Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

[Spitfire9]

Government-engineered internet shutdowns paralysing internet-dependent trade and payments in Russia have encouraged citizens to withdraw and hold more cash.

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/central-bank-sees-no-need-extra-measures-worried-russians-withdraw-cash-2026-06-26/

Additionally the Russian banks are taking extraordinary steps to delay withdrawals from bank accounts in the form of specious anti-fraud checks requiring account holders to 'prove' the funds in their accounts were obtained legally.

Rational consumers will typically deposit funds with banks to earn interest on funds that are not needed for immediate living expenses and purchases. Unfortunately for the banks many savers are choosing to forgo interest on deposits due to the problems involved in withdrawing their funds. Additionally there will be some depositors who fear that the government may take moves to freeze withdrawal of funds from their accounts and will withdraw funds to avoid this possibility.

Russians turn to cash putting more strain on slowing wartime economy

Russians have been hit by mobile internet shutdowns and more businesses are seeking to dodge tax after more than four years of war with Ukraine.

www.bbc.co.uk

A change in sentiment regarding holding funds in banks is unlikely to precipitate a sudden 'run on the banks' but is likely to steadily reduce the amount deposited in banks, reducing the funds banks can lend to Russia's MIC. Good news for Ukraine!

Already unable to fund the war through receipts, the government may be forced to impose increasingly draconian measures in its quest to find extra funds.

 

[Relic]

Ukraine struck and set ablaze two more massive Wilberries distribution / logistics centers overnight. On in Stavrapol and the other in Karasnodar. The facilities are unsalvageable and hundreds of millions of dollars of product burned in each strike. The Russian version of Amazon is being systematically snuffed out as a company, with 5 of it's 10 largest distribution centers destroyed in a single week.

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Firefighting helicopters fly against a massive wall of black smoke from the burning Wildberries warehouse in Krasnodar.

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NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com)

Ukrainian attack drones struck another Wildberries distribution center in Krasnodar overnight. The facility was engulfed in flames, and residents filmed a massive fire and a large column of smoke rising from the site. #Russia

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NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com)

Some more shots froim Krasnodar. A large-scale fire is ongoing. #Russia [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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[Saithan]

EU agrees new sanctions on Russia as Greece secures LNG exemption

The deal reached by ambassadors grants Greece an exemption to continue shipping Russian LNG to non-EU clients for the foreseeable future. #EuropeNews

www.euronews.com

The agreement, reached on Thursday by ambassadors, is considerably watered down and raises serious questions about the influence of national economic interests in the yearslong campaign to cripple Moscow's ability to finance the invasion of Ukraine.

 

[Soldier30]

The Russian military continues to attack Ukrainian vessels in the Black Sea. Video footage shows Geran-4 Seeker drones striking dry cargo ships and a bulk carrier in the Black Sea and at the port of Chornomorsk. Following the attacks, Maersk, one of the world's largest shipping companies, officially announced it was temporarily suspending services to the port of Chornomorsk in the Odesa region "due to the current situation" and rerouting vessels to Romania. According to the latest reports, vessels have stopped calling at Ukrainian Black Sea ports due to Russian strikes in the region. Ukrainian media reported this, citing the country's Minister of Agrarian Policy, Taras Vysotsky. According to him, the decision was made by the shipowners themselves.

 

[Fatman17]

A Ukrainian F-16 fighter jet has shot down a Russian jet in an airborne battle for the first time, according to the U.S.' top soldier, swinging attention back onto the U.S.-made aircraft that has had a relatively low profile in Ukraine since the first jets arrived in the war-torn country two years ago.


"Recently, we had the first air-to-air kill where a Ukrainian F-16 shot down a Russian fighter," General Dan Caine, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, told U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday.

Caine didn't identify the type of Russian aircraft, but Ukrainian media referenced a statement from the country's air force on July 8, which claimed to have shot down an Su-35 over eastern Ukraine.

Newsweek​

 

[Spitfire9]

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has met with US counterpart Marco Rubio, telling him it's "unacceptable" to arm Ukraine.

https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-war-latest-kyiv-launches-more-attacks-on-12-russian-ships-in-black-sea-12541713

I wonder if Rubio told him it was unacceptable to invade neighbouring Ukraine.

On a different tack, Russia is having big problems trying to sell government bonds. Cancelled 3 of the last 4 auctions. Russian banks don't have the money to buy them?