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Axios: US Senate Republicans are seizing on President Trump's growing frustration with Putin to argue the time to impose fresh sanctions on Russia is now.
Reuters: Trump's envoy, Keith Kellogg, on Wednesday scolded a top Russian official for stoking fears of World War Three after Trump warned Putin was "playing with fire" over Ukraine.
The Kyiv Independent: President Volodymyr Zelensky said on May 27 that Ukraine is fully mobilizing its domestic industrial base to scale up production of drones, missiles, and other weapons systems, as the country braces for continued large-scale Russian attacks.
Reuters: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is expected to arrive in Berlin on Wednesday for talks with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, the German government said.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukrainian drones allegedly attacked the "Kronstadt" drone enterprise in the town of Dubna in Moscow Oblast overnight on May 28, independent news channel Astra reported.
ISW: Putin continues to use orchestrated public engagements to forward the Kremlin's effort to create a militarized Russian society united against the West that supports a prolonged war in Ukraine and possible future conflict with NATO.
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The Kyiv Independent: Russia's Ministry of Labor and Social Protection has ordered more than 307,900 death certificates for families of soldiers killed since the start of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, independent Russian outlet Verstka reported on May 27, citing official procurement data.
Kyiv Post: Recent reports alleging that Russia has equipped its Shahed drones with AI and Telegram-based control systems are being dismissed by Ukrainian experts as technically inconsistent and misleading.
AFP: Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul heads to the United States for talks Wednesday on the Ukraine and Mideast conflicts, NATO ties and rocky trade relations on his first Washington visit in the post.
The Kyiv Independent: The United States opposed a joint G7 effort to lower the $60-per-barrel price cap on Russian oil exports during last week's meeting of finance ministers, the Financial Times reported on May 27.
RFE/RL: The European Union says China, including Hong Kong, is responsible for "approximately" 80 percent of the circumventions of sanctions against Russia even though Beijing continues to deny it.
The Moscow Times: Russia is building new power lines to connect and restart the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, which it seized from Ukraine in 2022, the New York Times reported Tuesday, citing Greenpeace.
Reuters: A previously unknown Russian hacking group was behind attacks last year on the networks of the Dutch police, NATO and several European countries, Dutch intelligence agencies said on Tuesday.
The Kyiv Independent: Kyiv and London signed an agreement to use $3 billion profits from frozen Russian assets under the Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration initiative to cover the needs of the Ukrainian army and the Ukrainian defense industry, Ukraine's Defense Ministry announced on May 27.
Reuters: Russian energy giant Gazprom said on Tuesday it had put a business centre near Moscow that housed its offices up for sale for a starting price of 10.34 billion roubles ($129 million).
The Moscow Times: Samsung Display quietly severed its sourcing ties with Russian suppliers of gold, tungsten and tantalum in 2024, the Kommersant business daily reported Tuesday, citing newly released corporate disclosures.
Reuters: Russian teams, including the country's powerful national ice hockey side, remain banned from competing at next year's Milano-Cortina winter Olympics as part of sanctions imposed following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the International Olympic Committee said on Tuesday.
The Kyiv Independent: Stockholm has allocated 4.8 billion Swedish kronor (nearly $504 million) to strengthen Ukraine's defense capabilities, according to a statement published on the Swedish government's website on May 26.
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