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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Ukraine Warns Of Possible Blackouts After 'Massive' Russian Attack On Infrastructure RFE/RL 08 May 2024 -- Officials in Ukraine said on May 8 that a major overnight attack by more than 50 Russian missiles and 20 drones badly damaged infrastructure, including dams, across at least six regions as multiple waves of air alerts rang out for hours in areas including the capital, Kyiv.
• Russian missile attack damages Ukrainian energy facilities VOA 08 May 2024 -- Ukrainian officials said Wednesday a massive Russian aerial attack that included 55 missiles and 21 drones damaged a power generation facility in the Lviv region of western Ukraine.
• Ukraine's energy facilities under Russian air raids, official says People's Daily 08 May 2024 -- Energy facilities across Ukraine came under Russia's massive air strikes early Wednesday, Ukrainian Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko said.
• Russia Will Target French Forces if They Enter Ukraine Sputnik 08 May 2024 -- French troops will become targets for the Russian armed forces if they appear in the special military operation zone, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday.
• Russia loses 899 soldiers a day in complete disregard for the lives of its own soldiers: UK statement to the OSCE UK FCDO 08 May 2024 -- UK military advisor, Nicholas Aucott, says Russia's human wave attacks are a grotesque approach that demonstrates the depths to which Putin will go to prop up Russian elite.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Armenia Stops Financial Contributions To Russian-Led Military Alliance RFE/RL 08 May 2024 -- Armenia said on May 8 that it has stopped making financial contributions to the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) after effectively suspending its membership in the Russian-led military alliance.

Foreign Policy

• Meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council President of Russia 08 May 2024 -- Vladimir Putin took part in the meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council, timed to coincide with the tenth anniversary of the signing of the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union.
• Meeting with Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan President of Russia 08 May 2024 -- Vladimir Putin had a meeting at the Kremlin with Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan.
• Meeting with President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev President of Russia 08 May 2024 -- Vladimir Putin held a meeting at the Kremlin with President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
• Acting Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks at the ceremony to lay wreaths at the memorial plaques at the Foreign Ministry, Moscow, May 8, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 08 May 2024
• Press release on Acting Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's telephone conversation with Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Francophone Affairs of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea Simeon Oyono Esono Angue Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 08 May 2024
• Japan-Russia tensions flare over Ukraine war amid decades-long land disputes VOA 08 May 2024 -- Friction between Japan and Russia will likely escalate amidst the burgeoning Ukraine war, with the decades-long land conflicts showing no sign of thawing.
• China congratulates Putin on his inauguration People's Daily 08 May 2024 -- China congratulates President Putin on his inauguration, and believes Russia will make new achievements in national development and economic and social progress under his leadership, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday.
• Russia vows retaliation after UK's expulsion of defense attaché Press TV 08 May 2024 -- Moscow has vowed to give an "appropriate response" to Britain's expelling Russia's defense attaché.
• UK to expel undeclared Russian spy in response to growing threat UK FCDO 08 May 2024 -- The move is part of a major package of measures to tighten defences against alleged malign activity by Russia across the UK and Europe.
• Foreign Ministry summons Russia's chargé d'affaires over GPS signal interference Estonia MFA 08 May 2024 -- Today 8 May, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Russia's chargé d'affaires over GPS signal interference.

News Reports

• U.S. Soldier Detained In Russia Had Broken Army Rules, Traveled Via China RFE/RL 08 May 2024 -- The Pentagon has said that the U.S. Army serviceman who is one of two Americans arrested by Russia in separate cases disclosed on May 7 had violated army rules by traveling to the Far Eastern Russian city of Vladivostok, and he had gone there via China.