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☆ Ukraine made realistic decoys of radars and missile systems and may have even tricked the Russians into taking a shot at one
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Both sides have employed decoys throughout the war, attempting to waste enemy fire or force the enemy to expose itself. One of the realistic mock-ups may have tricked Russia into wasting a missile on it, highlighting the role decoys play in the war. According to a Telegram post from Insider UA, a Ukrainian news outlet, Russia had launched an Iskander ballistic missile at the IRIS-T system. Back in December, Ukraine got Russia to expend a munition on what looked like a fake Su-25 ground-attack aircraft. In September 2023, Ukraine's 116th Mechanized Brigade published a video of an inflatable Russian T-72 decoy.

Persons: —, SLM, Milbloggers, MICHAL CIZEK Organizations: Service, Sentinel, IRIS, Telegram, UA, Getty, Ukraine's 116th Mechanized Brigade Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Russian, Lisne, Kharkiv, Ukrainian, Czech, Decin, AFP, Ukraine's

☆ North Korean missiles won't defeat Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

An expert believes that North Korean short-range ballistic missiles could hit pinpoint targets. North Korean arms are known for being cheap rather than good, as Moscow discovered when it recently began importing shoddy North Korean ammunition . But these North Korean ballistic missiles are not some knockoff of the notorious 1950s Soviet Scud, a liquid-fueled rocket that takes more than an hour to launch. "They may have some design heritage with Russian systems, but they borrow heavily from North Korean expertise." This suggests that Russia will need a lot of North Korean missiles, which in turn raises the question of North Korea's rocket manufacturing capacity.

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☆ Russia's drones, missiles target Ukraine's critical infrastructure, Kyiv says
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-28 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Ukrainian sappers load the remains of an undetonated rocket into a truck following a missile attack in Kyiv on January 23, 2024. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP) (Photo by GENYA SAVILOV/AFP via Getty Images)Russia launched drone and missile attacks targeting civilian and critical infrastructure across wide areas of Ukraine, Kyiv's Air Force said on Sunday. Preliminary information did not show any casualties in the attacks, the air force said on the Telegram messaging app. Russia and Ukraine have increased their air attacks on each other's territory in recent months, targeting critical military, energy and transport infrastructure. Ukraine's air defense systems destroyed four of eight Russia-launched drones overnight, the air force said.

Persons: Genya SAVILOV, GENYA SAVILOV, Filip Pronin, Yuri Malashko, Malashko Organizations: Getty Images, Kyiv's Air Force, Reuters Locations: Kyiv, Ukraine, AFP, Russia, Poltava, Donetsk, Kremenchuk, Zaporizhzhia

☆ Russia changed up its latest barrage, likely to try to better break through Ukraine's air defenses, war analysts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Russia switched up the composition of its latest large-scale strike, likely to stress Ukraine's air defenses. War analysts suspect Russia is trying to make its strike packages harder to defeat. AdvertisementIn its most recent massive barrage on Ukraine, Russia changed up its strike package from previous attacks. From late Tuesday night into early Wednesday morning, the Russians conducted a series of missile strikes against Ukraine. Russian efforts to see where it can poke holes in Ukraine's air defense come after it apparently rebuilt its precision-guided munitions stockpiles and ramped up strikes.

Persons: —, that's, ISW, they've Organizations: Service, Ukraine, Staff of, Armed Forces, Washington DC Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Washington, Russian, Iran, Avdiivka, Donetsk

☆ Russia's Kinzhals are frustrating Chinese analysts who want to find out how Beijing's hypersonic missiles might stack up against US battlefield defenses
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

China hopes its own hypersonic missile, the Dongfeng, will be game-changing in its capacity to take down US aircraft carriers. A Ukrainian sapper recovers the warhead of a Kinzhal missile. AdvertisementThe Kinzhal's maneuverability, they wrote, "cannot be compared with that of a real hypersonic missile." "Although Russia calls the 'Dagger' a hypersonic missile, analysts from other countries generally believe that the so-called hypersonic 'Dagger' missile is actually an air-launched version of the 'Iskander' short-range tactical ballistic missile," it said. "The 'Dagger' missile has more than enough ambition but not enough power," the July analysis said.

