Thursday 11th May 2023
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Contents
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1 World society
United Nations
News links from around the world
JPR Book Notes
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2 The war in Ukraine
Sixty-three weeks in, Thursday 11th May 2023
The military situation
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News items
Some of the items appearing below are from The Times … or, in the case of Sunday, from The Observer. “4, 1” indicates 4th May, 2023, page 1. Although not named, the work of the journalists is appreciated – indeed it is what I depend on. I buy the paper version but sometimes cite the online version (The Observer has open access but The Times does not.)
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1 World society
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United Nations
UN News: https://news.un.org/en/
Israel-Palestine https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/05/1136542
UN Security Council: https://press.un.org/en/content/security-council
Bosnia and Herzegovina: https://press.un.org/en/2023/sc15279.doc.htm
UN General Assembly:
https://press.un.org/en/content/general-assembly/meetings-coverage
Africa peacekeeping: https://press.un.org/en/2023/gaab4420.doc.htm
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News links from around the world
Japan: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/05/11/business/pandemic-end-concern-japan-massive-spending/
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/05/11/asia-pacific/zhou-bo-china-us-south-china-sea-conflict/
USA: https://www.washingtonpost.com/
China: https://www.globaltimes.cn/
Russia: https://tass.com/
UK: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news
France: https://www.lemonde.fr/en/; https://www.lemonde.fr/ (in French)
India: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/
Nigeria: https://guardian.ng/
Brazil: https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/; https://www.folha.uol.com.br/ (in Portuguese)
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JPR Book Notes
https://www.prio.org/journals/jpr/booknotes
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3 The war in Ukraine
Sixty-three weeks in, Thursday 11th May 2023
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The military situation
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Russia, Tass … government:
Erdogan, grain: https://tass.com/world/1615807
Kyrgystan: http://government.ru/en/news/48435/
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Ukraine, Kyiv Post … Kyiv Independent … president:
countdown to offensive: https://www.kyivpost.com/post/16930
erasing culture: https://kyivindependent.com/how-russia-has-attempted-to-erase-ukrainian-language-culture-throughout-centuries/
https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/all
Brazilian delegation: https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/v-ofisi-prezidenta-vidbuvsya-brifing-z-pitan-bezpeki-dlya-br-82813
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BBC: War in Ukraine:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-60525350.
UK supplies missiles: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65558070
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ISW: Interactive Time Lapse Map of Russia’s War on Ukraine
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/733fe90805894bfc8562d90b106aa895
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https://www.understandingwar.org/ :
May 10. Ukrainian forces conducted successful limited counterattacks around Bakhmut on May 9. Geolocated footage published on May 9 and 10 indicates that Ukrainian forces likely conducted successful limited counterattacks north of Khromove (immediately west of Bakhmut) and northwest of Bila Hora (14km southwest of Bakhmut) and made marginal advances in these areas. Ukrainian sources claimed on May 9 that Ukrainian forces destroyed the 6th and 8th companies of the 72nd Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 3rd Army Corps near Bakhmut and advanced 2.6km along a 3km frontline in the area, although ISW has not observed visual confirmation of these reported wider Ukrainian advances. A prominent Russian milblogger claimed on May 10 that the Ukrainian forces tried to advance further in the Luhansk People’s Republic (LNR) 4th Motorized Rifle Brigade’s zone of responsibility in the Bakhmut area following Ukrainian counterattacks on May 9 but that formations of an unspecified Russian paramilitary company (PMC) prevented a Ukrainian breakthrough. The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) claimed that Russian Airborne Forces (VDV) are constraining the actions of Ukrainian forces on the flanks around Bakhmut. ISW has previously assessed that reports of Ukrainian counterattacks throughout Donetsk Oblast appear to be a part of an ongoing pattern of localized and limited counterattacks.
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Johnson’s Russia List:
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Russia Matters:
https://www.russiamatters.org/ ;
Lieven v. Applebaum and Goldberg:
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THE END