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Ukraine's war chest soon empty. Ukraine's war chest is at risk of being empty in June, reports Bloomberg, referring to calculations from both Ukrainian and foreign government sources.
Hungary's veto of an EU loan of 90 billion euros is an important explanation for the acute situation. But there are also difficulties regarding support funds from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as well as reduced deliveries from countries in the NATO defense alliance.
At the same time, the Russian war chest is being filled by the energy price shock and loosened US sanctions on Russian oil exports as a result of the Iran war. See the article on SVT Nyheter.
New attacks on Russian Baltic Sea ports. During the night, Ukrainian drones have once again attacked the Russian oil ports of Primorsk and Ust-Luga in the Gulf of Finland, writes Kyiv Independent. Russian Telegram channels report that explosions can be heard from the oil terminals, and they publish pictures and videos of flames rising from the area. The Ukrainian military confirms that they, among other things, have attacked and damaged the oil refinery in Kirishi, which is one of Russia's largest.
The fact that Ukrainian drones have recently attacked targets increasingly deep inside Russia, however, shows that the Russian air defense is under pressure. Several of the locations hit are more than 1,000 kilometers from the border with Ukraine. See the segment on SVT Nyheter.