Source: Russia’s Finance Ministry proposes return to progressive taxes on personal income — Meduza Russia’s Finance Ministry has submitted legislation that would reintroduce progressive taxes on personal income. According to the newspaper Kommersant, which obtained a copy of the draft amendments, the progressive scale would begin with annual incomes exceeding 2.4 million rubles ($27,100) with the …
Source: Bronze statue honoring mutineer Yevgeny Prigozhin appears at St. Petersburg cemetery — Meduza A monument has been erected in honor of Yevgeny Prigozhin in St. Petersburg at Porokhovskoye Cemetery, where the late mercenary leader and one-time insurrectionist is buried. The installation features a granite obelisk bearing Prigozhin’s name, the dates of his birth and …
Source: Third camp for Russian POWs launched in Ukraine The new detention camp for prisoners of war, “Center 3”, was deployed in Ukraine. That’s according to the Hochu Zhyt (I Want to Live) initiative’s Telegram channel, Ukrinform reports. “Due to the large number of Russians who surrendered and the actual blocking of exchanges by the Russian side, …
Source: Netherlands in cooperation with partners planning to assemble Patriot system for Ukraine The Netherlands, together with its partners, is trying to expedite the assembly of a complete Patriot air defense system and send it to Ukraine. Dutch Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren announced this ahead of a meeting of the EU defense ministers, according to …
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3868261-russia-loses-up-to-24000-soldiers-in-ukraine-each-month-scholz.html Russia loses up to 24,000 military personnel each month during the war it is waging against Ukraine. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said this at the “Civil Dialogue” event on Sunday, May 26, Ukrinform reports, citing DW. “There are figures indicating that 24,000 Russian soldiers are killed or seriously wounded each month,” the n-tv website quoted …
Source: Russia producing artillery shells around three times faster than Ukraine’s Western allies – Sky News The Russian industry produces artillery shells about three times faster than Ukraine’s Western allies and about a quarter cheaper. This was reported by Sky News with reference to the figures produced by the management consulting firm Bain & Company. According to …
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/3867772-us-vows-to-destroy-all-russian-positions-in-ukraine-if-moscow-uses-nukes-sikorski.html Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski is skeptical of Russian threats to employ nuclear weapons against Ukraine. The top diplomat spoke in an interview with The Guardian, Ukrinform reports. “The Americans have told the Russians that if you explode a nuke, even if it doesn’t kill anybody, we will hit all your targets [positions] in Ukraine …
Source: Wreck of US submarine that ‘sank the most Japanese warships’ during WWII is found in South China Sea | Fox News The wreck of a U.S. Navy submarine that “sank the most Japanese warships” during World War II has been found in the South China Sea after being missing for nearly 80 years. The USS Harder, which vanished …
Source: Russian jamming of U.S. weapons in Ukraine forces Pentagon to adjust – The Washington Post Many U.S.-made satellite-guided ammunitions in Ukraine have failed to withstand Russian jamming technology, prompting Kyiv to stop using certain types of Western-provided armaments after effectiveness rates plummeted, according to senior Ukrainian military officials and confidential internal Ukrainian assessments obtained …
Source: Zelenskyy: Russia Takes Advantage of Lack of Air Defenses | Newsmax.com Moscow is taking advantage of the lack of both air defenses in Ukraine and reliable capability to destroy Russian launchers, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday following a deadly missile strike on the northeastern city of Kharkiv. “And this weakness is not ours, but …