What you need to know to join:
• According to the British army, the Ukrainian troops succeed to inflict serious blows on the Russian invasion force by targeting important logistics hubs. The US intelligence agencies, for their part, state that up to 60% of Russian missiles miss their target†
• Today US President Joe Biden visits a Polish city near the border with Ukraine. Biden sat with NATO, G7 and European leaders yesterday to discuss the situation. European leaders decided not to impose additional sanctions on Russia for the time being, despite the request of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
† NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg to stay on for another year† The extension until September next year was announced yesterday at the military alliance summit. Stoltenberg would normally become governor of the Norwegian central bank at the end of this year.
• According to NATO estimates, between 7,000 and 15,000 Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine.
• Four days after the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, the White House issued a secret team established† That group, a so-called Tiger Team† currently working on a contingency plan in case Russian President Vladimir Putin decides to biological, chemical or nuclear weapons to deploy.