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Russia to intensify air attacks on critical infrastructure -- Russian forces struggle to establish permanent societal control in temporarily occupied territories -- Russian cruise missiles severely damaged railway infrastructure -- Russian troops set up second filtration prison near Mariupol -- and more

Russian troops dress in Ukrainian army uniform to hunt for activists in largely-occupied Kherson Oblast -- Ukraine pledges to not strike Russian territory with US rockets -- Russian ground operations concentrated in Luhansk Oblast -- Putin, Erdogan tentatively agree on unblocking Ukrainian ports -- and more

Genetic code for nearly 2,000 crops at risk due to Russia’s war -- US warns against formalizing Russian control in Kherson -- Prosecutor General estimates Russians commit about 200-300 war crimes in Ukraine every day -- One more Russian offensive towards Sloviansk fails -- and more

Russia preparing to attack Ukraine from three directions -- Russians advance in Sievierodonetsk -- Belarus to start military drills near Ukrainian borders in June -- Russia stole half a million tons of grain, trying to sell it -- Domestic dissent within Russian military circles continues to grow -- and more

Russian troops repeatedly block civilian cars evacuating from occupied territories to Zaporizhzhia -- Capturing all of Donbas is ‘absolute priority’ for Russia -- Russian troops move towards central Sievierodonetsk -- Russian ship loaded with grain allegedly stolen from Ukraine arrives in Syria -- and more

Released Ukrainian POWs say Russian troops tortured them -- Ukraine destroys over 30% of Russia’s modern tanks -- Ukrainian forces in tough defensive position in Sievierodonetsk -- EU considers sending naval mission to unblock agricultural exports from Ukrainian ports -- and more

Russia advances in Donbas due to narrow field of operation -- Russian regional lawmakers call for withdrawal of troops from Ukraine -- New report suggests Russia intents to ‘destroy Ukrainian people’ -- Kremlin still discussing attacking Kyiv -- and more

Russia deletes 38,000 messages calling for protests against the war in Ukraine -- US, Ukraine discuss risk of escalation amid weapons provisions -- Russia kidnaps men in Chechnya, forces them to fight -- Kremlin proxies in Donetsk, Luhansk oblasts plan to join Russia -- and more

Russia loads cruise missiles onto submarines in Crimea --Russia's naval blockade of Black Sea ports to further increase price of staple products worldwide -- Russia used 60% of its stockpiles of high-precision weapons -- Belarusian PM confirms his country is supplying weapons to Russia -- Russia takes dead soldiers, equipment from sunken Moskva cruiser -- and more

Russian occupiers shell Sloviansk with cluster bombs -- Russian forces capture Svitlodarsk, Donetsk Oblast -- Russian forces have likely abandoned efforts to encircle large Ukrainian formations in eastern Ukraine -- Kuleba urges countries not to buy grain stolen from Ukraine by Russia -- and more

Russian troops send evacuating civilians down mined road, shoot survivors. -- Russia deported 232,000 children from Ukraine since Feb. 24 -- Ukrainian forces liberate 24 settlements in Kharkiv Oblast -- Russian shelling leave Donetsk, Luhansk oblasts without gas -- Russian troops demand bribes from citizens evacuating Melitopol -- and more

Russian forces use hostages as human shields in Chernihiv Oblast -- Explosion in Enerhodar injures self-proclaimed ‘mayor’ and his bodyguards -- Mariupol on verge of outbreak of infectious diseases -- Syrian barrel bomb experts in Russia to work with Putin’s forces -- Russia will be unable to disrupt US military assistance to Ukraine -- and more