossible to receive social services, including medical services, without a Russian passport.
Russia has recruited about 15,000 Nepali citizens for the war against Ukraine, CNN and Nepali opposition lawmaker and former foreign minister Bimala Rai Paudyal have reported. Source: CNN Details: "Numerous sources" told CNN that about 15,000 Nepali men joined the Russian army after the Russian government announced a lucrative package for foreign soldiers last year.