9 July 2023

Guardian: Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 501 of the invasion

Volodymyr Zelenskiy announces return of Mariupol commanders from Turkey and Rishi Sunak reiterates UK's ban on cluster munitions

Mercenary fighters of Yevgeny Prigozhin's Wagner group are preparing to move to Belarus

Poland began moving more than 1,000 troops and almost 200 units of equipment to the east of the country

Volodymyr Zelenskiy has secured Turkey's crucial backing for Ukraine's pledge to join Nato during his meeting with Erdogan in Istanbul

The UN's nuclear watchdog chief said it was "making progress" on inspecting several areas of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

?Putin reported to purge top general in charge of war against Ukraine? — metro.co.uk — 9 July 2023 (LINK)

Zelensky showing 'authoritarian traits'in election battle with rival, Kyiv mayor Vitaly Klitschko, says Swiss intelligence report — www.swissinfo.ch — 9 July 2023 (LINK)

8 July 2023

Guardian: Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 500 of the invasion

Biden condemned by human rights groups for approving cluster munitions to Ukraine; Zelenskiy secures Turkey's backing for Nato membership

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has secured Turkey's crucial backing for Ukraine's pledge to join Nato during his meeting with president Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul. "There is no doubt that Ukraine deserves membership of Nato," Erdogan said..

7 July 2023

Guardian: Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 499 of the invasion

Nine people killed in Lviv missile strike; US poised to send cluster munitions to Ukraine

Biden says sending cluster munitions to Ukraine was 'difficult decision,' but 'they needed them' — ground.news: 31 media reports — 7 July 2023 (LINK)

— Washington said it has received assurances from Kyiv that it would minimize risk to civilians, including by not using the munitions in populated areas. Biden has been condemned by human rights groups. Biden said the decision was "very difficult", but that Ukrainian forces were "running out of ammunition".

Ukraine reports 1km advance near eastern city of Bakhmut — ground.news: 11 media reports — 7 July 2023 (LINK)

6 July 2023

Guardian: Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 498 of the invasion

UN observers appeal for greater access to Zaporizhzhia plant; man who detonated explosives in Kyiv courthouse dies

Wagner chief Prigozhin is in Russia and his troops are in their field camps, president of Belarus says — ground.news: 265 media reports — 6 July 2023 (LINK)

5 July 2023

Guardian: Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 497 of the invasion

Russian strikes target military funeral in Kharkiv; Ukraine accuses Russia of planning 'provocation' at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

Kremlin appears to gain control of Wagner warlord's troll farms as Patriot media operations shut down — www.theguardian.com — 5 July 2023 (LINK)

Russia has 'lost nearly half' of its combat effectiveness since invading Ukraine, UK defense official says — ground.news: 8 media reports — 5 July 2023 (LINK)

4 July 2023

Guardian: Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 496 of the invasion

Moscow briefly closes airport amid reports of drone attack; Nineteen injured in Russian drone attacks on Sumy

— Russia has brought 700,000 children from the conflict zones in Ukraine into Russian territory, Grigory Karasin, head of the international committee in the Federation Council, Russia's upper house of parliament, said late on Sunday.

Zelenskiy and German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, called on Monday for the extension of the Black Sea Grain deal.

Russia's state-owned news agency Tass reports that Russian security forces have claimed to have foiled a plot to assassinate the Russian-imposed head of Crimea.

Zelensky asked the Georgian ambassador to Kyiv to return home to try to "save" jailed ex-leader Mikheil Saakashvili, a Ukrainian citizen, after footage showed him looking emaciated.

