My Take 5 (Edition 46): The week that was in international affairs
Ukraine war intensifies: Recent weeks have seen the war intensify with Russia sending waves of drones and missiles to Ukrainian towns and cities spread across almost all regions of the country. This comes after Ukraine's stunning Operation Spiderweb on June 1, when Kyiv's intelligence service SBU was able to send covert drones deep into Russia – concealed in trucks – and take out Russia's strategic bombers across at least four airfields. A total of 41 aircraft were seriously damaged or completely destroyed, representing 34% of Russia's strategic bomber fleet, which also represents one leg of Moscow's nuclear triad. Ukraine says the bombers were specifically targeted because they were being directly used to hit Ukrainian cities, civilian infrastructure and people. Russia, after all, has not differentiated between civilian and military targets in this war.
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