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Amnesty: Russia’s authorities are systematically denying arbitrarily imprisoned government critics contact with their families, Amnesty International revealed in a new report.
Reuters: Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia called on Wednesday for the European Union to build a defence line along the bloc's border with Russia and Belarus to protect the EU from military threats and other harmful activities from Moscow.
Bloomberg: The EU will sign a long term security commitment with Ukraine today, as leaders from the 27 member states gather in Brussels, where they’re expected to be joined by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
ISW: North Korea will reportedly send military construction and engineering forces to participate in "reconstruction work" in occupied Donetsk Oblast as early as July 2024.
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PACE: In a trio of resolutions, adopted today after a joint debate in Strasbourg, PACE has set out plans to try Putin and his generals for aggression against Ukraine, strengthen sanctions against Russia and counter its attempts to “erase” Ukrainian cultural identity.
The Kyiv Independent: The Danish Foreign Affairs Ministry will allocate 4.7 million euros to the Energy Support Fund for Ukraine's energy infrastructure restoration in Mykolaiv and Kharkiv oblasts.
NY Times: Officials say Kyiv won’t get membership negotiations at the coming NATO summit, but the alliance will announce a structure to coordinate aid over the longer term (archive).
The Kyiv Independent: Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda announced on June 26 that Lithuania will allocate at least 0.25% of its GDP to assist Ukraine's security and defense.
Reuters: A Russian was charged with conspiring to hack and destroy computer systems and data in Ukraine and allied countries including the United States, the Justice Department said on Wednesday, and announced a $10 million reward for information.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine's military intelligence agency carried out a cyberattack on several of Russia's largest Internet providers operating in Russian-occupied Crimea on June 26.
Bloomberg: Slovakia has moved to protect its main gas provider from legal claims on concerns that payments from European buyers of Russian gas could get seized after a court awarded damages to German utility Uniper SE for undelivered Gazprom supplies (archive).
The Kyiv Independent: A satellite purchased via a Ukrainian crowdfunding campaign took 4,173 images of Russia's targets in almost two years, Ukraine's military intelligence said on June 26. About 38% of all data received was used to prepare for attacks that caused "billions of dollars" in losses to Russia.
AFP: Austria on Wednesday summoned Russia's representative in the country to protest over what it called Moscow's "unprecedented" withdrawal of media accreditation of an Austrian journalist.
Euronews: Viktor Orbán has once again waged his veto to derail the European Union's foreign policy. On Wednesday, Hungary blocked the release of a joint statement denouncing the Kremlin's recent decision to ban 81 European media outlets in Russia.
Reuters: European Union countries agreed a sanctions package against Belarus on Wednesday, EU diplomats and Belgium said, to try to close off a route to avoiding restrictions on Russia.
RFE/RL: Nominees for four of the top jobs in Brussels have reportedly been agreed upon, with Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas being tapped as the European Union's top diplomat, while European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen will be nominated to serve a second term and former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa is set to become European Council president.
Reuters: The Bank of Italy reported potentially illegal bank transfers last year from Italian accounts to Russia, channelled through other countries in order to avoid Western sanctions, the central bank said in a document published on Wednesday.
NBC News: Western sanctions have failed to undermine Russia’s weapons production and Moscow has even managed to ramp up the manufacturing of key weapons to fuel its war against Ukraine, according to a new report by a London-based think tank.
Reuters: Russian oil producer Lukoil has restarted a key piece of equipment for oil processing at its NORSI refinery, Russia's fourth-largest, following a drone attack in March.
Yahoo News: Austria's highly controversial former foreign minister Karin Kneissl -- who now lives in Russia -- told AFP she feels slandered as Vienna reels from an unfolding Russian spying scandal.
worth mentioning
NATO allies select Mark Rutte as next Secretary General
Passenger train carriages derail in Russia's north, injuring 20
Russian court extends detention of two journalists
Wounded economy: Global arms race threatens Russia with ruin
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