3 July 2023

Guardian: Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 495 of the invasion

Ukrainian and Russian troops both advancing in different areas amid 'fierce fighting', says Kyiv; Biden to visit UK and Finland on Nato summit trip

3 July 2023

Guardian: Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 495 of the invasion

Ukraine claims to be advancing amid 'fierce fighting' on the eastern and southern fronts; international office to investigate Russia's invasion opens in The Hague

Prigozhin calls for support as Wagner continues recruiting despite Putin ultimatum — english.alarabiya.net — 3 July 2023 (LINK)

Ukraine places Unilever on 'International Sponsors of War' list; triggers protests against firm in London — ground.news: 21 media reports — 3 July 2023 (LINK)

2 July 2023

Guardian: Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 494 of the invasion

Putin's admission of funding Wagner could open doors for war crimes trial; Zelenskiy warns of 'serious threat' at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

Putin claim that Russia funds Wagner group may make it easier to try him for war crimes — oberver — 2 July 2023 (LINK)

— Admission that Russia paid 86bn roubles (over $1bn) to Yevgeny Prigozhin's mercenaries this year is potentially significant, say legal experts

Russian 'troll factory' accused of interfering in US elections shuts down after exile of Wagner boss — — 2 July 2023 (LINK)

The US Treasury Department sanctioned gold and diamond mining concerns connected to the Wagner group in Mali and the Central African Republic after Yevgeny Prigozhin, the mercenary group's founder, attempted to stage a mutiny in Russia, but its money came from elsewhere: the government — www.vox.com ← — 2 July 2023 (LINK)

1 July 2023

Guardian: Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 493 of the invasion

Ukraine's counteroffensive hobbled by a lack of firepower, says military chief; Belarus president says Russian nuclear weapons in his country will not be used

21,000 Wagner mercenaries killed in Ukraine and 'world wants to kill' Putin, Zelensky says — ground.news: 32 media reports — 1 July 2023 (LINK)

Award-winning writer Victoria Amelina, 37, dies after Kramatorsk missile strike — ground.news: 16 media reports — 1 July 2023 (LINK)

30 June 2023

Guardian: Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 492 of the invasion

Wagner forces won't fight in Ukraine any longer after Prigozhin refuses to sign ministry contract; Kremlin silent on whereabouts of Gen Sergei Surovikin after mercenary group's rebellion

Human Rights Watch reports new evidence of Ukrainian use of banned landmines — reuters/www.thestar.com — 30 June 2023 (LINK)

ICIJ: Russia's timber trade is sidestepping the EU's Ukraine war sanctions — www.icij.org — 30 June 2023 (LINK)

— Paper Trail Media, Der Spiegel, ZDF and others analyzed trade data to trace the pathway of banned wood through third countries, including China, Turkey, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Russia is one of the world's largest timber exporters, harboring more than a fifth of the world's forested areas. In 2021, the country was the European Union's fifth largest trading partner, exporting more than $3 billion worth of timber to the bloc that year, according to the European Commission.

29 June 2023

Guardian: Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 491 of the invasion

Death toll in Kramatorsk rocket attack rises to 12 as rescue operations end; Ukraine claims to be making advances towards Berdiansk and Mariupol

Mike Pence meets with Volodymr Zelenskyy in surprise trip to Ukraine, first Republican presidential candidate to meet with Zelensky during the U.S. Presidential campaign, highlighting his commitment to strong American support for Ukraine and breaking with other candidates who question the need for US military aid. — ground.news: 80 media reports — 29 June 2023 (LINK)

?The Wagner 'coup' was staged by Putin — and the West fell for it: Opinion? — www.newsweek.com — 29 June 2023 (LINK)

UN: Detentions of civilians in the context of the armed attack by the Russian Federation against Ukraine — /ukraine.un.org — 29 June 2023 (LINK)

— We documented over 900 cases of arbitrary detention of civilians, including children, and elderly people. The vast majority of these cases were perpetrated by the Russian Federation. We documented the summary execution of 77 civilians while they were arbitrarily detained by the Russian Federation. Russian armed forces, law enforcement and penitentiary authorities engaged in widespread torture and ill-treatment of civilian detainees.

We documented 75 cases of arbitrary detention by Ukrainian security forces, mostly of people suspected of conflict-related offences. A significant proportion of these cases also amounted to enforced disappearance, perpetrated mainly by the Security Service of Ukraine.

