Update: Roscosmos says it has stopped joint projects with Western countries Ukrainian officials say war has cost Ukraine $565 billion in direct economic losses
2022-04-04 08:44:14Source: Xinhua News Agency
Xinhua News Agency, New York, April 3 (Xinhua) Comprehensive Xinhua News Agency reporters abroad reported: Rogozin, President of Roscosmos, said on the 3rd that the company has stopped joint projects with Western countries. Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Economy Jiajula said on the 3rd that the direct economic losses caused by the current war to Ukraine have reached 565 billion US dollars.
——Rogozin posted on social media on the 3rd that “for moral and ethical reasons”, Roscosmos stopped joint projects with Western countries. The company will not have any cooperation with countries that provide arms and political support to Ukrainian authorities.
——According to the Ukrainian State News Agency, Jiajula said on the 3rd that the direct economic losses caused by the current war to Ukraine have reached 565 billion US dollars, including 119 billion US dollars of infrastructure losses, 91 billion US dollars of civil facilities losses, and 54 billion US dollars of capital investment losses. . The war will have a long-term impact on the Ukrainian economy. It is estimated that Ukrainian GDP will lose at least 112 billion US dollars this year, and economic recovery will take several years.
——Ukraine Odessa Governor Marchenko released a video speech on the official social media account of the Odessa City Council on the evening of the 3rd, confirming that the missile attack launched by the Russian army that morning caused an oil refinery and several fuel storage in Odessa. Facility damaged. No one was injured in the attack.
——Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Konashenkov said on the 3rd that the Russian army used high-precision air-based missiles to destroy several large-scale fuel tanks of the Ukrainian army in Nikolayev, Rovno and Ternopol regions. library. The Russian army also attacked a Ukrainian military airfield in Kyiv Oblast, paralysing the Ukrainian Air Force Air Defense Early Warning and Control Center. Since the Russian side launched special military operations, the Russian army has destroyed 386 UAVs, 224 sets of anti-aircraft missile systems, 1,918 tanks and other armored vehicles, 209 multiple rocket launchers, 814 field artillery and mortars, 1789 special military vehicles.
——The head of the Russian National Defense Command Center Mizhantsev said on the 3rd that at the initiative of Turkey, Russia will open the humanitarian corridor from Mariupol to Berdyansk on the 4th. In addition, Russia is ready to open more humanitarian corridors in any direction. Since March 2, Russia has sent 7,842.3 tons of humanitarian supplies to Ukraine and carried out 739 humanitarian operations. Since the Russian side launched the special military operation, 585,458 people, including 117,405 children, have been evacuated to Russia from dangerous areas. (Participating reporters: Hua Di, Li Dongxu, Li Ming)