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Ukraine Invasion

• Fighting Rages in Ukraine's Eastern Donbas Region VOA 02 Jul 2022 -- Heavy fighting raged in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region Saturday as Russian forces increased their bombardment of the city of Lysychansk. Russia is targeting the area as its military looks to push deeper into the industrial region, which has become the focus of its latest offensive since failing to capture Kyiv after its February 24 invasion.
• Ukraine Denies Separatists' Claim Of An 'Encircled' Lysychansk, Says Fighting Rages On RFE/RL 02 Jul 2022 -- Russian-backed separatists claim they have "completely" surrounded Lysychansk in eastern Ukraine, but Ukrainian officials rejected the assertion and say its defenders are holding on in the key town on the Siverskiy Donets River.
• Russia says hit Ukrainian military sites in Donbas, Mykolaiv Press TV 02 Jul 2022 -- Russia says it has destroyed five Ukrainian army command posts in the Donbas and Mykolaiv regions with high-precision weapons.
• Pentagon: Ukraine using rocket system to target Russian command posts Press TV 02 Jul 2022 -- A senior Pentagon official has said that Ukrainian forces are successfully using US missiles to target Russian command posts.

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Foreign Policy

• Germany To Open New LNG Ports By Early 2023 In Bid To Cut Dependence On Russia RFE/RL 02 Jul 2022 -- Germany will begin operation of two temporary terminals for the import of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by early 2023, Economy Minister Robert Habeck said in an interview published by the Welt am Sonntag newspaper on July 2.
• Tokyo 'to Protest Any Discrimination of Japanese Holdings' in Russia's Sakhalin-2 Sputnik 02 Jul 2022 -- Japan will protest any discrimination against the Mitsui and Mitsubishi holding companies to protect their investment in Russia's Sakhalin-2 oil and gas project, a senior official told the Yomiuri Shimbun daily.
• Iran, Russia plan for 10 million tons freight transit along INSTC ISNA 02 Jul 2022 -- Iran and Russian transport officials met in Moscow to discuss details of transport initiatives during 13th joint transport task force.

News Reports

• Parents of Russian Conscripts Fear Their Sons Will Be Pressured Into Joining The War In Ukraine RFE/RL 02 Jul 2022 -- Five months into Russia's war on Ukraine, the Kremlin still hasn't decreed a general mobilization to draft troops for its invasion, but there are growing reports that it is enticing and pressuring men of fighting age to join, as well as leaning on younger conscripts to sign contracts so they can deploy to the front.
• WHO Says Risk of Monkeypox Spread in Russia Remains High Sputnik 02 Jul 2022 -- The risk of the spread of monkeypox in Europe, including Russia, is high, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) office in Russia Melita Vujnovic told Sputnik.