Shoigu said that the military conflict in Ukraine was created by the United States – Russia today Posting in CHAT: Russia Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that it was the United States that started the military conflict in Ukraine, and now Washington is deliberately prolonging it in order to maintain the global dominance of Western countries and impose its dictatorship on independent countries. He stated this at a meeting of the defense ministers of the SCO member countries. He emphasized that because of the situation in Ukraine, geopolitical contradictions are growing in the world, the fundamental foundations of strategic stability are being destroyed, moreover, this is leading to a decrease in the role of international institutions, RIA Novosti reports. The conflict in Ukraine began in February-March 2014 after the Euromaidan. Until 2022, it was internal in nature. Earlier, Shoigu stated that the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces since the beginning of the special operation amounted to almost 500 thousand military personnel. Source link Source link
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The metro reported the destruction of the assembly hall and warehouse of drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine – Russia today Posting in CHAT: Russia The Russian army attacked the Merefa Mechanical Plant, where the Ukrainian military assembled and stored drones, said Sergei Lebedev, a representative of the pro-Russian underground. Source link Source link
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Finland will allocate 290 million euros to Ukraine for development – Russia today Posting in CHAT: Russia Finland will allocate 290 million euros to Kyiv in 2024–2028 for development and humanitarian assistance. This is stated on the website of the President of Ukraine. Earlier, Finnish President Alexander Stubb arrived in Kyiv, met with Vladimir Zelensky and signed an agreement on security cooperation and long-term support between the two countries. According to Zelensky, Finland will provide long-term military and financial assistance and is deepening cooperation with Ukraine in the political, financial, humanitarian and reform spheres. After the visit, Stubb said that Finland would send Ukraine another package of military aid worth about 188 million euros, which would include air defense systems and ammunition. Since the beginning of the military conflict in February 2022 and taking into account the new package, Finland has provided two billion euros in aid to Ukraine. Earlier it became known that Finland will purchase JDAM and SDB-I aerial bombs from the United States for F-35 multirole fighters for almost $100 million. Source link Source link