DIRECT. War in Ukraine: Risk of escalation fades after misplaced missile in Poland

Forced adoption of Ukrainian children?

According to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), Russian campaigns for the adoption of Ukrainian children will take place as part of “baby evacuations” organized by Russia.

“Forced adoption programs and the deportation of children under the guise of recreation and rehabilitation programs are likely the backbone of Russia’s massive depopulation campaign,” the US organization’s daily report on the conflict says.

In Kherson, we witnessed the detention of a “collaborator”

Our special representatives in the newly liberated city witnessed the detention of a man suspected by Ukrainian services of collaborating with the Russian occupation. Read our report here.

Two-thirds of the country is on air alert

Extensive air raid on Thursday morning affecting all central and eastern regions of Ukraine, including Kyiv. Local governors urged residents not to leave shelters until the alarm is lifted.

In Mykolaiv Oblast, there are currently “four missiles in the sky,” said local official Vitaly Kim.

The Pentagon condemns the “campaign of terror” in Ukraine

Russia “failed” on all fronts in the war against Ukraine and engaged in a “campaign of terror” against the civilian population, denouncing the “war crimes” of US Chief of Staff General Mark Milley.

Risk of escalation wanes after missile crash in Poland

Tensions eased on Wednesday after the theory of an accidental shelling of Ukrainian air defenses following a missile crash into Poland, near the border with Ukraine, that killed two, was reinforced. This hypothesis, accredited by Poland and the United States, however, is denied by President Zelensky, who assures that the rocket was “Russian”.

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