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๐บ๐ฆ ๐ท๐บ Drones operated by the Security Service of #Ukraine destroyed a Russian Nebo-SVU long-range radar system in #Crimea overnight on May 30.
The system, worth around $100 million, was positioned near Armiansk, a town in the north of Crimea.
kyivindependent.com/sbu-destroye...
#Russia
Sources from Ukrainian intelligence services told the Kyiv Independent that the system was worth around $100 million.
kyivindependent.com
๐บ๐ฆ #NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Friday called on members to commit to keeping annual military aid for #Ukraine at a minimum of 40 billion euros, after foreign ministers from alliance countries debated long-term support for Kyiv.
www.barrons.com/news/ukraine...
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Friday called on members to commit to keeping annual military aid for Ukraine at a minimum of 40 billion euros ($43 billion), after foreign ministers from alliance count...
www.barrons.com
๐ต๐ฑ๐บ๐ฆ #Poland decided it would be safer to train Ukrainian troops in Poland rather than sending its own troops to #Ukraine, the Polish foreign minister said on Friday during a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Prague.
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Poland is currently organising its 45th package of aid for Ukraine, the foreign minister said on Friday.
www.reuters.com
๐ท๐บ ๐ต๐ฑ Poland's state news agency was probably hit by a Russian cyberattack on Friday, a government official said, after a false article about military mobilisation appeared on its news feed.
www.reuters.com/technology/c...
#Russia #hacking #cybersecurity
Poland's state news agency was probably hit by a Russian cyberattack on Friday, a government official said, after a false article about military mobilisation appeared on its news feed.
www.reuters.com
๐บ๐ฆ Smoking piles of rubble and the bombed-out shells of residential buildings are all that remains of the town of Vovchansk in Ukraineโs northeast, rare drone video obtained by The Associated Press showed.
apnews.com/article/russ...
The Associated Press has obtained rare drone footage of the destroyed ruins of the embattled town of Vovchansk in northeastern Ukraine.
apnews.com
๐บ๐ฆ Kyiv is likely to receive the first tranche of frozen Russian assets revenue from the European Union this summer, EU Sanctions Envoy David O'Sullivan said in an interview with RBC #Ukraine
kyivindependent.com/ukraine-to-r...
#Russia
The legal framework within which the funds will be transferred is still in progress, according to David O'Sullivan. The EU sanctions envoy hopes that the decision will be made in "a few weeks."
kyivindependent.com
๐ท๐บ๐ฐ๐ต Foreign ministers from 10 nations, including those from the Group of Seven major democracies, on Friday condemned weapons transfers from North Korea to #Russia, saying the arms were being used against #Ukraine
www.reuters.com/world/g7-gra...
#NorthKorea
Foreign ministers from 10 nations, including those from the Group of Seven (G7) major democracies, on Friday condemned weapons transfers from North Korea to Russia, saying the arms were being used against Ukraine.
www.reuters.com
๐ซ๐ฎ๐ช๐ช Russia's small neighbours on Friday lobbied the West at the Shangri-La Dialogue for arms production, spending and military planning to protect against Russian aggression, a challenge a senior #Finland official said was too much to bear alone.
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
#Estonia
Russia's small neighbours on Friday lobbied the West at the Shangri-La Dialogue for arms production, spending and military planning to protect against Russian aggression, a challenge a senior Finland official said was too much to bear alone.
www.reuters.com
๐บ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ณ Deputy U.S. Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo said on Friday that Washington and the European Union must deliver a message to China that its firms face a choice between doing business with U.S. and EU economies or equipping Russia with dual-use goods
www.reuters.com/world/us-tre...
#USA #Europe
Deputy U.S. Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo said on Friday that Washington and the European Union must deliver a message to China that its firms face a choice between doing business with U.S. and EU economies or equipping Russia with dual-use goods.
www.reuters.com
๐ณ๐ฑ๐บ๐ฆ The Netherlands would not object to #Ukraine using Dutch-supplied F-16 fighter jets to strike targets inside Russia as a means of self-defense, Dutch Foreign Minister Hanke Bruins Slot said on May 31.
kyivindependent.com/ukraine-neth...
The comments come a day after Denmark said Ukraine may use Danish-supplied F-16 jets to strike military targets in Russian territory, as this would be "within the rules of war."
kyivindependent.com
๐ฉ๐ช๐บ๐ฆ The German government said Friday that #Ukraine can use German-supplied weapons against Russian attacks from positions just over their joint border.
apnews.com/article/russ...
#Germany #Russia
The German government says Ukraine can use weapons it has provided against attacks from positions just over the Russian border.
apnews.com
๐ฃ Joe Bidenโs delay in sanctioning the use of western weapons against targets in Russia has left the Kremlinโs forces laughing at #Ukraine and able to โhuntโ its people, Volodymyr Zelenskiy has told the Guardian.
www.theguardian.com/world/articl...
