| Intelligence on Kremlin drone attack |
| A drone attack on the Kremlin in Moscow on May 3 was most likely orchestrated by one of Ukraine’s special military or intelligence units, according to U.S. officials. But they said they did not know which unit carried out the attack, and it was unclear whether President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine or his top officials were aware of the operation. |
| U.S. intelligence agencies reached their preliminary assessment in part through intercepted communications in which Russian officials blamed Ukraine and through other communications in which Ukrainian officials said they believed their country was responsible for the attack. |
| It caused little damage but appeared to be part of a series of covert operations that have disquieted U.S. officials. The Biden administration is concerned about the risk that Russia will blame the U.S. for these actions and retaliate by expanding the war beyond Ukraine. |
| The latest: Fresh from leading a military incursion into Russian territory, commanders of anti-Kremlin armed groups taunted the Russian Army for its slow response and threatened Moscow with more raids to come. |
| In other news from the war: |
| China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, vowed that Chinese-Russian cooperation would reach a “higher level” during talks with Russia’s prime minister in Beijing.The leader of Russia’s largest mercenary force warned that the country faced further setbacks unless its ruling elite took drastic, and likely unpopular, measures to win the war. |
| After capturing Bakhmut, Ukraine, Russian forces appear spent, military analysts say, and further advances seem out of reach, for now. |
