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AP News: At least five people, including a one-year-old child, were killed in a Russian drone strike on the northern Ukrainian city of Pryluky overnight, regional governor Viacheslav Chaus said Thursday.
Reuters: Russian drones struck apartment buildings in Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, triggering fires and injuring 17 people, including two children, Regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov said early on Thursday.
The Kyiv Independent: Trump has asked the Senate to delay voting on a bipartisan Russia sanctions bill, Republican Senator Roger Wicker said.
Reuters: Russia's Prosecutor General's Office said on Thursday it had labelled The British Council an undesirable organization.
The Kyiv Independent: Trump's administration is redirecting anti-drone technology earmarked for Ukraine to its own troops based in the Middle East, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Politico: Russia is catching up to Ukraine in drone production thanks to greater financial resources, production lines far from the front lines and especially help from China, a senior Ukrainian official told POLITICO.
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CNN: Putin told Trump in a phone call Wednesday that Moscow was obligated to respond to Ukraine’s weekend drone attack, Trump said, setting up a potential escalation in the conflict just as the US president hopes to broker an end to the war.
Reuters: Germany launched a fresh bid on Wednesday to chase down more air defence systems for Ukraine. Berlin aims to potentially surpass the sum of 1 billion euros which it collected with a similar initiative last year, Defence Minister Boris Pistorius told reporters in Brussels.
United24 Media: The Netherlands will provide Ukraine with a €400 million military assistance package focused on strengthening maritime security.
Reuters: Ukraine's allies voiced willingness to pay for defence manufacturing by Ukrainian companies in allied countries, Defence Minister Rustem Umerov said on Wednesday after meeting Western counterparts at the Ukraine Defence Contact Group.
The Kyiv Independent: The U.S. administration has not yet made any new decisions on military assistance for Kyiv as it remains focused on ending the Russia-Ukraine war, U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker told journalists on June 4.
The Insider: The Czech-Austrian industrial conglomerate Hennlich continues to operate in Russia through a local subsidiary that does business with defense manufacturers — including several that are under EU and U.S. sanctions.
Politico: Ukrainian security services on Wednesday released new video of the audacious "Spider Web" strikes on the Kremlin's nuclear-capable bombers deep inside Russia.
The Moscow Times: Russia hopes to deploy as many as 10,000 more troops to the breakaway Moldovan region of Transnistria, Moldova’s Prime Minister Dorin Recean told the Financial Times, citing intelligence assessments.
Reuters: Six men went on trial on Wednesday over an arson attack that prosecutors say was carried out on behalf of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group on a business in London involved in shipping goods to Ukraine.
Bloomberg: The US is refusing to provide air defenses to back the “reassurance force” the UK and France are planning in a postwar Ukraine (archive).
The Kyiv Independent: Russia will soon be able to deploy more than 500 long-range drones a night to attack Ukraine as it ramps up production and builds new launch sites for them.
The Moscow Times: Russia’s diamond exports have fallen to their lowest level in over a decade, the Kommersant business daily reported Tuesday, citing newly released international data.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine's military intelligence agency has gained access to sensitive data of Russia's strategic aircraft manufacturer Tupolev.
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Reuters Special Report: How Ukraine pulled off an audacious attack deep inside Russia
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