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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• On The Battlefield, Russia Leans Into A Window Of Opportunity That Ukraine's Trying To Shut RFE/RL 12 Jul 2024 -- It's the dog days of a brutal summer on Ukraine's battlefields, where Russian advances have been slow but relentless and Ukrainian forces are stretched thin by a lack of soldiers, strained by the exhausted frontline units unable to rotate out for rest.
• Kremlin calls talk of long-range missiles in Ukraine 'dangerous escalation' VOA 12 Jul 2024 -- Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Friday statements by NATO members this week regarding the possible use of long-range weapons systems in Ukraine represent a "dangerous escalation."
• Meeting with Zaporozhye Region Governor Yevgeny Balitsky President of Russia 12 Jul 2024 -- Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with Zaporozhye Region Governor Yevgeny Balitsky.
• Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin's interview with Rossiya Segodnya, July 12, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 12 Jul 2024
• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's comment on the UN General Assembly adopting Ukrainian draft resolution "Safety and security of nuclear facilities of Ukraine, including the Zaporozhskaya Nuclear Power Plant" Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 12 Jul 2024
• The Week In Russia: MH17 And The Children's Hospital RFE/RL 12 Jul 2024 -- A decade after a Russian missile shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over the war zone in Ukraine, Russia strikes a children's hospital in Kyiv. NATO vows staunch support for Kyiv, but Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban undermines the message. And the Kremlin's clampdown on dissent continues.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Call With Russian Minister of Defense Andrey Belousov DoD 12 Jul 2024
• State trials of newest icebreaker Evpatiy Kolovrat built for the Pacific Fleet completes in Kamchatka Russia MoD 12 Jul 2024 -- In Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, factory tests of the multifunctional icebreaker Evpatiy Kolovrat for the detachment of auxiliary vessels of the Troops and Forces in the North-East of Russia have been completed.
• China, Russia announce joint naval exercises VOA 12 Jul 2024 -- China and Russia announced Friday that they are conducting joint naval exercises in the waters and airspace near Zhanjiang city in the south of China.

Foreign Policy

• Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova's answer to a media question on prospects of Russian-British relations following the parliamentary elections in the UK Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 12 Jul 2024
• South Korea looks to NATO in face of North Korea-Russia military threat VOA 12 Jul 2024 -- At the NATO summit this week, South Korea found narrow options to deal with security threats it faces from Russia-North Korea military cooperation, but concrete actions to boost Pacific security are likely to follow, analysts said.
• Russia warns Israel of 'dramatic consequences' over its strikes on Syria Press TV 12 Jul 2024 -- Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova warns that the Israeli regime's strikes against Syria will escalate tensions in the region and push it to a "dangerous abyss."

News Reports

• Statement on arrest of an Australian Defence Force member Australia DOD 12 Jul 2024 -- Defence is aware an Australian Defence Force (ADF) member has been arrested and charged with an espionage-related offence.
• Australia accuses Russian-born couple of espionage VOA 12 Jul 2024 -- Two Russian-born Australian citizens have been accused of spying for Russia. Australian federal police arrested the married couple at their home in Brisbane on Thursday, accusing them of accessing documents related to national defense.
• Concern Rises Over Racial Extremism After Arrest Of Alleged White Supremacist Headed To Ukraine RFE/RL 12 Jul 2024 -- The U.S. Justice Department on July 12 said ethnically motivated attacks were becoming a serious global threat and suggested the global community take them more seriously, a day after announcing the arrest of an 18-year-old New Jersey man who is accused of plotting to attack a U.S. electrical substation to advance his white-supremacist views.
• Interview: White House 'extremely concerned' about closer Russia-North Korea ties Radio Free Asia 12 Jul 2024 -- Mira Rapp-Hooper is the Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for East Asia and Oceania at the White House National Security Council, or NSC.