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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Senior Defense Official Holds a Background Briefing DoD 02 May 2022
• Russians Make Minimal Progress in the Donbas, DOD Official Says DoD News 02 May 2022 -- Russian forces in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine — where the bulk of the fighting is taking place — are suffering from poor command and control, low morale, and less than ideal logistics, a senior Defense Department official, said today.
• Russian Strikes Hit Ukraine's Port City of Odesa VOA 02 May 2022 -- Russia launched new assaults on Ukraine's southwestern port city of Odesa on Monday as the European Union prepared for a new round of sanctions on Russian oil.
• The operational update regarding the russian invasion on 18.00 on May 2, 2022 Ukraine MOD 02 May 2022
• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 02.05 Ukraine MOD 02 May 2022
• The operational update regarding the russian invasion on 06.00 on May 2, 2022 Ukraine MOD 02 May 2022
• Slow Progress In Evacuations From Mariupol As EU Ministers Discuss Oil Embargo RFE/RL 02 May 2022 -- The evacuation of civilians from Ukraine's devastated southern port city of Mariupol has stalled as Russia resumed shelling the Azovstal steel plant where hundreds remain holed up a day after a first group left the underground bunkers.
• Facts about Russia-Ukraine conflict: Two explosions occur in Russia's Belgorod Region People's Daily 02 May 2022 -- The following are the latest developments regarding the conflict between Russia and Ukraine:
• 80 civilians evacuated from Mariupol's Azovstal: Russian Defense Ministry People's Daily 02 May 2022 -- Eighty civilians have been evacuated from the Azovstal plant in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol, the Russian Defense Ministry said Sunday.
• Evacuation from Mariupol's Azovstal begins: Ukrainian president People's Daily 02 May 2022 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday that an evacuation is underway inside the Azovstal plant in the besieged city of Mariupol.
• Evacuation from Ukraine's Mariupol delayed, as Russia continues 'heavy fighting' in Ukraine's east Press TV 02 May 2022 -- The evacuation of civilians from the besieged southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol has stalled, as Russia's offensive in the east of the former Soviet country continues.
• Ukrainian forces stage fresh attacks on Russian towns as Mariupol evacuations resume Press TV 02 May 2022 -- Ukrainian forces have staged fresh attacks on targets inside the Russian territory even as the UN-backed evacuation of civilians from the besieged southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol gets underway.
• Ukrainian Civilians Evacuated From Mariupol; U.K. Says Russia's Elite Forces Gutted By Casualties RFE/RL 02 May 2022 -- Around 100 Ukrainian civilians evacuated from Mariupol are expected to arrive in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhya on May 2, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, but hundreds still remain in bunkers under the Azovstal steel plant in the besieged Sea of Azov port city.
• Russia not to artificially complete military actions in Ukraine by V-Day: FM People's Daily 02 May 2022 -- The Russian military will not artificially adjust its actions during the special operation in Ukraine to any date, including Victory Day, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Sunday.
• Russia says many foreign officers, mercs fighting for Ukraine Press TV 02 May 2022 -- Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says there are "many" foreign officers and mercenaries fighting for Ukraine on the western side of the ex-Soviet republic.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Moldova Sees No Signs of Military Threat From Russia, Kishinev Says Sputnik 02 May 2022 -- The Moldovan Defence Ministry said on Monday it sees no indication that the country faces a military threat from Russia despite recent reports in media.

Foreign Policy

• Opening remarks of Commissioner Simson at the press conference of the Extraordinary Energy Council of 2 May 2022 European Commission 02 May 2022
• In new wave of sanctions, EU to phase out Russian oil, says report Press TV 02 May 2022 -- The European Union is set to propose a phased-out ban on Russian oil imports as part of a new round of anti-Russia sanctions amid reservations by some bloc members.
• EU Looks to Strengthen Energy Resilience, Mulls Oil Sanctions Against Russia VOA 02 May 2022 -- Monday's ministerial meeting in Brussels comes after Russia cut off gas supplies to European Union members Bulgaria and Poland and warned that other so-called "unfriendly" nations risked the same fate if they didn't pay in rubles. Most EU contracts with Russian supplier Gazprom are in euros and dollars.
• Clash Of Titans: As EU Moves To End Reliance On Russian Gas, Will Putin Seek To Strike First? RFE/RL 02 May 2022 -- With no end to Moscow's devastating war on Ukraine in sight, a related battle that is bloodless but potentially painful for both sides is now under way. It pits Russia, the world's largest natural-gas exporter, against the European Union, the world's third-largest economy -- and it could get worse before it's over.
• EU Ministers Discuss Russian Oil Embargo As Germany Signals Shift In Position RFE/RL 02 May 2022 -- European Union ministers have met in Brussels to discuss a response to Russia cutting gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria and plans for a possible oil embargo to punish Moscow for invading Ukraine.
• Prime Minister Naftali Bennett: "I view with utmost severity the Russian Foreign Minister's statement." Israel - Prime Minister 02 May 2022 -- "I view with utmost severity the Russian Foreign Minister's statement. (...) The use of the Holocaust of the Jewish people as a political tool must cease immediately."
• MFA media announcement Israel MFA 02 May 2022 -- FM Lapid: Foreign Minister Lavrov's remarks are both an unforgivable and outrageous statement as well as a terrible historical error. The lowest level of racism against Jews is to accuse Jews themselves of antisemitism.
• Israel Summons Russian Envoy Over Lavrov's Hitler Comment RFE/RL 02 May 2022 -- Israel has summoned Russia's ambassador and is demanding an apology from Moscow after Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov suggested that Adolf Hitler had Jewish roots.
• Finnish Group Cancels Rosatom Nuclear Plant Contract Over Risks Exacerbated By Ukraine War RFE/RL 02 May 2022 -- Finnish group Fennovoima says it has canceled a contract on cooperating with Russian state-owned nuclear power giant Rosatom to supply a nuclear power plant, saying Moscow's war in Ukraine has "worsened" risks for the project.

News Reports

• Vietnam 'opinion workers' push Russian fake news on Ukraine on social media Radio Free Asia 02 May 2022 -- Vietnamese "opinion workers" who promote the Communist Party and protect its image on social media now have a new role: spreading fake or misleading reports that support Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Facebook.