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AP News: Ukraine on Tuesday accused Russian forces of blowing up a major dam in a part of southern Ukraine they control, alerting residents further along the Dnipro River to evacuate and warning of flooding downstream.
BBC: Ukrainian forces have advanced around Bakhmut, Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar has said, describing the eastern city as the "epicentre of hostilities". She did not say whether a long awaited counter-offensive had begun.
Reuters: Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin decried the loss to Ukrainian forces of a village near Bakhmut and said tactics used by regular Russian forces would lead to more setbacks within two weeks.
ISW observed an increase in combat activity in different sectors of the frontline but will not speculate about the intent, weight, or focus of Ukrainian counteroffensives operations.
Reuters: Ukraine and Russia face off at the top United Nations court on Tuesday over Moscow's alleged backing of pro-Russian separatists blamed for the shooting down of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 in 2014.
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AP News: Ukrainian forces were making a major effort to end a battlefield stalemate and punch through Russian defensive lines in southeast Ukraine for a second day Monday, in what may herald the start of a long-anticipated counteroffensive after 15 months of war.
Sky News: Ukraine is attempting an information blackout on any possible offensive - as Russian sources report Kyiv has launched attacks around specific settlements in the south of the eastern Donetsk region.
Reuters: Moscow said on Monday it had thwarted a major offensive against its forces in eastern Ukraine, but Ukrainian officials dismissed the report and both sides said the Ukrainian military had advanced elsewhere along the front line.
Novaya-Europe: War reaches Russian border regions. On average, eight towns and villages are shelled daily, with almost 300 people killed and injured. Novaya-Europe’s data analysis.
European Council: European Union sanctions nine Russian citizens in connection with sentencing of Vladimir Kara-Murza.
The Guardian: British Airways, Boots and the BBC are investigating the potential theft of personal details of staff after the companies were hit by a cyber-attack attributed to a Russia-linked criminal gang.
Bloomberg: The Polish government asks the UK for new air-defense support to help it repel Russian missiles.
AFP: Pope Francis' peace envoy to Ukraine, Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, began a two-day visit to Kyiv on Monday for talks with officials about the war with Russia, the Vatican said.
AFP: The Slovak top prosecutor's office said Monday it had charged ex-justice minister and former Supreme Court chief justice Stefan Harabin over a Facebook post praising Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
AP News: The U.S. sanctioned a group of Russian-intelligence linked individuals Monday for their role in allegedly helping the Kremlin destabilize Moldova’s democratically-elected, pro-Western government through protests in the Moldovan capital earlier this year.
POLITICO: The EU executive is set to announce the extension until mid-September of temporary import curbs on Ukrainian grain and oilseeds that were due to expire Monday, three EU diplomats said on Monday.
WP: Anti-Russian fighters attacked at least 10 villages in Russia’s Belgorod region on Monday with heavy shelling, its governor said, in the latest sign of escalating cross-border fighting, as Moscow claimed to block the beginning of a large-scale Ukrainian counteroffensive.
Sky News: A purported arms contract seen by Sky News offers the first hard evidence that Iran has sold ammunition to Russia for its war in Ukraine, an informed security source has claimed.
POLITICO: Since Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, Austria has refused to aggressively disengage from Russia. For Vienna, neutrality is simply good business.
FT Exclusive: Western countries are worried about 'an Arctic with no rules' if China and Russia exploit geopolitical tensions to increase their influence over the polar region.
CNN Exclusive: Ukraine has cultivated a network of agents and sympathizers inside Russia working to carry out acts of sabotage against Russian targets and has begun providing them with drones to stage attacks, multiple people familiar with US intelligence on the matter told CNN.
Bloomberg: Hungary and Russia will finalize this week an amendment of their contract to expand the Paks nuclear plant, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto says.
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