Russia's military invasion of Ukraine continues.
Russian and Ukrainian forces are fighting in various parts of Ukraine, and many civilians have fled the country. We will update the situation in Ukraine on the 26th (Japan time), including the status of the battle and the diplomacy of the countries concerned.
(There is a 6-hour time difference between Japan and Ukraine and Moscow, Russia)
East Ukraine Historical Museum attacked, 2 killed, 10 injured
On the 25th, a historical museum was attacked in Kpyyansk, Kharkiv Oblast in eastern Ukraine, and the Ukrainian side says that two people have been killed and 2 injured so far.
Commenting on the attack, Zelensky condemned the attack in a video posted on social media, saying, "A terrorist state is completely destroying us, our history and culture, killing Ukrainians in a totally barbaric way, and all such war crimes will surely be brought to justice." It shows debris scattering.
The governor of Kharkov Oblast Sinegubov announced that the Russian surface-to-air missile system S10 was used.
US newspaper reports that Ukraine postpones Russia attack plan at the request of US one year after invasion
The Washington Post, a leading American newspaper, reported that Ukraine had been preparing a large-scale attack on Russia on February 1, one year after the start of its military invasion, but postponed it at the request of the United States.
The electronic version of the Washington Post said on February 2 that the information was based on classified documents of the US government leaked on the Internet, and on February 24, Budanov, director of the General Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, ordered his subordinates to mobilize the entire force of the General Directorate of Intelligence and prepare for a large-scale attack on February 24.
The target of the attack seems to have been considered "Moscow", the capital of Russia, and "Novorossiysk", which faces the Black Sea, which is close to Crimea in southern Ukraine, which was unilaterally annexed by Russia.
In a confidential document shared internally by the CIA = Central Intelligence Agency on February 2, one year before the start of the invasion, it is stated that the Ukrainian side agreed to postpone the attack on Moscow at the request of the United States.
The Washington Post reports that the situation is conspicuously shown by the United States stopping Ukraine from attacking Russia in order to avoid escalation.
U.S. Secretary of State Blinken said at a press conference on the 13th that he "will not comment" on this article, and emphasized that Ukraine is making decisions about the battle, saying, "It is the Ukrainian people who decide what to do to defend their country."
On the other hand, Podlyak, an adviser to the Office of the President of Ukraine, denied the contents of the report by posting on SNS on the 2th, "It is a conspiracy report by a prominent American media, and it is simply doubtful that such a one-time action can change the course of the war."