Attack On Europe: Documenting Russian Equipment Losses During The 2022 Russian Invasion Of Ukraine (2 year anniversary)

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France announces more Mirage fighter jets, Tomahawk negotiations still ongoing, Starmer says

Kyiv Independent (24 Oct):

“French President Emmanuel Macron on Oct. 24 announced that his country would provide Ukraine with “additional Aster missiles, new training programs, and new Mirage” fighter jets in the coming days, without providing further details.

The Aster is a surface-to-air missile used in the SAMP/T air defenses. France has previously supplied Ukraine with the air defense system, as well as several Mirage 2000 fighter jets.

“We need to continue to step up our military support to Ukraine — air defense capacities, long-range capabilities, drones, and anti-drone systems,” Macron said.

France and the U.K. have previously provided Ukraine with SCALP/Storm Shadow missiles, most recently used to strike a Russian chemical plant in Bryansk on Oct. 21.

The announcement came as President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders met in London on Oct. 24 for a summit of the “Coalition of the Willing,” a European-led initiative launched by the U.K. and France...

...U.K. Prime Minster Kier Starmer said that negotiations over Tomahawks were still ongoing.

“We are still working on it,” he said.”

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Trump Sanctions hitting Russia’s State oil company (Rosneft) hard and fast.

Reuters reports (23 Oct):

“NEW DELHI, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Privately-owned Reliance Industries will stop importing oil under its long-term deal to buy nearly 500,000 barrels per day of crude from Russian oil major Rosneft, after the oil producer was sanctioned by the United States, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said on Thursday.

Reliance, the top Indian buyer of Russian crude, also buys Russian oil from the spot market (so a total of more than a half million barrels per day lost to Russia, from just this one customer), for its refining complex the world’s biggest, with a capacity to process 1.4 million bpd of oil.”