War Archive 2022 02/24 Monitoring Russian and Ukraine War.

[Saif]

US military aid ‘on its way’

American military aid for Ukraine is “on its way”, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in Kyiv yesterday, as Russia pressed on with a new offensive in the northeastern Kharkiv region.

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US military aid 'on its way'
Blinken tells Ukraine as Russia presses on with new offensive in Kharkiv region

American military aid for Ukraine is "on its way", US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in Kyiv yesterday, as Russia pressed on with a new offensive in the northeastern Kharkiv region.

Blinken's trip comes just weeks after the US Congress finally approved a $61 billion financial aid package for Ukraine after months of political wrangling, unlocking much-needed arms for the country's stretched troops.

"In the near term, assistance is now on its way that and that will make a real difference against the Russian aggression," he told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Blinken arrived by overnight train from Poland on his fourth visit to Kyiv since the start of the Russian invasion in February 2022. Zelensky thanked Washington for the aid, saying: "The decision on the package was crucial for us".

He said the biggest deficit for Ukraine was air defence and asked for two Patriot batteries in the Kharkiv region, where Russian forces have been advancing and pounding villages along the border.

At a checkpoint outside the city of Kharkiv, an official said Russian forces had entered Ukraine through "villages on the very border which were complicated for us to defend".

"They are on high ground and are shelling us from there," said the official, Volodymyr Usov. The White House said Monday it was doing "everything" possible to rush weapons to Ukraine.​

 

[Saif]

Russian forces take control of 3 settlements

Russian forces have taken control of two more settlements in Ukraine’s north-east Kharkiv region and one in the southern Zaporizhzhia region, the defence ministry said yesterday, building on a run of incremental gains that have alarmed Kyiv.

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Russian forces take control of 3 settlements

Russian forces have taken control of two more settlements in Ukraine's north-east Kharkiv region and one in the southern Zaporizhzhia region, the defence ministry said yesterday, building on a run of incremental gains that have alarmed Kyiv.

The defence ministry said in a statement that units from Russia's "North" military grouping had captured the settlements of Hlyboke and Lukyantsi in the Kharkiv region after intense fighting and had advanced "deep into the enemy defences."

The ministry spoke of heavy fighting in other parts of Kharkiv region too where it said Russian forces had repelled three Ukrainian counter attacks, reports Reuters.

Blinken announces an additional $2bn in military financing for Kyiv

Moscow's claims came as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced an additional $2bn in foreign military financing from the US for Ukraine while in Kyiv, and said Washington had not explicitly prohibited Ukraine from using Western weapons to strike targets inside Russia.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky cancelled planned trips abroad over the fresh offensive and the military was sending more troops to Kharkiv to hold back Russian advances, Kyiv said.

Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed his country's troops for advancing on "all fronts" on the battlefield in Ukraine, reports AFP.

"In all directions our troops are constantly, every day, improving their positions," Putin said.​

 

[Saif]

Russia escalates the war in Ukraine, aiming to complicate Kyiv’s defence

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Russia escalates the war in Ukraine, aiming to complicate Kyiv's defence
16 May 2024, 12:00 am

Aljazeera :

Russia escalated its aggressive war in Ukraine psychologically, tactically and economically in the past week, as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken admitted, "it's a challenging moment".

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Russian soldiers had begun to train with the Belarusian military in tactical nuclear weapons, which the Kremlin has hinted could be used on the battlefield in Ukraine.

"An escalation is ongoing. What should we do in this situation? We need to keep powder dry, including these lethal weapons," Russian official news agency TASS quoted him as saying.

Russian forces opened a new front in Ukraine's northern Kharkiv region, seizing villages near the border – an offensive Ukrainian officials had warned about days earlier.

Meanwhile in Moscow, President Vladimir Putin named an economist to streamline his Ministry of Defence and nationalise Russian defence industries. Some observers believed that was an indication of Putin's long-term plans to prepare Russia to fight NATO.

Russian forces opened a northern front on Friday, contesting territory they abandoned at the end of May 2022, after failing to capture Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy and Kharkiv, Ukraine's major northern cities.

