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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Ukraine Reports Ammunition Shortage VOA 11 Jun 2022 -- A Ukrainian official said their army is running out of ammunition in its battles with Russian forces. In the Mykolaiv region near the frontline in the south of the country, the regional governor called for urgent international military assistance.
• Russian Shelling Sets Syevyerodonetsk Chemical Plant Ablaze As Defenders Desperately Hold Out RFE/RL 11 Jun 2022 -- Shelling by Russian forces has caused a massive fire at a chemical plant in the besieged eastern Ukrainian city of Syevyerodonetsk, the local governor said, as Ukrainian leaders continued to plea for additional weapons to fight off the onslaught by invading forces throughout the region.
• Battle for Severodonetsk rages as Ukraine seeks more Western weapons Press TV 11 Jun 2022 -- Heavy fighting continues around Ukraine's strategic city of Severodonetsk in Donbas, as Russian forces push to bring the eastern region completely under their control.
• Ukraine Leader Cautions That Russian Blockade May Cause Global Food Shortages VOA 11 Jun 2022 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Saturday that the Russian invasion of his country would harm the international order and cause severe economic losses for several countries. Speaking through a video link to ministers and officials from 42 countries attending the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, a prominent security summit, he underscored the importance of strong action.
• 'Russia Still Has The Potential To Wage A Long-Term War,' Warns Ukrainian Military Intelligence Official RFE/RL 11 Jun 2022 -- Ukraine is on the brink of losing the eastern region of Luhansk to Russia and is currently outgunned and running low on ammunition, a senior Ukrainian intelligence official has warned.
• Russia Moving Forward With 'Referendum' Plans in Occupied Southern Ukraine, Says Kherson Mayor RFE/RL 11 Jun 2022 -- Russian forces in control of territory in Ukraine's south are moving forward with plans to hold a referendum on integrating the occupied areas into Russia, according to the mayor of the southern city of Kherson.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Russia: Response to NATO build-up in Poland will be 'proportionate' Press TV 11 Jun 2022 -- Russia has warned NATO against military buildup in Poland, saying Moscow will proportionately respond to such a move.

Foreign Policy

• China, Russia Open Cross-Border Bridge Amid Sanctions, Criticism VOA 11 Jun 2022 -- The first highway bridge connecting China and Russia opened Friday, the first day of the 3-day Shangri-La Summit in Singapore. Construction of the bridge was completed two years back, but it remained unused because of the coronavirus pandemic.

News Reports

• Russia Adds Committee Against Torture To 'Foreign Agents' List RFE/RL 11 Jun 2022 -- Russia has added the Committee Against Torture, a nongovernmental organization founded in 2000 to advocate for investigations into allegations of torture, to its registry of so-called foreign agents.
• Russian Defendant In MH17 Trial Proclaims Innocence In Video Played In Court RFE/RL 11 Jun 2022 -- One of four defendants in the downing of a Malaysia Airlines flight over Ukraine in 2014 declared his innocence in a video aired on June 10 in the courtroom in the Netherlands where he and three other defendants were being tried in absentia.
• Facts about Russia-Ukraine conflict: Ukrainian president signs sanction decrees on Russian president, officials People's Daily 11 Jun 2022 -- The following are the latest developments in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine: