#NEWS OF THE DAY:
#RUSSIA PREPARES TO DRAFT #RESERVISTS: On 18 February, the #Russian State #Duma passed a bill in its first reading that would strengthen preventive measures against draft evasion, according to the latest ISW report.
#UKRAINIAN #DEFENCE INDUSTRY GREW 50-FOLD DURING THE #WAR: The sector’s production capacity increased to $50 billion- multiplying 50 times compared to pre-war levels, enabling Ukrainian manufacturers to supply more than half of the Ukrainian army’s weapons needs. https://www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-economy/4093094-ukrainskij-opk-zbilsiv-virobnictvo-do-50-milardiv-minoboroni.html