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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 01.06.2023 Ukraine MOD 01 Jun 2023
• Latest in Ukraine: Deadly Russian Missile Attack Hits Kyiv VOA 01 Jun 2023 -- A pre-dawn Russian missile attack that targeted Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, killed at least three people, including a 9-year-old girl and her mother, and injured 16 others, Ukrainian officials said Thursday.
• 'Three killed' in Russian strike on Kiev after Ukraine's attack on Russia Press TV 01 Jun 2023 -- Ukraine has claimed that "falling debris" from intercepted Russian missiles targeting its capital city has killed three people in Kiev, after Ukrainian shelling of a southern Russian region injured five people.
• Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin's reply to a media question on expanding the Black Sea Initiative Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 01 Jun 2023
• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's comment on the Ukraine crisis Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 01 Jun 2023
• Russia Foils Ukrainian Attack on Belgorod Region, Over 30 Terrorists Killed - MoD Sputnik 01 Jun 2023 -- An apparent attempt by Ukrainian militants to reprise last month's raid on Russia's Belgorod Region has been foiled by the timely intervention of Russia's military and border security forces.
• Ukrainian Forces Fire at Shebekino in Belgorod Region From Grad Rocket Launchers Sputnik 01 Jun 2023 -- The Ukrainian forces fired at Russian town Shebekino from Grad rocket launchers, Belgorod Region Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Thursday, adding that an administration building was partly destroyed.
• Eight Injured in Ukrainian Shelling of Russia's Belgorod Region Sputnik 01 Jun 2023 -- Eight people were injured in the shelling of the town of Shebekino in Russia's Belgorod Region by Ukrainian troops, regional Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said.
• DPR Acting Head Pushilin Says Important to Liberate Maryinka City Soon Sputnik 01 Jun 2023 -- It is strategically important to liberate the city of Maryinka in Russia's Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) from Ukrainian troops soon, DPR acting head Denis Pushilin told Sputnik.
• Moscow Does Not Believe In Drones: Why Are Military-Grade Drones Flying Over The City And Who's Behind It? RFE/RL 01 Jun 2023 -- Earlier this week, for the second time in a month, unmanned aerial vehicles - drones of the sort utilized by militaries, spy agencies, and similar entities - were spotted flying over the Russian capital.
• Unlawful Transfer: Inside The Russian System To Take Ukraine's Children RFE/RL 01 Jun 2023 -- At the time of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Yulia was living in the southern city of Kherson with her second husband and three children, two from her first marriage.

Defense Policy / Programs

• 'Mind your own business': Lavrov tells US envoy after arms shipment claim Press TV 01 Jun 2023 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has lashed out at claims by the US envoy to South Africa about arms shipment from the country to Russia, telling him to stop meddling in relations between Moscow and Pretoria.
• US pilots 'blatantly' violate mutual safety protocols in Syria: Russia Press TV 01 Jun 2023 -- The Russian forces in Syria say US military pilots keep violating safety protocols aimed at preventing clashes between the two forces in the Arab country.
• U.S. Countermeasures in Response to Russia's Violations of the New START Treaty US Dept. of State 01 Jun 2023 -- The United States is committed to full and mutual implementation of the New START Treaty. Consistent with that commitment, the United States has adopted lawful countermeasures in response to the Russian Federation's ongoing violations of the New START Treaty. The Russian Federation's purported suspension of the New START Treaty is legally invalid. As a result, Russia remains bound by its New START Treaty obligations, and is violating the treaty by failing to fulfill many of those obligations.
• US Will No Longer Alert Russia to Any Missile Changes Under New START - State Dept Sputnik 01 Jun 2023 -- The United States will immediately stop notifying Russia about the status or location of missiles and launchers as required under the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), the State Department said in a Thursday release.

Foreign Policy

• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's answers to media questions following the BRICS Foreign Ministers Meeting, Cape Town, June 1, 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 01 Jun 2023
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks at the BRICS Foreign Ministers Meeting, Cape Town, June 1, 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 01 Jun 2023
• BRICS summit mulling expansion to forge counterweight to West Press TV 01 Jun 2023 -- The foreign ministers of the BRICS group of major emerging economies are in South Africa for a summit aimed at discussing enlargement and other strategies to establish the bloc as a key alternative to Western geopolitical dominance.
• BRICS foreign ministers meet with expansion in focus; group eyes cooperation, not confrontation Global Times 01 Jun 2023 -- Foreign ministers from the BRICS countries - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - kicked off a meeting on Thursday in Cape Town, South Africa, where they are expected to discuss a wide range of issues, including preparation for the upcoming leaders' summit, a potential expansion of the group as well as trade and economic issues.
• As Russia's Influence Wanes in Central Asia, China and US Step In VOA 01 Jun 2023 -- China and the United States are putting a new focus on diplomacy in Central Asia, a region where Moscow's long-dominant position has been diminished by its troubled invasion of Ukraine and resulting sanctions by G-7 nations.
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor, Cape Town, June 1, 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 01 Jun 2023
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Cape Town, June 1, 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 01 Jun 2023
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Minister of External Affairs of the Government of India Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Cape Town, June 1, 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 01 Jun 2023
• Scholz attended the EPC Summit in Chișinău - "We are sending a powerful signal against Russian imperialism" Germany - Federal Government 01 Jun 2023 -- At the end of the European Political Community Summit, Scholz reiterated that despite certain disputes between individual countries, everyone present was united in the view "that the Russian attack on Ukraine is an attack on European peace and security".
• Canada announces sanctions against Russian collaborators in Moldova Canada 01 Jun 2023 -- The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that Canada is imposing sanctions against seven individuals and one entity in Moldova as part of the Special Economic Measures (Moldova) Regulations.

News Reports

• Russian Security Service Claims Thousands Of Diplomats' iPhones Hacked; Moscow-Based Kaspersky Also Hit RFE/RL 01 Jun 2023 -- Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) claims thousands of iPhones belonging to the country's diplomats have suffered a massive hacking attack.
• CIA hacked iPhones of diplomats in Russia: Intelligence agency Press TV 01 Jun 2023 -- A Russian intelligence agency has said that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) installed malware on thousands of Apple phones used by Russian citizens and foreign diplomats serving in the country.
• Press release on new facts of global surveillance by the United States Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 01 Jun 2023
• Russian FSB Says US Spied on Foreign Diplomats in Russia Using Apple Gadgets Sputnik 01 Jun 2023 -- The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Thursday that it had disclosed a reconnaissance operation by US intelligence agencies involving several thousand Apple gadgets, including those registered with foreign embassies in Russia.
• Moscow Court Extends Pretrial Detention Of Suspect From Cafe Bombing That Killed War Blogger RFE/RL 01 Jun 2023 -- A court in Moscow has extended the pretrial detention of Darya Trepova, the woman suspected in the assassination of a prominent Russian war blogger at a St. Petersburg cafe in early April.