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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Supplying F-16 fighters to Kiev signals US, NATO ready to use nuclear weapons: Russia IRNA 03 Jun 2024 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says that Moscow considers the decision to supply the F-16 American fighters to Kiev as a deliberate signal from NATO concerning nuclear weapons.
• Russia warns American leaders against 'fatal' miscalculations in Ukraine Press TV 03 Jun 2024 -- Russia has issued a new warning to US leaders against making "fatal" miscalculations in the Ukraine war.
• Female Convicts To The Front: How The Kremlin Tried, And Failed, To Bolster The Ukraine Invasion RFE/RL 03 Jun 2024 -- At the end of 2022, reports emerged that female convicts in Russia -- just like their male counterparts -- were being recruited to serve in the invasion of Ukraine. About 1,000 women, according to human rights groups, were sent to war. Some of the women died; some returned home after being pardoned of their crimes. RFE/RL spoke to one of the lucky few who both survived and was released after serving.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Helicopter crews of Admiral Gorshkov frigate make flights in Atlantic Russia MoD 03 Jun 2024 -- The Ka-27 helicopter of the frigate Admiral of the Soviet Union of Gorshkov flew reconnaissance sorties in the Atlantic Ocean.

Foreign Policy

• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's working visit to the Republic of Guinea Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 03 Jun 2024
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's opening remarks during talks with Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, African Integration and Guineans abroad of the Republic of Guinea, Morrisanda Kouyate, Conakry, June 3, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 03 Jun 2024
• Foreign Ministry statement on personal sanctions against representatives of the UK political establishment, expert community and the media Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 03 Jun 2024
• Republika Srpska's Dodik to Take Part in Russia's SPIEF to Support Moscow Amid Sanctions Sputnik 03 Jun 2024 -- The 2024 edition of Russia's flagship international economic forum SPIEF will take place from June 5-8 in the city of St. Petersburg.

News Reports

• Russia Arrests Alleged Participant In 1995 Budyonnovsk Hostage Seizure RFE/RL 03 Jun 2024 -- Russia's Investigative Committee said on June 3 it had arrested a man suspected of being involved in a deadly hostage-taking in the southern Russian city of Budyonnovsk in 1995, a turning point in the first of the two post-Soviet separatist wars in Russia's North Caucasus region of Chechnya.