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Weekly megathread for news/updates/discussion of Russian invasion of Ukraine - June 30
This thread is posted weekly on Thursday - please try to post relevant content in here, such as news, updates, opinion articles, etc. Especially significant updates may warrant a separate topic, but most should be posted here.
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U.S.-supplied HIMARS changing the calculus on Ukraine’s front lines (Washington Post)
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After invasion of Ukraine, a reckoning on Russian influence in Austria (Washington Post)
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Russia abandons Snake Island in victory for Ukraine (Reuters)
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Russian forces withdraw from Ukraine’s Snake Island (Washington Post)
Near Kherson, Ukrainians regain territory in major counteroffensive (Washington Post)
This is an account of a reporter who visited villages that recently changed hands:
‘Everyone was beaten’: Ukrainians held captive by Russia recover from physical, emotional scars (NBC)
Russia releases photo of cosmonauts holding Luhansk flag on ISS (The Guardian)
Turkey seizes Russian ship carrying ‘stolen’ Ukrainian grain (The Guardian)
Kyiv asks Turkey to probe three more Russian ships it alleges transported stolen grain (Reuters)