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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Russian Shelling Kills Several In Ukraine As Sweden Donates Modern Radar Planes RFE/RL 29 May 2024 -- NATO member Sweden on May 29 announced its largest military aid package for Ukraine so far will include modern radar surveillance planes as Russian attacks continued to target civilians, killing several people in three Ukrainian regions.
• Russia Has Taken Steps To Protect Its Oil Refineries. Ukraine Is Still Hitting Them. RFE/RL 29 May 2024 -- On May 19, a Ukrainian drone slammed into the 70,000-barrel-a-day Slavyansk oil refinery in southern Russia's Krasnodar region, sending a fireball into the sky, according to videos circulating on social media.
• Ukraine reports downing 13 Russian drones VOA 29 May 2024 -- Ukraine's military said Wednesday it shot down Russian drones that targeted areas of western, central and southern Ukraine, while a Russian missile killed at least two people in the Sumy region.
• DIA report confirms North Korean missile debris found in Ukraine DIA 29 May 2024 -- Analysis confirms that Russia used ballistic missiles produced in North Korea in its war against Ukraine. North Korean missile debris was found throughout Ukraine, according to an unclassified report released today by the Defense Intelligence Agency.
• Over 465,000 Russian personnel have been killed or wounded since 2022 - a terrible human loss for Russians: UK statement to the OSCE UK FCDO 29 May 2024 -- Politico-Military Counsellor, Ankur Narayan, adds that despite the staggering costs to Russia, Putin is no closer to subjugating Ukraine. Russia can minimise its losses by withdrawing all of its forces from all of Ukraine.
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's participation in a roundtable discussion on Ukraine crisis issues, organised by the Diplomatic Academy Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 29 May 2024
• Kremlin Aware of Reports on Poland Allowing Ukraine to Use Weapons to Strike Russia Sputnik 29 May 2024 -- The Kremlin is aware of reports that Poland allowed Kiev to use weapons to strike the Russian territory, this was obvious, spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday.
• Ukraine Loses Up to 400 Soldiers in Battles Russia's Battlegroup Zapad - MoD Sputnik 29 May 2024 -- Ukraine lost up to 400 soldiers in the Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics (DPR and LPR) in battles with Russia's Battlegroup Zapad over the past 24 hours, the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) said on Wednesday.
• Russian Air Defense Downs Ukrainian Drone, 7 Grad Rockets Over Belgorod Region Sputnik 29 May 2024 -- Russian air defense systems destroyed a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and seven Grad multiple rocket launcher system (MLRS) shells over the Belgorod Region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Advanced warfare methods introduced into combat training at training ground of Pacific Fleet's Marines in Primorsky Krai Russia MoD 29 May 2024 -- At the Bamburovo training ground of the Pacific Fleet Marines, advanced modern combat methods continue to be introduced into combat training under supervision of experienced instructors on a daily basis.
• Servicemen of Central MD's motorised rifle formation undergo RBC reconnaissance drills near Orenburg Russia MoD 29 May 2024 -- Servicemen of the Central MD's motorised rifle formation underwent drills on radiological, chemical, and biological reconnaissance of an area near Orenburg.
• Russia May Spur Development of Mid-Range Missiles Due to Aggressive NATO Plans - Official Sputnik 29 May 2024 -- NATO's aggressive plans against Russia may accelerate the timetable for Moscow's creation and possible deployment of medium- and shorter-range missiles, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Wednesday.
• US May Ask More Asian Countries to Deploy Its Middle-Range, Long-Range Missiles - Lavrov Sputnik 29 May 2024 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday he was confident that the United States would ask some Asian states, apart from the Philippines, to allow deployment of its middle- and long-range missiles.

Foreign Policy

• Message to President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev President of Russia 29 May 2024 -- Vladimir Putin sent a message to President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
• US Treasury promises to tighten sanctions on Russia VOA 29 May 2024 -- U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo arrived in Kyiv on Wednesday to meet with Ukrainian officials for talks about tightening sanctions on Russia and financial support for Ukraine.
• Iranian, Russian envoys hold talks ahead of IAEA Board of Governors' meeting IRNA 29 May 2024 -- Iranian and Russian representatives have held talks in Vienna ahead of an upcoming meeting by the International Atomic Energy Agency's Board of Governors.

News Reports

• Belgium searches home, office of European Parliament employee VOA 29 May 2024 -- The office of Belgium's federal prosecutor says police searched the residence and offices of a European Parliament employee Wednesday as part of its probe into a suspected Russian interference campaign to pay EU lawmakers to promote Russian propaganda.
• 'Preparing For A Bad Scenario': On Latvia's Russian Border As Fortification Work Begins RFE/RL 29 May 2024 -- In places where once not even border posts disturbed the landscape, earthmoving equipment is currently carving a trench down the boundary between Baltic NATO and Russian territory.