Mick Ryan
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Big Five. This week, a major Russian missile strike on Kyiv and other regions, an examination of the status of peace negotiations, the potential peacekeeping force, as well as updates on the war on the ground as well as the growing confrontation with China in the Pacific.
As always, I conclude with my top five war and national security reads from the week.
Ukraine
Long Range Strike. As I wrote this on Sunday morning Kyiv-time, Ukraine came under attack from another large-scale Russian drone, cruise and ballistic missile attack. Initial reporting indicates that just over two dozen Russian missiles were launched at targets inside of Ukraine in two waves. Multiple Shahed drones were also launched.
The missiles appear to have been a mix of Kh 101s, Iskander-Ms and Kalibr missiles. There are indications that around one third were shot down and the remainder hit in or near Kyiv, as well as in Cherkasy, Mykolaiv and Odesa oblasts.
The attack, again, exemplifies Putin’s determination to subjugate Ukraine, and the impotence of the Trump administration in forcing any kind of concession from Russia.
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