Ukraine: Concerns mount over influx of weapons and growing civilian casualties — /news.un.org — >29 June 2023 (LINK)

28 June 2023

Guardian: Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 490 of the invasion

At least ten killed after Russian strike hits restaurant in Kramatorsk; Ukraine reforms domestic weapons production with appointment of Herman Smetanin

27 June 2023

Guardian: Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 489 of the invasion

Russian president Vladimir Putin gives first address since mutiny; Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy claims advances 'in all directions'

Russia drops charges against Prigozhin and others who took part in brief rebellion — ground.news: 145 media reports — factuality: high rating 27 June 2023 (LINK)

Belarus' president says Prigozhin, who led a weekend rebellion in Russia, is in his country — ground.news: 94 media reports — factuality: not rated27 June 2023 (LINK)

26 June 2023

Guardian: Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 488 of the invasion

Top US diplomat says Wagner mutiny shows 'real cracks' in Putin's government; whereabouts of Russian president and Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin remain unknown

Vladimir Putin accuses West of wanting Russians 'to kill each other' in mutiny: Putin said he had granted amnesty to the Wagner fighters whose mutiny served up the greatest challenge yet to his two-decade rule: Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin defended his aborted mutiny as a bid to save his mercenary outfit and expose the failures of Russia's military leadership — but not to challenge the Kremlin. — ground.news: 34 media reports — 26 June 2023 (LINK)

UK intelligence sources claim that Russian security services threatened the families of Wagner group's mutiny leaders, leading to the group's rebellion being called off when they were near to Moscow. — ground.news: 11 media reports — factuality: mixed-high26 June 2023 (LINK)

Putin calls rebellion 'criminal activity,' says organizers will face justice — ground.news: 97 media reports — 26 June 2023 (LINK)

Prigozhin posts first message since mutiny, says 'march not aimed

headline — ground.news: media reports — 27 June 2023 (LINK)

26 June 2023

Guardian: Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 488 of the invasion

Top US diplomat says Wagner mutiny shows 'real cracks' in Putin's government; whereabouts of Russian president and Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin remain unknown

Prigozhin posts first message since mutiny, says 'march not aimed at overthrowing government' — ground.news: 23 media reports — 26 June 2023 (LINK)

Russian defence minister visits troops after Wagner mutiny — ground.news: 133 media reports — 26 June 2023 (LINK)

Russia coup: Moscow lifts 'anti-terrorist' security regime after Wagner mutiny — ground.news: 32 media reports — 26 June 2023 (LINK)

Australia to provide $74 million assistance package to Ukraine — ground.news: 7 media reports — 26 June 2023 (LINK)

— The package did not include the Hawkei light armoured patrol vehicles or more Bushmaster infantry vehicles requested by Kyiv. The additional commitments take Australia's total contribution to support Ukraine to 790 million Australian dollars ($529m), just more than three-quarters of it in military assistance. There will, however, be an extra 10 million Australian dollars ($6.7m) for the Ukraine Humanitarian Fund, a United Nations-led fund to meet the urgent needs of millions of Ukrainian civilians caught up in the conflict.

25 June 2023

Guardian: Russia-Ukraine war live

Prigozhin to go to Belarus as rebellion ends; US intelligence suspected Wagner plot, US media report

24 June 2023

Guardian: Russia-Ukraine war latest

Moscow brings in anti-terror measures as Russia accuses Wagner chief of trying to start a 'civil conflict'. Yevgeny Prigozhin has vowed to take 'revenge' after accusing Russia's military of targeting his forces in a rocket attack

Russian mercenary boss Prigozhin will move to Belarus under Wagner deal, Kremlin says — ground.news: 141 media reports — 25 June 2023 (LINK)

— The charges against him for mounting an armed rebellion will be dropped. Fighters from his Wagner Group, who did not participate in the uprising, will be offered contracts by the Defense Ministry and troops who joined him in the rebellion will also not be prosecuted.

