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AFP: At least three people have been killed and 13 wounded in a Russian missile attack on the Ukrainian port city of Odesa early Wednesday, authorities say. Russia fired four Kalibr missiles from a ship in the Black Sea towards the UNESCO-listed city, says Serhiy Bratchuk, a spokesman for the region's military administration.
AP News: Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested Tuesday that he could order his troops to try to seize more land in Ukraine to protect bordering Russian territory — a threat with questionable credibility because the Kremlin lacks full control over areas it already annexed.
ISW: Former Russian officer and ardent ultranationalist Igor Girkin observed that Putin’s comments indicate that the Russian Ministry of Defense continues to misinform him about the true situation on the battlefield.
AP News: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko declared Tuesday that his country had already received some of Russia's tactical nuclear weapons and warned that he wouldn’t hesitate to order their use if Belarus faced an act of aggression.
RFE/RL: One of the missiles that hit Zelensky's hometown, Kryviy Rih, had about 50 components -- mainly microelectronics -- that were produced in other countries, Zelensky said without naming the countries.
AP News: Last year alone, an additional 19 million people were forcibly displaced including more than 11 million who fled Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in what became the fastest and largest displacement of people since World War II.
Reuters: The new $325 million U.S. military aid package for Ukraine pushes Washington deeper into the "abyss" of the conflict, Russia's ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, said early on Wednesday.
Reuters: A "transparent and objective" international investigation in the blasts at the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines is needed, a high-ranking Russian diplomat to the United States said early on Wednesday.
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Reuters: Ukraine's blue and yellow flag flew over a ruined grocery store and Russian soldiers lay dead in the street of the village of Neskuchne, reached by Reuters journalists on Tuesday in the first independent confirmation of Ukraine's biggest advances for seven months against Russia's invasion.
UK Government: Defence ministers from the Joint Expeditionary Force, a British-led alliance of several European countries, announced a new $116 million package of air defence capabilities for Ukraine at a meeting on Tuesday.
U.S. Department of Defense: The Biden administration on Tuesday announced an additional $325 million in security assistance for Ukraine, including more rockets, artillery and armored vehicles, bringing total weapons pledged to the country amid its war with Russia to $40 billion.
CNN: Russian and Ukrainian forces are reporting intense fighting along the border of Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk and southern Zaporizhzhia regions as Kyiv’s military attempts to break through the front lines and recapture territory in an ongoing counteroffensive.
AFP: The White House said Tuesday it shared concerns over South Africa's relationship with Russia after lawmakers called for the longtime US partner's expulsion from a major trade pact.
Ukrainska Pravda: On Tuesday 13 June, The Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg adopted a resolution recognising the Holodomor of 1932-1933 as a genocide of the Ukrainian people.
Defense News: Estonian officials have announced what could prove to be the most expensive defense investments ever made by the Baltic country, as leaders embark on an updated modernization plan shaped in large part by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
WSJ Exclusive: The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency warned the Ukrainian government not to attack the Nord Stream gas pipelines last summer after it obtained detailed information about a Ukrainian plot to destroy a main energy connection between Russia and Europe, officials familiar with the exchange said.
Reuters: A Dutch intelligence agency tipped off the CIA about an alleged Ukrainian plan in June 2022 to blow up the Nord Stream pipeline, Dutch national broadcaster NOS reported on Tuesday.
AFP: France on Tuesday said it had uncovered a major disinformation campaign waged by Russia, involving the posting of false news items hostile to Ukraine made to look like they had been published by prominent French news organisations.
AFP: Putin said Tuesday that Russia was considering exiting the landmark Ukraine grain deal that allows grain from conflict-ridden Ukraine to reach the global market.
Reuters: Putin said on Tuesday that any further mobilisation would depend on what Russia wanted to achieve in the war in Ukraine, adding that he faced a question only he could answer - should Russia try to take Kyiv again?
WSJ Exclusive: The Biden administration is expected to provide Ukraine with depleted-uranium rounds following weeks of internal debate about how to equip the Abrams tanks the U.S. is giving to Kyiv, U.S. officials said Monday.
WaPo: Criticizing the military is illegal in Russia, and openly displaying political ambition that could challenge Putin is highly ill-advised. Yet Wagner mercenary boss Yevgeniy Prigozhin somehow flaunts doing both and seems to be getting away with it.
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Germany to seal tank repair hub deal with Poland in coming days
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