Day 532 of the Invasion of Ukraine: Russia is increasing its Military Presence on its Western Border

Day 532 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

• Russia is increasing its military presence on its western border
• The delayed offensive could become a huge political problem for Zelensky in the US
• A huge black mushroom after an explosion near Moscow
• Exposing the Generals: The Prigozhin Rebellion - a special operation approved by Vladimir Putin
• Ukrainian landing on the eastern bank of the Dnieper, drones shot down again over Moscow
• Drones over Moscow again, Zelensky announced that 9 people died in the attack on Pokrovsk
• Berlin is ready to deploy the "Patriot" in Poland until the end of the year
• Denis Pushilin reported three dead and 11 wounded in Ukrainian shelling of civilian objects in Donetsk

Russia is increasing its military presence on its western border

Moscow will amass forces on its western borders after Finland joins NATO, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told the ministry's management board, quoted by TASS and Reuters.

In opening remarks to the panel, he also explained that Poland had already announced plans to strengthen its military and that it expected significant NATO forces and weaponry to be stationed in Finland, whose inclusion almost doubled the length of Russia's land border with NATO.

Moreover, Poland had a plan to create a security alliance with Ukraine, which was essentially an "occupation of western Ukraine", and this was an example of one of the risks of Warsaw's militarization.

"The collective West is running a proxy...