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CNN: Russia launched drones and ballistic missiles at multiple targets across Ukraine, Kyiv authorities said on Friday, in a deadly air assault that left at least four people dead and 20 wounded in the capital.
The Kyiv Independent: Drones struck a Russian military plant in Michurinsk, Tambov Oblast, in the early hours of June 6, according to media outlets in Russia. Attacks were also reported in Russia's Saratov, Moscow, Tula, Belgorod, and Kaluga oblasts.
The Kyiv Independent: An oil refinery in the city of Engels in Russia's Saratov Oblast was engulfed in flames after an overnight drone attack on June 6, Russian officials and media outlets reported.
Reuters: The European Union is considering adding Russia to its 'grey' list of countries with lax money laundering controls, the Financial Times reported on Friday citing officials. A final decision regarding the addition, however, has not been taken yet, the report said.
ISW: Russian forces are reportedly sustaining an average of 1,140 casualties per day and suffering disproportionately high personnel casualties for marginal, grinding territorial gains.
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AP News: In an Oval Office meeting with Chancellor Friedrich Merz, the U.S. president likened the war in Ukraine — which Russia invaded in February 2022 — to a fight between two children who hate each other. Trump said that with children, “sometimes you’re better off letting them fight for a while and then pulling them apart,” adding that he relayed the analogy to Putin in a call this week.
Reuters: Ukraine's government has criticised a decision to take billions of euros of Russian wealth frozen in Europe and hand it to Western investors, warning that it weakened Europe's stand against Moscow. "If private investors are compensated before the victims of war, it won't be justice," said a senior official in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's office.
AFP: The United States on Thursday called for an end to North Korea's cooperation with Russia after leader Kim Jong Un vowed "unconditional support" to Moscow in the Ukraine war.
Politico: NATO defense ministers agreed Thursday to significantly increase air defenses and land forces to fend off Russia — which means a dramatic boost in military spending in the coming years.
The Moscow Times: Putin’s alleged extramarital daughter has quietly assumed a role in the French art world, working with galleries that exhibit anti-war artists, including some from Ukraine, exiled journalist Nastya Rodionova reported Thursday.
RFE/RL: The EU won a key legal victory on June 5, as the European Court of Justice ruled that Brussels' sanctions against five Kremlin-linked Russian businessmen are lawful — and don't require proof of direct ties to Putin.
Reuters: Slovakia's parliament, in a thinly attended session, approved a resolution on Thursday calling on the government not to vote in favour of new sanctions on Russia, raising questions over the country's future stance on European sanction packages.
Axios: Trump thought Ukraine's surprise drone attack over the weekend was "strong" and "badass," sources who discussed it with him tell Axios, but he's also concerned it will make his ceasefire mission even harder.
AFP: Kyiv said on Thursday that two people had died after a Russian strike on army training facilities in eastern Ukraine, days after a similar strike saw a high-ranking officer resign.
Reuters: Denmark has become the first country to formally join the European Union's new 300 million euro Ukraine export credit guarantee facility which supports European companies doing business with Ukrainian counterparts.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukrainian forces launched a missile strike on June 5 targeting a concentration of Russian missile troops near the city of Klintsy in Russia’s Bryansk Oblast, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces reported.
Reuters: Ukraine's finance ministry plans to revise the 2025 budget to boost financing for defence, lawmaker Yaroslav Zhelezniak said on Thursday, as the war with Russia drives demand for more weapons, ammunition and funds to pay soldiers' wages.
The Kyiv Independent: Russian intelligence operatives are impersonating Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) in an expanded effort to recruit Ukrainian civilians for sabotage operations, the SBU said June 5.
Reuters: A Russian media outlet in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg said on Thursday that investigators were conducting searches in its editorial office. Ura .ru, one of the largest media outlets in the Urals, said searches were also being conducted in the flats of several journalists.
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