Wagner chief vows to topple Russian military leaders — ground.news: 63 media reports — 24 June 2023 (LINK)

Russian TV airs Wagner rebellion briefly, then switches to documentary on caviar — ground.news: 8 media reports — 24 June 2023 (LINK)

Ukraine's 'Wild West': Rebuilding a 'new' Kharkiv during an invasion — news.un.org — 24 June 2023 (LINK)

— Supported by the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) through a pilot project, the newly created UN4Kharkiv task force has united 16 UN agencies and international organizations, with filmmaker Maxim Rosenfeld volunteering as a local specialist.

23 June 2023

Guardian: Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 485 of the invasion

Russia killed 136 children in Ukraine last year, says UN report; Kyiv accuses Moscow's forces of hiding bodies in aftermath of Kakhovka dam breach

Russia opens criminal case against Wagner chief for inciting armed rebellion — ground.news: 122 media reports — 23 June 2023 (LINK)

Wagner chief accuses Russian military leaders of lying about Ukraine war — ground.news: 11 media reports — 23 June 2023 (LINK)

22 June 2023

Guardian: Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 484 of the invasion

Zelenskiy admits counteroffensive going 'slower than desired'; west pledges tens of billions of dollars at Ukraine reconstruction summit in London

UN adds Russia to list of shame for killing children in Ukraine — ground.news: 36 media reports — 22 June 2023 (LINK)

Agencies join forces with deminers to reclaim agricultural land in Ukraine — news.un.org — 22 June 2023 (LINK)

21 June 2023

Guardian: Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 483 of the invasion

Russia threatens strikes on Kyiv's 'decision-making centres' if western missiles used in Crimea; UK and EU to unveil reconstruction packages at London conference

Pro-Russian hackers take down European Investment Bank on 19 June — au.investing.com — 21 June 2023 (LINK)

Ukraine says it successfully deployed 1,000km drone — reuters / www.straitstimes.com — 21 June 2023 (LINK)

UN remains focused on 'critical needs' of Ukraine's people — news.un.org — 21 June 2023 (LINK)

— In 2023, the UN scaled up its recovery efforts, implementing $1 billion of recovery and development programming in line with the Government's priorities, driven by 24 different UN offices and more than 3,700 personnel. The UN's pledge to stay and deliver in Ukraine is characterized by community-level recovery — jointly planning, sequencing, and layering humanitarian, development, and support for social cohesion.

20 June 2023

Guardian: Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 482 of the invasion

Ukraine claims to have shot down 32 of 35 drones in overnight Russian attack; both sides said to be enduring heavy casualties in frontline fighting

Russia has been using the Chinese yuan to get around sweeping Western sanctions — but this side door may be closing — www.businessinsider.com — 20 June 2023 (LINK)

19 June 2023

Guardian: Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 481 of the invasion

UN says Russia blocking humanitarian aid deliveries following Kakhovka dam rupture; Death toll from flooding caused by collapse of the dam has risen to 16

Report reveals war's 'stark impacts' on Ukraine society: 22% of households in Ukraine are spending over a quarter of their monthly income on healthcare — news.un.org — 19 June 2023 (LINK)

NATO Summit Will Not Formally Invite Ukraine To Join Alliance, Stoltenberg Says — ground.news: media reports — 19 June 2023 (LINK)

Britain plans to maintain Russian sanctions until Ukraine is compensated — ground.news: 12 media reports — 19 June 2023 (LINK)

Ukraine recaptures eighth village from Russian troops on southern front — ground.news: 14 media reports — 19 June 2023 (LINK)

— Ukraine claims to have advanced 7km into Russian lines in two weeks and captured 113 square km of land.

18 June 2023

Guardian: Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 480 of the invasion

Ukraine reportedly makes gain in counteroffensive; Russia claims to have repelled attacks on Zaporizhzhia frontline

17 June 2023

Guardian: Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 479 of the invasion

Ukraine's counteroffensive pushes south towards Mariupol; Putin confirms first nuclear weapons deployed to Belarus

16 June 2023

Guardian: Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 478 of the invasion

Explosions reported in Kyiv during African peace initiative visit; Ukraine has retaken more than 100 sq km in counteroffensive, commander claims

15 June 2023

Guardian: Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 477 of the invasion

Ukraine counteroffensive making slow progress, say western officials; Chechnya ruler Kadyrov says right-hand man alive after all