#usa
Exclusive interview: Ukrainian president says US delaying use of western weapons on targets inside Russia has cost lives
www.theguardian.com
๐บ๐ฆ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is expected to attend the Shangri-La Dialogue security conference in #Singapore this weekend, six sources said, as #Ukraine faces a renewed assault two years after Russian forces invaded.
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is expected to attend the Shangri-La Dialogue security conference in Singapore this weekend, six sources said, as Ukraine faces a renewed assault two years after Russian forces invaded.
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๐บ๐ฆ Snack maker Mondelez resumed its production of Oreo cookies in #Ukraine, after its plant in a small city in the eastern part of the country was badly damaged during Russia's invasion roughly two years ago.
www.reuters.com/business/ret...
Snack maker Mondelez resumed its production of Oreo cookies in Ukraine, after its plant in a small city in the eastern part of the country was badly damaged during Russia's invasion roughly two years ago.
www.reuters.com
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- US to offer Ukraine security pact as tensions rise between allies
- Sweden may block Russian LNG if Orban scuppers EU sanctions
- Estonia approves transfer of frozen Russian assets to Ukraine
- EU states agree prohibitive tariffs on Russia grain imports
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๐ท๐บ ๐บ๐ฆ Friday Briefing:
- Germany announces $542m aid package for Ukraine
- Debris analysis shows Russia using N.Korean missiles in Ukraine
- Ukraine hits Russian ferry crossing, 4 patrol boats in Crimea
- OpenAI says Russia, China used its AI in covert campaigns
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#russiaukrainewar #ukrainewar
๐ท๐บ ๐บ๐ฆ A Russian missile attack overnight destroyed a power facility and damaged the power grid in #Kyiv on Friday, the DTEK energy company said.
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
#ukraine #russia
A Russian missile attack overnight destroyed a power facility and damaged the power grid in Kyiv on Friday, the DTEK energy company said via Telegram messaging app.
www.reuters.com
๐ฑ๐น๐บ๐ฆ #Lithuania would be willing to send personnel to help train troops on Ukrainian soil, Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte said.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
#Ukraine
Lithuania would be willing to send personnel to help train troops on Ukrainian soil, Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte said.
www.bloomberg.com
๐ท๐บ Airports in the cities of Kazan and Nizhnekamsk lifted temporary flight restrictions which had been imposed for safety reasons earlier on Friday.
Unverified videos on social media earlier on Friday had shown drones flying over the region.
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
#russia #ukraine
Airports in the cities of Kazan and Nizhnekamsk lifted temporary flight restrictions which had been imposed for safety reasons earlier on Friday, a representative for Rosaviatsia, the country's aviation regulator, said on Telegram.
www.reuters.com
๐บ๐ฆ ๐ท๐บ A fire broke out at an oil depot at Port Kavkaz in Russia's Krasnador Krai overnight following a drone strike in the early hours of May 31, the Telegram channel Crimean Wind reported.
kyivindependent.com/explosions-f...
#Ukraine
A fire broke out at Port Kavkaz in Russia's Krasnador Krai overnight following a drone strike in the early hours of May 31, the Telegram channel Crimean Wind reporte
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๐ท๐บ ๐บ๐ฆ Russian missiles hit three sites in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, killing at least three people and injuring 16, local officials said early on Friday.
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
#Russia #Ukraine
Russian missiles hit three sites in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, killing at least three people and injuring 16, local officials said early on Friday.
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๐จ๐ณ #China has confirmed it will not attend a #Ukraine peace conference to be hosted by Switzerland next month.
Beijing declined the invitation because the conditions for them to participate were not met, including the participation of both #Russia and Ukraine.
www.reuters.com/world/china-...
China has confirmed it will not attend a Ukraine peace conference to be hosted by Switzerland next month, four sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.
www.reuters.com
ISW:
๐บ๐ฆ ๐ท๐บ Ukrainian forces recently advanced near Vovchansk and Russian forces recently advanced near Chasiv Yar, Avdiivka, Donetsk City, and in east (left) bank Kherson Oblast.
www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
#Ukraine #Russia
US President Joe Biden reportedly approved a policy change that will permit Ukraine to use US-provided weapons, including GMLRS rockets โ but not longer-range ATACMS missiles โ to strike within Russia...
www.understandingwar.org
โก Donald #Trump became the first U.S. president to be convicted of a crime on Thursday when a New York jury found him guilty of falsifying documents to cover up a payment to silence a porn star ahead of the 2016 election.
apnews.com/article/trum...
#USA
The jury in Donald Trumpโs hush money trial is to resume deliberations after asking to rehear potentially crucial testimony about the alleged hush money scheme at the heart of the history-making case.
apnews.com
๐ฉ๐ช๐บ๐ฆ German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced a new military aid package for #Ukraine worth 500 million euros on May 30 during an unannounced visit to the port city of Odesa.
