After a year of research, #NYT journalists have created a map of all of the damage done to buildings in #Ukraine since the start of the full-scale invasion.
More buildings in Ukraine have been destroyed, than if Manhattan was flattened 4x.
According to leaked documents, if the #EU extends sanctions on #Moscow indefinitely, the U.S. could loan $50 bn to #Ukraine that would be covered by the money from frozen Russian assets.
EU sanctions must be renewed 2x a year with unanimous consent from the bloc.
"Norway’s chief of defense Eirik Kristoffersen has warned that #NATO faces a narrow window of just two to three years to reinforce its military readiness before #Russia rebuilds the capability to carry out conventional attacks....potentially allowing #Moscow to reconstitute its forces for warfare against the North Atlantic alliance sooner than some Western officials have estimated
#Nato is developing multiple “land corridors” to rush #US troops and armour to the front lines in the event of a major European ground war with #Russia.
American soldiers would land at one of five ports and be channelled along pre-planned logistical routes to confront a possible attack by #Moscow.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov arrived in #Guinea on June 3 as part of his ongoing visits to West #Africa. These visits come amid a backdrop of coups and rising discontent with traditional allies such as #France and the #US, prompting some countries to shift their alliances towards #Moscow.
A Chinese trade body sought to buy drone-jamming equipment for Russian buyers last month, underlining the close ties between the two countries amid concerns in Europe and the #US over #China’s supply of dual-use technology to #Moscow.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr #Zelenskiy accused #Beijing of working with #Moscow to undermine a summit to discuss his country’s peace blueprint, in a sign of growing frustration with #China’s deepening ties with #Russia.
Russia is doing “everything” to disrupt the summit set for mid-June by using Chinese influence and its diplomats, Zelenskiy told reporters.
#Russia on Friday labeled a women's organization campaigning for the return of mobilized men from #Ukraine and a former pro-peace presidential candidate "foreign agents."
#Moscow uses the label, heavy in Soviet-era connotations, on Kremlin critics to silence dissent.
The Justice Ministry said it had worked to create a "negative image" of Russia and the Russian army and called for illegal protests.
Once a Sheriff’s Deputy in Florida, Now a Source of Disinformation From Russia
In 2016, #Russia used an army of #trolls to interfere in the U.S. presidential election. This year, an American given asylum in #Moscow may be accomplishing much the same thing all by himself.
#Russia is beating western capitals in securing artillery supplies on international markets, the #Czech government has said, warning that delayed payments to arms companies could lead to millions of ammunition rounds being sent to #Moscow instead of #Kyiv.
The Czechoslovak Group, warned that rising prices and poor quality meant that half the shells it had received could not be sent to #Ukraine’s battlefields as quickly as planned.
Sanctions on #Russia are having no impact outside the west and attempts to halt the flow of business merely redirect it elsewhere, the chair of #Dubai’s main trading hub has said.
Dubai is seen as a beneficiary of #US and European attempts to isolate Russia’s economy, as oil traders relocated from Geneva to the #UAE after #Switzerland joined the sanctions imposed on #Moscow.
#Poland has announced that it will impose restrictions on Russian diplomats’ movements in the country in response to #Moscow’s involvement in “hybrid warfare.”
“These will be limitations on the movement of Russian diplomats in our country,” Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw #Sikorski said.
He said the restrictions stemmed from Russia’s involvement in destabilising activities against the #EU, including Poland.
Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, #Russia has suffered heavy losses in both personnel and military materiel. The high rate of losses is forcing #Moscow to send units into battle with improvised equipment, saving its limited resources until everything else has failed. It is a sign of weakness in the invading forces which can be overlooked by headlines about Russian advances on multiple fronts.