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☆ Zelensky says safety rules ‘violated’ in Ukrainian military ceremony hit by deadly Russian strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

“The whole situation is being analyzed minute by minute,” Zelensky said Monday in an address to the nation. “It will be found out who exactly violated the rules on the safety of people in the area accessible to enemy aerial reconnaissance. Zelensky visited a training center at an unspecified location to mark the Day of Missile Forces and Artillery. In the immediate wake of the strike, Ukrainian parliamentarian Mykhailo Volynets said 28 people died and 53 were injured as a result of the missile attack. Ukrainian forces said they had penetrated the “first line” of Russian strongholds in Zaporizhzhia region in September, but the progress of the counteroffensive has been slow, as Ukraine’s forces have been rebuffed by heavily fortified Russian defenses.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelensky, ”, ” Zelensky, Rustem Umerov, ” Umerov, Zelensky, Mykhailo Volynets Organizations: CNN, Ukrainian Defense, Sunday, Facebook, of Missile Forces and Artillery, Presidential, Defense and Security Forces, Investigation Bureau, Missile and Artillery Forces, Ukraine’s Armed Forces, Russian, Assault Brigade, 128th Locations: Russian, Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian, Ukraine, ”

☆ Ukraine war live updates: Russia launches nuclear-capable ballistic missile from new submarine after Putin revokes testing ban
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy commented on the deaths of a group of soldiers in the Zaporizhzhia region after a Russian strike on an awards ceremony last week. Unofficial reports suggest at least 20 soldiers and officers died in the attack as they gathered for the ceremony on Artillery and Missile Forces Day. It's unusual for Zelenskyy to comment on specific losses, but those remarks came after public anger at the incident. The ceremony was seen as an easy target for Russian forces. "The main thing is to establish the complete truth about what happened and prevent such incidents from happening again.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Umerov, Zelenskyy, Holly Ellyatt Organizations: Artillery and Missile Forces, Russian, Separate Mountain Infantry Brigade Locations: Zaporizhzhia

☆ Ukraine orders investigation into Russian attack on assault brigade
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Maria Starkova | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

File Photo: Commander in Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Valerii Zaluzhnyi and Defence Minister Rustem Umerov visit an artillery training centre, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at an undisclosed location in Ukraine November 3, 2023. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsLVIV, Ukraine, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Ukraine's defence minister ordered on Saturday an investigation into an alleged Russian ballistic missile attack on Ukrainian assault brigade, after reports that more than 20 soldiers were killed during an awards ceremony. "My condolences to the families of the fallen soldiers from the 128th Separate Mountain Assault Transcarpathian Brigade," Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov said in a social media statement, adding that he had ordered a "full investigation." In its daily reports on battlefield activities, the Russian Defence Ministry said only that Russian forces "inflicted fire" on a unit of Ukraine's assault brigade in the region, killing up to 30 military personnel. Both Russia and Ukraine have often underestimated their military casualties in the 20-month-long war, while exaggerating the losses they claim to have inflicted upon each other.

Persons: Ukrainian Armed Forces Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Rustem Umerov, Elaine Monaghan, Lidia Kelly, Michael Perry Organizations: Ukrainian Armed Forces, Defence, Presidential Press Service, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, Transcarpathian Brigade, Ukrainian Defence, Armed Forces, Russian Defence Ministry, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Rights LVIV, Russian, Russia, Zaporizhzhia, Washington, Melbourne

☆ A Ukrainian missile strike on a shipyard in Crimea damages a Russian ship
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The Russian military said a Ukrainian missile strike on a shipyard in annexed Crimea had damaged a Russian ship. In September, a Ukrainian missile strike on a strategic shipyard in the port city of Sevastopol damaged two Russian ships and wounded 24 people. Later that same month, a missile strike blasted the Crimean headquarters of Russia's navy in Sevastopol. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian military said a Russian missile strike killed troops and injured civilians in the Zaporizhzhia area late Friday. A deadly missile strike on a Ukrainian village on Oct. 5 killed 59 civilians attending the wake for a local soldier who died fighting Russian troops.

