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Reuters: Russia and China are set to sign a set of bilateral agreements on Wednesday during the Russian prime minister's trip to Beijing as the two giant neighbours pledge closer cooperation even as the West remains critical of their ties amid the war in Ukraine.
AP News: A survey found that half of the people in the U.S. support the Pentagon's ongoing supply of weapons to Ukraine for its defense against Russian forces. That level is nearly unchanged in the past year, while about a quarter are opposed to sustaining the military lifeline that has now topped $37 billion.
WP: Russia now effectively controls Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, where thousands of soldiers died in the war’s longest and bloodiest battle. It is unclear that Moscow’s disjointed forces will be able to hold the decimated city amid a Ukrainian counterattack.
WSJ: The head of Russia’s Wagner paramilitary group is outspoken in criticizing Russian military leaders, a sign of how Moscow’s battlefield setbacks in Ukraine strain the formidable system of power created by Putin.
Bloomberg: Putin has increasingly put Russia’s economy on a war footing since his invasion of Ukraine.
ISW: The Ukrainian General Staff did not report fighting in Bakhmut City in its 1800 situational report for the first time since December 2022, suggesting that Wagner Group forces may have made further advances within the city.
UK Ministry of Defence: Credible research by independent Russian journalists suggests that between January and May 2023, Russian military courts dealt with 1,053 cases of personnel going absent without leave (AWOL) – more than during the whole of 2022.
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Reuters: Ukraine accused Russia on Tuesday of effectively cutting the Ukrainian port of Pivdennyi out of a deal allowing safe Black Sea grain exports as Russia complained that it had been unable to export ammonia via a pipeline to Pivdennyi under the pact.
Business Insider: Germany's spy chief, Bruno Kahl, said there are no "cracks" in Putin's system despite Russia's failures in Ukraine.
Politico: The EU has sent Ukraine 220,000 rounds of ammunition since pledging in March to get the war-stricken country 1 million shells in 12 months, putting the bloc on track to hit its target, top EU diplomat Josep Borrell said Tuesday.
Reuters: Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik in Moscow on Tuesday and hailed an increase in trade during a meeting that has angered the European Union.
Slovenia Times: The National Assembly has passed a declaration whereby Slovenia recognizes the Holodomor, a famine with which the Soviet authorities starved millions of Ukrainians to death in 1932 and 1933, as genocide.
FT: Far-right militias who stormed a Russian region bordering Ukraine this week used US-made tactical vehicles in the attack, raising questions over Kyiv’s support for the Ukraine-based Russian extremist groups.
The Insider: Despite recent efforts by Baltic authorities to counter Kremlin influence, pro-Kremlin activists persist in their activities unabated, and propaganda publications steadily advance Moscow's agenda.
AFP: Russian energy giant Gazprom, whose gas exports have plummeted in the wake of the Ukraine conflict, said Tuesday its net profit fell by 41 percent last year due to a tax increase.
Meduza: The Finnish energy company Gasum terminated its contract with Gazprom, which was set to expire in 2031. According to Kommersant, this makes it the first European company to have ended a long-term contract with the Russian state gas monopoly.
Meduza: Russia’s State Duma approved an amendment requiring those conscripted to hand over their passports to Russian authorities. If they fail to do so, their passport will be declared invalid.
AFP: Russian energy deliveries to China were set to grow by 40 percent this year, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said Tuesday, as Moscow seeks to deepen ties with Beijing in the face of Western sanctions.
Bloomberg: Hungary is in talks with Qatar to purchase gas to reduce reliance on Russia for energy, Prime Minister Viktor Orban says.
Reuters: The Russian military said on Tuesday it had routed militants who had attacked a Russian border region with armoured vehicles the previous day, killing more than 70 "Ukrainian nationalists" and pushing the remainder back into Ukraine.
AFP: Hungary's right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban insisted Tuesday that Ukraine cannot win its war with Russia and argued Washington must step in to end the conflict.
Reuters: The Belarusian government has allegedly taken part in the illegal deportation of children from Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine, exiled Belarusian opposition leaders said in a preliminary report.
AFP: Civilians from nine Russian villages along the border with Ukraine have been evacuated from their homes amid skirmishes between Russian forces and a Ukrainian "sabotage" group, a regional official said Tuesday.
AP News: Russians are under intense government scrutiny. Authorities monitor social media accounts, prosecuting critics of President Putin or the war in Ukraine. Surveillance cameras allow police to swiftly detain activists or draft dodgers.
Reuters: Ukraine's foreign minister began a tour of African countries this week, stepping up wartime Kyiv's diplomatic push to challenge Russian influence in the "Global South" and cement the vision laid out by Ukraine as the only path to peace.
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