Kazakhstan Detains Russian Trucks with European Goods Since July 1

According to “RBK,” citing the Association of International Road Carriers, Russian trucks carrying goods from Europe have been detained in Kazakhstan since July 1.

“Trucks transporting European goods on semi-trailers owned by EU companies are being detained. These detentions are occurring due to the application of ‘new restrictions,’ even after the goods have been unloaded at Kazakhstani customs authorities of destination,” the carriers’ appeal to the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation states.

These measures by Kazakhstan disrupt the mechanism of re-coupling or reloading goods from trucks to vehicles of Russian and Belarusian companies at border terminals, a process that has been in effect since 2022.

It Took the Russians Three Months and Thousands of Lives to Capture One Isolated Ukrainian Region, — Forbes

The capture of a small part of Chasiv Yar cost the Russians thousands of casualties. According to available data, since the beginning of the campaign, the Russian military has lost 99,000 personnel, the publication writes.

“Russia has achieved some success on the ground, but even this has come at a huge price. By wasting so many lives for such a small gain, Russia has squandered its last chance to deliver a decisive blow to Ukraine in this war,” Forbes quotes Mick Ryan, a retired Australian army general.

“The Russian troops are advancing, suffering huge losses in personnel and equipment, while the Ukrainian troops are experiencing much smaller losses. The Russians are concealing tens of thousands of their soldiers behind each captured city or even district. The Ukrainian garrison in Chasiv Yar is not hiding the territory. They stopped the fighting,” reported Ukrainian Army spokesman Nazar Voloshyn. He added that the garrison retreated several blocks to the west, across the Donetsk-Donbas Siverskyi Donets Canal, as Russian bombs and artillery destroyed all the buildings in the area.