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Ukraine Invasion

• The operational update regarding the russian invasion on 18.00 on May 11, 2022 Ukraine MOD 11 May 2022
• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 11.05 Ukraine MOD 11 May 2022
• The operational update regarding the russian invasion on 06.00 on May 11, 2022 Ukraine MOD 11 May 2022
• Kiev Asks Moscow to Swap Ukrainian Soldiers From Azovstal for Russian POWs Sputnik 11 May 2022 -- Ukraine has proposed to Russia to swap Ukrainian soldiers pinned at the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol for captured Russians, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said on Wednesday.
• First Russian Soldier Suspected Of Murdering A Civilian In Ukraine To Face Trial RFE/RL 11 May 2022 -- Ukrainian authorities are moving ahead with the first murder trial of a Russian soldier suspected of killing a Ukrainian civilian during Russia's unprovoked invasion.
• Russia-Backed Separatists In Ukraine's Donetsk Region Block Facebook, Instagram RFE/RL 11 May 2022 -- A Russia-backed separatist group in eastern Ukraine that calls itself the Donetsk People's Republic (DNR) says it has blocked access to Facebook and Instagram in the districts it has been controlling since 2014.
• Top EU Rights Official Says Russia Will Be Held To Account For Possible War Crimes In Ukraine RFE/RL 11 May 2022 -- Russia will be held accountable for war crimes and violations of international law allegedly committed by its forces in Ukraine, a European Union official vowed, amid mounting Ukrainian and international efforts to gather evidence for future criminal investigations.

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Foreign Policy

• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's statement and answers to media questions during a joint news conference following talks with Foreign Minister of the Sultanate of Oman Badr Albusaidi, Oman, May 11, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 11 May 2022
• Russia won't participate in special session of UNHRC on Ukraine People's Daily 11 May 2022 -- The Russian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that Russia has chosen not to participate in an upcoming special session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Ukraine, calling the event biased.
• US Defence Chief Says Russia Does Not Want to Take on NATO Alliance Sputnik 11 May 2022 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin's calculus does not include attacking NATO but any attack on a member of the military alliance would be a "game changer," US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said in prepared testimony to the US House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday.
• Russia hopes US would stop promoting unipolar world after Ukraine operation Press TV 11 May 2022 -- Russia is confident that once its "special military operation" in Ukraine produces desirable results, the West will stop both its relentless drive for the "unipolar world" and violating the principles of the United Nations charter.
• Russian Intel Chief Reveals What US State Department Has in Common With Nazi Ministry of Propaganda Sputnik 11 May 2022 -- Last month, Director of Foreign Intelligence Sergei Naryshkin said Russia's military operation in Ukraine was aimed at preventing the country from becoming "a Russophobic puppet state", and accused the United States of using "the most vile methods" to prolong the conflict as much as possible to maximise material and human costs to Moscow and Kiev.

News Reports

• Ukraine Cuts Off Russian Natural Gas Pipeline Supplying Europe VOA 11 May 2022 -- The fight for Ukraine played out beyond the battlefields on Wednesday, with Kyiv cutting off one Russian natural gas pipeline that supplies European homes and industry, while a Moscow-installed official in southern Ukraine said the Kremlin should annex Kherson after Russian troops took control.
• Ukrainian gov't approves seizure of Russian assets: PM People's Daily 11 May 2022 -- The Ukrainian government has approved the seizure of Russian assets in Ukraine, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Tuesday.
• Ukraine to halt Russian gas flow to Europe, blaming Moscow Press TV 11 May 2022 -- Ukraine has decided to suspend the flow of Russian gas through a key transit point to Europe, blaming Moscow for the move, in a dispute that could disrupt supplies from the former Soviet state for the first time since the war started late February.
• Russia Responds With Sanctions After Kyiv Shuts Off Gas Flow Through One Transit Route RFE/RL 11 May 2022 -- Russia imposed sanctions against units of Gazprom Germania and dozens of other former subsidiaries in countries that have imposed sanctions on Russia after Kyiv halted the use of a major transit route for Russian gas.
• Russia Sanctions European Gazprom Units In Countries That Have Imposed Sanctions On Russia RFE/RL 11 May 2022 -- Russia has imposed sanctions against units of Gazprom Germania and dozens of other companies based in countries that have imposed sanctions on Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine.
• Putin Appoints Acting Governors Of Five Regions After Predecessors Resigned RFE/RL 11 May 2022 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed acting governors to five regions of the country hours after their predecessors announced they were stepping down.
• Kazakh President Emphasizes Importance Of China-Europe Transportation Route Bypassing Russia RFE/RL 11 May 2022 -- Kazakh President Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev said after a visit to Ankara for talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that a new transportation route connecting China with European markets bypassing Russia is important for the two nations.