Persons: Mykola Oleshchuk, Vladimir Putin, Andriy Yermak, Rustem Umerov Organizations: Russian Defense Ministry, Air, Ukraine's Locations: Ukrainian, Crimea, Russian, Kerch, Crimean, Russia, Ukraine, Sevastopol

☆ Ukraine Orders Investigation Into Russian Attack on Assault Brigade
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

By Maria StarkovaLVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukraine's defence minister ordered on Saturday an investigation into an alleged Russian ballistic missile attack on Ukrainian assault brigade, after reports that more than 20 soldiers were killed during an awards ceremony. "My condolences to the families of the fallen soldiers from the 128th Separate Mountain Assault Transcarpathian Brigade," Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov said in a social media statement, adding that he had ordered a "full investigation." In its daily reports on battlefield activities, the Russian Defence Ministry said only that Russian forces "inflicted fire" on a unit of Ukraine's assault brigade in the region, killing up to 30 military personnel. Both Russia and Ukraine have often underestimated their military casualties in the 20-month-long war, while exaggerated the losses they claim to have inflicted upon each other. (Additonal reporting by Elaine Monaghan in Washington,; Writing by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by Michael Perry)

Persons: Maria Starkova, Rustem Umerov, Elaine Monaghan, Lidia Kelly, Michael Perry Organizations: Reuters, Transcarpathian Brigade, Ukrainian Defence, Armed Forces, Russian Defence Ministry Locations: Maria Starkova LVIV, Ukraine, Russian, Russia, Zaporizhzhia, Washington, Melbourne

☆ Ukraine accuses 2 brothers of betraying their former neighbors by helping Russia fire a missile on their hometown café killing 59
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Russian missile hit a village in northeast Ukraine last week, killing 59 people. Ukraine now accused two brothers of passing Russia information to plan the attack on their hometown. AdvertisementAdvertisementUkraine has accused two brothers of helping Russia orchestrate a deadly missile strike on their hometown, which killed over 50 people. Ukraine's security service (SBU) named brothers Volodymyr and Dmytro Mamon and said they have been charged with treason. Authorities said they were working to locate the brothers, who are Russian passport holders and are believed to be in Russia, per the FT.

Persons: —, Volodymyr, Dmytro Mamon, Ihor Klymenko, Andriyi Kozyr, Natalia Mamon Organizations: Service, Telegram, Times, Prosecutors, Russian, Guardian, Politico, Authorities Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Russia, Hroza, Kharkiv, Ukrainian

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia’s U.N. ambassador alleged Monday that “neo-Nazis” and military-age men were at the wake for a Ukrainian soldier in a village café where a missile last week killed 52 people, even as Security Council members retorted that Russia was responsible for starting the war and committing crimes. The café, which had reopened for the wake, was obliterated, and whole families perished. He insisted, as Moscow has in the past, that the Russian military doesn’t target civilians and civilian facilities. According to Ukrainian news reports, he was initially laid to rest elsewhere in Ukraine, as his native village remained under Russian occupation. Kozyr’s family decided to rebury him in Hroza more than 15 months after his death, following DNA tests that confirmed his identity.

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The International Monetary Fund and World Bank decided in 2018 to host their annual meeting in Marrakech, Morocco, bringing the affair to the African continent for the first time in 50 years. Their original timeline was delayed by the pandemic, but the meeting beginning Monday arrives at an apropos time. Those challenges are particularly pronounced in Africa, where many countries spend more on debt than health care and education combined. The earthquake, residents say, exacerbated disparities plaguing rural areas and compounded struggles facing already-impoverished communities. “Here’s it’s hidden behind.”___AP reporters Paul Wiseman in Washington and Yassine Oulhiq in Anerni, Morocco, contributed to this report.

Persons: Kristalina Georgieva, they've, ”, Iskander Erzini Vernoit, Morocco —, Brahim Ait Brahim —, he's, Ait Brahim, “, Paul Wiseman, Yassine Organizations: Monetary Fund, World Bank, IMF, Bank, Climate & Development, That’s Locations: MARRAKECH, Morocco, Marrakech, Ukraine, Africa, Egypt, Zambia, Anerni, That’s Marrakech, It’s, Washington

☆ Hroza, Ukraine missile strike: No military targets in village hit by 'inhuman' Russian attack, officials say
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Vasco Cotovio Radina Gigova Svitlana Vlasova Helen Regan | Vasco Cotovio | Radina Gigova | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Members of Ukraine's emergency services at the scene of a Russian missile strike in the village of Hroza, Kharkiv region, eastern Ukraine on October 5. At least 16 people were injured, including an 11-month-old baby, said Oleh Syniehubov, the head of Kharkiv region’s military administration. Ukraine's emergency services work through the night digging through the rubble in the aftermath of a Russian missile attack. Police and military experts work at the site of a Russian military strike in Hroza. The Ukrainian military has since been trying to resist advances from Moscow.

