Putin beordrar styrkor att gå in i Ukraina - INVASION NU (2022-02-24)

Moscow’s nearly two-year war in Ukraine has likely led to a shortage of health-care professionals across Russia, the U.K. Defense Ministry said in its February 11 conflict update. The statement noted that Russia's Health Ministry in November 2023 said the medical sector lacked about 26,500 doctors and 58,200 nursing staff. The U.K. statement said there is a “significant shortage” of doctors in 22 regions and a “severe” shortage assessed in another seven regions. “The heavy resource and financial burden of supporting Russia’s war in Ukraine is negatively affecting a range of civilian services” in Russia, it said.

Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) accused Rosaviatsia of "hijacking" almost 60 airplanes and helicopters to "unfriendly" countries — Russian media.

Last week, as part of the case, searches took place at the Rosaviatsia central office on Leningradsky Prospekt in Moscow: FSB and Interior Ministry officers seized documents in the offices of high-ranking officials.

According to Russian media:

📍 Of the 56 aircraft, 36 were deregistered by Rosaviatsia due to sale to other countries;
📍 At least three Mi-8 helicopters later took part in fighting in the war on the Ukrainian side.

According to a source in the Ministry of Transport, Rosaviatsia employees withdrew equipment from the State Register of Civil Aircraft without a full set of documents, as well as provided contradictory and unreliable information about the presence of the aircraft outside Russia. Of the 59 aircraft illegally removed from Russian jurisdiction, 36 were sold. Residents of states outside the EAEU became the buyers of 21 aircraft, and eight of them were sold to "unfriendly" countries. At the same time, the aircraft left Russia under the pretext of charter flights or other programs and had to return back, the interlocutor in the Ministry of Transport stressed.

Svenska ”budgetbomber” skickade till Ukraina
Svenska Saab har i tysthet levererat bomber till Ukraina som en del av ett amerikanskt stödpaket, skriver Di.

Bomben i fråga är Saabs budgetmodell Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB) som tillverkas tillsammans med amerikanska Boeing. När leveranserna genomfördes är inte klarlagt, men källor uppger för Politico att de redan är i bruk i Ukraina.