Long-awaited Ukraine’s counteroffensive has been delayed due to weather conditions, slow military hardware deliveries, and a low stock of ammunition, the Washington Post reported on April 12.https://t.co/5Lw58I1Pjh
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) April 12, 2023
The US sanctions Chinese, UAE and Turkish companies and people for helping Russia buy materials and equipment for its military: https://t.co/txfrLJk3oW
— Jared Malsin (@jmalsin) April 12, 2023
This follows months in which US officials have been pressuring both Turkey and the UAE over companies doing business with Russia's military industry.
— Jared Malsin (@jmalsin) April 12, 2023
This is the first time the U.S. has sanctioned Turkish companies and people for helping Russia evade sanctions. The U.S. did sanction the Turkish subsidiary of a Russian company called MMK last year (the Turkish branch of the company owns two steel facilities).
— Jared Malsin (@jmalsin) April 12, 2023
An indirect yet very good confirmation that even Russia's closest ally Lukashenko no longer believes in its victory. In the past few months, Belarus has started mass construction of new permanent border posts along the border with Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/y1Py031mSK
— Tadeusz Giczan (@TadeuszGiczan) April 12, 2023
Russian forces captured an elevator and a building today in Bakhmut. However the AFU managed to defend High value targets like the railway station public bathroom containing 5 toilets, and the John Deere repair shop with extensive schematics of tractors. pic.twitter.com/IAXyVulEA0
— Def Mon (@DefMon3) April 12, 2023
Lol. Bakhmut really has slowed to a crawl.