Persons: ” Sergey Bolvinov, Vasco Cotovio, CNN Bolvinov, ”, Ihor Terekhov, Terekhov, Oleh Syniehubov, Dmytro Chubenko, Chubenko, Hroza, Volodymyr Zelensky, ” Zelensky, Pedro Sánchez, Olaf Scholz, Zelensky, Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy, Karine Jean, Pierre, Sofiia Gatilova Organizations: Ukraine CNN, CNN, Hroza, Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s, RBC, Spanish, White, Ukraine, Police, NATO, Ukrainian Locations: Hroza, Ukraine, Russian, Ukrainian, Kupiansk, Kharkiv, Kramatorsk, Dnipro, Granada, Spain, Germany, “, Kyiv, Moscow, Russia

☆ Boy killed in Kharkiv was asleep when Russian missile hit, Ukraine says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Radina Gigova | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A 10-year-old boy who was killed by Russia’s strike on the city of Kharkiv on Friday was apparently asleep when missiles hit residential buildings, Ukrainian officials said. He was murdered this morning in Kharkiv by a Russian missile. “The Iskander is a Russian ballistic missile that can reach Kharkiv, Ukraine’s border city, in just a few seconds,” it added. This photo posted by Ukraine's Defense Ministry purports to show the body of a 10-year-old boy killed in Russia's strike on Kharkiv on October 6. Friday’s attack on Kharkiv comes a day after a devastating Russian missile strike on the village of Hroza on Thursday, in which another child was killed, along with at least 51 more people.

Persons: Russia’s, Oleh Syniehubov, Volodymyr Zelensky, “, ”, Olena Zelenska, Dmitro Kuleba Organizations: CNN, Ukrainian Defense Ministry, Kharkiv, Ukraine's Defense, Ukrainian Defense, General’s, RF, Russian Federation, Ukrainian Locations: Kharkiv, “, Russian, Ukraine’s, Russia, Ukraine, Hroza

More than 50 people died while attending a funeral in eastern Ukraine. Investigators say Russia targeted the civilian gathering with an Iskander ballistic missile.

Organizations: Investigators Locations: Ukraine, Russia

Hroza CNN —Two women slowly approach a makeshift memorial in the village of Hroza. “It was a powerful strike, very powerful, I came out and everything was burning,” she recalled, the horror of Thursday afternoon’s strike still very present. Residents say little more than 110 had remained in the village, nearly half of those killed by the strike. Vasco Cotovio/CNNThe grocery store and cafe hit by a Russian missile in Hroza were meters away from a children's playground. Vasco Cotovio/CNNValentina Kozienko, 73, says the Russian strike also damaged her house.

Persons: ”, Valentina Kozienko, “, Vasco Cotovio, Andrii, Denis, Hroza, ” Anatoliy Androsovych, Mykola, “ It’s, Andrii Kozyr Organizations: CNN, CNN Emergency Locations: Hroza, Russian, Russia, ”, Kupiansk, Kharkiv, Ukrainian, Dnipro

CNN —A Russian missile strike killed at least 51 people in a village near the eastern Ukrainian city of Kupiansk on Thursday, officials say, in what would be one of the deadliest attacks against civilians since the conflict began. Moscow’s forces targeted a cafe and a shop in Hroza, in the Kharkiv region, soon after midday local time (5 a.m. Hroza is located about 40 kilometers from the frontlines of the war near Kupiansk, the city in Kharkiv that Russian forces seized early on in the war before losing it a year ago. The Ukrainian military has since been trying to resist advances from Moscow. The UN’s humanitarian coordinator in Ukraine said images arriving from the scene of the attack “are absolutely horrifying,” accusing Russian forces of carrying out a war crime.

