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Reuters: Russia launched a widespread overnight air attack on Ukraine targeting the capital and cities from east to west as most of the country spent the night with air raid sirens blasting for several hours.
Reuters: Ukraine said on Monday that Hungary has been ignoring requests for contact with prisoners of war that Kyiv said had been secretly transferred from Russia and called the move an act of self interest on Prime Minister Viktor Orban's side.
Bloomberg: The EU is ready to propose a financial aid package of around €50 billion to support Ukraine as the country embarks on a critical counteroffensive to retake territory.
Reuters: The artillerymen of Ukraine's 67th infantry brigade are delighted with the U.S.-supplied M119 howitzer amid an increase in military exchanges south of the Russian-held town of Kreminna.
ISW: Ukrainian forces conducted counteroffensive operations in at least three sectors of the frontline and made gains on June 19. Russian forces conducted drone and missile strikes targeting southern Ukraine.
Reuters: General Electric has stopped servicing gas turbines at thermal power plants in Russia, the Russian business daily Kommersant reported on Tuesday, citing sources in power generating companies.
UK Ministry of Defence: Prigozhin’s tone towards the Russian Ministry of Defense has become unambiguously confrontational. The MoD almost certainly sees this as deeply unfortunate at a time when it is grappling with Ukraine’s counter-offensive.
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Reuters: One of Russia's top spymasters said on Monday he hoped that the U.N. nuclear watchdog and the European Union would look into Ukrainian nuclear activity that he said might signal Kyiv was working on a "dirty bomb". Sergei Naryshkin, the head of Russia's SVR foreign intelligence service, did not provide documentary evidence to back his assertions.
Euronews: It's official, the European Union is no longer the top client of Russian oil. EU imports of Russian oil plunge by 90% as a result of sweeping bans.
Reuters: Ukraine said on Monday it had recaptured an eighth village during its counteroffensive in the Russian-occupied south but that the Kremlin's forces were trying to regain the initiative in the east by stepping up attacks.
Meduza: Since February 1, the Russian military has recruited more than 15,000 prison inmates, including some convicted of offenses that would have disqualified them from joining the Wagner paramilitary cartel, such as rape.
Reuters: Russian politician Alexei Navalny announced the start of a new mass campaign against President Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine on Monday as he began his latest trial in prison, facing a potential sentence of several decades more behind bars.
Reuters: Ukraine has prepared an array of new military units for its long-anticipated counteroffensive this summer, while its established brigades weathered Russia's winter offensive in the east. The first phase of the counteroffensive has begun. Here's what Reuters says about the new Ukrainian units.
POLITICO: The World Health Organization has requested that Russia allow aid workers into territory seized from Ukraine in order to help people affected by the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam. WHO was also concerned with the health situation in this territory.
WSJ: Footage of a Russian soldier surrendering to a drone captured his bid for survival in its entirety, but it told only part of the story. So a WSJ team spent 10 days tracking him down.
Reuters: Moldova's Constitutional Court declared a pro-Russian party behind a wave of anti-government protests "unconstitutional" on Monday, a ruling that means the party is immediately banned.
Reuters: Britain on Monday introduced legislation that will allow it to keep sanctions against Russia in place until Moscow pays compensation to Ukraine, and announced a new route for frozen assets to be donated to Ukraine's reconstruction.
Meduza: Why is Evgeny Prigozhin, who insults Russia’s military leaders and questions the success of the war in Ukraine, still walking free? Two ex-intelligence officers and a source close to the Defense Ministry who spoke to iStories think they know why.
Financial Times: US defence manufacturer Lockheed Martin has said it stands ready to help Ukrainian pilots fly and maintain its F-16 fighter jets if NATO states agree to send them to help the country against Russian aggression.
Reuters: A special Swedish parliamentary defence committee said on Monday the country's defence must focus on the threat posed by Russia and a military attack could not be ruled out.
Filings obtained by POLITICO indicate that Russian firms have acquired hundreds of thousands of ammunition rounds made by US company Hornady. The findings add to growing evidence that Western military supplies are still reaching Russia despite sanctions.
WSJ: The coming battles between Ukraine and Russia ultimately will boil down to which side’s preparations prevail, strategists say.
NY Times: Ukraine has paid hundreds of millions of dollars for weapons that have not been delivered, and some of the much-publicized arms donated by its allies have been so decrepit that they were deemed fit only to be used for spare parts.
AP News: The United Nations has rebuked Moscow for allegedly denying its aid workers access to Russian-occupied areas affected by the recent Kakhova dam collapse in southern Ukraine, which stranded residents, threatened power supplies and caused an environmental calamity as the war approaches 16 months.
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