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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 02.06 Ukraine MOD 02 Jun 2022
• The operational update regarding the russian invasion on 06.00 on June 2, 2022 Ukraine MOD 02 Jun 2022
• Zelenskiy Claims Some Success In Battle For Control Of Syevyerodonetsk RFE/RL 02 Jun 2022 -- Ukrainian forces have had some success fighting Russians in the city of Syevyerodonetsk, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in his late-night address on June 2, but the overall military situation in the Donbas region, which he previously characterized as "very difficult," has not changed.
• Russia tightening grip on key city in eastern Ukraine Press TV 02 Jun 2022 -- Russian forces are attempting to tighten their grip on a key industrial city in eastern Ukraine, as they continue to achieve significant territorial gains in the Donbass region.
• Russian forces seize part of key city in eastern Ukraine People's Daily 02 Jun 2022 -- Russian forces took control over the eastern part of Severodonetsk city, the administrative center of the Ukraine-controlled part of the Lugansk region, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said Wednesday.
• Russian Military Warns Foreign Mercenaries Fighting in Ukraine Are Criminally Liable Sputnik 02 Jun 2022 -- Earlier, Russian Ambassador in Vienna Dmitry Lyubinsky said that Ukraine's embassy in Austria attempted to recruit foreign mercenaries to fight against the Russian military in Ukraine.
• Moscow says US plan to sell armed drones to Ukraine will not impact Russia's military operation Press TV 02 Jun 2022 -- The Kremlin says the plan by the United States to sell armed drones to Ukraine will not change the parameters of Russia's military operation in the ex-Soviet country.
• U.S. "adds fuel to fire" by supplying weapons to Ukraine: Kremlin People's Daily 02 Jun 2022 -- The United States is "purposefully and diligently adding fuel to the fire" by continuously providing military assistance to Ukraine, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Russian strategic missile forces hold drills People's Daily 02 Jun 2022 -- The Russian military conducted a series of drills utilizing the Yars intercontinental ballistic missile system under the Russian Strategic Missile Forces, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday.

Foreign Policy

• Russia urges Turkey not to launch another offensive in northern Syria Press TV 02 Jun 2022 -- Russia's foreign ministry urges Turkey against launching another incursion into northern Syria under the pretext of fighting off, what the Turkish government calls, anti-Ankara "terrorists."
• US Announces More Sanctions on Russian Elites VOA 02 Jun 2022 -- The U.S. government said Thursday that it was trying to shut down sanction evasion measures used by Russia's elites, including President Vladimir Putin, "to attempt to hide and move money and anonymously make use of luxury assets around the globe."
• FACT SHEET: United States Takes Further Actions to Counter Sanctions Evasion by Russia The White House 02 Jun 2022
• Biden administration announces new round of sanctions on Russia Press TV 02 Jun 2022 -- In a further ratcheting up of Washington's offensive against Moscow over its military action against the Kiev government, the administration of US President Joe Biden announced fresh sanctions on Russia.
• Readout of Deputy Secretary Don Graves meeting with European Commission on Export Control Enforcement Coordination US Dept. of Commerce 02 Jun 2022 -- Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves traveled to Brussels, Belgium to continue the Commerce Department's close coordination with the European Union on the imposition of enhanced export controls on Russia.
• New U.S. Sanctions Target Yachts, Putin's Money Manager, Treasury Department Says RFE/RL 02 Jun 2022 -- The United States has issued new sanctions targeting yachts linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin, a yacht brokerage, and several government officials in another move intended to punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.
• Targeting Russia's Oligarchs and Vessels US Dept. of State 02 Jun 2022 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale further invasion of Ukraine on February 24, leading to civilian casualties and widespread reports of war crimes and other atrocities perpetrated by Russia's forces in Ukraine.
• U.S. Treasury Severs More Networks Providing Support for Putin and Russia's Elites US Treasury 02 Jun 2022 -- Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is taking further action to degrade the key networks used by Russia's elites, including President Vladimir Putin, to attempt to hide and move money and anonymously make use of luxury assets around the globe.
• Moscow calls EU move to phase out Russian oil 'self-destructive' Press TV 02 Jun 2022 -- Moscow warns that the European Union's bid to phase out the bloc's dependence on Russian oil does more harm than good, calling it a "self-destructive" step that could backfire on the EU.
• EU Drops Russian Patriarch From Sanctions Package To Gain Hungarian Acceptance RFE/RL 02 Jun 2022 -- The European Union has dropped a move to impose sanctions against Russian Orthodox Church leader Patriarch Kirill to secure Hungary's acceptance of the bloc's latest package of measures against Russia for its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.
• Sixth Package of EU Sanctions Includes Restrictions on Russian Oil Delivered by Sea: French Mission Sputnik 02 Jun 2022 -- Hungary torpedoed an earlier draft of Brussels' proposed sixth package of sanctions against Russia late last month, citing a ban on oil imports whose impact Budapest said would be equivalent to dropping an "atomic bomb" on the economy. EU officials subsequently went back to the drawing board to think up a revamped package of restrictions.
• Study: Technology is an integral part of Russia's great power ambitions Finnish Government 02 Jun 2022 -- A new study argues that Russia has geared its scientific and technological knowhow towards the unfolding great power competition. During the last decade Russia has sought to restore its scientific and technological prowess through various new strategies, programs and plans in order to regain its sovereign status as a great power.

News Reports

• Situation With Foreign Companies Operating in Moscow Region is Stable, Minister Says Sputnik 02 Jun 2022 -- According to the minister of investment of the Moscow region, there are 186 major foreign companies operating in the region, with a turnover of over one billion rubles.
• Russia's Putin Critics Detail Efforts to Resist War in Ukraine VOA 02 Jun 2022 -- Hidden from much of the world behind a veil of Kremlin censorship, Russian critics of President Vladimir Putin are waging a vigorous campaign of resistance to the war in Ukraine, according to a prominent opposition spokesman.
• US Justice Department Braces for More Russian Cyberattacks VOA 02 Jun 2022 -- More than three months into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. Justice Department is girding for more Russian cyberattacks, the department's top national security official said Thursday.