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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Ukrainian Forces Keep Up Desperate Resistance Near Syevyerodonetsk, Remain Defiant RFE/RL 18 Jun 2022 -- Desperate Ukrainian forces continued to put up fierce resistance in and around Syevyerodonetsk, buoyed politically by vocal support by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the European Union ahead of a summit next week that could lead to EU candidacy status.
• Ukrainian governor says Russia deploying large number of reserve troops to Severodonetsk Press TV 18 Jun 2022 -- Russia is deploying a large number of reserve troops to the flashpoint city of Severodonetsk in Ukraine's eastern region of Luhansk, where fierce battles are raging between Russian and Ukrainian forces, a Ukrainian governor says.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Putin declares end of 'unipolar world order', says anti-Russia sanctions boomeranged Press TV 18 Jun 2022 -- The emergence of new power centers that have the right to protect their systems, economic models, and sovereignty has ended "the era of the unipolar world", Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday, in what the Kremlin described as an "extremely important" speech.

Foreign Policy

• 'Europe committing energy suicide by imposing sanctions on Moscow' Press TV 18 Jun 2022 -- The head of a Russian oil giant says European nations are committing energy suicide by following the United States in imposing sanctions on Moscow over the war in Ukraine.
• Russian Gas Supplies To Europe Via Ukraine Drop To 41.4 Million Cubic Meters RFE/RL 18 Jun 2022 -- Russia's state-controlled energy giant Gazprom said its supply of gas to Europe through Ukraine via the Sudzha entry point dropped to 41.4 million cubic meters (mcm) on June 18 from 41.9 mcm the previous day.
• Lithuania Bans Transit Of Sanctioned Russian Goods To Kaliningrad RFE/RL 18 Jun 2022 -- Lithuania has begun a ban on the rail transit of goods subject to European Union sanctions to the Russian far-western exclave of Kaliningrad, transport authorities in the Baltic nation said on June 18.

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