►Russian University student Olesya Krivtsova faces up to 10 years in prison on charges of justifying terrorism and discrediting the Russian armed forces. ►Ukraine announced a prisoner swap with Russia that brought home 100 soldiers and one civilian. Almost all fought in the failed struggle to defend the Donetsk province city of Mariupol. ►The Slovakian parliament recognized the Russian regime as terrorist and designated Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism. 'The need to re-equip during war raises questions over the direction and durability of Russia’s state armaments program and its future military modernization ambitions,'' the British think thank said. The institute points out that the losses and slow replenishment have forced the Kremlin to pull older equipment out of storage, hardly the ideal scenario for the Russian offensive expected in the coming weeks. In total, Russia's stockpile of approximately 2,200 tanks still far outnumbers Ukraine's 1,000, a figure that will grow with the Western influx. In barely a year of hostilities in Ukraine, Russia's fleet of modern tanks is down to about 50% of its amount before the invasion, according to the International Institute for Strategic Studies. and the Leopard 2 from Germany. Though the timing and pace of the tanks' arrival make it difficult to predict their impact, the Ukrainians know they've already put a major dent on Russia's own inventory.

Western countries have pledged dozens of tanks to Ukraine, including the highly advanced Abrams model from the U.S. Watch Video: Ukraine: hardship in Sviatohirsk in Donetsk region

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