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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Kyiv's Allies Increase Efforts to Support Ukraine Against Russia VOA 26 Feb 2024 -- French President Emmanuel Macron held a news conference Monday, after he hosted a meeting with 20 Western leaders as a show of support for Ukraine, where the war with Russia is now in its third year.
• Russian Drones Attack Ukraine as European Leaders Gather to Show Support for Kyiv VOA 26 Feb 2024 -- Ukraine's military said Monday that Russian forces attacked the country overnight with 14 drones and six missiles.
• Zelensky acknowledges 31,000 Ukrainian troopers killed in war Press TV 26 Feb 2024 -- Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky says 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed since the start of the war with Russia two years ago, giving the figure for the military casualties for the first time as he calls for more Western weapons.
• Kremlin Dismisses Suggestion Of Peace Talks Without Russia As Western Leaders Discuss Ukraine In Paris RFE/RL 26 Feb 2024 -- Russia has rejected an idea advanced by Switzerland about possible talks in Geneva on a peace plan for Ukraine without Moscow's participation as "ridiculous."
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 26 Feb 2024 -- At around 11.00 a.m., the Russian Armed Forces have foiled another 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.
• Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov visits the command post of the 58th Combined-Arms Army of Southern Military District in special military operation zone Russia MoD 26 Feb 2024 -- Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation - First Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation General of the Army Valery Gerasimov visits the command post of the 58th Combined-Arms Army of Southern Military District in special military operation zone
• DPR Official Says First Abrams Tank Used by Ukraine Destroyed Near Avdeyevka Sputnik 26 Feb 2024 -- The first Abrams tank used by Ukraine in the special military operation zone has been destroyed around Avdeyevka, Yan Gagin, advisor to the acting head of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), told Sputnik on Monday.
• Russian Forces Take Control of Lastochkino Village in Avdeyevka Area - MoD Sputnik 26 Feb 2024 -- The Russian armed forces are now in control of the Lastochkyne village in the Avdeyevka are, the Defense Ministry said on Monday.
• Ukraine Loses Over 420 Soldiers in Donetsk Region in Past Day - MoD Sputnik 26 Feb 2024 -- Ukraine has lost more than 420 soldiers in the Donetsk area over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday.
• US-UK Spy Agencies Trained Spooks, Saboteurs in Ukraine Way Before 2022 - Russian MFA Sputnik 26 Feb 2024 -- On Sunday, The New York Times reported, citing Ukrainian and US officials, that Washington had created a network of spy bases in Ukraine over the past eight years, including 12 forward operating bases along Russia's border engaged in operations against Russia.

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Foreign Policy

• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Deputy Foreign Minister of China Sun Weidong Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 26 Feb 2024
• Telephone conversation with President of Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan President of Russia 26 Feb 2024
• Congratulations to President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko President of Russia 26 Feb 2024 -- Vladimir Putin sent a message of congratulations to President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko on the successful outcome of the parliamentary and local elections.
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks during a meeting of the MGIMO Supervisory Board, Moscow, February 26, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 26 Feb 2024
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federative Republic of Brazil Maria da Rocha Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 26 Feb 2024

News Reports

• Denmark Ends Probe Into Nord Stream Blasts, Blames 'Deliberate Sabotage' RFE/RL 26 Feb 2024 -- Denmark on February 26 announced that it had ended an investigation into the explosions that partially destroyed the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines in 2022 and that Western countries initially blamed on Moscow.
• Wider Europe Briefing: Will The EU Ban Russian Aluminum? RFE/RL 26 Feb 2024
• Navalny Associates Say Looking For Place In Russia To Bid Farewell To Kremlin Foe RFE/RL 26 Feb 2024 -- Kira Yarmysh, the former spokeswoman for Aleksei Navalny, said on February 26 that his associates are looking for premises to hold a farewell ceremony for the opposition leader, who died in a remote Russian prison on February 16.
• Navalny Was Set to Be Freed Before Sudden Death, Says Ally VOA 26 Feb 2024 -- Shortly before his death in an Arctic penal colony on February 16, Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny was set to be exchanged for a Russian prisoner in Germany, spokeswoman Maria Pevchikh said in a video statement Monday, an allegation shared by Navalny's family and supporters.
• Russian Prosecutors Seek to Imprison Human Rights Leader Over Op-Ed VOA 26 Feb 2024 -- Russian prosecutors are seeking to imprison the co-chair of the Nobel Prize-winning human rights group Memorial for nearly three years over an article he wrote criticizing Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.