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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Russia Launches New Missile Attacks on Ukraine VOA 28 Jun 2022 -- Russia targeted more Ukrainian civilian sites with missiles on Tuesday, Ukrainian officials reported, a day after a deadly strike on a shopping center in the city of Kremenchuk that killed at least 18 people.
• Russian Officials Detain Mayor Of Ukrainian City After He Refuses To Collaborate RFE/RL 28 Jun 2022 -- Russian officials occupying the Ukrainian city of Kherson have detained Mayor Ihor Kolykhayev after he refused to work with them.
• Zelenskyy Calls Russia 'Terrorist State' After Latest Attacks on Ukraine VOA 28 Jun 2022 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called Russia a "terrorist state" on Tuesday and urged the United Nations to send a commission to investigate a deadly missile strike on a shopping mall in the city of Kremenchuk.
• More Western weapons for Ukraine to mean longer war: Russia Press TV 28 Jun 2022 -- Russia has warned the United States and its Western allies against sending weapons to Ukraine, saying the more weapons arrive in the country, the longer the war will last.
• Kremlin: Russia's offensive to end as soon as Ukraine forces lay down weapons Press TV 28 Jun 2022 -- The Kremlin says Russia will halt its months-long military offensive in neighboring Ukraine as soon as Ukrainian forces surrender.
• Interview: Can Russia Maintain Its Momentum In Ukraine's East? RFE/RL 28 Jun 2022 -- As NATO leaders gather in Madrid for a key summit that will focus on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Russian forces are continuing to make incremental gains in the war.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Wives Of Russian Officers Urge Buryatia Leader To Return Their Husbands From Ukraine RFE/RL 28 Jun 2022 -- More than a dozen women in Russia's Republic of Buryatia have recorded a video statement urging the head of the Siberian region to recall their husbands from Ukraine where they are serving with the Russian armed forces.
• NATO encroachment on Crimea could lead to World War III, warns Russia's Medvedev Press TV 28 Jun 2022 -- Russia's former president and current deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev has warned the West that any attempt by a NATO state to infringe upon Crimea could lead to World War Three.

Foreign Policy

• Meeting with President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon President of Russia 28 Jun 2022 -- Vladimir Putin arrived in Dushanbe where he met with President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon.
• Putin Arrives In Tajikistan For First Stop On Trip To Central Asia RFE/RL 28 Jun 2022 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has started a one-day visit to Tajikistan, where he is holding talks with his Tajik counterpart, Emomali Rahmon, as Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine continues to raise concerns in Central Asia.
• Foreign Ministry statement on introducing personal sanctions as regards American citizens Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 28 Jun 2022
• Russia Places Sanctions On Biden's Wife, Daughter, Several Senators In Latest List RFE/RL 28 Jun 2022 -- Russia has added U.S. President Joe Biden's wife, Jill, and daughter, Ashley, to its list of Americans under sanctions in retaliation for Washington's moves against Russia over its war in Ukraine.
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's statement and answers to media questions following a ministerial meeting of the Caspian littoral states, Ashgabat, June 28, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 28 Jun 2022
• FACT SHEET: President Biden and G7 Leaders Announce Further Efforts to Counter Putin's Attack on Food Security The White House 28 Jun 2022
• US sanctions over 100 Russian entities, bans gold import Press TV 28 Jun 2022 -- The United States has imposed sanctions on over 100 targets and banned the import of new Russian gold, in a further ratcheting up of Washington's offensive against Moscow over its military action against the Kiev government.
• New U.S. Sanctions Target Russian Defense Industry, Gold Imports RFE/RL 28 Jun 2022 -- The United States on June 28 imposed sanctions on 70 entities, including Russian defense firm Rostec, and 29 individuals in a move that it said aimed to "strike at the heart of Russia's ability to develop and deploy weapons."
• US Bans Importation of Gold of Russian Origin in Latest Round of Sanctions Sputnik 28 Jun 2022 -- The US government has banned the importation of gold of Russian origin in the United States as part of its latest round of anti-Russia sanctions, the Treasury Department Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) said in a press release on Tuesday.
• Targeting Russia's War Machine, Sanctions Evaders, Military Units Implicated in Human Rights Abuses, and Officials Involved in Suppression of Dissent US Dept. of State 28 Jun 2022 -- The United States reaffirms our commitment to working alongside our allies and partners to further impose severe consequences on President Putin and his supporters for Russia's unprovoked and unjustified war against the government and people of Ukraine.
• Targeting Russia's War Machine, Sanctions Evaders, Military Units Credibly Implicated in Human Rights Abuses, and Russian Federation Officials Involved in Suppression of Dissent US Dept. of State 28 Jun 2022 -- The Department of State is taking additional steps to impose severe costs on the Government of the Russian Federation and promote accountability for its war of aggression against Ukraine.
• U.S. Treasury Sanctions Nearly 100 Targets in Putin's War Machine, Prohibits Russian Gold Imports US Treasury 28 Jun 2022 -- Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated 70 entities, many of which are critical to the Russian Federation's defense industrial base, including State Corporation Rostec, the cornerstone of Russia's defense, industrial, technology, and manufacturing sectors, as well as 29 Russian individuals. Today's actions, taken pursuant to Executive Orders (E.O.s) 14024 and 14065, strike at the heart of Russia's ability to develop and deploy weapons and technology used for Vladimir Putin's brutal war of aggression against Ukraine.
• Ukraine terminates 2 nuclear safety deals with Russia People's Daily 28 Jun 2022 -- Ukraine terminated two agreements with Russia concerning cooperation in the field of nuclear safety, Ukraine's state-run nuclear energy operator Energoatom said in a statement on Monday.
• Bulgaria Expels 70 Russian Embassy Staff Accused Of Working Against Sofia's Interests RFE/RL 28 Jun 2022 -- Bulgaria has ordered 70 Russian diplomatic staff out of the country, claiming that they have been working against Sofia's interests.
• Bulgaria Expels 70 Russian Diplomats Sputnik 28 Jun 2022 -- Bulgaria will expel 70 Russian diplomats who were engaged in "espionage," Prime Minister Kiril Petkov said on Tuesday.
• Bulgaria expels 70 Russian diplomats: PM People's Daily 29 Jun 2022 -- Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov has announced Tuesday that his country has decided to expel 70 Russian diplomats as special services have identified the diplomats as people who work against Bulgaria's interests.

News Reports

• Investigation: Unfettered By Western Sanctions, A Russian Bank Delivers Wages To Soldiers Invading Ukraine RFE/RL 28 Jun 2022 -- On June 10, Albina Abayeva posted a short remark on the social network VK: "Gazprom zp has come," it said in Russian.