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#Germany
The new package will reportedly include ammunition for Iris-T air defense systems and shorter-range SLS missiles, as well as reconnaissance drones, 1 million rounds of small arms ammunition, Leopard 1...
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๐ซ๐ท ๐ท๐บ #Russia will not be invited to events marking the 80th anniversary of the Second World War's D-Day landings next week given its war of aggression against Ukraine, the French presidency said on Thursday.
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
#france
Russia will not be invited to events marking the 80th anniversary of the Second World War's D-Day landings next week given the war in Ukraine and unease among some allies about Moscow's presence, two diplomatic sources said on Thursday.
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โก๏ธ The Biden administration has quietly given #Ukraine permission to strike inside #Russia โ solely near the area of Kharkiv โ using U.S.-provided weapons, a U.S. official and two other people familiar with the move said Thursday.
www.politico.com/news/2024/05...
#usa
It's a major reversal that will help Ukraine to better defend its second-largest city.
www.politico.com
๐บ๐ฆ ๐ท๐บ The Ukrainian military struck the Russian Kerch ferry crossing in occupied #Crimea overnight on May 30, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported.
The ferry crossing was hit with U.S.-provided long-range ATACMS missiles.
kyivindependent.com/ukraine-hits...
#russia
Moscow "actively used" the ferry crossing to supply Russian troops in the occupied peninsula and defended it with Russian Pantsir, Tor, and Triumph air defense systems, the Ukrainian military said.
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๐บ๐ธ A senior U.S. military official told lawmakers in early May there would be โmilitary valueโ in easing restrictions on Ukraineโs use of U.S. weapons inside Russian territory, according to two attendees of the meeting.
www.politico.com/news/2024/05...
#usa
The Biden administration is under increasing pressure to lift restrictions on U.S.-supplied long-range weapons.
www.politico.com
๐ป Online influence operations based in #Russia, China, Iran, and Israel are using artificial intelligence in their efforts to manipulate the public, according to a new report from #OpenAI
www.npr.org/2024/05/30/g...
#disinformation #propaganda #socialmedia #artificialintelligence
AI tools have helped the people behind influence operations produce more content, but OpenAI says the operations it disrupted didnโt gain traction with real people or reach large audiences.
www.npr.org
๐ง๐ฌ Volgin is one of a handful of pro-Russian candidates who could win one of Bulgaria's 17 seats in the EU Parliament.
...The expected extremist inroads in #Bulgaria are anticipated elsewhere in Europe as well, amid shifting political allegiances across the continent.
www.rferl.org/a/kremline-f...
Pro-Kremlin candidates are confident ahead of Bulgaria's elections to the European Parliament on June 9 amid expectations across the continent of gains by far-right parties.
www.rferl.org
๐บ๐ฒ The head of the U.S. military in Africa vigorously defended the countryโs counterterrorism strategy on the continent and vowed to press forward with it despite a wave of criticism and a drift among African nations toward seeking security help from Russia instead.
apnews.com/article/afri...
#USA
The head of the United States militaryโs Africa Command is pushing back against Russia's efforts to broaden its influence in Africa, blaming the country's disinformation efforts for the spate of milit...
apnews.com
๐ฒ๐ฉ๐บ๐ฆ Moldova and #Ukraine reached an informal agreement to keep natural gas flowing to the pro-Russian enclave of Transnistria after a transit contract with Gazprom PJSC expires at the end of the year.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Moldova and Ukraine reached an informal agreement to keep natural gas flowing to the pro-Russian enclave of Transnistria after a transit contract with Gazprom PJSC expires at the end of the year.
www.bloomberg.com
๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฆ The US is close to signing a new bilateral security pact with #Ukraine in a signal of support aiming to assuage Kyiv after โtenseโ relations that some Ukrainian officials say have hit their lowest ebb since Russiaโs full-scale invasion.
www.ft.com/content/9669...
#USA
Agreement next month aims to placate Kyiv officials who fear relationship with Washington has hit a low
www.ft.com
๐ช๐บ Marine Le Penโs plea to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to form a right-wing super group in the next European Parliament has received the backing of one of Europeโs most prominent nationalists: Viktor Orbรกn.
www.politico.eu/article/vikt...
#France #Italy #Hungary
Itโs time to โreshapeโ the European right, said Hungarian prime minister.
www.politico.eu
๐บ๐ฆ NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday said the "time has come" for members of the military alliance to re-consider some of the restrictions attached to the use of weapons they supplied to Ukraine in support of the country's fight against Russia.
