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The Independent: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will announce up to £242 million ($309 million) in bilateral assistance to Ukraine at the G7 summit in Puglia.
Bloomberg: Ukraine’s central bank is poised to make a third straight cut to borrowing costs as policymakers weigh the impact on economic growth of Russian strikes against the energy sector (archive).
The Independent: Russian forces deliberately starved Ukrainians in Mariupol as a tactic of war by targeting their water, food and medical facilities before taking the strategic port city in 2022, according to an investigation by an international human rights group.
ISW: Ukrainian forces may be conducting an effort aimed at degrading Russian air defenses, which, if successful, could enable Ukraine to more effectively leverage manned fixed-wing airpower in the long run.
Reuters: Russia's invasion of Ukraine has directly caused or paved the way to the emission of 175 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere, a joint report said on Thursday.
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AFP: Group of Seven leaders have agreed to provide Ukraine with $50 billion via the use of frozen Russian assets by the end of the year, the French presidency said on Wednesday.
The Kyiv Independent: Slovakia's defense minister has accused his predecessor of "treason" for sending fighter jets to Ukraine, and announced on June 12 he had filed a criminal complaint regarding the matter.
Reuters: Russia and China failed in a bid to stop the United Nations Security Council meeting on Wednesday to discuss human rights abuses in North Korea.
Bloomberg: Canada is preparing a long-awaited Arctic strategy to respond to the growing threat posed by Russia and to strengthen security ties with northern NATO members (archive).
Reuters: New U.S. sanctions against Russia have forced an immediate suspension of trading in dollars and euros on its leading financial marketplace, the Moscow Exchange.
BBC News: At least nine people have been killed and 29 injured in a Russian missile strike on Ukraine's southern city of Kryvyi Rih, local officials say.
Reuters: The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday announced new sanctions on over 300 entities and individuals aimed at cutting off Russia's access to products and services needed to sustain military production for its war in Ukraine, including dozens of Chinese components suppliers.
CNN: The US and Ukraine are expected to sign a bilateral security pact on the sidelines of the G7 in Italy on Thursday, multiple people familiar with the matter told CNN, in a deal that lays out a path for the US’ long-term security relationship with Kyiv but that could also be undone by future US administrations.
POLITICO: Armenia will formally withdraw from its military alliance with Moscow, the country’s prime minister announced Wednesday, as tensions grow with Russia.
The Kyiv Independent: The German arms company Rheinmetall and the Ukrainian government agreed on the sidelines of the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Berlin to begin production of the modern Lynx armored vehicles in Ukraine this year.
AP News: India on Wednesday said it had urged Russia to return Indian citizens recruited by Russia's army after two were killed recently in the war in Ukraine. “I want to assure you that the Indian government has taken the matter very seriously,” foreign secretary Vinay Kwatra told reporters.
Reuters: Ukraine's military said on Wednesday it had hit three Russian surface-to-air missile systems in Russian-occupied Crimea overnight, its second reported strike on air defences on the peninsula this week. The strikes targeted an S-300 system and two more advanced S-400 systems near Belbek and Sevastopol.
The Insider: Russian diabetics are now attempting to cope without Humalog insulin, a trusted product from the world’s largest manufacturer, Eli Lilly. Swixx BioPharma has announced that Eli Lilly insulin shipments to Russia will end.
NY Times: The Ukrainian government plans to sell off a range of state-owned companies beginning this summer to help fund the military and bolster an economy battered by a grueling war (archive).
Bloomberg: Group of Seven leaders will call on China to stop enabling and sustaining Russia’s war against Ukraine, according to a draft statement seen by Bloomberg (archive).
POLITICO: Hungary will not be part of a NATO plan to help Ukraine, according to a deal reached on Wednesday. But Budapest will also not block the alliance's efforts to support Kyiv.
The Kyiv Independent: Russia deployed the largest number of assault units from eight strike brigades in the Pokrovsk and Kurakhove sectors in Donetsk Oblast, Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi said on June 12.
Reuters: German utility Uniper said on Wednesday it had won a multi-billion euro arbitration against former long-time supplier Gazprom, allowing it to tear up dormant gas supply contracts and potentially setting a precedent for similar cases.
The Kyiv Independent: The Netherlands will deliver its first F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine already this summer, shortly after Denmark, Dutch Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren said in an interview with European Pravda.
Reuters: Insurance broker Aon and the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation are offering a $350 million war insurance programme for Ukraine to aid capital investment and economic recovery, Aon said on Wednesday.
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