According to the Ukrainian military, a military hospital, several residential buildings and a shopping center was met in the attack. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyj comments on recent escaped attack goals.
– We expect an answer, a serious answer. We work to ensure a reaction. A strong reaction, especially from the US and Europe, is required from everyone in the world who believe in diplomacy. Russia must be forced into peace, only pressure will work, says Ukrainian president.
Attack drone and missiles sweep over Ukraine
TV4’s foreign reporter Johan Fredriksson is on site in Dnipro in Ukraine and says that the missiles that rain over Ukraine still contain components from the western world.
He believes that there are still pressure that can be taken towards Russia.
– It is possible to tighten export restrictions to countries that are friendly to Russia. You can also submit more lifting defense systems and ammunition that can shoot down these attack drones that sweep over Ukraine every night, says Fredriksson, who stands in front of a house that has been broken by the drones.
At the same time, traffic on the Baltic Sea is still driven by the Russian oil, which finances the attack war. A stop and regulations against this could have stopped Russia, says Fredriksson.
Trying to crack the willingness to defense
At the same time, Russia intensifies the attacks.
– The purpose of Vladimir Putin is, of course, to crush the Ukrainian people, try to crack the Ukrainian will, try to get the Ukrainians to turn against the elected leaders, says Johan Fredriksson.
– The Russian side has patience and time to wait for the more untrained and ignorant Trump administration that expects quick results all the time. Vladimir Putin is not interested in Vladimir. He realizes that with this type of drone attacks he crushes the Ukrainian will, you want to try to wear down the resistance of the Ukrainian population.
Mineral extraction important issue
Russia has during the war of seizures focused on taking over Ukraine’s mineral resources, revealing Svt in a review. 40 percent of the country’s natural resources are found in the areas occupied by Russia and on satellite images you can see how Russia extracts and utilizes the natural resources for its own gain.
Russia has taken control of Ukraine’s granite, coal and lithium production with the help of Chinese investors and a total of 316 Russian companies have established themselves in Ukraine during the war.
At the same time, US Trump administration has worked to enter into a mineral agreement with Ukraine. The agreement would give the United States some of Ukraine’s income from the natural resources in exchange for security guarantees to Russia.