14 June 2023

Guardian: Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 476 of the invasion

Volodmyr Zelenskiy meets head of UN nuclear watchdog; US House of Representatives votes unanimously to call for return of detained US journalist

U.N. nuclear chief's visit to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant delayed — ground.news: 36 media reports — 15 June 2023 (LINK)

13 June 2023

Guardian: Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 475 of the invasion

Ukraine says it has retaken seven villages in counteroffensive; 41 people still missing after collapse of Kakhovka dam

Russian missile strike kills at least 10 in Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, Zelensky's home town — www.theguardian.com — 13 June 2023 (LINK)

Western companies still operating in Russia were so profitable in 2022 that their corporate taxes contributed almost $4 billion to the country's revenues — www.businessinsider.com — 13 June 2023 (LINK)

12 June 2023

Guardian: Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 474 of the invasion

Russian forces open fire on boat carrying flood evacuees, killing three; Ukraine claims to have liberated three frontline villages in western Donetsk

UN chief concerned Russia will quit Black Sea grain deal in July — www.reuters.com — 12 June 2023 (LINK)

11 June 2023

Guardian: Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 473 of the invasion

Volodymyr Zelenskiy confirms 'counteroffensive and defensive actions'; president says his generals are in 'positive mood' but gives no more details

UN concerned by 'discrepancy' in Ukraine nuclear plant water levels after dam collapse — www.theguardian.com — 11 June 2023 (LINK)

Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant shut down last reactor on 8 June — www.euronews.com — 11 June 2023 (LINK)

10 June 2023

Guardian: Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 472 of the invasion

Putin and Zelenskiy tussle over Ukraine's counteroffensive narrative; water levels begin to recede in flooded regions near destroyed Kakhovka dam

9 June 2023

Guardian: Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 471 of the invasion

Ukraine claims to have intercepted a call it says proves that Russia sabotaged the Nova Kakhovka dam; Zelenskiy hails 'results' in heavy fighting in Donetsk region

UN aid chief says Ukraine faces `hugely worse' humanitarian situation after the dam rupture leaving 700,000 people in need of drinking water and causing flooding that will impact grain exports, food prices and millions of people's access to food — ground.news: 27 media reports — 9 June 2023 (LINK)

Putin says Russian tactical nuclear weapons to be deployed to Belarus next month — ground.news: 17 media reports — 9 June 2023 (LINK)

US announces $2.1 billion package for Ukraine — ground.news: 54 media reports — 9 June 2023 (LINK)

— It includes HAWK air defense systems and missiles, additional munitions for the Patriot missile defense systems, Puma surveillance and reconnaissance drones, and more artillery rounds. In total, the United States has committed up to $40 billion in security assistance to Ukraine.

9 June 2023

Guardian: Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 471 of the invasion

Zelenskiy visits flooded Kherson; analysts say intense fighting in Zaporizhzhia is start of counteroffensive

Ukraine dam: Dislodged mines a major concern as residents flee Kherson — ground.news: 12 media reports — 8 June 2023 (LINK)

— 30 towns and villages along the Dnipro river flooded, and nearly 2,000 homes submerged in the main city of Kherson. Landmines are likely floating in the flood of water unleashed by the collapse a dam in southern Ukraine, humanitarian workers have warned. International aid group CARE issued the warning

Ukraine Central Bank Details Crypto Regulation Plans — cryptonews.com — 8 June 2023 (LINK)

— Informator reported that the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) wants to regulate the "cryptoassets market" in line with "European standards." Kyiv appears to have abandoned its former approach to crypto regulation. Lawmakers in the nation were previously happy to take a relatively "light touch" approach to regulation.

