The Russian Invasion

The Russian Invasion|The Battles
Russian forces take the land route - do not use the Krymbron

Russia is relying less and less on the Kerch Bridge for its supplies of ammunition to the front line. This shows an analysis from Ukrainian Molfar, which uses open sources, according to The Independent.

For the past three months, there have been no military deliveries at all via the bridge, which connects the annexed Crimean peninsula with Russia. A clear decline is said to have taken place after Ukraine carried out an attack last summer that led to damage to the railway.

The decline coincides with increased freight traffic from the Rostov region in Russia to eastern Ukraine. According to the British newspaper, the Kremlin is expected to start using new rail connections between the Russian mainland and annexed Ukrainian regions.

The analysis is based, among other things, on satellite images.

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Russian Invasion|Russian Reactions
Russia threatens to attack British targets in Ukraine

Russia threatens to attack British military targets in Ukraine "or elsewhere", AFP reports.

The warning comes after British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said Ukraine's military could use British long-range weapons to reach targets in Russia.

The Russian Foreign Ministry has summoned Britain's ambassador to Moscow, Nigel Casey, to deliver the warning.

"The ambassador was urged to reflect on the inevitable catastrophic consequences of such hostile steps from London," the ministry wrote in a statement.

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Kremlin on nuclear drill: Depends on Macron's move

Russia's exercise with tactical nuclear weapons is a direct response to Emmanuel Macron's statement about sending NATO troops to Ukraine. This is what Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says on Russian state television, writes Financial Times Moscow director Max Seddon on X.

- This is a whole new level of escalating tensions. It is unprecedented, says Peskov according to Seddon.

In the interview, Peskov also refers to statements by British and American politicians, reports Reuters.

Macron and Chinese President Xi Jinping are meeting today. Professor Sam Greene, head of the CEPA think tank which wants to promote the transatlantic alliance, thinks Macron should ask Xi what he thinks about the Russian nuclear drill.

"A clear statement from Beijing about the unacceptability of nuclear weapons escalation would not be wrong," writes Greene on X.