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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 04.06.2023 Ukraine MOD 04 Jun 2023
• New Skirmishes Break Out Along Ukrainian Border As Anti-Kremlin Forces Capture Russian Soldiers RFE/RL 04 Jun 2023 -- Fresh battles broke out on the Russian side of the Ukrainian border on June 4, as anti-Kremlin fighters said they had captured several Russian soldiers and turned them over to Kyiv after the governor of the Belgorod region failed to show up for negotiations on a prisoner swap.
• Deadly Ukrainian shelling in Russia's Belgorod rages; thousands relocated Press TV 04 Jun 2023 -- Belgorod governor has said shelling and strikes by Ukrainian forces continued overnight on Sunday after two were killed and thousands of Russians, including children, were displaced.
• Latest in Ukraine: Many of Kyiv's Bomb Shelters Unusable, Inspection Finds VOA 04 Jun 2023 -- Many of the more than 1,000 Kyiv's air raid shelters checked during the first day of an inspection ordered by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy were found inaccessible or unsuitable for use, said the minister of strategic industries, Oleksandr Kamyshin.
• Ukraine Launches Large-Scale Offensive Towards Donetsk on June 4 - Russian Ministry Sputnik 04 Jun 2023 -- The Ukrainian armed forces launched a large-scale offensive in five sectors of the South Donetsk direction, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Lt. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said.
• Western long-range missiles to Ukraine will fuel 'spiraling tension': Russia Press TV 04 Jun 2023 -- Russia has once again criticized the West for supplying Ukraine with weapons, warning that any supply of long-range missiles to Kiev by France and Germany would lead to a further round of "spiraling tension" in the ongoing conflict.
• Russian Military Disperses Ukrainian Armed Group in Belgorod Region Sputnik 04 Jun 2023 -- An artillery strike dispersed a Ukrainian armed group as it attempted an inroad into western Russia near the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka on Sunday, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
• West Keeps Leveling Up Capacities of Weapons Supplied to Ukraine - Kremlin Sputnik 04 Jun 2023 -- Weapons supplied to Ukraine by Western countries are becoming more and more advanced, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Sunday, adding that possible deliveries of long-range missiles are fraught with a new escalation.
• Russia Launches Group Missile Strike on Targets at Ukraine's Military Airfields Sputnik 04 Jun 2023 -- The Russian military carried out a group strike with long-range precision weapons against enemy targets at military airfields, the Defense Ministry said on Sunday, adding that the strikes were successful.

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Foreign Policy

• BRICS, SCO can play major roles as unilateralism coming to end: Tehran Press TV 04 Jun 2023 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says the era of unilateralism is coming to an end, and that the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the BRICS group of countries will play major roles in the future as a new world order is emerging.

News Reports

• Dozens Of Supporters Detained As Kremlin Foe Navalny Turns 47 In Prison RFE/RL 04 Jun 2023 -- Aleksei Navalny, the Kremlin's biggest foe and Russia's most prominent political prisoner, marks his 47th birthday on June 4 in solitary confinement in prison, as supporters held rallies and individual protests to highlight his plight, leading to dozens of arrests and detentions.