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Ukraine Invasion
Defense Policy / Programs
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Ukraine Invasion

• Russian Strikes Kill 8 In Eastern Ukraine, Including 4 In 'Despicable' Attack On Kharkiv RFE/RL 04 Apr 2024 -- Russian drones struck several regions across Ukraine overnight, killing eight people, including four in Kharkiv, where two residential buildings were hit in a double attack that President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called "despicable."
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks at an embassy roundtable discussion to settle the situation around Ukraine, Moscow, April 4, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 04 Apr 2024
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's statement and answers to media questions following the embassy round table discussion to settle the situation around Ukraine, Moscow, April 4, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 04 Apr 2024

Defense Policy / Programs

• Meeting with Government members President of Russia 04 Apr 2024 -- The President held a meeting, via video conference, with the Government members.
• Chief of Staff of the Russian Armed Forces chairs a meeting of the CIS Chiefs of Staff Committee in Moscow Russia MoD 04 Apr 2024 -- Chief of General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces - First Deputy Defence Minister General of the Army Valery Gerasimov is presiding over the session of the CIS Chiefs of Staff Committee in Moscow.

Foreign Policy

• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's comment on occasion of the 75th anniversary of NATO Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 04 Apr 2024
• Russian Nationals Admit to Illegally Sending Controlled Aviation Technology to Russia US Dept. of Justice 04 Apr 2024 -- Two Russian nationals pleaded guilty this week to conspiracy to violate the Export Control Reform Act (ECRA) in connection with a scheme to acquire and unlawfully export controlled aviation technology to Russian end users. One of the defendants, Oleg Sergeyevhich Patsulya, also pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit international money laundering.
• Remarks by Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy (P.D.O.) Eric Van Nostrand and Acting Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing Anna Morris on the Price Cap on Russian Oil US Treasury 04 Apr 2024
• Finland's eastern border to remain closed until further notice Finnish Government 04 Apr 2024 -- The Government has decided that the border crossing points on the land border between Finland and Russia will remain closed as of 15 April 2024.
• French, Russian Defense Ministers Discuss Crocus Attack, Ukraine In Rare Phone Call RFE/RL 04 Apr 2024 -- The French and Russian defense ministers spoke by phone on April 3 in a rare call that touched on the war in Ukraine and the terrorist attack at an entertainment venue outside Moscow nearly two weeks ago in which more than 140 people died.

News Reports

• Russia 'Punishes' Tajik Migrants With Entry Denials, Deportations After Terror Attack RFE/RL 04 Apr 2024 -- Qiyomiddin Fakhriddinov, a native of the southern Tajik town of Roghun, has been coming to Moscow to work as a seasonal laborer for 22 years.