Ukrainian and Western experts said it aimed to sow panic, divert scant resources before new US weapons arrived, and facilitate territorial gains in Ukraine's east, where the fiercest fighting was taking place.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his Sunday evening address: "The intention of the strikes in Kharkiv Oblast is to stretch our forces and undermine the moral and motivational basis of Ukrainians' ability to defend themselves." "[Russian forces were] likely conducting the initial phase of an offensive operation north of Kharkiv City that has limited operational objectives but is meant to achieve the strategic effect of drawing Ukrainian manpower and materiel from other critical sectors of the front in eastern Ukraine," said the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a Washington-based think tank.

The numbers of Russian troops appeared to confirm this. Ukrainian military commentators Konstantyn Mashovets and Alexander Kovalenko said Russia had committed about 2,000 soldiers to the front line, with about 2,000 more in immediate reserve and almost 4,000 due to arrive within a week of the initial attack.​

 

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[Saif]

Russia presses offensive into Ukraine but holds off key city

On a trip to China, Putin said the latest assault was direct retaliation for Ukraine's shelling of Russia's border regions and his country was trying to create a "security zone"

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Russia presses offensive into Ukraine but holds off key city
AFPKyiv, Ukraine
Published: 18 May 2024, 08: 36

Ukrainian firefighters put out a fire in food warehouse after Russian missile strike to Odesa on 17 May 2024, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine.AFP

Russian forces pressed ahead Friday with an offensive into northeast Ukraine but President Vladimir Putin said there were no current plans to occupy the key city of Kharkiv.

On a trip to China, Putin said the latest assault was direct retaliation for Ukraine's shelling of Russia's border regions and his country was trying to create a "security zone".

Over two years into Russia's invasion, he added there was no intention, at this stage, to take Kharkiv, Ukraine's second city, about 30 kilometres (18 miles) from the border. More than one million people still live there.

Russia launched the surprise offensive into Ukraine's northeast on May 10, sending thousands of troops across the border and unleashing artillery fire on several settlements.

Both countries said Russian troops were still advancing, but Ukraine warned heavy fighting lay ahead.

Russia's defence ministry said its army had "liberated 12 settlements in the Kharkiv region over the last week... and continues to advance deep into enemy defences."

Russian forces took 278 square kilometres (107 square miles) -- their biggest gains in a year-and-a-half -- between 9 and 15 May, AFP has calculated using data from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

'Heavy fighting'

The Ukrainian governor of the Kharkiv region, Oleg Synegubov, said Russian forces were trying to surround Vovchansk, an almost deserted town near the border which had a pre-war population of around 18,000.

"The enemy has actually started to destroy the town. It is not just dangerous to be there, but impossible," Synegubov told a briefing.

He said Ukrainian troops were resisting, but warned Russia was gaining ground near Lukyantsi, a village around 20 kilometres (12 miles) northeast of Kharkiv city.

Kyiv pulled its troops back from that area this week amid heavy fire and has rushed in reinforcements.

Ukraine army chief Oleksandr Syrsky said Russia was trying to force Ukraine to pull up even more troops from its reserves.

"We realise that there will be heavy fighting ahead and the enemy is preparing for it," he said.

Russia hit Kharkiv with more strikes on Friday that killed at least three people and injured 28, the city's Mayor Igor Terekhov said.

Russian strikes in Vovchansk killed a man of 35 and injured another aged 60, regional prosecutors said.

In the southern port city of Odesa, local governor Oleg Kiper said one person was killed and five hospitalised in a bombardment.

Russia has a manpower and ammunition advantage across the front lines, and military analysts say the northeastern offensive could aim to further stretch Ukrainian troops and resources.

Ukraine has evacuated almost 9,000 people from the area since Russia launched the offensive.

Drone wave

Ukrainian drone and shelling attacks on Russian border regions meanwhile killed at least three people, including a child, officials said.

Kyiv launched one of its largest aerial attacks in weeks, firing drones at Russia and the annexed Crimea peninsula overnight.

The Russian military said it intercepted or downed more than 100 Ukrainian drones over the south of the country, Crimea and the Black Sea.

