The Russian Security Service (FSB) has announced that it has arrested two Ukrainians who according to investigations planned attacks on Russian nuclear power plants to shut down their reactors. "A group of Ukrainian foreign intelligence saboteurs... tried to blow up about 30 power transmission lines at the Leningrad and Kalinin nuclear power plants" in early May to "shut down nuclear reactors," the FSB said in a statement, adding that it had arrested two Ukrainian citizens.
According to US intelligence agencies, Ukrainian intelligence services were behind the drone attack on the Kremlin three weeks ago. The New York Times writes. American agencies do not know exactly who carried out the attack, but they assume it is part of a series of covert operations orchestrated by Kiev intelligence. The NYT sources said it was unclear whether Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky or his senior officials were aware of the operation.
Authorities in Sevastopol said Moscow's army shot down two drones near the Crimean city last night, while others were neutralized by electronic defense systems. According to Ukrainian media reports, the Russian-installed governor of Sevastopol, Mykhailo Razvozhaev, said the attack took place near the village of Kacha in Nakhimovsky district. "Overnight, our military repelled another drone attack in Sevastopol. No structures in the city were damaged. All agencies continue to monitor the situation," Razvozhaev said.
Explosions reported overnight in Kiev and four other regions of Ukraine, according to local media. In addition to Kiev oblasts, explosions would have occurred in those of Kharkiv, Lviv, Rivne and Khmelnytskyi. The Kiev Air Force reported that Ukrainian forces destroyed all 36 kamikaze drones launched by Russia last night.
Wagner leaves Bakhmut
Meanwhile, the head and founder of the Russian private militia Yevgeny Prigozhin reports on Telegram that "the group of Wagner fighters has begun to withdraw from Bakhmut". And he posts a video with greetings and handshakes between him and the military with his face covered
