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Reuters: The United States told the United Nations Security Council on Thursday that its proposal for a ceasefire in Ukraine was "Russia's best possible outcome" and Putin should take the deal.
The Kyiv Independent: Residents in Russian regions along the Ukrainian border complain the area is increasingly uninhabitable due to the government's actions amid Moscow's attempt to establish a "buffer zone," according to a call intercepted by Ukraine's military intelligence agency.
BBC: Since the start of that invasion in February 2022, Russia has made more than three times as much money by exporting hydrocarbons than Ukraine has received in aid allocated by its allies.
The Kyiv Independent: Security advisors from the U.S., U.K., France, and Germany will attend planned peace talks between Ukraine and Russia on June 2, Trump's special envoy for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, said.
ISW: Russian officials continue to dictate the terms and timing of peace negotiations with Ukraine and are attempting to obfuscate the current state of negotiations.
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France 24: Ukraine said Thursday it was ready to hold more talks with Russia in Istanbul next week but again demanded that Moscow supply a document setting out its conditions for peace.
WP: The partnership between Iran and Russia to produce Iranian-designed drones on Russian soil has deepened military ties between the two heavily sanctioned states and substantially boosted Russia’s domestic drone industry, according to a report released Thursday (archive).
CNN: Russia dramatically intensified missile and drone attacks across Ukraine this month in an effort to sap Ukrainians’ morale – but it is also stepping up ground attacks in many areas along the long frontline, according to Ukrainian officials and analysts.
AP News: Russia on Thursday accused Serbia of exporting arms to Ukraine, saying it’s a stab in the back by its longtime Slavic Balkan ally.
Meduza: China has halted drone sales to Ukraine and other European countries but continues to supply Russia, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, citing statements from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other informed sources.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine has deployed a new artificial intelligence-powered "mother drone" for the first time, marking a major step in the country's expanding use of autonomous battlefield technology, Digital Transformation Minister Mykhailo Fedorov announced on May 29.
Reuters: North Korea enabled Russia to increase missile attacks against critical Ukrainian civilian infrastructure and supplied more than 20,000 containers of munitions, according to a report by the Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team, a group comprising 11 UN members.
AP News: Inspectors from the U.N. nuclear watchdog haven’t seen signs of Russia moving to immediately restart the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, an agency official said Thursday, after Greenpeace raised concerns about Moscow building power lines near the facility.
The Kyiv Independent: Russia has concentrated a sufficient amount of forces in Kursk Oblast to potentially launch an attack on Ukraine’s Sumy Oblast, State Border Guard Service spokesperson Andrii Demchenko said on May 29.
The Moscow Times: The probability of a systemic banking crisis in Russia is on the rise, according to a new report from a state-affiliated economic think tank.
Reuters: Some Republicans in Congress and White House advisers are urging Trump to finally embrace new sanctions on Moscow as frustration mounts over Putin's military assault on Ukraine.
The Kyiv Independent: The upcoming Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting in the Ramstein format will be held on June 4 in Brussels under the chairmanship of the U.K. and Germany, NATO announced on May 29.
Sky News: Russia-linked hackers posing as journalists targeted staff at Britain's Ministry of Defence in a cyber spying operation that was spotted and thwarted, the government has revealed.
The Moscow Times: A former Russian officer who commanded air operations during the siege of Mariupol and later became deputy mayor of Stavropol was killed in a grenade explosion overnight, officials said Thursday.
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