The DSR Daily Brief for May 24, 2023: Russia Controls Bakhmut, Debt Ceiling Talks, DeSantis Expected to Announce Presidential Bid

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Chris Cotnoir

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🗓️ 24 May 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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The two hundred ninety-fifth episode of the DSR Daily Brief Stories Cited in the Episode: Russia controls Bakhmut, for now, but holding it will be difficult Ukraine war: US distances itself from Belgorod incursion into Russia White House believes up to 100 Dem votes may be needed on debt ceiling deal Surgeon General Warns That Social Media May Harm Children and Adolescents Russia, China seal economic pacts despite Western disapproval DeSantis set to make much-anticipated presidential campaign announcement, formalizing Trump rivalry Italian llama's 4-foot, 3-inch leap breaks world record Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:45.2	It's May 24, 2023, and this is your DSR Daily Brief. I'm Chris Cotnor.
0:58.2	Our top stories from international outlets this morning.
1:02.2	The Washington Post reports that Russia now effectively controls Buck Moot in eastern Ukraine,
1:08.2	where thousands of Russian and Ukrainian soldiers died in the war's longest and bloodiest battle.
1:14.2	But it is unclear that Moscow's disjointed forces will be able to hold the decimated city amid a Ukrainian counterattack that has already begun.
1:25.2	For now, Russia appears to control what's left of the city, once home to some 70,000 people,
1:32.2	though a spokesman for Ukraine's eastern military command insisted Tuesday that Kiev's troops still held small positions on Buck Moot's southwestern edge,
1:42.2	and were fighting Russian forces on the outskirts. In any case, Russia's victory celebration may be brief,
1:50.2	military analysts said, with Buck Moot potentially following the fate of Ezeum, Lyman, Kyrsen, and other cities occupied by Russia only to be retaken by Ukraine.
2:03.2	Moscow's fighting forces are stretched thin after months of significant losses and driven by internal rivalries.
2:12.2	According to reporting from the BBC, the United States has distanced itself from an incursion into Russia, which Moscow says ended in the defeat of armed insurgents who entered from Ukraine.
2:25.2	Parts of the border region of Belgorod came under attack on Monday in one of the largest cross-border raids since Russia invaded its neighbor last year.
2:36.2	Russia later released pictures of abandoned or damaged western military vehicles, including US-made humvees.
2:44.2	The US insisted it did not encourage or enable strikes inside of Russia.
2:49.2	A State Department spokesman acknowledged reports circulating on social media and elsewhere that US-supplied weapons had been used,
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