Russian President Vladimir Putin pledges to ‘end restraint’ and intensify ‘special military operation’ German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke to Putin on the phone on Tuesday after a break of several months. New line of defence is likely between the Oskil River and Svatove, 150km (90 miles) southeast of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, the UK defence ministry said in an intelligence brief. Russian forces are setting up a new defensive line in the northeast after Kyiv’s troops broke through the previous one.Read Long Article
