According to research, the Russian President has been under increased criticism when it was revealed that his country lost more than 500 tanks during its savage invasion of Ukraine. According to the Oryx project, which analyses the loss of equipment on both sides based on images, 257 tanks have been destroyed, nine have been
According to Ukraine’s military forces, Putin has lost more than 680 tanks.
Meanwhile, regular Russians’ lives are becoming increasingly tough as their leader’s terrible war on Ukraine proceeds.
After Visa and MasterCard payments were restricted in Moscow, Russians were unable to shop online using their China’s Union Pay.
damaged, 40 have been abandoned, and 200 have been taken by Ukraine.
According to the daily newspaper Kommersant, foreign online stores have now barred payments from all cards issued in Russia, including UnionPay cards.
Following the closure of Visa and Mastercard in Russia, many Russians anticipated to be able to pay with cards issued by Chinese banks.
In Russia, an estimated 500,000 UnionPay credit cards are in circulation.
These payments, however, have already been halted.
On Friday, huge explosions could be heard in Kyiv as battle continued in the east.
The blasts seemed to be among the most powerful in Ukraine’s capital region since Russian soldiers withdrew earlier this month in preparation for fights in the south and east.
It occurred after Ukraine claimed credit for destroying the Russian navy’s Black Sea flagship, inflicting one of the war’s most severe blows.
Ukraine said it fired a Neptune anti-ship missile against the Moskva missile cruiser. The Soviet-era ship sank on Thursday while being hauled to dock after a fire and explosions, according to Russia’s defence ministry.
According to the government, around 500 crew members were evacuated without any mention of an assault.
The loss of the ship comes as Russia’s military continues to shell Ukrainian towns on the Black Sea over 50 days after invading the country to drive out “far-right nationalists.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky offered tribute to all “those who blocked the unending convoys of Russian troops.”
