UK ministry: Data suggests 15,000 millionaires trying to leave Russia

UK ministry: Data suggests 15,000 millionaires trying to leave Russia
June 17, 2022, 11:35 am

A view of the Kremlin and Red Square in downtown Moscow. (File photo)

Britain's defence ministry said on Friday (June 17) that data suggests thousands of millionaires are trying to leave Russia, and a continued exodus of its business and oligarch community will likely exacerbate the war's long-term damage to its economy.

The ministry said: "Migration applications suggest that 15,000 Russian millionaires are likely already attempting to leave."

It said, on the war front, Russia is likely trying to regain momentum in attempts to surround the Sievierodonetsk pocket from the south.

Ukrainian officials have said their troops were holding out against massive Russian bombardment in the eastern city, and described new progress in a counteroffensive in the south.

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Politically, on Thursday (June 16), French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and Romanian leader Klaus Iohannis arrived in Kyiv for their first visit to Ukraine since the Russian invasion.

The leaders of Germany, Italy, Romania and France said they support the EU candidate status for Ukraine while meeting with Zelenskyy in Kyiv.

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