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This seems like the low hanging fruit that should have been sent to Ukraine in March. Why the hold up?
 
STOCKHOLM, June 2 (Reuters) - Sweden will provide Ukraine with more economic aid and military equipment, including anti-ship missiles, rifles and anti-tank weapons, Finance Minister Mikael Damberg and Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist said on Thursday.

"The proposals that are submitted (to parliament) mean that allocated funds for the central government budget will increase by SEK 1.0 billion ($102 million) in 2022," the Nordic country's finance ministry said in a statement.


"In solidarity with Ukraine, and as part of the international response to Russia's actions, the government sees a continuing need to support Ukraine," it said.

Sweden in February announced it would send military materiel including 5,000 anti-tank weapons, helmets and body armour to Ukraine, and in March announced it would send another 5,000 anti-tank weapons.

($1 = 9.7963 Swedish crowns)

Sweden to supply more military aid including anti-ship missiles to Ukraine

Sweden will provide Ukraine with more economic aid and military equipment, including anti-ship missiles, rifles and anti-tank weapons, Finance Minister Mikael Damberg and Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist said on Thursday.
www.reuters.com


June 2 (Reuters) - Russia is currently occupying about 20% of Ukraine's territory, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told Luxembourg's parliament in a video address on Thursday.

"We have to defend ourselves against almost the entire Russian army. All combat-ready Russian military formations are involved in this aggression," he said, adding that the front lines of battle stretched across more than 1,000 kilometres (620 miles).

Russia occupies 20% of Ukraine's territory- Zelenskiy

Russia is currently occupying about 20% of Ukraine's territory, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told Luxembourg's parliament in a video address on Thursday.
www.reuters.com

Also, Reuters reports that the Kremlin confirms the resignation of Valentin Yumashev, Yeltsin's son-in-law.
 
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One thing that seems to be absent lately would be news as to treatment of the Ukrainian forces taken prisoner in Mariupol. I would suspect that the Russians may have done what they were threatening do at the beginning of the siege by executing them secretly.
 
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All I can say is that if Putin thought he could scare the Swedes from joining NATO, he must be really pissed with them now
 
Apparently that link didn't work. Summary follows.

'Everything is gone': Russian business hit hard by tech sanctions

Export controls placed on supply of chips and hardware over Ukraine war dent economy's prospects

Russian companies have been plunged into a technological crisis by western sanctions that have created severe bottlenecks in the supply of semiconductors, electrical equipment and the hardware needed to power the nation's data centres.

Since sanctions came into force, Russia's main cloud service groups — Yandex, VK Cloud Solutions and SberCloud — have experienced a surge in demand for their services because most Russian companies are no longer willing to host their applications in data centres abroad, according to analysts at marketing intelligence group IDC. VK Cloud Solutions wrote to the Kremlin last month requesting urgent help to find "tens of thousands of servers", according to local media reports. Domestic companies are no longer able to source these from Western companies, and a shortage of the advanced chips that go into servers is preventing Russian IT manufacturers from ramping up production of their own.

With the country unable to export much of its raw materials, import critical goods or access global financial markets, economists expect Russia's gross domestic product to contract by as much as 15 per cent this year.
 
Robot 17. Short ranged but very compact.
Good Swedish robot, tack så mycket.

Sweden To Provide Robot 17 Missiles to Ukraine - Overt Defense

While the US decision to transfer M142 HIMARS to Ukraine will undoubtedly overshadow Sweden’s latest Ukrainian aid announcement the Swedish package is significant. At a joint press conference earlier today… Continue reading "Sweden To Provide Robot 17 Missiles to Ukraine"
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In Ukraine, there is a kind of self-imposed embargo on the news about POWs of Mariupol. Officials say that negotiations continue.
 
vikingBerserker said:
I'm guessing Russia is about to lose another colonel
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I have to admit. Hearing a Russian senior officer compare the invasion to the Russian / Finland war which I believe isn't taught in Russia. Says a lot about the losses and general confusion so evident in the initial weeks of the invasion of Ukraine.

I did like the bit at the end when they contacted these people and played the tapes back to them
 
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