2024年8月26日，俄军向乌克兰发射了百余枚火箭弹和无人机。乌克兰总统泽连斯基呼吁西方盟友允许基辅使用西方提供的远程自卫武器打击俄罗斯境内的军事目标。值得注意的是，美国禁止乌克兰使用远程ATACMS导弹袭击俄罗斯领土。
俄罗斯的这次袭击再次以关键民用基础设施为目标。关键基础设施包括能源部门和铁路。这次袭击至少造成 7 人死亡，47 人受伤。47 名伤者中有 4 名是儿童。
截至目前，俄羅斯自2022年2月起入侵烏克蘭，已造成數十萬軍人傷亡和數萬烏克蘭平民傷亡。具體而言，自入侵開始以來，俄羅斯軍隊已損失超過 606,000 名士兵。此外，聯合國人權事務高級專員辦事處已核實共有 35,160 名平民傷亡和 23,640 人報告受傷。衝突仍在繼續，俄羅斯軍隊目前佔領了烏克蘭約 20% 的領土。對平民的影響是巨大的，數百萬人流離失所，難民危機堪比二戰。
2022 年 8 月 8 日，皇家联合服务研究所 (RUSI) 发布了一份报告，称大多数明显的西方组件都是由美国公司制造的。这可能是因为俄罗斯的战争机器严重依赖进口复杂的微电子产品才能有效运行。 而 2023 年 10 月 3 日，PBS 新闻的 Simon Ostrovsky 报道称，俄罗斯坦克的一个机器部件是由一家位于纽约的公司制造的。
根据 Julia Monn 和 Katrin Büchenbacher 的报道，一些国家向俄罗斯提供机器和零部件，例如电子产品、可用于制造武器的建筑材料或无人机/导弹。 而印度刚刚在 2024 年 7 月超过中国，成为俄罗斯石油全球最大进口国。这就是泽连斯基敦促印度停止进口俄罗斯石油的原因。泽连斯基也点名中国在俄罗斯对乌克兰战争中扮演的角色。
Russian forces launched over a hundred rockets and drones at Ukraine on August 26, 2024. Ukrainian defenders managed to destroy 102 enemy rockets and 99 drones. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged Western allies to allow Kyiv to strike military targets inside Russia using Western-supplied longer-range weapons in self-defense. It is worth noting that the US prohibits Ukraine from using its long-range ATACMS missiles for strikes on Russian territory. (RBC Ukraine, 08/26/2024)
This Russian strike again targeted critical civilian infrastructure. The critical infrastructure includes the energy sector and railroads. At least seven people were killed and at least 47 others injured from this strike. Out of the 47 people injured, four were children. (abcNews, 08/26/2024)
Up to now, Russia's invasion of Ukraine since February 2022 has caused hundreds of thousands of military casualties and tens of thousands of Ukrainian civilian casualties. Specifically, the Russian military has lost over 606,000 soldiers since the invasion began1. Additionally, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has verified a total of 35,160 civilian casualties and 23,640 reported injured2. The conflict continues, with Russian forces currently occupying approximately 20% of Ukraine’s territory3. The impact on civilians is huge, with millions displaced and a refugee crisis comparable to World War II. (1-4)
On August 08, 2022, the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) released a report that the majority of the apparent Western components were manufactured by U.S. companies. It is probably because the Russia's war machine is heavily reliant on imports of sophisticated microelectronics to operate effectively. (RUSI, 08/08/2024) While on October 03, 2023, Simon Ostrovsky at PBS News reported that a machine part of the Russian tanks was made by a company based in New York. (PBS News, 10/03/2023) \
According to Julia Monn and Katrin Büchenbacher's report, one Russia's ally supplies Russia with machines and components such as electronics, building materials that can be used to build weapons. (NZZ, 05/23/2024) While two others provide drones and/or missiles. (Financial Times, 01/13/2024) On the other hand, India has just overtaken China as the world's largest importer of Russian oil in July 2024. (The Kyiv Independent, 08/23/2024) This is why Zelenskyy urges India to halt Russian oil imports. (The New Voice of Ukraine, 08/25/2024) Zelenskyy also calls out China's role in Russia's War on Ukraine. (The Diplomat, 06/04/2024)
References
1. Ukraine civilian war casualties 2024 | Statista
2. Russian invasion of Ukraine - Wikipedia
4. Casualties of the Russo-Ukrainian War - Wikipedia
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