Thursday 18th May 2023
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Ukraine ... and World Society 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-four weeks in, Thursday 18th 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. “18, 1” indicates 18th 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/
Global temperatures: https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/05/1136732
WMO: https://public.wmo.int/en
UN Security Council: https://press.un.org/en/content/security-council
Yemen: https://press.un.org/en/2023/sc15284.doc.htm
UN General Assembly:
https://press.un.org/en/content/general-assembly/meetings-coverage
Central Asia Zone of Peace: https://press.un.org/en/2023/ga12501.doc.htm
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News links from around the world
India: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/
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)
Japan: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/
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
Mohan, Surinder (2022) Complex Rivalry: The Dynamics of India-Pakistan Conflict. https://www.prio.org/journals/jpr/booknotes/3193
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3 The war in Ukraine
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The military situation
Sixty-four weeks in, Thursday 18th May 2023
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Russia, Tass … government:
Biden not to apologize for US bombing Japan https://tass.com/world/1619169
[On a personal note, I recall a decade or so ago visiting Tokyo museum and looking at the exhibit relating to the bombing of Tokyo.]
Migration policy http://government.ru/en/news/48492/
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Ukraine, Kyiv Post … Kyiv Independent … president:
Ukraine oligarch https://www.kyivpost.com/post/17187
Counterattackhttps://kyivindependent.com/where-does-russia-expect-ukraines-counterattack-overview-of-defensive-lines/
https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/all
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BBC: War in Ukraine:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-60525350.
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Russia launches ninth wave of missile attacks on Kyiv this month
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65630022
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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 17. Russian and Ukrainian officials acknowledged continued limited Ukrainian counterattacks near Bakhmut on May 17. Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar stated that Ukrainian forces are advancing in unspecified areas on Bakhmut’s flanks. Ukrainian Eastern Group of Forces Spokesperson Colonel Serhiy Cherevaty stated that Ukrainian forces advanced up to 500 meters in the Bakhmut direction in the past day and continue to attack Russian flanks. The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) claimed that Russian Airborne Forces (VDV) made marginal advances but acknowledged continued Ukrainian counterattacks against Bakhmut’s flanks near Bohdanivka (5km northwest of Bakhmut) and Ivanivske (6km west of Bakhmut). Wagner Group financier Yevgeny Prigozhin denied the MoD’s claim of territorial gains, however, and criticized the MoD for falsely portraying a retreat as capturing new positions. One prominent milblogger complained that Russian forces must now react to Ukrainian actions, implying that Russian forces are losing the initiative in the Bakhmut area despite the limited nature of Ukrainian counterattacks in the area.
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Johnson’s Russia List:
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Russia Matters:
https://www.russiamatters.org/ ;
https://www.russiamatters.org/analysis/why-putin-will-use-nuclear-weapons-ukraine ;
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RUSI
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