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Ukraine Invasion

• Russia Attacks Ukrainian Danube Port For Second Day As NATO Scrambles Warplanes Over Romania RFE/RL 25 Jul 2024 -- Russia on July 25 attacked the Ukrainian Danube port of Izmayil for the second day in a row, damaging infrastructure critical for Kyiv's grain exports, while in neighboring Romania, NATO scrambled F-18 warplanes as drone debris was found near the border with Ukraine.
• Russian drones attack Ukraine's Izmail port for second consecutive day VOA 25 Jul 2024 -- Officials in Ukraine's Odesa region said Thursday that Russian drones attacked the southern port city of Izmail for a second consecutive night, destroying an administrative building and injuring two people inside a house.
• Foreign Ministry Official Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's answer to a question from Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency on the second-track contacts between Russia and the United States on the Ukrainian crisis Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 25 Jul 2024
• Russian Forces Destroy Stationing Site for Ukrainian Unmanned Boats Sputnik 25 Jul 2024 -- Over the past 24 hours, Russia's tactical aircraft destroyed a site harboring unmanned boats used by the Ukrainian armed forces, the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) said on Thursday.
• Russia Believes Track II Contacts With US on Ukraine Not Needed Now - Foreign Ministry Sputnik 25 Jul 2024 -- Moscow believes that Track II contacts between Russian and US experts on Ukraine are not needed at the current stage of the special military operation in Ukraine due to Washington's political bias, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Sputnik.
• Russian Iskander-M Hits Foreign Mercenary Temporary Deployment Site in Kharkov - MoD Sputnik 25 Jul 2024 -- Russia's Iskander-M missile defense system struck a temporary deployment site for foreign mercenaries in the industrial zone of the city of Kharkov, killing up to 100 military personnel, including 40 foreign instructors, the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) said on Thursday.
• Russia Downs 11 Ukrainian Drones Over Kursk, Belgorod, Crimea Regions - MoD Sputnik 25 Jul 2024 -- Russian air defenses shot down four Ukrainian drones over the Kursk Region, three over the Belgorod Region, and four over Crimea and the Black Sea overnight, the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) said on Thursday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Putin vows to 'crush' anybody trying to 'divide' Russia Press TV 25 Jul 2024 -- Russia's President Vladimir Putin has vowed to crush anyone who attempts to sow division within the Russian society, while praising effectiveness and unswerving loyalty of the Russian Federation's powerful law enforcement agencies.
• US official unfazed by Russian-Chinese flyby off coast of Alaska VOA 25 Jul 2024 -- The appearance of two Russian and two Chinese long-range, strategic bombers in the skies off of coastal Alaska may have been a first, but it did not catch the United States off-guard.
• U.S., Canadian Warplanes Intercept Russian, Chinese Military Aircraft Near Alaska RFE/RL 25 Jul 2024 -- The United States and Canada scrambled fighter jets after two Russian and two Chinese military planes were tracked in the international airspace close to Alaska, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said in a statement.
• US military says 'tracked, intercepted' Russian, Chinese bombers off Alaska Press TV 25 Jul 2024 -- The US military says it has intercepted several Russian and Chinese bombers in international airspace near the coast of Alaska, the first time the two Asian allies make a joint foray into the area.
• Chinese and Russian bomber jets intercepted near Alaska Radio Free Asia 25 Jul 2024 -- The North American Aerospace Defense Command on Wednesday "detected, tracked, and intercepted" two Chinese and two Russian military aircraft operating together in international airspace off the coast of Alaska, but said the activity was "not seen as a threat."
• Chinese, Russian bombers appear in Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone Global Times 25 Jul 2024 -- China and Russia on Thursday held their eighth joint aerial strategic patrol that saw bombers of the two countries flying over the Bering Sea for the first time, also marking the farthest place Chinese bombers have reached in a strategic patrol mission, experts said.
• Russian, Chinese Bombers Conduct Joint Patrols Near Alaska - MoD Sputnik 25 Jul 2024 -- Russian Tu-95MS strategic missile carriers and Chinese bombers conducted joint patrols over the waters of the Chukchi and Bering seas as well as the northern part of the Pacific Ocean, the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) said on Thursday.
• Russian, Chinese Military Aircraft Intercepted off Alaska - NORAD Sputnik 25 Jul 2024 -- US and Canadian fighter jets intercepted Russian and Chinese military aircraft flying in international airspace near Alaska but they were not seen as a threat, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said in a press release.
• Russia's Mi-28 Helicopter crashes in Kaluga region; all crew members killed Press TV 25 Jul 2024 -- A Russian military helicopter has crashed in the country's Kaluga region during a routine flight killing all of its crew members, as confirmed by the country's Defense Ministry.
• Russia's Baltic Fleet Group to Make Port Call in Cuba's Havana From July 27-30 - Ministry Sputnik 25 Jul 2024 -- A group of Russian Baltic Fleet warships will make a port call in the Cuban capital of Havana from July 27-30, the Cuban Defense Ministry said on Thursday, adding that one of the ships will be accessible to visitors.

