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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The operational update regarding the russian invasion on 18.00 on June 1 2022 Ukraine MOD 01 Jun 2022
• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 01.06 Ukraine MOD 01 Jun 2022
• The operational update regarding the russian invasion on 06.00 on June 1 2022 Ukraine MOD 01 Jun 2022
• Russia Relentlessly Shelling Sievierodonetsk in Eastern Ukraine VOA 01 Jun 2022 -- Russia relentlessly shelled Sievierodonetsk in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday, with the Luhansk regional governor conceding that Moscow's forces now control 70% of the city and that evacuation of civilians had been halted.
• Can Western Artillery Stop Russia's Progress In The Donbas? RFE/RL 01 Jun 2022 -- Over the past several weeks, Russian troops have slowly expanded their control of territory in the Donbas, pounding Ukrainian defense forces with artillery bombardments and reducing towns and villages to rubble.
• Russians Now Said To Control Most Of Syevyerodonetsk, As Kyiv Awaits Critical Weapons RFE/RL 01 Jun 2022 -- Russian forces have taken control of most of the key Donbas city of Syevyerodonetsk amid fierce house-to-house fighting as Kyiv awaits delivery of crucial advanced U.S. and German weaponry that Moscow warned would "pour gas on the fire" in the war in eastern Ukraine.
• Russia says it did everything to avert global food crisis amid Ukraine operation Press TV 01 Jun 2022 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says his country did everything in its power to avert a food crisis amid Moscow's ongoing military operation in Ukraine.
• Russia says US 'pouring oil on the fire' by supplying Ukraine with rockets Press TV 01 Jun 2022 -- Russia has slammed the United States for sending more advanced rocket systems to Ukraine amid heightened tensions, saying Washington is adding fuel to the fire and that it does not trust Kiev not to fire them into Russia.
• Lavrov Slams Kiev's Demands for Foreign MLRS as 'Direct Provocation' Sputnik 01 Jun 2022 -- The US earlier gave the green light to ship MLRS rocket launchers to Ukraine. However, President Joe Biden has claimed that Russian territory will not be within range of the weapons Washington is due to send.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Russia to Make High-Precision Weapons Carriers Core of Northern Fleet by 2033 Sputnik 01 Jun 2022 -- Carriers of long-range high-precision weapons, including hypersonic weapons, will become the core of the Russian Northern Fleet's general-purpose forces by 2033, Northern Fleet Commander Adm. Alexander Moiseev said on Wednesday.
• Russia Forcing Changes to NATO Strategic Concepts DoD News 01 Jun 2022 -- The North Atlantic Treaty Organization continues to change even as it defends the 30 nations of the alliance, Ambassador Julianne Smith, U.S. permanent representative to NATO, told the Defense Writers Group today.

Foreign Policy

• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks and answers to questions following a meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Riyadh, June 1, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 01 Jun 2022
• Russia, Bahrain share common views on political settlement of Syria conflict: Lavrov Press TV 01 Jun 2022 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says his country and Bahrain share common views on the need for a political and diplomatic solution as the only possible way to settle the ongoing crisis in Syria.
• Telephone conversation with Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan President of Russia 01 Jun 2022 -- Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan.
• EU splits force partial embargo of Russian oil imports People's Daily 01 Jun 2022 -- The European Union (EU) leaders have agreed to block more than two-thirds of Russian oil imports in a set of watered-down measures that will keep Moscow's pipelines flowing.
• Russia to halt gas supplies to companies of Denmark, Germany People's Daily 01 Jun 2022 -- Russian energy giant Gazprom said Tuesday that it would no longer supply gas to Denmark's largest energy company Orsted and will halt deliveries to Germany under the Shell Energy Europe contract.

News Reports

• FBI 'Laser-Focused' On Russian Cyberactivity, Director Says RFE/RL 01 Jun 2022 -- The director of the FBI has told a gathering of cybersecurity professionals that the U.S. law enforcement agency is "laser-focused" on Russian cyberactivities and is monitoring them in the context of Russia's war against Ukraine.
• EU's Top Court Rejects Appeal By 'Putin's Chef' Over Wagner Activities In Libya RFE/RL 01 Jun 2022 -- The European Union's top court has dismissed the appeal by Kremlin-connected businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin of his inclusion on the bloc's sanctions list over his role in Libya's civil war.