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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The operational update regarding the russian invasion on 18.00 on April 25, 2022 Ukraine MOD 25 Apr 2022
• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 25.04 Ukraine MOD 25 Apr 2022
• The operational update regarding the russian invasion on 06.00 on April 25, 2022 Ukraine MOD 25 Apr 2022
• Russia announces ceasefire around steel plant in Ukraine's Mariupol to allow civilian evacuation Press TV 25 Apr 2022 -- Russia's Defense Ministry has announced a ceasefire around the giant fortress-like Azovstal steelworks in Ukraine's port city of Mariupol to allow a civilian evacuation from the flashpoint industrial area, almost a week after Moscow said it had fully seized the city.
• Day 61: US raises ante with high-level visit to Kiev, more military aid Press TV 25 Apr 2022 -- Washington's top diplomat and the Pentagon chief have pledged additional military aid, including advanced weapons, and a return of US envoys to Kiev on their first wartime visit to Ukraine.
• Russia Says It Is Opening A Humanitarian Corridor From Mariupol RFE/RL 25 Apr 2022 -- The Russian military says it will open a humanitarian corridor for civilians to evacuate from the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol.
• No Significant Russian Breakthrough In Donbas, British Defense Ministry Says RFE/RL 25 Apr 2022 -- Moscow has only achieved minor advances since shifting its military focus on completely occupying eastern Ukraine, Britain's Ministry of Defense said in its regular bulletin on April 25.
• Ukraine Denies Deal Reached On Humanitarian Corridor For Mariupol, Says Assault Continues RFE/RL 25 Apr 2022 -- Ukraine has denied that an agreement was reached with Russia to form a humanitarian corridor to allow civilians to escape a steel plant in the besieged port city of Mariupol, and said Russia continued to attack the plant on April 25 and also hit Ukrainian rail and fuel facilities far from the front lines.
• Kiev Imitates Negotiations, Zelensky Often Contradicts Himself - Russian FM Sputnik 25 Apr 2022 -- Kiev imitates negotiations, while Volodymyr Zelensky, being an actor, plays, often contradicting himself, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Meeting on economic issues President of Russia 25 Apr 2022 -- The President held a regular meeting on economic issues via videoconference
• Expanded meeting of the Prosecutor General's Office Board President of Russia 25 Apr 2022 -- Vladimir Putin took part in an expanded meeting of the Prosecutor General's Office Board. The President reviewed the office's performance in 2021 and outlined short-term and long-term priorities.
• Death Toll From Fire At Russian Defense Research Institute Rises To 17 RFE/RL 25 Apr 2022 -- The death toll from a fire at a Russian Defense Ministry research institute in the city of Tver has risen to 17, according to local officials.
• Russia's S-500 Missile System Enters Mass Production Sputnik 25 Apr 2022 -- The S-500 Prometey (lit. "Prometheus") is Almaz-Antey's newest road mobile air and missile defence system, with an estimated operational range of up to 600 km and the ability to engage hypersonic weapons. The first S-500 regiment went on combat duty in Moscow in late 2021 after passing rigorous state testing.
• Report about sending Iranian weapons to Russia "fake": Russian embassy in Iran People's Daily 25 Apr 2022 -- The Russian Embassy in Iran announced on Sunday that news about sending Iranian weapons to Russia is "fake," Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA) reported.
• Lavrov: NATO Expansion Means Development of Territories Under US Command Sputnik 25 Apr 2022 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that NATO expansion has nothing to do with the fulfillment of statutory goals, it is the development of territories under the command of the United States in line with strengthening the unipolar world.
• Vietnam says it discussed army games with Russia, not military drills Radio Free Asia 25 Apr 2022 -- The Vietnamese Defense Ministry says that a meeting this month with Russia did not discuss a joint military exercise as reported Russian state media but an international military competition.

Foreign Policy

• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's interview with Channel One's The Great Game political talk show, Moscow, April 25, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 25 Apr 2022
• Foreign Minister Baerbock on the expulsion of German diplomats from Russia Germany Federal Foreign Office 25 Apr 2022 -- Although we expected today's step, it is in no way justified. The 40 members of the Russian missions in Germany whom we expelled three weeks ago had not worked as diplomats for one single day while in Germany.
• Russia declares 40 German diplomatic staff persona non grata in tit-for-tat move Press TV 25 Apr 2022 -- Russia has declared 40 German diplomatic mission staff 'persona non grata' in response to an earlier move by Berlin ousting Russian diplomats over the conflict in Ukraine.
• Russia Expels 40 German Diplomats In Tit-For-Tat Move RFE/RL 25 Apr 2022 -- Russia says it is expelling 40 German diplomats in retaliation for similar steps taken by Berlin against Moscow's foreign envoys over the Kremlin's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.
• Russia Declares 40 German Diplomats Personae Non Gratae in Mirror Response to Berlin Sputnik 25 Apr 2022 -- Russia has decided to declare 40 German diplomats personae non gratae in a tit-for-tat response to Berlin, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
• Congratulations to Emmanuel Macron on his re-election as President of France President of Russia 25 Apr 2022 -- Vladimir Putin sent Emmanuel Macron a message of congratulations on his re-election as President of the French Republic.

News Reports

• State Security Building In Transdniester Damaged By Rocket-Propelled Grenades RFE/RL 25 Apr 2022 -- The Ministry of State Security in Tiraspol, the main city of Moldova's breakaway Transdniester region, has been hit by a series of explosions, according to news reports.
• Series of Explosions Rock Transnistria's Ministry of State Security Building: Correspondent Sputnik 25 Apr 2022 -- Transnistria, formally known as the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, is a breakaway region sandwiched between Moldova and Ukraine. The region split from Moldova in 1990 after Kishinev declared sovereignty from the USSR, sparking an armed conflict. Russian peacekeeping forces were deployed in Transnistria in 1992.
• FSB Detains 'Neo-Nazis' Plotting to Kill Russian Journalist Solovyev on Kiev Instructions Sputnik 25 Apr 2022 -- "Neo-Nazis" from "National Socialism/White Power" (banned in Russia), who planned the murder of prominent Russian journalist Vladimir Solovyov on the instructions of Kiev, were detained on Monday, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said.
• Russia's FSB Says Prevented Terrorist Attack in Stavropol Region Sputnik 25 Apr 2022 -- The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) arrested on Monday a supporter of the Daesh*, who was planning a terrorist attack on a transport infrastructure facility in the southwestern region of Stavropol.
• A secure energy supply - in times of crisis, too Germany - Federal Government 25 Apr 2022 -- Russia's attack on Ukraine has drastically exacerbated the tense situation on the energy markets. The Federal Government is working continuously to ensure supply security. One important step is the modernisation of the Energy Security Act.