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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Russia Repels Ukrainian Air Attacks VOA 25 Sep 2023 -- Russian forces thwarted Ukrainian attacks Monday, downing one missile targeting the Crimean port of Sevastopol, and destroying seven drones over the Belgorod region, Russian officials said.
• Russian Black Sea Fleet Commander Killed in Crimea Strike, Ukraine Claims VOA 25 Sep 2023 -- The commander of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, Admiral Viktor Sokolov, was killed in a Ukrainian missile attack last week on Russia's fleet headquarters in the Crimean port of Sevastopol, Ukraine's Special Forces said Monday.
• Ukraine Hails Arrival Of First U.S. Abrams Tanks As Occupation Officials Claim Missile Attack On Sevastopol Repelled RFE/RL 25 Sep 2023 -- Ukraine received its first shipment of U.S.-made Abrams tanks that it says will strengthen its counteroffensive against Russian troops in the east amid continued Russian attacks in the southern city of Odesa and claims by occupation authorities in the Crimean port of Sevastopol that they had repelled a fresh missile attack on the port.
• Russia's air defense systems down four Ukrainian drones over Black Sea, Crimea Press TV 25 Sep 2023 -- Russian air defense systems have downed eight Ukrainian drones as Kiev forces increase their unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and missile attacks.
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 25 Sep 2023 -- On 25 September at around 2.30 p.m., the Russian Armed Forces have foiled another attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack by fixed-wing UAVs against facilities on the territory of the Russian Federation.
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 25 Sep 2023 -- On 25 September at around 1.00 p.m., the Russian Armed Forces have foiled another attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack by fixed-wing UAVs against facilities on the territory of the Russian Federation.
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 25 Sep 2023 -- On 25 September at around 10.30 a.m., the Russian Armed Forces have foiled another attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack by fixed-wing UAVs against facilities on the territory of the Russian Federation.
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 25 Sep 2023 -- On 25 September at around 10.00 a.m., the Russian Armed Forces have foiled another attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack by fixed-wing UAVs against facilities on the territory of the Russian Federation.
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 25 Sep 2023 -- On 25 September at around 09:00 Moscow time, the Russian Armed Forces have foiled an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack by a fixed-wing UAV against facilities on the territory of the Russian Federation.
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 25 Sep 2023 -- Today in the morning, the Russian Armed Forces have thwarted the Kiev regime's attempt to carry out a terrorist attack by fixed-wing UAVs against facilities on the territory of the Russian Federation.
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 25 Sep 2023 -- On the night of 25 September, the Russian Armed Forces have foiled an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out terrorist attacks using fixed-wing UAVs against facilities on the territory of the Russian Federation.
• Human Rights Council Hears that the Special Procedures Have Achieved Gender Parity for the First Time, and that the Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine Has Found Continuing Evidence of War Crimes Committed by Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine OHCHR 25 Sep 2023 -- The Human Rights Council this morning held its annual discussion on the integration of a gender perspective throughout the work of the Human Rights Council and that of its mechanisms.
• UN Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine finds continued systematic and widespread use of torture and indiscriminate attacks harming civilians OHCHR 25 Sep 2023 -- There is continuous evidence that Russian armed forces are committing war crimes in Ukraine, including unlawful attacks with explosive weapons, attacks harming civilians, torture, sexual and gender-based violence, and attacks on energy infrastructure, the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine said in its latest update today.
• Ukraine: Rape and torture by Russian forces continuing, rights experts report UN News 25 Sep 2023 -- Russian forces in Ukraine faced new allegations of war crimes on Monday as UN-appointed independent rights experts published the findings of their latest report into Russia's full-scale invasion of its neighbour.
• UN Investigators Find Growing Evidence of Russian War Crimes in Ukraine VOA 25 Sep 2023 -- A new report by the U.N. Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine documents a growing body of evidence of war crimes and possible crimes against humanity committed by Russia in its war of aggression against Ukraine.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Satellite Imagery Points To Uptick In Activity At Russian Arctic Nuclear Testing Site RFE/RL 25 Sep 2023 -- Russia has significantly increased construction at a remote Arctic island location where Soviet nuclear tests were conducted, new satellite imagery shows, suggesting Moscow may be intending to resume tests.
• Russia's Northern Fleet conducts drills in East Siberian Sea: Report Press TV 25 Sep 2023 -- Russia's Northern Fleet, which operates in the Arctic, has conducted naval military exercises in the East Siberian Sea.
• Finval 2023 exercise completed in North-Eastern Russia Russia MoD 25 Sep 2023 -- The Finval 2023 tactical exercise involving forces of the Pacific Fleet supervised by Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov was completed in North-Eastern Russia.
• Northern Fleet trains countering maritime unmanned vehicles Russia MoD 25 Sep 2023 -- The Arctic expeditionary surface detachment of the Northern Fleet, which operates in the Arctic Ocean under the flag of Vice-Admiral Oleg Golubev, Deputy Commander of the Northern Fleet, has conducted an exercise in the Arctic to fight against unmanned boats.
• Minsk hosts coordination meeting on IFF operating under the Council of Ministers of Defence of the CIS States Russia MoD 25 Sep 2023 -- On 19 September in Minsk, the Central House of Officers of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus hosted a coordinating conference on the organisation of the use of the united system for radar-based friend-or-foe identification operating under the Council of Ministers of Defence of the States members of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Foreign Policy

• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks at the opening ceremony for an exhibition dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations with Egypt, Moscow, September 25, 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 25 Sep 2023
• Press release on Russia's efforts to stabilise the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 25 Sep 2023
• Foreign Ministry statement regarding an address by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, and the situation around Nagorno-Karabakh Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 25 Sep 2023
• Russian peacekeepers continue to fulfill its tasks on territory of Nagorno-Karabakh Russia MoD 25 Sep 2023 -- The Russian peacekeeping force continues its mission in Nagorno-Karabakh.
• Russia Calls Pashinian's Criticism Of Moscow Over Situation In Nagorno-Karabakh 'Unacceptable' RFE/RL 25 Sep 2023 -- Russia's Foreign Ministry on September 25 slammed remarks by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian that were critical of Moscow, saying they "include unacceptable outbursts addressed against Russia and can spark nothing but rejection" and calling them a "big mistake."
• First Anniversary of Moscow Mechanism Report on Russia: Joint Statement to the OSCE UK FCDO 25 Sep 2023 -- UK and 38 other participating States mark the first anniversary of the 2022 Moscow Mechanism Report on the Russian Federation.

News Reports

• Meeting with Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov President of Russia 25 Sep 2023 -- The President held a working meeting with the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation. Igor Krasnov informed Vladimir Putin about the supervisory authority's priority areas of focus this year.
• Vietnam Reportedly Seeking Military Aid From Both Moscow and Washington VOA 25 Sep 2023 -- Military analysts say Vietnam is desperate for a new generation of powerful fighter jets and other arms, and recent news reports indicate the country could be seeking them from both the United States and Russia, although no details can be confirmed.