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AFP: Three Russians were arrested Tuesday in New York for evading US sanctions to ship electronic components for weapons used by Moscow in its war in Ukraine, authorities said.

The Moscow Times: A court in the Netherlands has sentenced a dual Russian-Dutch citizen to 18 months in jail for violating EU sanctions by selling computer chips to companies linked to Russia's defense sector.

POLITICO: Ukrainian officials and allies in Europe are ramping up their lobbying campaign in the U.S. for new weapons and training, as Washington’s support for the war appears imperiled by new House leadership and a crisis in the Middle East.

Interfax-Ukraine: President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has submitted to the Verkhovna Rada a draft law on the termination of the Consular Convention between Ukraine and the Russian Federation.

United Nations: Russian strikes are inflicting unimaginable suffering on the people of Ukraine and more than 40% of them need humanitarian assistance, a senior U.N. official told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday.

Reuters: U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Tuesday that Russia would be successful in Ukraine unless the United States kept up its support for Kyiv.

The Kyiv Independent: Russia appears to have withdrawn "all its units from the territory of Belarus," Andriy Demchenko, the spokesperson of Ukraine's State Border Guard Service, said.

Transparency International: Verified accounts for Wirex, a well-established app for transferring cryptocurrencies to fiat money, are being offered for sale on the black market, a news report by TI Russia has found. A verified account with the app registered to an EU or Ukrainian national could potentially be used to transfer money from Russia to the European Union anonymously.

Reuters: Arguing that supporting U.S. partners is vital to national security, Biden requested $61.4 billion for Ukraine, about half of which would be spent in the United States to replenish weapons stocks drained by previous support for Kyiv.

The Times of Israel: A prominent rabbi in Russia, Boruch Gorin, issued a harsh rebuke on Tuesday of authorities there, calling riots that broke out at an airport in Dagestan against passengers aboard a flight from Israel an “eternal disgrace.”

Reuters: Russia tightened security in its Muslim-majority North Caucasus region on Tuesday after a weekend anti-Semitic riot there, and the Kremlin-backed leader of Chechnya ordered that rioters be shot dead if they fail to heed warnings.

AFP: Russia said Tuesday it had arrested a man involved in a Ukrainian-led assassination attempt on a prominent pro-Moscow separatist leader. Oleg Tsaryov, an ex-Ukrainian MP and Moscow-backed separatist, was shot last week at his home in Crimea.

The Guardian: Russia has reportedly imposed additional currency controls in an attempt to prop up the falling rouble, restricting western companies that sell their Russian assets from taking the proceeds in dollars and euros.

United Nations investigators on Tuesday urged Russia to acknowledge responsibility for a missile strike on a Ukrainian village that killed 59 civilians, conduct a transparent investigation into what happened, provide reparations for victims and hold those responsible to account.

Reuters: Carlsberg has cut all ties with its Russian business and refuses to enter a deal with Russia's government that would make its seizure of the assets look legitimate, the brewer's new CEO said on Tuesday.

UK Ministry of Defence: It is almost certain that repelling Ukrainian attacks across the Dnipro and holding territory in occupied Kherson Oblast remains a high priority objective for Russian forces in Ukraine. Teplinsky’s appointment is likely an indication of increased pressure on Russian forces defending the area.

The Moscow Times: The Kremlin has reduced the mandatory quarantine period to meet Putin to five days as the 2024 presidential election, in which he is widely expected to run for a fifth term, draws nearer.

Reuters: Russian investigators in part of eastern Ukraine controlled by Moscow said late on Monday that they had detained two Russian soldiers on suspicion of killing a family of nine people, including two children.

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