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Ukraine Invasion

• Ukrainian Military Says It Destroyed Russian Antiaircraft Systems In Crimea RFE/RL 10 Jun 2024 -- In the latest show of force against Russian forces in occupied Crimea, the Ukrainian General Staff of the Armed Forces on June 10 claimed to have successfully struck three Russian antiaircraft missile systems.
• Civilians wounded in Russian strikes on Ukraine's Kharkiv city VOA 10 Jun 2024 -- At least six people were injured Monday, while houses, cars and businesses were damaged by three Russian-guided bombs on Ukraine's northeastern city of Kharkiv, the city's Mayor Ihor Terekhov said on Telegram.
• Ukraine Loses Up to 570 Soldiers in Fights With Russia's Battlegroup Zapad - MoD Sputnik 10 Jun 2024 -- Russia's Battlegroup Zapad defeated Ukrainian troops in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and the Kharkov region, while the Ukrainian military lost up to 570 soldiers in clashes over the past 24 hours, the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) said on Monday.
• Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov holds meeting on medical support for participants of special military operation Russia MoD 10 Jun 2024 -- Minister of Defence Andrei Belousov and Minister of Healthcare Mikhail Murashko discussed medical support for participants of the special military operation.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Belarus to join second phase of nuclear exercises with Russia Press TV 10 Jun 2024 -- Belarus is set to participate in the second phase of nuclear exercises with Russia, in an attempt to confront the Western plots to drag Minsk into a war, according to the eastern European country's defense ministry.
• Meeting with Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova President of Russia 10 Jun 2024 -- Tatyana Moskalkova presented her annual performance report to the President.
• Russian Navy detachment makes a business call to Alexandria port (Egypt) Russia MoD 10 Jun 2024 -- Russian Navy warships including the guards missile cruiser Varyag and frigate Marshal Shaposhnikov made a routine call at the Alexandria port (Egypt).
• Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov visits National Medical Centre n.a. A.Vishnevsky Russia MoD 10 Jun 2024 -- Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation Andrei Belousov visited the National Medical Research Center of High Medical Technologies / Central Military Clinical Hospital n.a. A.Vishnevsky of the Ministry of Defence of The Russian Federation.
• Russian aircraft suspected of violating Finland's airspace in the Gulf of Finland Finnish MoD 10 Jun 2024 -- A Russian military aircraft is suspected to have violated Finnish air space off the coast of the Gulf of Finland, near the city of Loviisa in the morning today.

Foreign Policy

• Telephone conversation with President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva President of Russia 10 Jun 2024 -- Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Federative Republic of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's opening remarks during a meeting with Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of the Republic of South Africa Naledi Pandor on the sidelines of the BRICS Foreign Ministers Meeting, Nizhny Novgorod, June 10, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 10 Jun 2024
• Joint Statement of the BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs/International Relations Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation, 10 June 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 10 Jun 2024
• Iran determined to further deepen strategic ties with Russia: Interim FM Press TV 10 Jun 2024 -- Iran's interim Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani says the country is determined to expand its strategic relations with Russia.
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's opening remarks during a meeting with Acting Foreign Minister of Iran Ali Bagheri Kani on the sidelines of the BRICS Foreign Ministers Meeting, Nizhny Novgorod, June 10, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 10 Jun 2024

News Reports

• North Korea restores train service to Russia, boosting hopes for tourists Radio Free Asia 10 Jun 2024 -- After a four-year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, passenger rail service between Russia and North Korea has been restored, with 41 Russian tourists taking the train to North Korea last week, according to Moscow's customs service.
• New Pro-Russian Extremist Party In Bulgaria Has Links To Ponzi Scheme And Theme Park RFE/RL 10 Jun 2024 -- He was accused of running a Ponzi scheme in Bulgaria, allegedly using the ill-gotten gains to build a historical theme park that authorities suspect was also being used by an armed far-right militia.
• NATO Ex-Commander Clark Warns Serbia 'Agent' Of Russian 'Infection' In Balkans RFE/RL 10 Jun 2024 -- The former commander of NATO's bombing campaign to protect ethnic Albanians and force a withdrawal of Serb-led Yugoslav troops from Kosovo in the late 1990s has warned of ongoing obstacles to stability and dangerous Russian "ambitions" in the Balkans.