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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Ukraine's Zelenskiy Meets Irish PM As 11 Killed in Russian Attacks RFE/RL 13 Jul 2024 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy met with Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris to discuss Russia's invasion as at least 11 civilians were killed in attacks in the east and south of the country.
• NATO Believes Ukraine Will Not Be Able to Launch Counteroffensive This Year - Reports Sputnik 13 Jul 2024 -- NATO believes that its support to Ukraine, agreed at the Washington summit, will not allow Kiev to launch a counteroffensive until at least the end of the year, The New York Times reported on Friday, citing the alliance's officials.
• Russian Forces Destroy Ukrainian Explosives Plant and Radar Station Sputnik 13 Jul 2024 -- The Russian Armed Forces struck a factory producing explosives for the Armed Forces of Ukraine (UAF) during the special military operation in Ukraine, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported on Sunday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• US Left Eating Russia's Dust as Struggling Sentinel ICBM Program Cannot Catch Up to Yars and Sarmat Sputnik 13 Jul 2024 -- As the development costs of new US intercontinental ballistic missile LGM-35A Sentinel soar into the stratosphere with the deadline being pushed further and further away, it appears that the United States finds itself severely outclassed by Russia as far as this type of armaments is concerned.
• Armenia Freezing CSTO Payment Will Not Increase Contributions - Russian Envoy Sputnik 13 Jul 2024 -- Armenia's decision to freeze its payment to the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will not lead to a revision of the contribution scale, member countries will not have to pay more, Viktor Vasilyev, Russia's permanent representative to the CSTO, told Sputnik.
• Russia warns Armenia against joint drills with US IRNA 13 Jul 2024 -- The Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson described joint exercises between Armenia and the United States as a factor in line with undermining security cooperation between Moscow and Yerevan.

Foreign Policy

• Russia Seeking To Exploit Ethnic Tensions In Western Balkans, U.S. Warns RFE/RL 13 Jul 2024 -- Moscow is seeking to exploit ethnic tensions in the Western Balkans to provoke "instability and hinder the region's integration into Euro-Atlantic institutions," the U.S. State Department has said.
• Future of JCPOA hinges on West's moves: Russian official IRNA 13 Jul 2024 -- The future of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) after Iran's 14th presidential election will depend on the West's actions, a Russian diplomat says.

News Reports

• Russian Businessman Charged With Bribing Defense Officials Dies In Jail RFE/RL 13 Jul 2024 -- A Russian businessman charged with bribing senior Defense Ministry officials on behalf of suppliers has died in pretrial detention, according to a member of the country's human rights council.