According to British intelligence, despite Moscow’s assurances this week to cut up its military activities near Kyiv, Russian forces are still holding their positions and bombing the Ukrainian capital.
In a speech on Thursday, the head of the United Kingdom’s intelligence and security service stated that Russian President Vladimir Putin “massively miscalculated” the situation in Ukraine and that the Russian leader’s aides were scared to tell him the truth about what was going on on the ground.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian officials announced on Thursday that Russia had agreed to open a humanitarian corridor in Mariupol, which has been largely damaged by Russian shelling and is experiencing a terrible humanitarian crisis.