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Reuters: Ukrainian troops have crossed the vast River Dnipro into occupied areas of Kherson region and are operating in small groups, Russia conceded on Wednesday, saying it had dispatched more troops to stop them.

RFE/RL: The European Union is looking to sanction more Central Asian companies that it says are aiding Russia's war effort in Ukraine, according to a document seen by RFE/RL.

Meduza: Russia allocates over one third of 2024-2026 draft federal budget to ‘defense’ spending.

Bloomberg: An attack on nearly two dozen energy companies in Denmark in May forced several of them to disable their internet connections. Now, a new report by an industry cybersecurity group says hackers linked to Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency were possibly behind it.

Meduza: For the first time since the start of the full-scale war in Ukraine, the share of Russians who want their government to enter into peace talks with Ukraine is larger than the share of those who want the war to continue.

AP News: Polish road transport authorities were holding talks Wednesday with their Ukrainian counterparts over competition grievances that have led Polish truckers to block two border crossings, resulting in days of delays.

Meduza: Law enforcement officers in the Russian city of Voronezh raided a restaurant where a group of immigrants from Azerbaijan were celebrating a birthday. Police checked their documents and handed out around 50 military summonses.

The Guardian: Water-related violence surged to an all-time high in 2022 – driven in large part by Russia’s war in Ukraine and Israeli attacks against Palestinian water resources in the West Bank.

Reuters: The European Commission has proposed a ban on imports of diamonds and liquid petroleum gas from Russia and also to tighten implementation of a price cap on Russian oil as part of new sanctions against Moscow, EU diplomats said on Wednesday.

Bloomberg: Ukraine’s closest European allies are increasingly concerned about the US’s ability to sustain support for Kyiv amid a thorny political spending debate ahead of next year’s presidential elections.

Reuters: Hungary on Wednesday sought a review of the European Union's policy towards Ukraine, disagreeing with Germany, Lithuania, Finland and Ireland that backed bringing Kyiv closer to the bloc swiftly and granting it more aid amidst a Russian invasion.

AP News: A German publishing house said Wednesday it would stop selling books about Putin by an award-winning journalist following media reports that he allegedly received at least 600,000 euros in offshore payments linked to Russian sources.

Reuters: A Russian missile smashed into an apartment block in the sleepy eastern Ukrainian town of Selydove on Wednesday, killing two people and wounding at least three others, Ukrainian officials said.

Reuters: A Russian missile killed two emergency workers in southern Ukraine on Wednesday as they put out a fire from an attack only minutes earlier, Ukrainian officials said.

Meduza: According to independent outlet Agentstvo, the Russian Technological University MIREA likely circumvented sanctions in purchasing a drone detection system called SkyEye, which is produced by Canadian company Skycope Technologies Inc.

Bloomberg: The European Union has proposed banning the export of machine tools and machinery parts that Russia uses to make weapons targeting Ukraine, according to documents seen by Bloomberg.

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