29-Mar-2024  Srinagar booked.net

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One-Year Of Russia-Ukraine War; What Do We Know So Far

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As the Russia-Ukraine war entered in its second year on Friday with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy promising to do everything to defeat Russia this year; the war has displaced more than 18.8 million people, the fighting and sanctions from the international diplomacy continue since the Russian invasion began in February 2022.

As per the Ukraine’s military, Russia had doubled the number of ships across the Black Sea which looks like a preparation for more missile attacks, however, Russian forces claimed to have killed 240 Ukrainian soldiers over the past 24 hours.

Ukraine’s neighbour, Poland has sent 14 Leopard A2 tanks to Ukraine.  

“A year ago, tanks went to Ukraine to deprive Ukrainians of their freedom,” Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced on Friday.

“Today, tanks have also entered Ukraine, but to protect freedom,” he said.

Meanwhile, China has introduced a 12-point plan to end the war. While Zelenskyy welcomed some elements of the Chinese proposal, he maintained that a country where a war is being fought should be the initiator of a peace plan.

US President Joe Biden slammed china’s plan stating that he saw nothing in the Chinese plan “that would be beneficial to anyone other than Russia”.

 

Whereas USA announced a $2bn package of military aid for Ukraine and a raft of additional sanctions and tariffs hitting Russia’s mining and metals industries, as well as companies from third countries accused of supplying Moscow, Group of Seven (G7) members Britain and Canada unveiled similar measures, as did the 27-nation European Union.  

Also, EU sanctions include tighter export restrictions, designed to cut off more Russian banks, including the private Alfa-Bank and the online bank Tinkoff, from the global system SWIFT and cut trade between the EU and Russia by more than 10 billion euros ($10.5bn).

Moreover, the Global financial crimes watchdog Financial Action Task Force (FATF) suspended Russia’s membership, saying Russia’s war in Ukraine violated the organisation’s principles.