Officials in multiple Russian regions reported damage.

One drone struck a family driving near the border in the Belgorod region, killing a mother and her four-year-old son, the region's governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said.

"The child was in a critical condition. Doctors did everything possible to save him. (But) to much grief, the four-year-old died in hospital," he said.

Shelling on another border village in Russia's Bryansk region on Friday killed one person, the regional governor said.

In the coastal town of Tuapse in the southern Krasnodar region, Ukrainian drones hit an oil refinery for the second time this year, sparking a large fire that was put out, authorities said.

Several fires also erupted after a drone attack on Novorossiysk, a key port city also in the Krasnodar region, local governor Veniamin Kondratyev said.

A source in Ukraine's defence sector confirmed Kyiv had targeted oil facilities in both cities, and also hit an electrical substation in the Russian-controlled port of Sevastopol on the annexed Crimean peninsula.

The city's Russian-installed governor Mikhail Razvozhayev said there had been a "partial blackout" after debris from downed drones damaged a substation.​

 

[Saif]

Russia claims control of Ukrainian village in east

Russia said yesterday its forces had captured the Ukrainian village of Bilogorivka, one of the few remaining settlements in the eastern Lugansk region under Kyiv’s control.

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Russia claims control of Ukrainian village in east

Russia said yesterday its forces had captured the Ukrainian village of Bilogorivka, one of the few remaining settlements in the eastern Lugansk region under Kyiv's control.
Lugansk is one of four Ukrainian regions that Moscow claimed to have annexed in 2022 and taking full control of it has long been a priority for the Kremlin.​

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[Saif]

Russia passes decree to allow seizure of US assets

Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday signed a decree allowing the confiscation of assets inside Russia belonging to the United States, its citizens and companies, to compensate those hit by Western sanctions against Moscow.

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Russia passes decree to allow seizure of US assets

Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday signed a decree allowing the confiscation of assets inside Russia belonging to the United States, its citizens and companies, to compensate those hit by Western sanctions against Moscow.

The West froze around $300 billion of Russian financial assets, mostly its central bank reserves, after Moscow ordered troops into Ukraine in February 2022.

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[Saif]

Deadly strikes rock Kharkiv as Russia claims fresh advances

Russian strikes on Ukraine's second-largest city Kharkiv kill at least seven people, as Moscow claims fresh advances in the region, leaving dozens wounded and infrastructure damaged.

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Deadly strikes rock Kharkiv as Russia claims fresh advances
AFPKharkiv, Ukraine
Published: 24 May 2024, 09: 49

Russian strikes on Ukraine's second-largest city Kharkiv killed at least seven people with dozens more wounded, authorities said Thursday, as Moscow claimed fresh advances on the front line.

The northeast border region surrounding Kharkiv has become the latest flashpoint of the war after Russian forces launched a surprise ground offensive this month, forcing the evacuation of thousands of residents.

The barrage of more than a dozen strikes came as Moscow said it captured Andriivka in the industrial Donetsk region, one of the few villages Ukraine wrested back in its lacklustre counteroffensive last summer.

Kyiv's forces are suffering manpower and ammunition shortages and struggling to hold off Russian attacks.

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[Lulldapull]

Pakistan is being tapped to provide our sarrak k jihadi for the killing fields of Ukraine. Lot of chatter online now toward this eventuality. The US and UK run the jihadi show bhai…..this is totally their domain and we have an endless supply of cannon fodder. Kashmir is frozen due to geopolitical reasons and Afghanistan is off limits now after the talibunny takeover. We are $300 billion in da hole…..Laakhon jihadi we can provide to get minced in the Ukraine cauldron, to get our debt wiped clean.

 

[Old School]

Pakistan is being tapped to provide our sarrak k jihadi for the killing fields of Ukraine. Lot of chatter online now toward this eventuality. The US and UK run the jihadi show bhai…..this is totally their domain and we have an endless supply of cannon fodder. Kashmir is frozen due to geopolitical reasons and Afghanistan is off limits now after the talibunny takeover. We are $300 billion in da hole…..Laakhon jihadi we can provide to get minced in the Ukraine cauldron, to get our debt wiped clean.

