Rheinmetall to refit, deliver 40 Marder armored vehicles to Ukraine. The German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall will deliver 40 more Marder infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine based on an order placed by the German government in August, the company announced on Sept. 11.
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Ukraine liberates Opytne, advances near Klishchiivka and Robotyne
Ukrainian troops, in a week, liberate part of Opytne near Donetsk City, advance near Klishchiivka in the east and Robotyne-Verbove in the south, and reclaim 3.5 square kilometers total, Ukraine's Defense Ministry says. https://
euromaidanpress.com/2023/09/11/def
ense-ministry-ukraine-enters-opytne-near-donetsk-has-successes-near-bakhmut-liberates-1-5-km-in-south/
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Declaration by the minister on the urgency of armament
Minister @rustem_umerov
— Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) 11 septembre 2023
Weaponry: we need it today, we need it now, we need it more. pic.twitter.com/BGsc2F5fxtMinister @rustem_umerov Weaponry: we need it today, we need it now, we need it more.
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A pair of Ukrainian Su-25s strikes Russian positions
⚡️A pair of 🇺🇦Ukrainian Su-25 attack aircraft strikes 🇷🇺Russian positions with unguided S-13/Zuni missiles on one of the areas of the front pic.twitter.com/4SSl3F0ns2
— 🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 (@front_ukrainian) 11 septembre 2023A pair of Ukrainian Su-25 attack aircraft strikes Russian positions with unguided S-13/Zuni missiles on a front area
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Surge in Russian surrender requests after Mi-8 helicopter defection
After the success of the special operation "Synytsia" to lure a Russian Mi-8 helicopter & its pilot to Ukraine, the number of requests from the Russian military to the Ukrainian project for voluntary surrender has grown significantly, Andriy Yusov, a @DI_Ukraine rep, told @RFERL
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Differential pay during war is unjust
It somehow looks indecent when people standing side by side—perhaps covering each other in a trench or dragging the wounded from the battlefield—receive different payments depending on the region.
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Russian companies pay employees to fight in Ukraine, offer bonuses and job security
14/ Companies also provide payments to workers to volunteer to fight in Ukraine. PJSC KAMAZ gives its soldier-employees 50,000 rubles ($516) a month and reserves their jobs, while RossetiLenenergo gives volunteers from its workforce a one-time payment of 500,000 rubles.
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Russian soldiers’ pay varies by region and Moscow offers incentives for long service
9/ In contrast, those from poor regions are paid only 50,000 rubles ($516). Moscow has its own special arrangement, paying 50,000 a month – so if a soldier survives for more than 10 months he gets a bigger regional payment than anyone else.
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Russian contract soldiers, mobilized, and volunteers: contract terms and survival prospects
6/ Contract soldiers and the mobilised serve under similar terms – an indefinite contract with the Russian Ministry of Defence (MOD) – while volunteers are limited to a renewable one-year contract. The latter have the best opportunity to make good money and still get out alive.
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Russian war effort benefits Moscow, while other regions bear higher human cost
4/ As Govorit NeMoskva puts it, "In other words, the inhabitants of the two Russian capitals live well, get a lot for the war, but their chances of returning home in a zinc coffin are much lower than those of the inhabitants of the republics of Buryatia, Tyva and North Ossetia."