2023-07-06 06:37:44
At least four people were killed and at least 32 wounded in a massive Russian missile attack on residential areas in Lviv, western Ukraine. Lviv is regarding 60 kilometers from the Polish border and is located on a major supply route for receiving military support from the West.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he would take a “strong response” to the attack. The Air Defense Force said on the telegram app Telegram that it had intercepted seven of the 10 Caliber cruise missiles fired from ships and submarines in the Black Sea.
The missile initially headed north, but suddenly changed direction and hit Lviv. Lviv is far from the front lines and has been a rare target for missiles in the past.
A vehicle damaged by a Russian missile attack (Lviv, June 6)
Photographer: Stanislav Ivanov/Getty Images
Evgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the Russian private military company Wagner and a rebel once morest the country’s military leadership, is now in Russia, Belarusian President Lukashenko said.
Lukashenko told reporters in Minsk on Wednesday that Prigozhin was “in St. Petersburg,” state news agency Belta reported. He said he may have also been to Moscow.
Prigozhin agreed to halt the march on Moscow following the armed uprising on June 24. A few days later, Mr Lukashenko said Mr Prigozhin was in Belarus.
Bank of Russia Governor Nabiullina told a financial meeting in St. He said the surplus had shrunk to 20% from last year’s peak. During this remark, the ruble fell to the 93 ruble level to the dollar for the first time since March last year.
Meanwhile, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said a “speculator’s game” may be causing significant exchange rate volatility, which might be a factor in the current ruble depreciation. State news agency TASS reported.
Capital Flight From Russia Accelerated After Invasion
Source: Bank of Russia, Bloomberg Economics
New data on military aid to Ukraine show that the balance of tanks, heavy artillery and Multiple Rocket Launcher Systems (MLRS) between the Ukrainian and Russian armed forces has changed significantly since the start of the invasion of Ukraine over a year and four months ago. showing.
So far, 471 tanks have been delivered to Ukraine, and another 286 are expected to arrive, according to the latest data from the “Ukraine Aid Tracker” compiled by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy in Germany. . But the pace of supply of tanks by donor countries is slowing.
Overlapping the Ukrainian aid tracker with weapon loss data collected by the military information site Oryx using open source intelligence (OSINT), the number of Russian tanks has halved since the start of the invasion, while the number of Ukrainian troops has decreased. We can see that the number of tanks is increasing.
The gap between the two armies in terms of heavy artillery and MLRS has also narrowed. It just didn’t shrink as much as tanks.
Balance of Arms
War and aid have reduced Russia’s advantage in heavy weapons
Source: Kiel Institute Ukraine Support Tracker; IISS; Oryx; Bloomberg
U.S. President Joe Biden welcomed Swedish Prime Minister Kristsson to the White House on Wednesday as NATO leaders prepare for a summit in Lithuania next week. He said he would fully support China’s NATO membership.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan opposes Sweden’s NATO membership, saying Sweden’s new anti-terror law does not do enough to crack down on Kurdish militants.
The two countries have exchanged accusations over a potential attack on the Russian-occupied Ukraine’s Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, fueling concerns.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks out
Source: Bloomberg
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