Most Pakistani children now consider posh restaurants and shopping malls to be the measurement of development. I have already given up any hope for the country.

 

[Lulldapull]

Most Pakistani children now consider posh restaurants and shopping malls to be the measurement of development. I have already given up any hope for the country.

I was hoping we learnt our lesson in yemen after the Maarib disaster of Raheel Sharif sahb and the good sense of Mian sahb to extricate our poor sods from that meat grinder. Now if our establishment sends our people to die in Ukraine as mercs.....I will seriously lose all respect for them. They can't treat our ghareeb as cannon fodder. It will be a real shame.

 

[Old School]

[H1]Ukraine likely inflated own combat successes – Forbes[/H1]
Kiev's claims of downing Russian planes aren't backed by available evidence, the Western publican said.
Forbes wrote on Monday that Ukraine has likely exaggerated the number of reported downings of Russian aircraft. The American business magazine analyzed the statements made by Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky and the country's Defense Ministry and concluded that not all of them can be independently verified.
Kiev claimed that its 110th Mechanized Brigade had shot down seven Russian Su-25 attack aircraft between May 4 and May 25. And yet, only two supposed shootdowns were backed by some sort of visual evidence, Forbes noted, referring to "a grainy photo of something burning on the ground," and a video that "might depict a missile hitting a low-flying jet," respectively.
Ukraine likely inflated own combat successes – Forbes — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union

 

[Lulldapull]

Bewquff jungli khotay! they think F-sola goin turn the tide?......Iss-toopid people, do mint k ander rhusshian nay in ko tabah ker dena hae:

Ukraine will acquire F-16 fighter jets ‘very soon’: Defense minister

Defense Minister Umerov said some half of its desperately-needed foreign military aid is arriving late.

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[Saif]

It will be ‘difficult’ to attend Ukraine peace talks without Russia: China

China said Friday it would be ‘difficult’ for it to take part in a planned conference on the war in Ukraine next month if Russia did not attend...

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It will be 'difficult' to attend Ukraine peace talks without Russia: China
Agence France-Presse . Beijing/ Prague 31 May, 2024, 21:57

| AFP file photo.

China said Friday it would be 'difficult' for it to take part in a planned conference on the war in Ukraine next month if Russia did not attend.

While China says it is a neutral party in the Ukraine conflict, it has been criticised for refusing to condemn Moscow for its offensive.

Ukraine is trying to whip up attendance at the June peace conference in Switzerland, where it hopes to win broad international backing for its vision of the terms needed to end Russia's war.

While President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged China to take part, Beijing insisted on Friday that any summit would need the participation of Russia, which Ukraine has rejected.

Beijing believes the conference 'should have the recognition of Russia and Ukraine, equal participation of all parties and fair discussion of all peace plans,' foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said.

'Otherwise, it is difficult for the conference to play a substantive role in restoring peace,' she added.

'The arrangement of the meeting still falls short of China's requirements and the expectations of the international community, making it difficult for China to attend,' Mao said.

Moscow has dismissed the idea of a peace summit without Russia as 'absurd'.

On the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore Friday, China's top defence official reiterated Beijing's 'objective, impartial position' on the war, according to a spokesman.

'We have honoured our commitment not to provide weapons to either side of the conflict,' spokesman Wu Qian said, following the rare meeting between US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and China's Dong Jun.

'We have implemented strict controls on exports of military items,' Wu said.

'China will continue resolutely to promote peace talks and play a constructive role, but we firmly oppose the United States shifting blame onto us,' he added.

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Friday called on members to commit to keeping annual military aid for Ukraine at a minimum of 40 billion euros ($43 billion), after alliance foreign ministers debated long-term support for Kyiv.

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[Saif]

Turkey opposes NATO takes part in Ukraine war

Turkey’s foreign minister said Friday that his country did not want NATO to ‘take part’ in the Ukraine war as other alliance members allow Kyiv to strike...