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday said the "time has come" for members of the military alliance to re-consider some of the restrictions attached to the use of weapons they supplied to Ukraine in support of the country's fight against Russia.
www.reuters.com
๐ฑ๐ฐ Sri Lanka will tighten controls to try to stop its men being lured to #Russia to fight in Ukraine with often false promises of salaries and benefits, a minister said on Thursday.
www.reuters.com/world/sri-la...
Sri Lanka will tighten controls to try to stop its men being lured to Russia to fight in Ukraine with often false promises of salaries and benefits, a minister said on Thursday.
www.reuters.com
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland's parliament should reject proposed laws that would prevent migrants arriving across the long, forested border with Russia from seeking asylum, the Nordic country's non-discrimination ombudsman said on Thursday.
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Finland's parliament should reject proposed laws that would prevent migrants arriving across the long, forested border with Russia from seeking asylum, the Nordic country's non-discrimination ombudsman said on Thursday.
www.reuters.com
๐ธ๐ช ๐ญ๐บ #Sweden is looking at ways to unilaterally block imports of Russian liquefied natural gas if #Hungary stops or succeeds in watering down the European Unionโs proposed latest sanctions on Moscow.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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#russia #oilandgas
Sweden is looking at ways to unilaterally block imports of Russian liquefied natural gas if Hungary stops or succeeds in watering down the European Unionโs proposed latest sanctions on Moscow.
www.bloomberg.com
๐ธ๐ช ๐ญ๐บ #Sweden is looking at ways to unilaterally block imports of Russian liquefied natural gas if #Hungary stops or succeeds in watering down the European Unionโs proposed latest sanctions on Moscow.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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#russia #oilandgas
Sweden is looking at ways to unilaterally block imports of Russian liquefied natural gas if Hungary stops or succeeds in watering down the European Unionโs proposed latest sanctions on Moscow.
www.bloomberg.com
๐ช๐ช ๐ท๐บ Estonian President Alar Karis promulgated on May 30 a law that allows the use of frozen Russian assets for funding Ukraine's war efforts and reconstruction, according to the Presidential Office's website.
kyivindependent.com/estonian-pre...
#estonia #russia
"Although the chosen method of compensation is innovative, it aims to protect the prohibition of aggression as a fundamental rule of international law," Alar Karis said in a statement.
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๐ฉ๐ฐ๐บ๐ฆ #Ukraine may use Danish-supplied F-16 jets to strike military targets in Russian territory, as this would be "within the rules of war," Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen told reporters in Brussels on May 30.
kyivindependent.com/ukraine-can-...
#denmark
Ukraine can use F-16 jets to strike military targets in Russian territory, as this would be "within the rules of war," Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen told reporters in Brussels on May 30...
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๐ช๐บ At least seven journalists and activists who have been vocal critics of the Kremlin and its allies have been targeted inside the EU by a state using Pegasus, the hacking spyware made by Israelโs NSO Group.
www.theguardian.com/technology/a...
#europe #russia
Israeli-made Pegasus cyberweapon used in hacking attempts on at least seven journalists and activists in EU
www.theguardian.com
๐บ๐ธ U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday assailed Russian attempts to sow discord in democracies with misinformation after hinting the Biden administration may soon allow #Ukraine to use American-supplied munitions to strike inside #Russia
apnews.com/article/czec...
#usa
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is assailing Russian attempts to sow discord in democracies with misinformation after hinting the Biden administration may allow Ukraine to use American-supplied...
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๐ท๐บ ๐ช๐บ Russia's foreign ministry said on Thursday it was finalising a proposal for "retaliatory measures" against the European Union over the bloc's ban on the broadcast of four Russian media outlets on its territory.
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
#europe
Russia's foreign ministry said on Thursday it was finalising a proposal for "retaliatory measures" against the European Union over the bloc's ban on the broadcast of four Russian media outlets on its territory.
www.reuters.com
๐ซ๐ท๐จ๐ฆ French President Emmanuel Macron personally intervened to persuade Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to give Airbus and other aerospace firms relief from sanctions on Russian titanium.
www.reuters.com/business/aer...
#france #canada #russia
French President Emmanuel Macron personally intervened to persuade Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to give Airbus and other aerospace firms relief from sanctions on Russian titanium, according to three people familiar with the matter.
www.reuters.com
๐ฃ #Russia is beating western capitals in securing artillery supplies on international markets, the Czech govt said, warning that delayed payments to arms companies could lead to millions of ammunition rounds being sent to Moscow instead of Kyiv.
www.ft.com/content/028c...
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Czech government warns that payment delays to international arms makers could deprive Kyiv of millions of shells
www.ft.com
๐จ๐ณ๐ท๐บ๐ฎ๐ท #China has increasingly foiled U.S.-led efforts to squeeze the economies of authoritarian regimes such as #Russia and Iran.
www.wsj.com/world/how-am...
#USA