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Morning Headlines
BBC: The UK government has threatened to sue former Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich to make sure the money from the club's sale goes to Ukraine.
The Kyiv Independent: President Volodymyr Zelensky said that during the Istanbul negotiations, Russian representatives dismissed the issue of abducted Ukrainian children as a "show for childless European old ladies" and acknowledged deporting several hundred children.
ISW: Russian forces appear to be intensifying efforts to widen the frontline in northern Sumy Oblast along three axes of advance north and northeast of Sumy City.
Reuters: Russia's overnight attacks killed one person in Ukraine's northeastern region of Kharkiv and injured several more in the northern city of Chernihiv, regional Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday.
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Reuters: Russian shelling killed at least five people on Monday in different frontline areas of eastern Ukraine, officials said.
Bloomberg: Ukraine’s drone strike deep inside Russian territory left Kremlin officials angry and alarmed over the sudden vulnerability of a nuclear-capable air fleet far from the battlefield (archive).
The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine aims to return up to 1,200 prisoners of war in the next exchange with Russia following the second round of talks in Istanbul, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on June 2.
Reuters: Russia told Ukraine at peace talks on Monday that it would only agree to end the war if Kyiv gives up big new chunks of territory and accepts limits on the size of its army, according to a memorandum reported by Russian media.
The Kyiv Independent: Some of the sanctions against Russia could be lifted following a potential full ceasefire, according to Ukraine's official proposal. Yet, the condition is that sanctions are automatically renewed if the ceasefire agreement is broken.
AFP: Trump is open to an invitation by his Turkish counterpart to hold three-way peace talks in Turkey with the Russian and Ukrainian leaders, the White House said Monday.
Bloomberg: Ukraine is developing a generation of drones designed to identify and shoot down other drones that are mass produced in Russia (archive).
LRT: Vilnius is hosting on Monday a summit of the Bucharest Nine and Nordic countries with a focus on defence funding and support for Ukraine.
The Kyiv Independent: Norway will help Ukraine cover a potential one billion euro gas deficit, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced following a meeting with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store in Vilnius on June 2.
Bloomberg: The world’s largest long-haul carrier plans to review flights to Russia following Ukrainian drone attacks deep inside the country over the weekend (archive).
Politico: The Kremlin has been using freelancers to carry out dirty deeds across Europe with increasing frequency — and those freelancers can be anyone. The strategy is as sinister as it is effective. It’s also a law enforcement nightmare.
The Kyiv Independent: Russian intelligence services are actively attempting to recruit Ukrainian nationals for illegal operations across the European Union, Ukraine's military intelligence agency said on June 2.
Reuters: Saudi Arabia and Russia had to reach a difficult compromise on OPEC+ policies on Saturday as Riyadh pushed to accelerate oil output increases while Moscow argued for a pause.
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