Putin Says Biden Doesn't Tango, All Deputy Defense Ministers in Kiev Regime Fired, Ukraine Military Sitrep, Kiev's Pyrrhic Gains South of Bakhmut, NATO Prepares for "Long War"

Topics:

• Putin says the US “doesn’t tango” - ie no longer does diplomacy

• New Kiev Regime Defense Minister Rustem Umerov fires all existing Deputy Defense Ministers to bring his own people in

• Ukraine Conflict Military Sitrep

• US Strategy Going Forward in Ukraine is Continuance at Lower Level Indefinitely to Deny Russia Victory

• Kiev Putsch Regime forces achieve belated pyrrhic victory in ruins of villages of Kleshcheyeevka and Andreeveka south of Bakhmut after 3.5 months of assault, as Russian forces withdraw to next defensive positions.

• Russian Counterattacks in the South Probe Kiev’s Remaining Offensive Capability

• NATO Secretary General Jen Stoltenberg tells NATO states to prepare for “the long war”