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Turkey opposes NATO takes part in Ukraine war
Agence France-Presse . Ankara 02 June, 2024, 02:03

Sympathisers and members of Hungarian parties FIDESZ and Christian Democratic Party march in Budapest on Saturday during their Peace March to demonstrate for the peace in Ukraine one week before the EU election. | AFP photo
Turkey's foreign minister said Friday that his country did not want NATO to 'take part' in the Ukraine war as other alliance members allow Kyiv to strike Russia with their weapons.

'We support the continuation of aid to Ukraine and Ukraine's capacity for dissuasion (against Russia), but we do not want NATO to take part in this war,' Hakan Fidan said after a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Prague.

'We think a balance must be maintained between these two things, both by the member states and by NATO' overall, he added, warning that the conflict could spread regionally and spark worse crises.

Turkey has managed to tread a fine diplomatic line by maintaining ties with both Russia and Ukraine since Moscow invaded its pro-Western neighbour in February 2022.

Washington on Thursday gave the green light for Ukraine to use US weapons to defend its Kharkiv region on the border with Russia, overcoming previous concerns that authorising such strikes could drag NATO into a direct conflict with Russia.

Germany on Friday said it too had given Ukraine permission to fire German-delivered weapons at targets in Russia.

Italy's foreign minister repeated his opposition Saturday to Ukraine using Italian weapons inside Russia, warning of a 'delicate' situation where 'rash' moves must be avoided.

Support is growing among NATO allies for allowing Ukraine to use Western-donated weapons to strike inside Russian territory—but Rome, a founding member of the alliance, remains opposed.

'It is a very delicate moment, we must not make false steps' and must avoid 'rash steps and declarations', Antonio Tajani told a meeting in Rapallo, northwest Italy, according to the AGI and ANSA news agencies.

He added that 'even the US has not authorised the indiscriminate use of its weapons against Russia, but only to strike a base from where the drones depart. They too are very cautious', AGI reported.

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[Lulldapull]

A good roundup of armored warfare situation. Just incredible claims on equipment destroyed:

Abrams, Leopard, Challenger – Ukraine Becomes Graveyard For Main Battle Tanks; But MBTs Are Evolving To Avoid Obsolescence

Is the dominance of tanks in modern wars coming to an end? This question is increasingly attracting the attention of military experts as the ongoing war in Ukraine and the second Nagorno-Karabakh War between Armenia and Azerbaijan not long before have witnessed staggering numbers of tanks being...

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[Saif]

Russian forces kill one in east Ukraine

Russian forces killed one person and wounded five more in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, which is suffering the most intense assaults from Moscow’s army, regional authorities said on Wednesday...

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Russian forces kill one in east Ukraine
Agence France-Presse . Kyiv, Ukraine 06 June, 2024, 00:47

Russian forces killed one person and wounded five more in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, which is suffering the most intense assaults from Moscow's army, regional authorities said on Wednesday.

The Kremlin claimed to have annexed the Donetsk region along with three other regions in 2022, despite not fully controlling them and Russian-backed separatists have held the region's main city of Donetsk since 2014.

'One person was killed and five were wounded. These are the consequences of bombardments this morning in the Donetsk region,' it's governor Vadym Filashkin said on social media.

He said one civilian was killed and four others wounded near the town of Toretsk and that another person was wounded by a separate aerial attack on the frontline town of Selydove.

The Kremlin says its forces only target military infrastructure in Ukraine and AFP was unable to independently confirm details of the attack.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said this week that Russian forces were focusing their main firepower on the Donetsk region and not the northeastern Kharkiv region where they launched a new offensive last month.​

 

[Saif]

Russia destroyed half of Ukraine’s power generation

Russian strikes on Ukraine’s energy facilities have destroyed half of its electricity generation capacity since winter, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said yesterday.

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Russia destroyed half of Ukraine's power generation
Says Zelensky, urges allies to supply more air defence systems

Russian strikes on Ukraine's energy facilities have destroyed half of its electricity generation capacity since winter, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said yesterday.

Months of Russian strikes have caused severe energy shortages in Ukraine, leading to scheduled power outages and blackouts.

"As a result of the strikes of Russian missiles and drones, nine gigawatts of capacity have already been destroyed. The peak of electricity consumption last winter was 18 gigawatts. So half now doesn't exist," Zelensky told a conference in Berlin.

