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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Six Injured In Russian Drone Strikes In Ukraine; Blast In Russia's Belgorod RFE/RL 04 May 2024 -- At least six people were injured in an overnight Russian drone attack on Ukraine's Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions, according to local officials, while a Russian official said that at least five people were injured in an explosion in the city of Belgorod, near the Ukrainian border.
• Russian forces flatten village in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region VOA 04 May 2024 -- Russian forces have gained a "foothold" in the village of Ocheretyne, with a prewar population of 3,000, Ukraine's military said, noting that fierce fighting continues in the area as Ukrainian forces struggle to repel the Russians in Ukraine's Eastern Donetsk region.
• Russia Puts Zelensky on Wanted List Sputnik 04 May 2024 -- Russia's Interior Ministry has put Volodymyr Zelensky on its wanted list, according to the department's database.
• Russia warns West on 'dangerous' escalation of tensions in Ukraine war Press TV 04 May 2024 -- Russia has censured "dangerous" remarks made by France's President Emanuel Macron and UK's Foreign Secretary David Cameron about direct intervention in the Ukraine war.
• Ukraine's Total Military Casualties in Donetsk Reach 5,100 in Past Week Sputnik 04 May 2024 -- The Ukrainian armed forces have suffered over 5,100 military casualties in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) in the past week as a result of operations by the southern, central and eastern groupings of the Russian armed forces, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.
• Russian Forces Down 4 Ukrainian ATACMS Missiles Over Crimea Sputnik 04 May 2024 -- Russian air defense systems shot down four ATACMS missiles over Crimea in the past night, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• NATO seriously preparing for potential conflict with Russia: Moscow Press TV 04 May 2024 -- Russia says NATO's controversial war games that are currently taking place with the use of "hybrid and conventional weapons" near the country's borders show the Western alliance is seriously preparing for a conflict with Moscow.
• NATO Steadfast Defender Drills Indicate Preparation for 'Potential Conflict' With Russia Sputnik 04 May 2024 -- NATO's large-scale Steadfast Defender drills indicate that the alliance is preparing for a "potential conflict" with Russia, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Saturday.

Foreign Policy

• Taiwan does not export gunpowder raw material for Russia's use: ITA CNA 04 May 2024 -- Taiwan has imposed export controls on high-density nitrocellulose, a key explosives precursor Russia needs to produce gunpower, and so far, there is no record of Taiwanese exports of such a substance, according to Taiwan's International Trade Administration (ITA).

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