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The Telegraph: Nato is developing multiple “land corridors” to rush US troops and armour to the front lines in the event of a major European ground war with Russia (archive).
Bloomberg: When Putin takes the stage at his annual forum in St. Petersburg this week, his country’s business ties with a lower-key Gulf state will be on full display. Oman, a sultanate that’s home to some 5 million people, was awarded the honorary status of guest nation for this year’s summit (archive).
Reuters: The German army intends to order 200,000 more artillery shells from armsmaker Rheinmetall than it had planned, Spiegel magazine reported on Tuesday, citing a letter from the Defence Ministry to the Parliament's budget committee.
ISW: The Russian military is reportedly forcibly sending Russian servicemembers who refused to fight to the front in Ukraine from Russia instead of standing trial for their refusal to participate in combat.
Reuters: Russian missile attack on the central city of Dnipro injured seven people, including two children, and damaged civilian infrastructure in early hours of Tuesday, local authorities said.
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Bloomberg: Sudan’s deputy leader is traveling to Russia for talks, days after the North African nation’s army said it may get weapons in exchange for letting the Kremlin establish a military fueling station on the Red Sea coast (archive).
AP News: Poland has arrested 18 people over the past six months on various allegations of pursuing hostile activities or planning sabotage on behalf of Russia and neighboring Belarus, and at least one was involved in an alleged plot to assassinate Ukraine’s president, the interior minister said Monday.
Reuters: Italy will send a second SAMP/T air defence system to Ukraine, its foreign minister said in a radio interview on Monday. The system, also known as MAMBA, is a Franco-Italian battery that can track dozens of targets and intercept 10 at once. It is the only European-made system that can intercept ballistic missiles.
AFP: US Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Switzerland for a Ukraine peace summit, officials said Monday, with President Joe Biden opting instead to attend an election fundraiser featuring George Clooney.
The Moscow Times: Three people including a 12-year-old boy were killed in Russian attacks on eastern Ukraine, where Russian forces have claimed steady advances in recent weeks, local authorities said Monday.
Reuters: Switzerland's upper house of parliament on Monday rejected a 5 billion Swiss franc ($5.58 billion) aid contribution for Ukraine contained in a broader financial package on the grounds that the plan breached borrowing restrictions in the neutral country.
The Kyiv Independent: A Russian propaganda operation was meant to present pro-Kremlin oligarch Viktor Medvedchuk to the international public as a potential replacement for President Volodymyr Zelensky, the Washington Post reported.
Axios: Russian propagandists are seeking to discredit the International Olympic Committee and incite fears of terrorism at this summer's Olympic Games in Paris, according a new Microsoft report released Sunday.
AFP: A group of women knelt outside the Russian defence ministry in Moscow on Monday, demanding the return of partners drafted to fight in Ukraine.
The Guardian: French police are investigating whether the placing of five full-sized coffins covered with the French tricolour at the Eiffel Tower at the weekend was another act of Russian interference.
Reuters: Two pro-Russian activists in Germany, whose ties to the Kremlin were revealed in a Reuters investigation last year, have left Germany and moved to Russia, the couple’s lawyer said in a statement on Monday.
POLITICO: Dutch Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren has reassured Kyiv that the 24 F-16 fighter jets that the Netherlands intends to donate to Ukraine may be used to strike targets inside Russia.
LRT: German military industry giant Rheinmetall will invest more than 180 million euros into an ammunition production facility in Lithuania, the Economy and Innovation Ministry said on Monday.
Bloomberg: Russia is seeking to take over uranium assets in Niger held by a state-controlled French company, according to people informed about the matter, in a further challenge to Western interests in Africa (archive).
WaPo: A Kremlin-backed media outlet — the Prague-based Voice of Europe — funneled hundreds of thousands of euros to far-right politicians, officials say (archive).
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