7 June 2023

Guardian: Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 469 of the invasion

Zelenskiy calls attack on dam 'an environmental bomb of mass destruction', UN aid chief says 'magnitude of catastrophe' will only become clear in coming days

Russia Blames Ukraine for Key Ammonia Pipeline Detonation — www.themoscowtimes.com — 7 June 2023 (LINK)

Graffiti on UN Vehicles in Kyiv Reflects Ukraine's Feelings Over its Position on Dam Destruction — www.kyivpost.com/ — 7 June 2023 (LINK)

Zelenskiy 'shocked' at failure of UN, Red Cross to help after dam breached — www.reuters.com — 7 June 2023 (LINK)

6 June 2023

Guardian: Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 468 of the invasion

Ukraine accuses Russia of blowing up Nova Kakhovka dam; people in parts of Kherson and the surrounding area urged to evacuate

Ukraine accuses Russia of destroying major dam near Kherson, warns of widespread flooding — ground.news: 138 media reports — 6 June 2023 (LINK)

US intelligence points to Russia being behind Ukraine dam attack — ground.news: 10 media reports — 6 June 2023 (LINK)

Tucker Carlson floats theory Ukraine blew up dam in his first Twitter show — ground.news: 22 media reports — 6 June 2023 (LINK)

Belarus tennis star Aryna Sabalenka, world no 2, says she doesn't support 'war' and therefore not President Lukashenko after defeating Ukraine's Elina Svitolina, who refused to shake her hand at the French Open — ground.news: 27 media reports — 6 June 2023 (LINK)

— It was a completely different interaction compared to Svitolina's wins against the Russians Anna Blinkova and Daria Kasatkina. Despite not shaking hands, Svitolina exchanged thumbs-up gestures with both opponents and the mutual respect was clear. Two days after the French crowd booed Kasatkina off the court during her defeat by Svitolina, a large section of the crowd also booed Svitolina. "It was quite expected," Svitolina said. "I was expecting that. Whoever in this situation loses, I guess, gets booed, so I was expecting that. It was not a surprise for me."

Sabalenka did not attend her two previous press conferences last week, citing mental health reasons and saying she did not feel safe after being grilled about Russia's invasion of Ukraine. "In the last press conference, I felt like my press conference became a political TV show, and I'm not expert in politics. I'm just a tennis player."

5 June 2023

Guardian: Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 467 of the invasion

Russia's defence ministry claims Ukraine has launched a 'major' attack; Prigozhin says Russian army has lost territory north of Bakhmut

Putin refers to Ukraine-Russia conflict as 'war' for first time — americanmilitarynews.com/ — 5 June 2023 (LINK)

4 June 2023

Guardian: Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 466 of the invasion

Blast near Dnipro leaves 20 injured; Zelenskiy says Ukraine is ready to launch counteroffensive; Prigozhin says Kremlin factions are destroying Russia

War in Ukraine: Inflatech, owned by a Russian businessman who lives in the Czech Republic, produces inflatable fake tanks and rocket launchers for Kyiv — www.lemonde.fr ● — 4 June 2023 (LINK)

3 June 2023

Guardian: Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 465 of the invasion

Kyiv mayor orders air-raid shelters to operate around the clock; Washington says training for Ukraine on advanced US Abrams tanks has begun

Ukraine officials have found nearly a quarter of the country's air-raid shelters locked or unusable, days after a woman allegedly died waiting outside a shuttered shelter during a Russian missile attack — ground.news: 34 media reports — 3 June 2023 (LINK)

2 June 2023

Guardian: Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 464 of the invasion

Three killed, including a child, in Russian strikes on Kyiv; Two people wounded in Belgorod

Zelensky says Ukraine ready to launch counteroffensive — ground.news: 83 media reports — 2 June 2023 (LINK)

1 June 2023

Guardian: Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 463 of the invasion

Drones strike at oil refineries within Russia; Medvedev calls UK an 'eternal enemy' which is de facto at war with Russia

Ukraine says Russia blocking grain export deal again — source — 1 June 2023 (LINK)

— It said 50 vessels are waiting for inspection in Turkish territorial waters and that they were ready to deliver 2.4 million tonnes of Ukrainian food abroad. Some vessels had been waiting for inspections for more than 3 months.

Russia is spending surprisingly little on its war on Ukraine: 3% of GDP — markets.businessinsider.com — 1 June 2023 ((LINK)