“’The war in Ukraine will continue until the complete defeat of Russia,’ Igor Girkin, a far-right nationalist, grumbled in a video address to his 430,000 followers on Telegram on Monday. ‘We have already lost, the rest is just a matter of time.’ Girkin, a former Russian intelligence colonel who became a commander of the pro-Russian separatist forces in 2014, is arguably the most prominent voice within an increasingly loud and angry group of ultra-nationalist and pro-war bloggers who have taken to berating the Kremlin for its failure to achieve its tactical objectives as the fighting in Ukraine has entered its seventh month. ...”
Russia has cut the amount of gas it sends to Europe by shutting the key Nord Stream 1 pipeline for the second time in recent months, saying the closure is necessary to allow repairs.
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