Foreign Policy

• Statement by the Deputy Head of the Delegation of the Russian Federation at the Second Session of the Preparatory Committee for the 11th Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (Cluster I: Nuclear disarmament), Geneva, 25 July, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 25 Jul 2024
• Statement by the deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Aleksandr Pankin at the G20 Ministerial Meeting of the Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty, Rio de Janeiro, July 24, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 25 Jul 2024
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China Wang Yi Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 25 Jul 2024
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's opening remarks during his meeting with Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China Wang Yi, Vientiane, July 25, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 25 Jul 2024
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the Lao People's Democratic Republic Saleumxay Kommasith Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 25 Jul 2024
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's opening remarks at the meeting with Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Lao PDR Saleumxay Kommasith, Vientiane, July 25, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 25 Jul 2024
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Laos Saleumxay Kommasith Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 25 Jul 2024
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia Sok Chenda Sophea Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 25 Jul 2024
• Putin, Assad meet in Moscow to discuss bilateral ties, regional issues Press TV 25 Jul 2024 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad have met in Moscow to discuss bilateral ties and regional issues, in their first meeting at the Kremlin in over a year.
• Putin, Assad Meet in Kremlin, Discuss Worsening Regional Situation Affecting Syria Sputnik 25 Jul 2024 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a meeting with his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad, suggested discussing the situation in the region, noting that it is showing a tendency to escalate, which also affects Syria.
• The Russian Federation is increasing its malign activities and interference: UK statement to the OSCE UK FCDO 25 Jul 2024 -- Deputy Ambassador Deirdre Brown underlines the increased scale and intensity of the hybrid threat now faced by many participating States.
• Time for Russia to give straight answers on its commitment to OSCE principles: UK statement to the OSCE UK FCDO 25 Jul 2024 -- Ambassador Holland expresses concern at the mounting evidence of Russia's violations of international law and demands answers on whether Russia stands by its OSCE commitments.

News Reports

• EU Refuses Support to Hungary, Slovakia on Russian Oil Transit Dispute With Ukraine Sputnik 25 Jul 2024 -- The European Union has denied its support to Hungary and Slovakia after they sought to force Ukraine to restore Russian oil transit to the bloc, the Financial Times reported citing sources familiar with the matter.
• Russian-Chinese International Scientific Lunar Station to Be Built in 3 Phases Sputnik 25 Jul 2024 -- The International Scientific Lunar Station (ISLS) will be jointly created by Russia and China in three phases: research and development, construction, and operation, according to the relevant agreement published on the official legal information portal on Thursday.
• Russian Space Company Gonets Plans to Launch 40 Small Satellites by 2027 Sputnik 25 Jul 2024 -- The Russian Gonets Satellite System company is planning to launch two small spacecraft next year in cooperation with the Fifth Generation experimental and design bureau as well as to increase the number of its small satellites in the orbit to 40 by 2027, the company told Sputnik.