Zelenskiy just issued this statement:
I have instructed our intelligence services and military to act preemptively against the facilities that the Russians are using to expand the scale of the war.
Right now, the Russian leadership is pulling more air defense systems toward Moscow, Valdai, and Putin’s bridge across the Kerch Strait, at the expense of air defenses in other areas.
They have concentrated hundreds of launchers for S-400, S-500, and Pantsir systems in the Moscow region alone.
They have moved nearly 90 air defense launchers to Valdai from other regions of Russia, and a special air defense division is also being formed there to protect the peace and security of the Russian leadership.
For comparison, in all other directions across Russia and around its other cities, there are now only a few launchers in each location. Those are their priorities. They are protecting their own power—they are protecting the source of this war.
More than 60 Russian regions are already experiencing fuel shortages. There has also been a sharp increase in gasoline and diesel prices, assuming those fuels are even available.
Russian security services are reportedly even proposing to postpone or completely cancel the ritual of selecting candidates from the ruling party, United Russia, for the State Duma. Their next imitation of an election was scheduled for September, and according to intelligence reports, we now see that Russia is uncertain about how things will develop by then.
Hellbound and Down 