Persons: Ihor Klymenko, Dmytro Chubenko, Oleh Synehubov, Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy, Klymenko, ”, “, Rustem Umerov, Volodymyr Zelensky, ” Zelensky, Europe’s, Denys Shmyhal, ” Shmyhal, ” Denise Brown Organizations: CNN, Ukrainian, Ukrainian Defense, NATO, “, Ukranian, Russian Locations: Russian, Ukrainian, Kupiansk, Hroza, Kharkiv, Kramatorsk, Hrova, Ukraine, Pervomaiske, Moscow, Russia, Kyiv, Granada, Spain, “ Russia

☆ Russian missile strike on cafe and shop kills 51 in Ukraine, Kyiv says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Olena Harmash | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Firefighters work at a site of a Russian military strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the village of Hroza, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine October 5, 2023. The attack was the deadliest in the Kharkiv region since Russia's invasion more than 19 months ago, a spokesperson for the Kharkiv regional military administration told Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne. It also appeared to be one of the biggest civilian death tolls in any single Russian strike since the start of the war. UKRAINIAN OFFICIAL CONDEMN ATTACKKlymenko cited preliminary information that he said showed the attack was carried out with an Iskander ballistic missile. He said the strike was clearly very targeted and that Ukrainian security services had launched an investigation into the matter.

Persons: Kharkiv Regional Military Administration Oleg Syniehubov, Zelenskiy, Oleh Synehubov, Ihor Klymenko, Klymenko, Rustem Umerov, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Olena Harmash, Timothy Heritage, Andrew Heavend Organizations: Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, REUTERS Acquire, Kharkiv, Suspilne, Thomson Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Hroza, Kharkiv region, Kyiv, Spain KYIV, Kupiansk, Kharkiv, Ukrainian, UKRAINIAN, Spain, Russia, Moscow

The village and other parts of the region were seized by Russia early in the war and recaptured by Ukraine in September 2022. The village is only 30 kilometers (19 miles) west of Kupiansk, a key focus of the Russian military effort. Ukraine’s air force said that the country’s air defenses intercepted 24 out of 29 Iranian-made drones that Russia launched at the Odesa, Mykolaiv and Kirovohrad regions. Roman Starovoit said that Ukrainian drones attacked infrastructure facilities in several areas, resulting in power cuts. He also said that Ukrainian forces fired artillery at the border town of Rylsk, wounding a resident and damaging several houses.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Zelenskyy, Ihor Klymenko, Andrii Yermak, Oleh, ”, Biden, Russia ”, Andriy Raykovych, Oleksandr Prokudin, Roman Starovoit, Dasha Litvinova Organizations: Internal, Kharkiv Gov, Emergency, West, Political Community, Foreign, U.S . Congress, Gov, ___ Associated Press Locations: KYIV, Ukraine, Russian, Kyiv, Spain, Hroza, Kharkiv, Russia, Kupiansk, Granada, “ Russia, United States, Washington, Europe, Moscow, Mykolaiv, Kirovohrad, Kherson, Krasnohorivka, Donetsk, Beryslav, Russia's Kursk, Rylsk, ___, Tallinn, Estonia

☆ Russian missile strike on Ukraine village kills 51 during memorial to fallen soldier
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Vitalii Hnidyi | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

It also appeared to be one of the biggest civilian death tolls in any single Russian strike. Some of them were mourners gathering in the cafe after a service for a fallen soldier from the village. [1/3]Rescuers work at a site of a Russian military strike in the village of Hroza, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, October 5, 2023. The missile hit during a service marking the reburial in his home village of a soldier who had died in action elsewhere. This is a terrible tragedy," Klymenko told Ukrainian television.

Persons: Zelenskiy, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy, Serhiy Bolvinov, Oleksandr Mukhovatyi, Mukhovatyi, Ihor Klymenko, Klymenko, Rustem Umerov, Olena Harmash, Yuliia, Timothy Heritage, Andrew Heavens, Ron Popeski David Gregorio, Rod Nickel Organizations: Suspilne, Regional, Political Community, REUTERS, Prosecutors, Thomson Locations: Kyiv, Spain HROZA, Ukraine, Russian, Ukrainian, Hroza, Kharkiv, Spain, Moscow, Kupiansk, Kharkiv region, Russia

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania have agreed on a plan they hope will help expedite Ukrainian grain exports, officials said Tuesday, with needy countries beyond Europe potentially benefitting from speedier procedures. The move seeks to facilitate the transit of Ukrainian exports through Polish territory, the statement said, without providing further details. While the stated goal is to hasten Ukrainian grain exports, the agreement may also help defuse tensions over grain prices between Ukraine and Poland a time when some international support for Kyiv's efforts to throw back Russia's invasion may be fraying. That has left more expensive overland routes through Europe as the main path for Ukraine’s exports. Sealed freight has helped combat that problem, and sending Ukrainian grain straight to the Lithuanian port may also be an answer.

