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Morning Headlines
Reuters: 'Debris' from a Ukrainian drone attack caused a fire on Wednesday at a gas processing plant in Russia's southern Astrakhan region, the local governor said.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine's military launched a drone attack on Russia's Krasnodar Krai overnight on May 13, striking port infrastructure in the village of Volna, Russian Telegram media channels reported.
Reuters: Ukraine's biggest telecom operator Kyivstar on Wednesday raised its annual outlook after stronger digital-services growth and steady demand for mobile and broadband services helped it outperform its earlier forecast despite the war with Russia.
ISW: Putin likely intends for his Sarmat test launch and rhetoric to disguise the fact that it was Ukraine, not Russia, whose actions guaranteed the safety of the Victory Day parade in Moscow.
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Reuters: Russian forces launched attacks in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region on Tuesday, killing at least six people, regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha said.
Ukrainska Pravda: The EU Satellite Centre could monitor a ceasefire as part of the European Union's security guarantees for Ukraine after a truce is reached in Russia's war against Ukraine.
The Kyiv Independent: The EU's top diplomat Kaja Kallas expressed "frustration" that after billions of euros being deployed, Europe's defense industry is still not producing enough, following a meeting of defense ministers on May 12.
Politico: At least five NATO countries on Europe's eastern flank are rushing to bid for American troops on their soil after Trump said he would pull 5,000 or more soldiers from Germany.
BBC: A Scottish man who worked as a military instructor in Ukraine but was recruited to work as a Russian spy has been jailed in the country for eight-and-a-half years.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine struck Russian military targets in occupied Donetsk Oblast on May 12 after the end of a three-day Victory Day ceasefire, with Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces describing the attacks as part of continued "post-ceasefire operations."
The Kyiv Independent: Ukrainian drones attacked a gas industry facility in Russia's Orenburg Oblast on May 12, targeting a site more than 1,500 kilometers (930 miles) from the Ukrainian border, President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed in an evening address.
Reuters: Russia has revised down numerous oil and gas forecasts for the next three years, including on crude and gas output as well as exports, the economy ministry said on Monday in its base case scenario.
France 24: Russia on Tuesday tested a new long-range missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads, months after the last treaty with the United States limiting their atomic arsenals lapsed.
The Moscow Times: Finland is planning to tighten restrictions on exports of medical equipment and healthcare technology to Russia, citing concerns that such products could ultimately be used for military purposes, Finnish broadcaster Yle reported.
Reuters: India and Russia are in advanced talks to sign a preliminary agreement on critical minerals covering exploration, processing and technological collaboration.
CBS News: The governments of the U.S. and Ukraine have drafted a memorandum outlining the terms of a potential new defense deal between the countries.
UK Defence Journal: A Royal Air Force RC-135W Rivet Joint has carried out an intelligence-gathering flight near the Russian territory of Kaliningrad.
Reuters: The FBI has begun interviewing current and former CIA employees as part of the Department of Justice’s investigation into ex-CIA director John Brennan over his role in an intelligence finding that Russia interfered in the 2016 U.S. election to help Trump.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine's top anti-corruption agencies said on May 12 that they had charged six suspects in a sweeping money-laundering investigation centered on a luxury residential development outside Kyiv, widening one of the country's most politically sensitive corruption inquiries in years.
Reuters: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday he had met the CEO of Palantir Technologies, Alex Karp, as Kyiv doubles down on the use of artificial intelligence to gain an edge in the war with Russia.
Euromaidan Press: Russia tried to fold abducted Ukrainian children into prisoner exchange lists, Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha disclosed on 11 May, formally ruling out any framework that would treat kidnapped children as bargaining chips in peace negotiations.
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