August 16, 2022

The Ukrainian military attacked Putin's "Wagners".

The Ukrainian military destroyed the headquarters of the mercenaries of the private military company "Wagner" in Lugansk region, which was captured by a precision strike from HIMARS. Local publications are writing about it .

According to him, on the eve of the attack, a Russian journalist exposed the location of mercenaries: he posted his photos on Telegram. After that, mercenaries were hit.

According to the journalist Denis Kazansky, dead and wounded invaders recruited by the Russian Communist Party are now being taken out of the rubble from Russian prisons.

It should be noted that "Wagner" KHK is owned by Yevgeny Prigozhin, who is known in the media as the chef of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Information was published in the press that "Wagner" is Putin's private army.

Russia-Ukraine war

On February 21 of this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree in the Kremlin recognizing the self-proclaimed independent Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) and Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) in eastern Ukraine . Later, the Russian Federation declared that it recognized the republics on the borders of the regions of the same name, increasing the risk of war against Ukraine.

Following Putin's emergency decision, the US , EU, Canada, Australia, Great Britain and Japan officials also introduced sanctions against Russia .

On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that the Russian military had launched a "special military operation" in eastern Ukraine's Donbass, and Russian troops launched an offensive against Ukraine. Putin justified this action by the fact that the leaders of the pro-Russian separatist forces in eastern Ukraine sent such a request .

Earlier, Zelensky addressed the citizens of Russia in Russian and said that Ukrainians "do not need cold, hot, or hybrid war" and that Ukrainians are ready to meet the attackers. Soon after, the President severed diplomatic ties with Russia. President Zelensky declared martial law in the country .

On February 25, Zelensky announced a general military mobilization in Ukraine. It was decided that the call to the army will be carried out in a number of regions and cities of the country.

Russian troops have been attacking Ukraine from the north, east and south until now and have succeeded in occupying a number of territories. But this war led to the isolation of Russia in the world.

The start of the attack on Ukraine dealt a heavy blow to the Russian economy. Shares of Russian companies fell sharply, trading on the Moscow Stock Exchange was at an unprecedented level. Gazprom, LUKOIL and other large companies suffered losses.

After the attack, the European countries and the USA introduced several stages of sanctions against Russia. Russian banks VTB, Bank of Russia, Otkritiya, Novikombank, Promsvyazbank, Sovkombank and VEB.RF have been disconnected from the SWIFT international interbank system. The USA and the European Union have blocked Russia's gold-currency reserves .

European countries, USA, Canada closed their airspace for Russia . Switzerland, which is considered a neutral country, joined these sanctions. Against the background of the war, the process of Ukraine's accession to the European Union accelerated .

European countries have already started to replace the supply of Russian oil. For example, at the end of May, the United Arab Emirates resumed oil supplies to Europe after a two-year break.