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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Russia, Ukraine Conduct Another Exchange Of POWs RFE/RL 09 Feb 2024 -- Russia and Ukraine on February 8 exchanged 100 prisoners of war each after mediation efforts by the United Arab Emirates.
• Ukraine, Russia Down Drones In Overnight Fighting VOA 09 Feb 2024 -- Ukraine said Friday that its military downed 10 Russia drones overnight in the eastern Kharkiv region.
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 09 Feb 2024 -- This night an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack by 19 fixed-wing UAVs against facilities on the territory of the Russian Federation was foiled.
• Russia's Air Defense Systems Intercepts 19 Ukrainian Drones Sputnik 09 Feb 2024 -- Russia's air defense systems have intercepted a wave of Ukrainian drones over a fuel and energy complex in the Orel Region, the region's governor, Andrey Klychkov, said on Friday.
• Ukraine Loses Up to 300 Soldiers in Donetsk Area in Past Day Sputnik 09 Feb 2024 -- Russia has repelled two attacks and Ukraine has lost up to 300 servicepeople in the Donetsk area over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday.
• Zaluzhny's Resignation, Appointment of Syrsky Will Not Change Special Operation - Kremlin Sputnik 09 Feb 2024 -- The resignation of Ukraine Commander-in-Chief Valery Zaluzhny and the appointment of Oleksandr Syrsky will not change the course of Russia's special operation, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Interview to Tucker Carlson President of Russia 09 Feb 2024 -- Vladimir Putin answered questions from Tucker Carlson, a journalist and founder of Tucker Carlson Network.
• Putin says 'impossible' to defeat Russia, has no interest in expanding war Press TV 09 Feb 2024 -- President Vladimir Putin has warned the West against underestimating Russia, saying it is "impossible" to defeat his country in Ukraine, but that Moscow does not intend to expand the war to Poland and Latvia.
• Russia ready to supply gas to Europe via surviving pipe of Nord Stream 2: Putin People's Daily 09 Feb 2024 -- Germany does not resume the operation of the surviving pipe of Nord Stream 2, although Russia is ready to supply gas through it, said Russian President Vladimir Putin, cited by Russia's TASS news agency.
• Russia repeatedly sought peaceful solution to problems in Ukraine: Putin People's Daily 09 Feb 2024 -- Russia has repeatedly sought a peaceful solution to the problems in Ukraine since 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with U.S. media personality Tucker Carlson published Friday.
• In Carlson Interview, Putin Outlined 'Concrete Conditions' for Resolution of Ukrainian Crisis Sputnik 09 Feb 2024 -- In his two-hour-long interview with Tucker Carlson, the Russian president listed Moscow's conditions for bringing the two-year-old NATO-Russia proxy war in Ukraine to an end. Now, the ball is in the West's court, according to Russian international affairs expert Dmitry Suslov.
• Mi-24 and Mi-8 helicopters conduct firing at the training ground in Kaliningrad region, taking into account combat experience of special military operation Russia MoD 09 Feb 2024 -- As part of a planned tactical exercise at a training ground in Kaliningrad region, the crews of Mi-24 and Mi-8 attack helicopters of the Baltic Fleet's naval aviation destroyed fortifications, strongholds and clusters of manpower of a mock enemy.
• S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems conduct training on air defence on Sakhalin Russia MoD 09 Feb 2024 -- On Sakhalin, the crews of the military unit of the Air Force and Air Defence of the Russian Aerospace Forces conducted training on S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems to repel enemy aircraft.
• Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu hear reports from commander of military district's troops and commanders of associations on current situation and plans for further actions Russia MoD 09 Feb 2024 -- The Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation General of the Army Sergei Shoigu heard reports from the commander of the troops of the military district and the commanders of the formations on the current situation and plans for further actions at the command post of one of the Zapad Group of Forces.
• US Aerospace Command Claims Detected 2 Russian Jets Over International Waters Near Alaska Sputnik 09 Feb 2024 -- US North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said that it had located and tracked two Russian military aircraft in the international airspace designated by the United States as the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ).
• Soyuz-2.1v Rocket With Military Satellite Launched From Plesetsk - MoD Sputnik 09 Feb 2024 -- A Soyuz-2.1v carrier rocket carrying a military satellite has been launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday.

Foreign Policy

• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks at a gala meeting devoted to Diplomatic Worker's Day, Moscow, February 9, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 09 Feb 2024
• Xi says China-Russia relations embrace new development opportunities People's Daily 09 Feb 2024 -- China and Russia withstood many tests together in the past, and their relations embrace new development opportunities in the future, said Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday.
• MFA statement on President Vladimir Putin's 10 lies on Poland and Ukraine which were not rectified by Tucker Carlson (interview of 8 February 2024) Poland - Ministry of Foreign Affairs 09 Feb 2024

News Reports

• The Week In Russia: 'Charred Buildings And Shallow Graves' RFE/RL 09 Feb 2024 -- An anti-war candidate is barred from the presidential ballot, and two detailed reports shed grim new light on the fate and future of Mariupol - the devastated port city where Russia is seeking to "erase Ukrainian culture."
• Arrested Russian Activist Udaltsov Added To Russia's List Of Terrorists RFE/RL 09 Feb 2024 -- Russia's Federal Financial Monitoring Service (Rosfinmonitoring) on February 9 added jailed opposition activist Sergei Udaltsov to its list of terrorists, meaning that all of his assets in Russia will be frozen.
• Who Is Assassin Putin Wants in Trade for Imprisoned US Journalist? VOA 09 Feb 2024 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin indicated on Thursday that he would be willing to consider releasing detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in exchange for the freedom of a convicted murderer serving a life sentence for assassinating a man in Germany.