Russian Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov visited troops battling in east Ukraine as Russian forces advance in the area, the Defense Ministry stated Saturday.
General Valery Gerasimov ...
visited a command post in the Donetsk area, it said in a statement.Russia is seeking to win control of Chasiv Yar and Pokrovsk, 2 essential frontline fortress for the Ukrainian army.Further to the north, Russia previously on Saturday declared the capture of Novolyubivka in the Luhansk area which is now mostly under its control.The Ukrainian army manages simply a handful of localities in Luhansk, whose annexation Moscow claimed in 2022, the year it began its full-scale offensive on Ukraine.Gerasimovs see to the front comes as Washington and Moscow engage in a rapprochement, targeting a quick end to a conflict that has cost hundreds of thousands of lives.Russia meanwhile hopes to get the lifting of American sanctions which have actually battered its economy.But a possible go back to the Russian market of American and Western business will happen on a case-by-case basis, Russian Minister of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov stated on Saturday.
The Russian market has actually been and stays open, Reshetnikov said as he suggested Moscow wishes to preserve a balance between taking into consideration customer interests and keeping market plurality in order to guarantee competitors and keep prices under control.
Since 2022 brought an avalanche of Western sanctions, the Russian economy has actually changed.
Therefore, the requirements of foreign business regarding location, investments and innovations will be very various, Reshetnikov warned.