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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• 'We Need More Air Defenses,' Says Zelenskiy As Russian Shelling, Drone Strikes Kill At Least 11 In Ukraine RFE/RL 02 Mar 2024 -- Russia and Ukraine exchanged apparent drone and missile attacks, with the deadliest of the latest Russian strikes hitting a high-rise residential building in Ukraine's Black Sea port city of Odesa, killing at least eight people, regional officials said.
• NATO's Presence in Ukraine is 'Hardly Surprising for Anyone' Sputnik 02 Mar 2024 -- The German military made headlines this week after a recording of officials discussing the possible shipments of Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine and the use of these weapons against targets in Russia was disclosed by Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of RT and Rossiya Segodnya, Sputnik's parent media group.
• Russia Intercepts Five Ukrainian Storm Shadow Missiles Sputnik 02 Mar 2024 -- Air defenses shot down five Storm Shadow cruise missiles fired by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in one day, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported on Saturday.
• Russia Received No Constructive Proposals on Ukraine Peace Talks Since 2022 - Lavrov Sputnik 02 Mar 2024 -- Russia's top diplomat Sergey Lavrov held a presser where he shared his opinion on the most crucial global issues and commented on unfolding trends in the world's politics.
• Improvised Explosive Device Found Attached to Bottom of Car Entering Crimea Sputnik 02 Mar 2024 -- An improvised explosive device made of foreign-made components has been found attached to the bottom of a car at the entrance to Crimea at the Dzhankoi checkpoint, a spokesperson for regional law enforcement agencies have told Sputnik, adding that the device has been defused.
• US, UK, French military officers, not just mercenaries, are in Ukraine: Russia's Lavrov Press TV 02 Mar 2024 -- Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov has revealed that military officers from the United States, United Kingdom, and France are present in Ukraine rather than only mercenaries from those countries.

Defense Policy / Programs

• US Notified By Russia About Its Yars ICBM Test Launch, Monitoring the Situation - Official Sputnik 02 Mar 2024 -- The United States was notified by Russia about its Yars intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test launch and continues to monitor the situation, a US official told Sputnik.

Foreign Policy

• Telephone conversation with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko President of Russia 02 Mar 2024 -- Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia Juraj Blanar Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 02 Mar 2024
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's opening remarks during a meeting with Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic Juraj Blanar, Antalya, March 2, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 02 Mar 2024

News Reports

• People Keep Paying Their Respects At Navalny's Grave Despite Police Presence And Arrests RFE/RL 02 Mar 2024 -- People continued to come and pay their respects on March 2 at the grave of Aleksei Navalny, who was buried in Moscow on March 1 following his suspicious death in an Arctic prison last month, despite a high police presence at the cemetery and the arrest of more than 120 people across Russia for taking part in rallies to honor the memory of the late opposition politician.