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The Kyiv Independent: At least fourteen people have been killed and 55 others injured after a mass Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv overnight on June 17.
Politico: French President Emmanuel Macron said he still believes Washington could back stronger sanctions against Russia, despite Donald Trump earlier suggesting otherwise.
BBC: The UK is expected to unveil new sanctions against Russia designed to "restrict Putin's war machine" alongside other Ukraine allies on Tuesday.
Reuters: Russia's top presidential security adviser Sergei Shoigu was expected to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un after arriving in Pyongyang "on special instructions" from Putin, Russia's Tass news agency reported on Tuesday.
ISW: Russia’s consumption of its Soviet-era tank stores appears to be slowing, possibly due to Russia's increasing transition to using motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles on the battlefield.
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The Kyiv Independent: Russian forces have intensified offensive operations across multiple front-line areas, said the spokesperson for Ukraine's Khortytsia group of forces on June 16. Russian troops have ramped up attacks, particularly in the Novopavlivka and Kharkiv sectors, which is an unusual development for these areas.
EU Council has decided to renew the sanctions introduced by the EU in response to the illegal annexation of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol by the Russian Federation, until 23 June 2026.
Politico: Latvian authorities temporarily detained Aleksejs Rosļikovs, a former lawmaker and current leader of the country’s ethnic Russian party, authorities confirmed to POLITICO.
The Kyiv Independent: More than a month after Ukraine signed a landmark agreement granting the United States a stake in its mineral reserves, Kyiv has approved initial steps to open one of its largest lithium deposits to private investors, the New York Times reported.
Reuters: The European Commission is set to propose on Tuesday a ban on EU imports of Russian gas and liquefied natural gas by the end of 2027, using legal measures to ensure the plan cannot be blocked by EU members Hungary and Slovakia.
The Moscow Times: Grassroots fundraising for the Russian military slowed significantly during the third year of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, according to an analysis by the exiled news outlet Vyorstka.
Novaya Gazeta Europe: Moscow has handed over the remains of both Russian and Ukrainian soldiers to Kyiv as part of an agreed series of repatriations over the past two weeks, Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said on Monday.
Bloomberg: The European Union faces an uphill struggle to lower the Russian oil price cap after US opposition at the Group of Seven summit and a crude price spike driven by Iran-Israel tensions (archive).
Reuters: Russia said on Monday that the United States had cancelled the next round of talks between the two countries, an apparent setback in a process launched by Putin and Trump to improve bilateral ties.
The Kyiv Independent: Moscow will insist that Ukraine dismantle and destroy all Western-supplied weapons as part of any ceasefire deal, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said in an interview with the state-run newspaper Izvestia published June 16.
Reuters: Ukraine received another 1,245 bodies of its soldiers killed in the war with Russia on Monday in the final stage of the repatriation of remains agreed at talks in Istanbul, Ukrainian officials said.
The Kyiv Independent: Satellite images reveal that Russia has expanded and modernized at least five nuclear-related facilities near European borders in recent years, Swedish broadcaster SVT reported on June 16, citing new imagery obtained from Planet Labs.
Reuters: The European Commission will not propose measures to limit the EU's reliance on Russian nuclear fuel this week alongside its proposals to ban Russian gas, EU energy commissioner Dan Jorgensen said on Monday.
The Kyiv Independent: An uninsured Russian Aframax-class tanker has been illegally conducting ship-to-ship oil transfers in international waters near Greece and Cyprus since July 2024, Ukraine's military intelligence reported on June 16.
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