Ukraine Update…220 days into the Russian move on the Ukraine…What Next?

A second day of missile strikes against Ukraine cities energy structures….

Bringing the conflict everywhere spared…

Putin is now reacting to domestic pressure from hardliners…

President Biden is being dragged into doing MORE for the Ukraine….

Air Defense weapons would blunt Russian efforts to continue the missle strikes…

(More , not just fron the US,  WILL be sent inspite of Biden reluctance to do so up to now…)

And Republican effort to stop the Western weapons flowing are done…

This IS getting BIGGER because Putin is losing the conflict….

The Hungarian Prime Minister floats a non-funny joke…Trump brokering a peace deal?

Here’s what to know

• President Biden promised continued aid for Kyiv in a Monday call with Zelensky, according to a White House statement that didn’t include time frames. A meeting of NATO defense ministers will also discuss Ukraine’s pleas for weapons later this week.
• The mayor of Lviv said nearly a third of the city lost electricity after a missile strike hit infrastructure again on Tuesday. Andriy Sadovyi said residents may also face water supply disruptions and urged them to stay in shelters.
• Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Mariano Grossi on Tuesday, the Kremlin said. The U.N. watchdog is seeking a buffer zone at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine, which Russian forces control.
• Germany’s Defense Ministry said that the first of four IRIS-T promised to Ukraine would arrive in the “next few days.” The systems, capable of protecting an entire city, had initially been scheduled for delivery by the end of the year….

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Many Ukrainians again sought shelter underground on Tuesday morning after the country’s emergency ministry warned of “a high probability of rocket attacks” throughout the day. By the afternoon, the intensity of strikes did not appear to be as severe as on Monday, although several targets were hit, including three power plants in western and central Ukraine, far from the front lines.

A dozen rockets also struck the embattled southern city of Zaporizhzhia, killing at least five people and hitting a school, medical facility and car dealership, local officials said.

Here are the latest developments:

• Russia’s latest assault renewed questions about its military capacity, with analysts saying that Moscow’s use of dozens of precision missiles, of which it has a dwindling supply, would leave it fewer to use on the battlefield against advancing Ukrainian forces.

• Mr. Zelensky said in his nightly address that electricity had been mostly or fully restored in several regions. He asked Ukrainians to limit their energy consumption from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. to avoid overloading the system.

• The United Nations human rights office said that Russia appeared to have deliberately targeted civilians and critical infrastructure in its bombardment on Monday, which the agency said constituted a war crime….

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Note…

The next G-20 meeeting is in Indonesia and Putin and Zelensky have been invited….

Russian Foreign Minister says Putin would talk to Biden about the conflict….