Ukraine president says troops are holding their positions in Donbas region, and ‘slowly advancing’ in some areas; US concerned by closer Russia-China ties
Russian authorities have announced that soldiers and state employees deployed in Ukraine will be exempt from income tax, in the latest effort to encourage support of its military operation there.
Agence France-Presse reported that the new measure concerned all those fighting in the four Ukrainian territories Russia has declared as its own, although it does not completely control them: Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.
Continue reading…Ukraine president says troops are holding their positions in Donbas region, and ‘slowly advancing’ in some areas; US concerned by closer Russia-China tiesRussian authorities have announced that soldiers and state employees deployed in Ukraine will be exempt from income tax, in the latest effort to encourage support of its military operation there.Agence France-Presse reported that the new measure concerned all those fighting in the four Ukrainian territories Russia has declared as its own, although it does not completely control them: Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia. Continue reading…