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Reuters: The United States is seeking to secure supplies of TNT in Japan for 155mm artillery shells, as Washington rushes weapons and ammunition to Ukraine for a counteroffensive against Russian forces, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
AP News: The Biden administration is retaliating for Russia’s suspension of the New START nuclear treaty, announcing Thursday it is revoking the visas of Russian nuclear inspectors, denying pending applications for new monitors and canceling standard clearances for Russian aircraft to enter U.S. airspace.
AFP: Switzerland's lower house of parliament on Thursday voted against a proposal that would have specifically authorised the transfer of Swiss-made arms to Ukraine.
BBC: A meeting of foreign ministers of the Brics group of nations in South Africa has called for a rebalancing of the global order away from Western nations.
WP: The Biden administration and its NATO allies are developing plans for securing ongoing military support to Ukraine beyond the country’s current offensive, hoping that long-term security pacts will alter the battlefield calculus of President Vladimir Putin.
ISW: Russian officials and milbloggers’ responses to the limited raid in Belgorod Oblast are indicative of a continued heightened anxiety within the Russian information space regarding the war in Ukraine.
UK Ministry of Defence: Russian commanders now face an acute dilemma of whether to strength defences in Russia’s border regions or reinforce their lines in occupied Ukraine.
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Reuters: Ukrainian authorities on Friday lifted air raid alerts across most of the nation, and officials in the capital Kyiv said defences appeared to have shot down more than 30 missiles and drones fired by Russia.
BBC: Children as young as 16 are working at TV channels in occupied Ukraine, spouting Russian propaganda.
POLITICO: The Ukrainian leader came to a major summit in Moldova to ask for ‘security guarantees’ just as France and Germany were diverging on the issue.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has ruled out military action in Moldova's Russia-controlled region of Transnistria without Chisinau's consent, European Pravda reported on June 1.
NY Times: At least 20,000 Russians have been killed and another 40,000 wounded just in the yearlong grinding battle for the small eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, a senior Western official said on Thursday in a new estimate of casualties.
The Guardian: Russian anti-Putin partisans said they were conducting a raid on the town of Shebekino a little over four miles across the Ukrainian border in Belgorod province, the second partisan attack inside Russia in less than two weeks.
Reuters: One of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov's close allies on Thursday publicly criticised Russia's most prominent mercenary, casting Yevgeny Prigozhin as a blogger who yells all the time about problems, drawing a stern rebuke from a top Wagner fighter.
The Moscow Times: Denmark's autonomous Faroe Islands said Thursday Russian access to its North Atlantic ports would be restricted to vessels dedicated exclusively to fishing, in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Novaya-Europe: Kyiv is preparing to receive F-16 fighter jets from its allies. This won’t be much help for the counteroffensive, but will make it harder for Moscow to win a war of attrition.
Meduza: As drone use escalates on both sides of the Russia-Ukraine war, Russian schools are reportedly spending millions buying drone construction and programming kits for “children’s education.”
Mediazona: “We are simply being crossed out.” As Pride Month begins, changing the gender marker in legal documents and medical transition are being banned in Russia.
President of Ukraine: Romania supports Ukraine to become NATO Member as soon as conditions allow for it - Joint Declaration
The Kyiv Independent: NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg reiterated that Ukraine has the right to defend itself when asked about the alliance's stance on alleged Ukrainian attacks on Russian soil, in particular, the May 30 drone strike against Moscow.
On Thursday, European Parliament backed a draft bill to increase production of ammunition and missiles. The Act in Support of Ammunition Production (ASAP) aims to accelerate the delivery of ammunition and missiles to Ukraine and to help member states restock their arsenals.
NY Times: Ukraine’s air defense crews are combatting relentless waves of Russian missiles aimed at Kyiv. Very little has penetrated the patched-together but increasingly sophisticated network.
Bloomberg: EU member states are slowly moving toward an agreement on an 11th sanctions package over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Bloomberg: The Pentagon is buying Starlink satellite communications terminals from billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX for use by the Ukraine military.
The Insider: Proekt has found out that Vladimir Putin established a “family estate” near his residence in Novo-Ogarevo intended for himself and his relatives. The arrangement involved the use of dummy companies and foreign offshore entities.
RFE/RL: Ukrainian parents and guardians, many of them “shocked and traumatized,” have to overcome “a large number of barriers” to get their children back from Russia, said Adriana Lito, a psychologist with an international organization that supports Ukrainians.
Reuters: Thousands of firms halted operations in Russia last year as Western governments-imposed sanctions. Some managed to negotiate swift exits. The pace has now slowed substantially but the rules are even harder to navigate for those remaining.
worth mentioning
Nintendo ends online sales of games in Russia
Swiss arms group wants to sell 96 unused tanks to Germany
Putin is plotting a new front in his war on the West
India took even more Russian oil last month, crowding out Saudis
Russian Presidential Administrative Directorate building bomb shelter at Moscow hospital used by top officials
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