Ukrainian raids on the occupied part of the southern Kherson region are forcing the Russian army to redeploy its forces. One of the raids resulted in Yuriy Tomov, a Russian intelligence company commander and a combatant, being taken prisoner.

It is clear that the raid in question was not for Mr Tomov’s sake, Ivan Stupak, a military expert and former employee of the Security Service of Ukraine, the SBU, tells LIGA.net.

"But by coincidence, this ‘curious cat’ was captured and can now provide a lot of interesting information," he points out.

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