The Ukraine military sinks a old Russian Navy Ship….
Kyiv , which had been peaceful?
Gets a missle attack….
And?
Putin says he’s gonna keep fighting…..
The Russian’s are prsssing their effort to lockdown the South Eastern region of the Ukraine….
The blast came less than a day after Ukrainians celebrated sinking the Moskva, the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea fleet, in a missile strike. Moscow maintains that a fire caused munitions to explode, while a senior U.S. official told The Washington Post on Thursday that a Ukrainian attack destroyed the ship.
Meanwhile, Russian forces geared up for fresh assaults in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, which officials warn will be the next bloody flash point in this seven-week war. Russia appeared poised to capture the strategic port city of Mariupol and escalate attacks across Ukraine’s southeast after bruising setbacks, analysts said.
Tensions continue to build after Ukrainian authorities recaptured an ally of President Vladimir Putin and as Finland and Sweden step up their efforts to join the U.S.-led NATO alliance.
Here’s what to know
Note….
President Biden’s handlers signal he will NOT visit the Ukraine, somnething other Western leaders HAVE done….Biuden was in Poland only 60 miles from the border but did not travel there….