Zelensky also urged allies to supply more air defence systems, saying: "It is missile and bomb terror that helps Russian troops advance on the ground."

"Air defence is the answer," he said. Ukraine's state power operator said it was extending scheduled outages around the country because of increased consumption.

"Today... the period of application of hourly outage schedules throughout Ukraine has been extended -- restrictions will be imposed from 2:00 pm to 11:00 pm," Ukrenergo said in a statement.
The company had announced outages on Monday between 4:00pm-10:00 pm and had said outages would continue between 2:00pm-7:00pm yesterday.

"The reason is that consumption continues to grow. At the same time, due to extensive damage, Ukrainian power plants cannot produce as much electricity as before the attacks," the company said.

Zelensky said the strikes showed Russian President Vladimir Putin was trying to "hone the practice of destroying energy facilities" including connections between the Ukrainian and European energy systems.

Ukrenergo chairman Volodymyr Kudrytsky said last week that it could take "years" for Ukraine to restore its full generating capacity.​

 

[Saif]

US unveils sweeping sanctions on Russia

The United States announced a raft of sanctions on Wednesday aimed at constraining Moscow’s war in Ukraine while raising the stakes for foreign banks that still deal with Russia, ahead of G7 leaders’ talks this week...

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US unveils sweeping sanctions on Russia
Agence France-Presse . Washington 13 June, 2024, 00:06

The United States announced a raft of sanctions on Wednesday aimed at constraining Moscow's war in Ukraine while raising the stakes for foreign banks that still deal with Russia, ahead of G7 leaders' talks this week.

The Treasury Department and State Department's sanctions hit more than 300 targets, including entities in Russia and in countries like China, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.

Those designated include the Moscow Exchange and several subsidiaries, a move set to complicate billions of dollars in transactions, as well as entities involved in three liquefied natural gas projects.

'Today's actions strike at their remaining avenues for international materials and equipment, including their reliance on critical supplies from third countries,' said treasury secretary Janet Yellen.

'We are increasing the risk for financial institutions dealing with Russia's war economy and eliminating paths for evasion, and diminishing Russia's ability to benefit from access to foreign technology, equipment, software, and IT services,' she added.

Secretary of state Antony Blinken said separately that the United States 'remains concerned by the scale and breadth of exports' from China to Russia, supplying Moscow's military industry.

Besides fresh sanctions, the Treasury is broadening its definition of Russia's 'military-industrial base.'

Until now, foreign banks could be sanctioned for supporting Russia's defence industry. The latest step expands the reach of so-called secondary sanctions to all Russian individuals and entities that have already been impacted by US sanctions.

This means foreign financial institutions could be hit for conducting transactions involving any blocked person or designated Russian banks like VTB or Sberbank — with the list of exposed targets growing from over 1,000 to about 4,500.

Washington is also restricting the supply of IT services and certain software support to people in Russia.

The latest sanctions impact transnational networks, hitting more than 90 people and entities in places like China, South Africa, Turkey and the UAE, the Treasury said.

The United States charges that goods and services from these foreign networks helped Russia to sustain its war and avoid sanctions.

A senior US official told reporters Wednesday that efforts to restrict Russia's ability to sustain the war in Ukraine have had a 'significant impact.'

'Global exports to Russia have fallen by almost $90 billion, and US exports to Russia have essentially halted for everything but certain medical items like vaccines,' the official added.

The Treasury also expanded its list of information for five sanctioned Russian financial institutions to include addresses and aliases of their foreign locations.

In a separate statement, the Commerce Department said it was adding eight Hong Kong addresses to a blacklist, in a move targeting shell companies.

The addresses listed will impact almost $100 million in high-priority items including semiconductors, the US official said, adding that much of the circumvention appears to be going through entities in China.

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[Lulldapull]

Damn! Even if it’s half this figure of daily production, it it just a devastating number being produced. I wonder how many Russians firing on Ukraine daily. This level of production is truly off the scale. And with the laser guidance kits these rounds become guided bhai, that means one shot, something gets destroyed. Totally ridiculous: