Watch how Russian TV explains slow progress of war with Ukraine

The Russian frigate, which is located in the Black Sea near Snake Island, is on fire. The occupants' aviation is now flying over this area of the Black Sea.

This is reported by "Dumskaya".

According to the publication, the explosion followed by combustion occurred on board the Russian Project 11356R frigate type Burevestnik.

According to unconfirmed information, the ship was hit by the Ukrainian complex Neptun.

The name and number of the frigate are not given. But there is information shared in Telegram people's deputy Oleksiy Goncharenko. The parliamentarian said that the frigate "Admiral Makarov" (number 799) is on fire.

from https://frontnews.eu

If Russia can hold on to, or expand, the territory it occupies in the south and the east, and maintain its dominance at sea, it could further undermine Ukraine’s already battered economy, improve its leverage in any future negotiated settlement and potentially expand its capacity to stage broader assaults. Those efforts, though, are coming at a heavy cost.

The war has dealt a devastating blow to the economies of both Russia and Ukraine. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said on Tuesday that Ukraine’s economy would shrink 30 percent this year, with 30 to 50 percent of Ukrainian businesses having already shut down operations, while 10 percent of the population has fled the country and another 15 percent has been displaced within the country.

The bank also forecast that Russia’s economy would contract 10 percent this year and be stagnant next year, with a bleak outlook unless a peace agreement leads to the relaxing of Western sanctions.

In other developments:

• United Nations investigators said on Tuesday that they had recorded the unlawful killing of 300 civilian adults and children in areas north of the Ukrainian capital since the withdrawal of Russian forces in April.

• Two remaining Russian battalion tactical groups are leading the continued assault on the Azovstal steel plant, the last redoubt for Ukrainian fighters in Mariupol, according to a senior Pentagon official. Ukrainian officials said that more than 1,000 Ukrainian troops, many of them wounded, were still stuck in the plant, along with at least 100 civilians.

• President Biden signaled a vast increase in America’s commitment to defeating Russia in Ukraine on Monday by signing a modern-day Lend-Lease Act, decades after the original version helped pull the country into World War II.

• The House could consider as soon as Tuesday an emergency $39.8 billion package of military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine, $7 billion more than what Mr. Biden had requested.

• from www.nytimes.com