The Russian invasion

 

Rob Bauer. TT  

 

The Russian invasion. The outside world's response  

NATO warns that the West's stocks are running out: "The bottom is visible"  

 

The West is running out of weapons to give Ukraine. That's what Nato summit Rob Bauer warned about yesterday, in connection with the Warsaw Security Conference. "The bottom of the barrel" is visible, he states according to the BBC.  

 

Bauer believes that decades of underinvestment have led NATO countries to supply Ukraine with ammunition from already half-empty stockpiles. What is required now, according to him, is increased production.  

 

NATO members are expected to spend two percent of their GDP on defense spending, which James Heappey, Britain's defense minister, urged allies to live up to.  

 

- If it is not now, when there is war in Europe, it is time to spend two percent on defense, then when is it?  

Ukrainian soldier at the front. LIBKOS / AP  

 

The Russian InvasionThe Battles  

Chaos in Washington can hit the front - lack of support worries: "It would be tough" 

 

Ukraine's dependence on US arms support is high and includes everything from expensive tanks to machine guns. Now, concern is growing at the front that the political winds may be about to turn in the United States and support may decrease or cease, reports CNN. 

 

Republicans want to see a tight state budget and suspended aid to Ukraine, and Congress is reeling after Speaker Kevin McCarthy was voted out. Meanwhile, in eastern Ukraine, 

 

Vasyl, 44, trains with the American-made M2 Browning machine gun. He says the weapon works flawlessly, unlike Soviet-era weapons that often jam. He cannot imagine what would happen if Ukraine loses US support. 

 

- I don't know what to say, it would be tough, says Vasyl, but notes that he has little choice but to continue fighting:  

 

- Politics is for politicians. My job here is to fight.

 

Part of the register and one of the addresses linked to the Ministry of the Interior. TT/Dossier Center.  

 

Russian invasionRussian reactions  

Top secret addresses revealed - on the website of the city of Moscow 

 

Russia may have accidentally revealed the secret addresses of a series of top-secret military buildings and spy residences in Moscow, St. Petersburg and several other cities. This is reported by Newsweek with reference to an examination by the Dossier Center digging network. 

 

The details were contained in a 434-page document titled "Special Group" that was temporarily out on the Moscow City website. The register, which has now been removed, listed places where it is important that there are no power cuts. One of the locations that was pointed out is said to belong to President Vladimir Putin's own security service.  

 

Several officials and politicians had signed the document, including Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin.

 

Marina Ovsyannikova. TT 

 

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Journalist is sentenced to eight years in prison in absentia  

 

The Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikova is sentenced to eight and a half years in prison in her absence, writes AFP.  

 

It was in March last year that Ovsyannikova interrupted a news broadcast on the propaganda channel "Channel One" by displaying a placard with the text "Stop the war. Don't believe the propaganda. Everyone is lying here. Russia against war”. 

 

She was helped by Reporters Without Borders to get out of Russia and today lives at various addresses in France.