The American ISW research institute has said in the past that many Russian soldiers who withdrew from northeastern Ukraine would have refused to go to new battlefields in Ukraine.
We gathered the key news from last night and last night in connection with the war in Ukraine.
Ukrainian media: Explosions in Mykolaiv and Kharkiv
Ukrainian media reported late last Sunday of numerous violent explosions in the cities of Mykolaiv and Kharkiv.
Mykolaiv is located in the southern part of Ukraine near the Black Sea coast and Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine. The news agency Reuters, which quoted Ukrainian media outlets, was unable to independently confirm the data.
Reuters also said at night that a Russian-owned Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrovin said Russian troops would still attack the capital, Kiev.
Kadyrov said on Telegram that “Luhansk and Donetsk will be liberated first”, after which Russian troops will move to Kiev and other cities and villages.
ISW: Russian soldiers are lured into battle with cash bonuses
ISW bases its information on images published by Radio Svoboda of documents dated April 2 by the Russian Ministry of Defense.
The documents promise, among other things, a one-time compensation of 200,000 rubles, or just over 2,280 euros, for the destruction of a helicopter and 50,000 rubles (about 570 euros) for the destruction of an armored vehicle.
Bonuses have been offered to Russians who have withdrawn from Kiev, Chernihiv and Sumy.
ISW has reported in the past on numerous situations in which Russians who have withdrawn from these areas have refused to go to new battlefields in Ukraine.
The World Bank predicts Ukraine’s economy will shrink by 45 percent this year
The World Bank estimates that Ukraine’s economy will shrink by 45 percent this year due to the war.
Companies are caught in Ukraine due to the war, factories and other infrastructure have been destroyed. Much of Ukraine’s workforce has either had to flee the country or workers are struggling.
Russia’s economy, which has been subject to extensive sanctions, is forecast to shrink by 11 percent.
According to the World Bank, the Russian invasion war in Ukraine is causing more economic damage in Eastern Europe than the corona pandemic.
The World Bank estimates that the GDP of Eastern European countries will shrink by more than 30 percent. The situation will also affect the economies of the developing countries of Europe and Central Asia in particular.