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AP News: The new agreement between Russia and North Korea reached by their leaders at a Pyongyang summit requires both countries to use all available means to provide immediate military assistance in the event of war, North Korean state media said Thursday.
FT: Despite sanctions, Russian companies are building more than a third of the new reactors around the world, which is gaining Moscow new friends (archive).
The Kyiv Independent: Russian drone attacks in the early hours of June 20 damaged energy infrastructure in Vinnytsia, Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Donetsk oblasts, reported state-owned energy operator Ukrenergo.
AP News: Putin is seeking to strengthen ties with longtime partner Vietnam on a state visit Thursday that comes as Moscow faces growing international isolation because of its military actions in Ukraine.
ISW: Air traffic control communications from international airspace over the northeastern Atlantic Ocean appear to show the first confirmed instance of GPS jamming on commercial trans-Atlantic routes.
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Thales: The Ukrainian Defense Industry, a state-owned enterprise, has signed three agreements with the French defense company Thales. These agreements aim to strengthen operational support of AFU front-line operations and reinforce local defence capability.
Euronews: The EU is expected to further reduce its imports of key food commodities from war-torn Ukraine after less than two weeks since applying the new controversial preferential trade scheme.
Reuters: EU countries failed to agree on a 14th package of sanctions on Russia as Germany remained a blocking force despite the scrapping of a clause that Berlin found problematic, EU diplomats said on Wednesday.
The Moscow Times: Russian ministers accompanying Putin on his visit to Pyongyang were forced to leave the negotiation room by a North Korean official who appeared to be angered that they had entered before leader Kim Jong Un.
France 24: A Senate investigating committee called Wednesday for France to stop importing Russian liquefied natural gas and push for the fuel to face EU sanctions.
The Moscow Times: Russia and Azerbaijan have accused France of stoking conflict in the South Caucasus after the country this week signed a deal to sell artillery systems to Armenia.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine's military intelligence agency said on June 19 that it had identified Russian soldiers who executed Ukrainian prisoners of war near Zaporizhzhia Oblast's Robotyne last month.
The Moscow Times: Russian forces have escalated attacks near Toretsk, a frontline town in eastern Ukraine that has remained relatively calm over recent months of fighting, officials said Wednesday.
The Kyiv Independent: Russia has moved the vast majority of its ground forces previously stationed near Finland to the war in Ukraine, the Finnish public broadcaster Yle reported on June 19, citing an undisclosed Finnish military intelligence source.
Reuters: Russia has "significant amounts" of Western assets and property on its territory that could be targets for retaliation by Moscow if the West seizes income from Russian assets, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday.
POLITICO: Jordan Bardella, the leader of the far-right National Rally, said he would provide ammunition to Ukraine but would not send French troops to the war-torn country nor send long-range missiles if he's appointed prime minister.
The Kyiv Independent: U.S.-made missiles for the Patriot air defense system manufactured for Switzerland are to be delivered to Ukraine despite contractual obligations, the Swiss outlet Blick reported on June 19, citing undisclosed sources.
RFI: Russia said Wednesday it had presented its ideas for a prisoner swap to the United States and was waiting for a response, days before it was set to put US reporter Evan Gershkovich on trial.
Reuters: China's commerce ministry said on Wednesday that it had urged Britain to stop sanctioning Chinese firms after the country sanctioned five Chinese companies over their links to Russia.
Reuters: China reacted guardedly this week as Russia and North Korea deepened their ties and vowed to resist the U.S.-led West, with Beijing avoiding any trilateral arrangement that might complicate its relations with other countries.
France 24: Despite more than two years of Western punitive measures, Russia is still getting its hands on prohibited goods, with the help of cunning businesses that go to great lengths to dodge the embargo.
The Kyiv Independent: Denmark announced its 19th assistance package for Ukraine, including financial support for Ukraine's defense industry, equipment for F-16 fighter jets, and donations from Danish military stocks.
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