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Ukraine at D+84: Five months of cyber and info ops. (The CyberWire) With little change on the ground, Ukraine increases its combat capability while Russia seeks to reconstitute its forces for a renewed offensive. Mandiant issues a report on information operations conducted to date in support of Russia’s war against Ukraine. And someone’s robo-calling the Kremlin.
Red Cross registers hundreds of Ukrainian POWs from Mariupol (AP NEWS) The Russian military said Thursday that more Ukrainian fighters who were making a last stand in Mariupol have surrendered, bringing the total who have left their stronghold to 1,730, while the Red Cross said it had registered hundreds of them as prisoners of war.
Interrogation, uncertainty for soldiers abandoning Mariupol (AP NEWS) Russia said Wednesday that nearly 1,000 Ukrainian troops at a giant steelworks in Mariupol have surrendered, abandoning their dogged defense of a site that became a symbol of their country’s resistance , as the battle in the strategic port city appeared all but over.
Russian soldier pleads guilty at Ukraine war crimes trial (AP NEWS) A 21-year-old Russian soldier facing the first war crimes trial since Moscow invaded Ukraine pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing an unarmed civilian.
The US Plan to Document War Crimes in Ukraine (Wired) The government-funded Conflict Observatory will use open source tools and satellite imagery to gather evidence of human rights violations.
