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Reuters: The U.S. government plans on Wednesday to announce wider sanctions on the sale of semiconductor chips and other goods to Russia, with the goal of targeting third-party sellers in China.
FT: Ukrainian children who were abducted and taken to Russia in the early months of the Kremlin’s 2022 invasion have been put up for adoption by authorities, in one case under a false Russian identity, a Financial Times investigation has found (archive).
Human Rights in Ukraine: Russia is openly seeking to eradicate Ukrainian identity on Ukrainian territory, with one of the methods being to bring in its own people, very likely offering them ‘homes’ plundered from their Ukrainian owners.
Reuters: Russia launched a missile and drone attack on Kyiv early on Wednesday with preliminary information showing there were no injuries or damage in the Ukrainian capital.
The Kyiv Independent: Explosions were heard in missile attacks in multiple cities across occupied Crimea, as well as in a community in Russia's Krasnodar Krai overnight on June 12.
ISW: Ukrainian forces recently regained lost positions in the Lyptsi direction, north of Kharkiv City. Russian forces recently advanced southeast of Kupyansk and northwest of Avdiivka.
Reuters: Japan is considering imposing sanctions on companies, including Chinese firms, supporting Russia's war on Ukraine by supplying materials that can be used by Moscow's military, public broadcaster NHK reported on Wednesday.
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AP News: The United States will send Ukraine another Patriot missile system, two U.S. officials said Tuesday, answering Kyiv’s desperate calls for more air defenses as it battles an intense Russian assault on the northeastern Kharkiv region.
The Kyiv Independent: The Dutch government will provide 60 million euros to bolster Ukraine's aerial and naval drone purchasing and production, Dutch Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren announced on June 11.
Euromaidan Press: Estonia will deliver Mistral-type anti-aircraft missile systems and missiles to Ukraine as part of its ongoing military aid, according to the Ministry of Defense of Estonia.
Bloomberg: Germany will deliver several thousands strike drones and 100 additional Patriot guided-missiles to Ukraine as part of the latest military aid package for the war-battered country (archive).
POLITICO: Ukraine is to receive hundreds of millions of euros from European banks to buttress its economy and eventually rebuild its infrastructure, according to a series of agreements signed in Berlin on Tuesday.
Nikkei Asia: The Group of Seven leading industrialized nations will set up a fund to support Ukraine, using income generated from frozen Russian assets, Nikkei has learned.
The Kyiv Independent: Russia might be storing up to 100 nuclear warheads in Kaliningrad Oblast, located approximately 260 km from Warsaw, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski claimed on June 11.
The Moscow Times: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania will disconnect their electrical grids from the Russian and Belarussian system (BRELL) in February next year, officials from the Baltic nations have confirmed.
Reuters: Some of the world's largest aircraft lessors faced off against their insurers in a Dublin courtroom on Tuesday at the start of a months-long battle over around 2.5 billion euros of insurance claims related to jets stranded in Russia.
The Kyiv Independent: Italy is planning an aid package of 140 million euros to support the recovery of Ukraine's infrastructure, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on June 11 at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Berlin.
Reuters: Russia's malign hybrid activities in NATO countries are a source of deep concern, the presidents of Romania, Poland and Latvia said on Tuesday in a statement released to coincide with a meeting of eastern members of the alliance.
Bloomberg: Finland’s Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said his nation is preparing steps to address the potential security risks from Russian property holding near critical infrastructure (archive).
Reuters: Ukraine's army has struck missile launch positions in Russia, helping to reduce the number of attacks on the embattled city of Kharkiv, its mayor told Reuters on Tuesday.
The EU has announced delivery of an additional €1.9 billion from the EU’s Ukraine facility by the end of June and €1.5 billion proceeds of immobilised Russian assets by July.
Reuters: Danish investigators have detained a Russian citizen suspected of having aided the operations of a foreign intelligence service, the Nordic country's security police said on Tuesday.
Bloomberg: A Russian intelligence operative who’s leading a Kremlin disinformation campaign in Africa has helped run influence operations in Europe for years, according to documents seen by Bloomberg and government officials familiar with the matter (archive).
The Kyiv Independent: Kyiv controls the situation in Ivanivske near Chasiv Yar, and Ukrainian forces continue to repel Russian troops in Staromaiorske in Donetsk Oblast, the spokesperson of the Khortytsia group of forces said.
FT: Eastern Nato allies discuss barring Hungary from their Bucharest 9 security club, officials tell FT, after running out of patience with Orban’s support for Russia (archive).
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