This means the Russian logistics team has to transport half a million kilos of artillery shells each day just to maintain supplies. Wars consume vast quantities of logistics - such as ammunition, fuel and food - and maintaining crucial supplies to the frontline can often mark the difference between success and failure.įor example, the Russian frontline forces are firing over 10,000 artillery rounds at Ukraine every day - each round weighs around 45kg.
Just last week, his nine-year penal colony sentence was extended by a further 19 years on charges of extremism.īut as our Moscow correspondent Diana Magnay said following that verdict, almost all of the charges Russian authorities have levelled against Mr Navalny for the past decade have been politically motivated.įollowing successful strikes against two of the Russian Black Sea Fleet ships over the weekend, Ukraine has also targeted the Chonhar bridge in Northern Crimea.Īlthough these strikes might not appear connected, they are in fact a coordinated attack on the Russian military logistic re-supply lines. Vladimir Putin's most high-profile opponent, Alexei Navalny, is one such example. "Terrorist" and "extremist" are formal designations the Kremlin regularly uses to discredit opponents, often in order to justify putting them in prison. The Kremlin even labelled him a "foreign agent" in 2018. Mr Kagarlitsky has been a prominent dissident since Soviet times, and has criticised the war repeatedly in his YouTube content and magazine.
It remains a crime in Russia to "discredit" the armed forces.
A well-known left-wing political activist and staunch critic of the war in Ukraine has been designated a terrorist by Russian authorities, weeks after his arrest.īoris Kagarlitsky, 64, was taken into custody two months ago under an article that criminalised public calls for terrorist activities online.
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