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Over a third of the long-haul aircraft remaining in Russia are not in operation due to problems with spare parts, caused by sanctions, writes Kommersant. According to the publication, out of the 93 foreign wide-body aircraft left in the country, less than 60 are operational. The rest are either in prolonged maintenance or grounded. Engine and parts shortage Engines and components for these aircraft are hard to find. Wide-body aircraft make up only about 16% of the global fleet, which exacerbates the shortage and increases the cost of parts. Sources quoted by the publication claim that attempts to organize engine…

Russia has turned the civil infrastructure of Belarus into a weapon of war, while Ukraine watched everything from within. For six months, Ukrainian IT specialists tracked in real time how Russian drone operators planned their attacks – from launch orders to exact flight paths. Everything was discreetly transmitted to the Ukrainian defense forces, writes euromaidanpress. According to the InformNapalm investigative community, Ukrainian hackers infiltrated the systems of Russian operators and discovered how Moscow used mobile phone towers in Belarus to guide drones over Ukrainian energy infrastructure – and even to test attack routes towards NATO states. Infiltration into Russian military…

In the fifth year of the war initiated by Vladimir Putin, the Russian army is losing more soldiers on the front than it manages to recruit. For three consecutive months, the losses have exceeded the number of those who signed contracts, Western officials and military personnel told Bloomberg. According to them, Russian generals have not changed their strategy and continue to send troops into frontal attacks. Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces have reportedly become more efficient in repelling and neutralizing these assaults. Impact on Moscow’s plans Western sources estimate that this trend could affect the Kremlin’s ability to launch a major offensive…

The European Commission is preparing a legislative proposal aimed at completely banning the import of Russian oil into the European Union, but the document will be officially presented only on April 15, three days after the legislative elections in Hungary. The decision was reportedly taken to prevent Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán from exploiting the issue in the election. Two European officials have stated that the timing of the presentation was deliberately chosen so that the ban on Russian oil would not become a central theme in the Hungarian election campaign, a country heavily dependent on Russian oil imports, according…

Italian investigators are trying to determine how thousands of essential aircraft components disappeared from an Air Force warehouse in Brindisi, amid suspicions of embezzlement and possible resale abroad, reports Euronews. Italian prosecutors are investigating the disappearance of nearly 2,500 components for military aircraft, valued at about 17 million euros, from the Air Force warehouses in Brindisi. According to the Italian press, among the missing parts are modules and electronic systems for Panavia Tornado fighter-bomber aircraft and AMX, as well as for Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport aircraft. The Rome Prosecutor’s Office and the Military Prosecutor’s Office have listed about a dozen…

Since the beginning of Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine, at least 20,000 Ukrainian children have been forcibly deported to Russia, according to Ukrainian authorities. So far, they have managed to bring back 2,000 minors, a difficult process that, in some cases, has taken years, reports Euronews. Among the survivors is Vlad Buriak, now 20 years old, who was 16 when he tried to evacuate from Melitopol, a city in the Zaporizhia region occupied by Russian forces in the early weeks of the invasion. On April 8, 2022, the car in which Vlad was traveling was stopped by Russian troops at…

The reconstruction of Ukraine over the next decade is now estimated at 588 billion dollars according to a joint assessment made by the World Bank, UN, European Commission, and the Ukrainian government, according to Reuters. The announcement comes a day before the marking of four years since the large-scale invasion initiated by Russia. The updated estimate, which covers the period February 2022 – December 2025, is 12% higher than last year. The institutions explain the increase by the accelerated deterioration of the energy infrastructure, where damages have increased by 21% in a single year. However, the assessment does not include…

Hungary’s decision to block a 90 billion euro loan intended for Ukraine has sparked harsh reactions from other European Union member states, who view the move as an act of disloyalty. The leadership of the European Union has strongly accused Budapest of violating the principle of loyal cooperation stipulated in the treaties, after it unexpectedly decided to block the loan in the context of an energy dispute unrelated to the support for Kiev, writes Euronews. The financial assistance program had been agreed upon in December by the heads of state and government, after difficult negotiations, and was in the final…

At first glance, Ieletz (a city in western Russia) in winter looks as if it has been taken out of a Russian fairy tale, but the city located 350 kilometers south of Moscow is far from living a fairy tale life, in the context of Putin’s war, writes BBC. The city has been plastered with posters and advertisements for the recruitment campaign – young people are promised one-time payments of about 17 thousand euros to go and die in Vladimir Putin’s war. The posters feature Russian soldiers aiming with Kalashnikov rifles – “We are where we need to be” is…

The Russian army has lost over 300,000 people in the four years of war in Ukraine, according to independent sources. Although Russian deaths are an open secret, the Kremlin remains silent to avoid further amplifying the growing discontent of Russians towards the military campaign in the neighboring country. Russian soldiers killed in combat are called “Cargo 200” since the time of the war in Afghanistan (1979-1989). At that time, the label accompanying the transport read 200, because this was the maximum weight of the zinc coffin allowed by the Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union, writes Agerpres, quoting EFE.…