Persons: ___ Monika Scislowska, Yuras Organizations: —, Farmers, European Union, World Trade Organization, EU Locations: KYIV, Ukraine, — Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, Europe, Lithuanian, Baltic, Klaipeda, Russia, Hungary, Slovakia, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Warsaw, Tallinn, Estonia, russia, ukraine

☆ Russia Ramps up Output of Some Military Hardware by More Than Tenfold - State Company
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Sept. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has ramped up the production of some military hardware by more than tenfold to supply its army in Ukraine, significantly increasing the output of missiles, drones, combat vehicles and artillery, Russia's biggest weapons producer said on Tuesday. And for some types of hardware, output had been boosted "by tens of times," said Ozdoev. Rostec, which is sanctioned by the West, is run by Sergei Chemezov, a close Putin ally. It controls 800 Russian civilian and defence entities and is by far Russia's biggest arms producer. The U.S. Treasury calls Rostec "the cornerstone of Russia’s defense, industrial, technology, and manufacturing sectors."

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Ozdoev, Sergei Chemezov, Putin, Rostec, Guy Faulconbridge, Andrew Osborn Organizations: U.S . Treasury Locations: MOSCOW, Russia, Ukraine, Moscow, Rostec, Russian, U.S

☆ Russian attack kills one, causes fire in west Ukrainian city of Lviv - officials
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] Firefighters work at a site of an industrial warehouse damaged by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Lviv, Ukraine September 19, 2023. Lviv governor Maxim Kozitsky said firefighters were tackling the blaze and that a 26-year-old man had been taken to hospital. "I want to emphasise that these are ordinary industrial warehouses. He said Russian forces had launched 18 drones in the attack and that 15 had been shot down, including seven that were directly over the Lviv region. At least seven people were killed in July when a Russian missile slammed into a residential building in Lviv, which is far from front lines.

Persons: Maxim Kozitsky, Andriy Sadovyi, Kozitsky, Lidia Kelly, Anna Pruchnicka, Christopher Cushing, Michael Perry, Timothy Organizations: Press, State Emergency Service of Ukraine, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, Lviv, Russian, Timothy Heritage, Thomson Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Lviv, Russia, Ukrainian, Moscow, Melbourne

Finland is a European Union member that supports sanctions on Russia and the most recent to join NATO. Both Turkey and the UAE have condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine but have not joined Western sanctions and sought to maintain ties with Russia. The latest sanctions package targets Russian companies that repair, develop and manufacture weapons, including the Kalibr cruise missile. Turkey, meanwhile, has tried to balance its close ties with both Russia and Ukraine, positioning itself as a mediator. Including the latest sanctions, the U.S. has targeted almost 3,000 businesses and people since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, according to State.

Persons: Vladimir Putin’s, ” James O’Brien, Putin, O’Brien, “, ” O’Brien, ”, Richard Connolly, Alexander, Lukashenko, ” Connolly, Denis Manturov, Connolly, Tom Keatinge, Andrei Bokarev, Sergei Shoigu, Iskander Makhmudov, Alexei Krivoruchko, Wagner, Otar, Partskhaladze, Antony Blinken, Suzan Fraser, Jon Gambrell, Antony Blinken’s Organizations: United Arab, State, Treasury, NATO, State Department’s Office, Associated Press, State Department, European Union, The State Department, Russia’s Ministry of Defense, Oxford, Western, Russian Industry, Trade, Centre for Financial, Security, Royal United Services Institute, “, U.S, Russian Defense, Russian, Federal Security Service Locations: States, Russia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Georgia, Ukraine, U.S, UAE, Russia’s, Moscow, Finland, European, Belarus, Russian, ”, London, North Korea, Georgian, State, Ankara, Dubai

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