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The DSR Daily Brief for May 3, 2023: The DSR Daily Brief for May 3, 2023: The Latest in Ukraine, Texas Manhunt Ends, A Belarusian Activist is Sentenced

The DSR Network

Chris Cotnoir

Government

4.51.9K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

The Two Hundred Eightieth Episode of the DSR Daily Brief Stories Cited in the Episode: Huge fires at oil depots in Russia and Ukraine as sides press drone war Belarusian activist Protasevich sentenced to eight years in jail Pentagon leaks: we weren’t told about intelligence breach, Zelenskiy says Spike in Russian combat deaths fuels fears of worse carnage to come Hungary embarks on judicial reform hoping to unlock EU cash Texas manhunt ends after suspect accused of killing 5 found hiding in laundry pile Nord Stream: Report puts Russian navy ships near pipeline blast site Company offers $1,000 to track all the crashes in 'The Fast and the Furious' franchise Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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It's May 3rd, 2023, and this is your DSR Daily Brief. I'm Chris Cotnor.

0:56.8

Our top stories from international outlets this morning.

0:59.8

Reuters reports that oil depots were ablaze in both Russia and Ukraine on Wednesday,

1:05.8

as both sides escalated a drone war targeting infrastructure ahead of Kyiv's planned spring counteroffensive

1:13.8

to try to end Moscow's all-out invasion.

1:16.8

Scores of firefighters battled a huge fire that Russian authorities blamed on a Ukrainian drone crashing into an oil terminal.

1:24.8

On Russia's side of the bridge, it built to occupied Crimea.

1:29.8

The two sides have been launching long-range strikes since last week.

1:33.8

In apparent anticipation of Ukraine's upcoming counteroffensive, expected to be one of the most decisive phases of the war.

1:42.8

After a low of nearly two months, Russia fired a wave of missiles before dawn last Friday,

1:49.8

including one that killed 23 civilians while they slept in an apartment building in the city of Uman,

1:56.8

hundreds of miles from the front. Ukraine says its air defenses have mostly neutralized the latest attacks,

2:03.8

especially around the capital, Kyiv.

2:07.8

In breaking news from Al Jazeera, Roman Protossovich, a dissident journalist who was taken from a plane forced to land in Belarus two years ago,

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