text: KADYROV DECLARES ‘GREAT JIHAD’ IN UKRAINE: Chechnyan Leader, devout Muslim, and Pro-Putin hardliner Ramzan Kadyrov doubled down on Russia’s war in Ukraine, declaring a “Great Jihad everyone should take part in” in an appeal to Muslims in Russian north caucus regions and allied nations to join the fight. In a significant departure from statements by the Kremlin, Kadyrov indicated a coming expansion of the war, saying, “we’ve decided not to defend but to go on the offensive,” claiming “every region and Ukraine as a whole” as Russian territory. Kadyrov gave further indications the coming offensive would be especially violent, giving his “word” that no “shaitan” (demonic spirits in Islamic belief ) prisoners would be taken and saying his forces would “burn them” instead.PUTIN: UKRAINE AN AMERICAN ‘BATTERING RAM’ AGAINST CIS STATES: Speaking to the council of Heads of security and intelligence agencies of CIS countries, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Ukraine has “lost its sovereignty” and instead is being “directly controlled” by the U.S. for use as a ”battering ram” against the “CIS as a whole.” Citing the U.S. providing heavy weapons to Ukraine while ignoring Kyiv’s attempt to procure nuclear weapons and use a dirty bomb for provocations, Putin denounced America, saying Kyiv provided a visible example of “the true attitude of the United States towards its satellites.” Putin said these attitudes reflected new “risks and challenges” to CIS collective security amid a “sharp aggravation of the global geopolitical confrontation.”UKRAINE CLAIMS RUSSIA ACCESSING NUCLEAR WASTE AT CAPTURED POWER PLANT: Ukraine’s nuclear energy agency, Energoatom, accused Russian operatives of attempting to access nuclear water containers at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. In a public statement, Energoatom said Russian military forces at the facility were conducting unauthorized construction at the plants Dry Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility, which houses 174 vessels, each containing 24 spent nuclear fuel assemblies. Ukrainian officials warned an explosion inside the storage area could contaminate several hundred square kilometers with radioactive material and accused the Russians of denying IAEA inspectors access to the area.China & Indo-Pacific SITREP