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U.S. officials said that they had no evidence President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine or his top lieutenants were involved in the operation, or that the perpetrators were acting at the direction of any Ukrainian government officials.
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Officials who have reviewed the intelligence said they believed the saboteurs were most likely Ukrainian or Russian nationals, or some combination of the two. U.S. officials said no American or British nationals were involved.
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Not exactly smoking guns here. Way too little to go on to assign blame.
 
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  • Zelenskyy worries that if Bakhmut falls, he'll face pressure to negotiate with Russia.
  • "Our society will push me to have compromise with them," he told AP.
  • Western military analysts have suggested Bakhmut is strategically insignificant.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is concerned that if Bakhmut falls to Russia, it would break the fighting spirit of his people and that they would push him to negotiate with Russia.
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Russia boosts size of armed forces by 170_000 troops

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the country’s military to increase the maximum number of troops by nearly 170,000 people, as Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine continues into its 22nd month. Putin’s decree was released by the Kremlin on Friday and took force immediately. It brings the...
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"Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the country’s military to increase the maximum number of troops by nearly 170,000 people, as Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine continues into its 22nd month.

Putin’s decree was released by the Kremlin on Friday and took force immediately. It brings the strength of the armed forces to 1.32 million service personnel and increases the overall number of Russian military personnel to about 2.2 million."
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