Putin Orders Defense Ministry to Assess Foreign Involvement in Ukraine Conflict

Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed the Ministry of Defense to examine the involvement of those he described as instigators of the conflict in Ukraine in military operations, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. Peskov said that Russia's intelligence agencies would also take part in the assessment, as they possess the necessary information for such an analysis. Defense Ministry Ordered to Conduct Assessment Putin called for an analysis of the involvement of each alleged instigator during a visit on Friday, July 3, to one of the support command posts of Russia's Joint Group of Forces.