BBC documents by name 3,502 killed #Russian military, National Guard, police, FSB, etc members during #UkraineRussianWar in #Ukraine. DNR ombudsman reveals 2,061 killed & 8,509 wounded members of all DNR separatist formations. Some 1,000 are killed in LNR. bbc.com/russian/featur…
"European Union’s executive arm is expected to recommend next week that Ukraine be granted candidate status, a key step on the long path to EU membership, according to people familiar with the matter." 1/ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
"A final European Commission opinion, even if positive, would need the approval of member states before Ukraine is officially granted the status.... The membership process includes an arduous set of steps and conditions that can normally last more than a decade..." 2/
"Germany said an outcome could be conditional candidate status, the officials said. Denmark said that Ukraine does not sufficiently fulfil criteria related to the stability of institutions guaranteeing democracy, the rule of law, human rights and respect for ... minorities." 3/
#Zelenskyy presidential office adviser states that #Ukrainian military casualties are now 100-200 killed per day. It equals 3,000-6,200 killed per month. Typical wounded ratio suggests that 500-1,000 are wounded per day that equals 15,000-30,000 per month. bbc.com/ukrainian/news…
Officially admitted #Ukrainian military losses of 100-200 killed per day in #UkraineRussiaWar exclude missing in action & apparently SBU, police & other non-military personnel. Armchair warriors, who push to continue the war to the last Ukrainian, need to go & fight themselves.
More evidence that #Russia plans to annex #Donbas: New prime minister of separatist DNR is ex-head of department of Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia. Two other #Russian ex-officials are his deputies. Recently killed Russian general was commander of DNR military. #Ukraine
Member of #Ukraine parliament from #Zelenskyy party, who choose to stay in #Russian-occupied #Kherson, said that first deputy head of presidential administration of #Russia stated at their meeting there "that Russia is here seriously and for a long time." pravda.com.ua/news/2022/06/8…
Various evidence shows that #Russia also plans to annex #Kherson Region, parts of #Zaporizhzhia & #Kharkiv regions & other parts of Eastern & Southern #Ukraine that it would manage to occupy. Russia appointed there administrations led by local pro-Russian politicians & officials.
This report is consistent with my daily examination of dozens of videos. They show that artillery & missile strikes by #Russian, separatist & #Ukrainian forces are most deadly weapons in #UkraineWar. And #Russia has big advantage in artillery & missiles. cbc.ca/news/world/eas…
It was clear from start of #RussiaUkraineWar that #Russia has such big military advantage over #Ukraine & that gambling on defeating #Russia against all odds would cost large number of #Ukrainian lives & territory, compared to possible peace deal. But many backed such gamble.
And various other such media reports: "The Fight to Survive Russia’s Onslaught in Eastern Ukraine. The war has become, as one Ukrainian soldier put it, a game of “artillery Ping-Pong.” newyorker.com/news/dispatch/…
"When a country like Ukraine, which provides food for 400 million people, is out of the market, it creates market volatility..., with 36 countries importing more than 50 per cent of their grain from that region." #UkraineRussianWar#Ukraine️war#Russiaun.org/press/en/2022/…
#Zelenskyy about #Ukrainian military casualties during #RussiaUkraineWar : "The situation is very difficult, 60-100 soldiers per day die in combat and about 500 are wounded in combat." This would equal 1,800-3,100 killed & 15,000-15,500 wounded per month. pravda.com.ua/news/2022/06/1…
#Zelenskyy statement about 60-100 soldiers killed & about 500 wounded per day in combat is minimal casualty number. Missing in action, who are killed, are not reported as killed. Casualty numbers also likely exclude territorial defense, police, SBU, etc & non-combat casualties.