Russian President Vladimir Putin met Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov in the Kremlin Thursday, Russian news agency TASS reported.
A pedestrian walks past a New Year decoration stylised as the"Kremlin Star", bearing a Z letter, a tactical insignia of Russian troops in Ukraine, in Moscow on January 02, 2023.When asked specifically if it would look to exploit divisions that have emerged between Ukraine and its global allies recentlyand particularly ahead of potential political shifts with elections in eastern Europe and the U.S.
Recent awkward moments with its NATO allies, and most recently with close ally and neighbor Poland, have threatened to upset its international partners while opinion polls show support for continued military funding for Ukraine is declining.There are fears that Russia is smelling blood as it watches the public's attitude toward the war shifting, and could look to exploit weaknesses and fractures in Ukraine's partnerships.
"The obvious goal of such terrorist acts is to divert attention from the failed attempts of a counter-offensive by the Ukrainian armed forces and to intimidate people and sow panic in our society," Zakharova said. It is the second video the ministry has released now purportedly showing admiral Sokolov alive after Ukraine claimed on Monday that he was killed in a missile strike on the headquarters of Russia's Black Sea Fleet in Crimea last Friday.
The emergence of the video purportedly showing a Russian naval commander alive after Ukraine said he had died in a strike on Russia's naval headquarters in Crimea is an awkward moment for Kyiv.
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