Modi to Skip Annual Putin Summit Over Ukraine Nuke Threats
Bloomberg skrev:Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi won’t be holding an annual in-person summit with Vladimir Putin after the Russian president threatened to use nuclear weapons in the war in Ukraine, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
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It would mark only the second time the leaders of India and Russia haven’t met face to face since 2000, when the relationship was elevated to a strategic partnership. The summit, usually held in December, was canceled just once in 2020 at the height of the pandemic.
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India’s decision was clear at a regional summit held in September in Uzbekistan, when Modi urged Putin to seek peace in Ukraine, said a Russian official familiar with the preparations, who asked not to be identified to discuss matters that aren’t public.
Har neutrala länder tröttnat på Putins krig och kärnvapenhot?
Pentagon gives Ukraine green light for drone strikes inside Russia
The Times skrev:The Pentagon has given a tacit endorsement of Ukraine’s long-range attacks on targets inside Russia after President Putin’s multiple missile strikes against Kyiv’s critical infrastructure.
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“We’re still using the same escalatory calculations but the fear of escalation has changed since the beginning,” a US defence source told The Times. “It’s different now. This is because the calculus of war has changed as a result of the suffering and brutality the Ukrainians are being subjected to by the Russians.”
Washington is now less concerned that new long-range strikes inside Russia could lead to a dramatic escalation. Moscow’s revenge attacks have to date all involved conventional missile strikes against civilian targets. Previously, the Pentagon was warier of Ukraine attacking Russia because it feared the Kremlin would retaliate either with tactical nuclear weapons or by targeting neighbouring Nato nations.
USA räds inte längre ukrainska drönarattacker långt inne i Ryssland.
Russia’s apparent resilience is being kept up by policy tricks and cash
The Times skrev:Nonetheless, this hand-wringing about western sanctions is misplaced. When one looks beyond Russian official data, which is in any case heavily censored, it is clear that the cumulative effect of sanctions is having a dire effect on Russian living standards as well as hampering efforts to supply its military machine. That is undermining public support in Russia for the war, as a recent leaked Kremlin poll confirmed. What’s more, the simple fact that the West was able to agree on the oil price cap, despite significant repercussions for key sectors including shipping and insurance in countries such as Greece, Cyprus and Malta, sends a powerful signal to Moscow of the West’s continued unity and resolve.
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In fact, the evidence suggests that many sectors are being hit hard by sanctions. Gas exports had collapsed by 40 per cent by the third quarter of the year. Coal exports are down by 9 per cent. Automobile sector output was down by a remarkable 77.4 per cent in September, due to shortages of components. Ironically, the strong ruble has added to the difficulties faced by exporters in non-energy sectors such as manufactured goods, chemicals, food and steel, as it has undermined their competitiveness.
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The reality is that Russia is losing the economic war, just as it is losing the war on the battlefield. Real incomes in Russia are already estimated to be 10 per cent lower today than in 2014, when Putin first invaded Ukraine. Nor does he have any good options to reorient the Russian economy to make up for lost western trade. The West needs to keep piling on the pressure, not least by pressing third countries not to help Moscow circumvent sanctions. Putin thought Europeans would buckle in the face of Russian economic pressure this winter. Instead, their gas storage is full and they have just implemented a Russian oil embargo and price cap. On this, as on so much else, he miscalculated.
Vem är det som har störst uthållighet?
EU Council decides on 18 billion package for Ukraine despite Hungary's veto
Ukrainska Pravda skrev:Despite the Hungarian veto, the Council of the European Union has reached an agreement on a legislative package that will allow the European Union to provide Ukraine with financial assistance in the amount of EUR18bln in 2023.
Därmed borde Ukraina överleva även nästa år.
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2. KamAZ 6x6 (613 förluster)
3. Ural-4320 (550 förluster)
4. BTR-82A(M) (370 förluster)
5. MT-LB (340 förluster)
6. T-72B3 (248 förluster)
7. BMP-1(P) (227 förluster)
8. T-72B (216 förluster)
9. BMP-3 (205 förluster)
10. T-72B3 Obr. 2016 (189 förluster)
11. T-80BV (189 förluster)
12. BMD-2 (188 förluster)
13. MT-LBVM(K) (150 förluster)
14. BTR-80 (141 förluster)
15. Ural-4320 tanker (141 förluster)
16. GAZ Tigr-M (127 förluster)
17. Ural-43206 (105 förluster)
18. KamAZ 6x6 tanker (104 förluster)
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