https://freerepublic.com/tag/4yearsstillnotourwar/ en-us Sat, 15 Aug 2026 23:38:00 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4391961/posts State-owned VEB.RF (Vnesheconombank) has stated that Russia cannot win the economic confrontation with the West as long as Western countries continue to support Ukraine. According to him, the Russian economy is facing rising costs, falling investment, and technological lag, reports The Moscow Times. The bank's chief economist, Andrei Klepach, said during a session of the Nikitsky Club that sanctions and the Western blockade are increasing the costs of the Russian economy, and that Ukrainian strikes on ports, infrastructure, chemical plants, and oil refineries are causing ever-greater damage to Russia. Klepach stated that Russia is losing the technological and economic competition... RBC-Ukraine https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4391961/posts#comment Sat, 15 Aug 2026 23:38:00 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4391605/posts Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine has just a tenth of interceptor missiles it needs from the US to defend itself from Russia’s increased ballistic missile attacks. CNN’s Nick Paton Walsh reports from Kyiv. CNN https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4391605/posts#comment Thu, 13 Aug 2026 01:42:43 GMT