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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Kyiv asks allies for help against alleged Russian abuse of Ukrainian POWs VOA 11 Apr 2024 -- While the debates around the U.S. aid to Ukraine focus on military assistance, Kyiv is asking Washington for support in another crucial area — locating POWs and civilian hostages held in Russia and their rehabilitation after they return home.
• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's answer to a media question about the Swiss government's decision to host a high-level conference on Ukraine Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 11 Apr 2024

Defense Policy / Programs

• Pacific Fleet's corvettes train to destroy ships and aviation in action in the Sea of Japan Russia MoD 11 Apr 2024 -- The corvettes of the Pacific Fleet Sovershenny, Gromky, and Hero of the Russian Federation Aldar Tsydenzhapov have conducted joint artillery firing in one of the sea ranges in the Sea of Japan.
• Russia has procured ballistic missiles and artillery shells from North Korea for direct use against Ukraine: UK statement at the UN Security Council UK FCDO 11 Apr 2024 -- Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the UN General Assembly meeting on North Korea's illegal nuclear and ballistic missile programmes.
• CSTO Joint Staff hosts first talks on preparations for joint exercises with collective forces Russia MoD 11 Apr 2024 -- From 9 to 11 April 2024, the CSTO Joint Staff hosted the first headquarters talks on the joint exercises involving the CSTO Troops (Collective Force), scheduled to be held in 2024.

Foreign Policy

• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks during a meeting with representatives of parliamentary foreign affairs committees from BRICS countries, Moscow, April 11, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 11 Apr 2024
• Meeting with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko President of Russia 11 Apr 2024 -- Vladimir Putin met in the Kremlin with President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko who arrived in Moscow on a working visit.
• General Assembly debates Russia's veto of DPR Korea sanctions panel UN News 11 Apr 2024 -- Sharp divisions emerged on Thursday as the General Assembly debated Russia's veto on the Security Council which blocked renewal of the sanctions panel that monitors the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) nuclear weapon and missile programmes.

News Reports

• How Russia's disinformation campaign seeps into US views VOA 11 Apr 2024 -- On a near daily basis, Scott Cullinane talks with members of Congress about Russia's war in Ukraine. As a lobbyist for the nonprofit Razom, part of his job is to convince them of Ukraine's need for greater U.S. support to survive.
• CISA Directs Federal Agencies to Immediately Mitigate Significant Risk From Russian State-Sponsored Cyber Threat CISA 11 Apr 2024 -- The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) publicly issued Emergency Directive 24-02 in response to a recent campaign by Russian state-sponsored cyber actor Midnight Blizzard targeting Microsoft corporate email accounts and potentially accessing correspondence with Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies.
• Kara-Murza's Wife Accuses Russia Of Using Punitive Cell To Hasten Prisoners' Illnesses RFE/RL 11 Apr 2024 -- The wife of Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza said her husband has been held in solitary confinement for the last six months in a jail cell that is just a few square meters with a single stool, a tiny window covered with bars, and a bed that folds into the wall.
• We urge the Russian authorities to release British national Vladimir Kara-Murza on humanitarian grounds immediately: UK statement at the UN Security Council UK FCDO 11 Apr 2024 -- Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine.
• UK and others call for immediate humanitarian release of Vladimir Kara-Murza: Joint Statement to the OSCE UK FCDO 11 Apr 2024 -- UK and other OSCE participating States call for immediate release of Vladimir Kara-Murza and denounce the degrading and inhumane conditions in which he is held.
• Russia should release Kara-Murza immediately on humanitarian grounds: Foreign Secretary on the anniversary of Vladimir Kara-Murza's arrest UK FCDO 11 Apr 2024 -- Foreign Secretary David Cameron marks 2 years since the arrest of Vladimir Kara-Murza for opposing Russia's illegal war in Ukraine.