Ukraine war briefing: Nato ‘foils Russian undersea cable sabotage drill’
Swindon drone factory was target of Russia plot involving British man, court hears; Poland says Ukraine border crossing came under threat. What we know on day 1,661
TL;DR
- Nato forces intercepted Russian ships in the Arctic conducting training for undersea cable sabotage.
- British and Norwegian officials presented their findings to Moscow regarding new Russian technology.
- CIA director John Ratcliffe's visit to Moscow was partly to warn Russia against escalating sabotage operations.
- A British man, Joshua Cammidge, was arrested in London, accused of plotting to sabotage a drone factory in Swindon on behalf of Russian intelligence.
- Poland and Ukraine averted a threat to a border crossing, with Poland anticipating further targeted actions.
- Poland suspended flights at Lublin and Rzeszów airports due to Russian missile attacks on Ukraine.
- Russian strikes in Ukraine resulted in casualties, including attacks on a shopping center in Pavlohrad and a sunflower oil factory in Dnipro.
- Ukraine's president reported Russian strikes in the Donetsk and Kharkiv regions, and a drone attack on a shopping center in Sumy.
- Ukrainian drone attacks on Russia's Belgorod region reportedly killed two people.
- Two Azerbaijani tugboat crew members were killed in a Russian attack on civilian shipping in Odesa.
- Canada pledged C$350m to boost Ukraine's air defenses and replenish drone stocks, along with C$450m in loan guarantees.
- Amnesty International reported that Russia is illegally trafficking foreigners to fight in Ukraine, who are then used as "cannon fodder".