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Ukraine Invasion

• Ukrainian Forces Fight Intense Battles In Donetsk Region, Zelenskiy Says RFE/RL 26 Jul 2024 -- Ukrainian forces are under heavy pressure in the east of the country, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on July 26, describing the area around Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region as the main focus of Russian attacks.
• Russian Troops Carry Out 33 Precision Strikes on Ukrainian Military Targets Over Past Week Sputnik 26 Jul 2024 -- The Russian military conducted 33 strikes using precision weapons and attack drones, targeting Ukraine's military enterprises involved in producing gunpowder, armored equipment, and energy facilities, the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) stated on Friday.
• Russia Warns of Retaliation Over EU's Use of Frozen Assets for Ukraine Support Sputnik 26 Jul 2024 -- Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov responded to European Union (EU) moves to pilfer interest from frozen Russian assets to pay for military aid to Ukraine, warning that such actions will not go unanswered.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Russia, China conduct joint bomber patrol operation off US coast Press TV 26 Jul 2024 -- Russian and Chinese military aircraft have conducted a joint flight for the first time in international airspace near Alaska.
• Two Chinese Warships Arrive in Russia's Vladivostok on Business Call - Pacific Fleet Sputnik 26 Jul 2024 -- Two ships of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy arrived in the Russian port city of Vladivostok on a business call on Friday, the Russian Pacific Fleet said.
• Two PLA Navy ships make business call to Vladivostok Russia MoD 26 Jul 2024 -- Today, two ships - landing ship Longhushan and training ship Zheng He - of the People's Liberation Army Navy have arrived in Vladivostok
• Northern Fleet frigate Admiral Gorshkov makes business call to Algeria Russia MoD 26 Jul 2024 -- Today, the Northern Fleet detachments led by the frigate Admiral Gorshkov being on a long-distance mission in the off-shore maritime zone has made a business call at the port of Oran of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria.
• Russian Defence Ministry Board on Innovations and Technologies takes place in Patriot Congress and Exhibition Centre Russia MoD 26 Jul 2024 -- The Russian Defence Ministry Board on Innovations and Technologies took place in the Patriot Congress and Exhibition Centre.
• Andrei Belousov inspects organisation of combat training at training ground in Leningrad MD Russia MoD 26 Jul 2024 -- Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov inspects organisation of the combat training at a training ground of the Leningrad Military District.
• Russian Jets Intercepts UK Aircraft Approaching Border Over Black Sea - Defense Ministry Sputnik 26 Jul 2024 -- A Russian Su-27 fighter jet intercepted a UK RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft and two Typhoon jets flying towards Russia's airspace over the Black Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday.
• Suspected territorial waters violation in the eastern Gulf of Finland Finnish MoD 26 Jul 2024 -- A Russian vessel is suspected of a territorial violation of Finland's marine area in the eastern Gulf of Finland.

Foreign Policy

• First transfer of €1.5 billion of proceeds from immobilised Russian assets made available in support of Ukraine today European Commission 26 Jul 2024 -- Today, the EU makes available in support of Ukraine the first payment of €1.5 billion generated from immobilised Russian assets.
• Questions and Answers on first transfer of €1.5 billion of proceeds from immobilised Russian assets made available to Ukraine European Commission 26 Jul 2024
• EU sends €1.5 billion to Ukraine from frozen Russian assets Press TV 26 Jul 2024 -- The European Union has transferred 1.5 billion euros to Kiev from the revenues obtained from the Russian assets frozen as part of the European bloc's sanctions imposed on Moscow over the Ukraine war.
• EU To Transfer To Ukraine 1.5 Billion Euros In Proceeds From Frozen Russian Assets RFE/RL 26 Jul 2024 -- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced that the European Union will send Ukraine 1.5 billion euros ($1.63 billion) that represent revenues from Russian assets frozen by the 27-member bloc.
• EU transfers $1.6 billion to Ukraine from frozen Russian assets VOA 26 Jul 2024 -- The European Union announced Friday that it had made available $1.6 billion to Ukraine - interest generated from $225 billion in immobilized Russian Central Bank assets.
• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's answer to a question from Kommersant newspaper about Russia's assessments of its chairmanship in the group of five Nuclear Weapon States Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 26 Jul 2024
• Statement by the Deputy Head of the Delegation of the Russian Federation at the Second Session of the Preparatory Committee forthe 11th Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of NuclearWeapons, Deputy Director of the Department forNon-Proliferation and Arms Control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Mr. Mikhail Kondratenkov (ClusterII: Non-proliferation and IAEA safeguards), Geneva, 26 July, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 26 Jul 2024
• Statement on P5 meeting Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 26 Jul 2024
• Press release on the Russia-ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 26 Jul 2024
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's opening remarks at the Russia-ASEAN ministerial meeting, Vientiane, July 26, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 26 Jul 2024
• As Venezuela Votes, Russia Will Be Watching RFE/RL 26 Jul 2024 -- It's half a world away from Moscow, but Venezuela's presidential election could be a nail-biter for the Kremlin.

News Reports

• The Week In Russia: A Propaganda Pivot RFE/RL 26 Jul 2024
• Moscow Car-Bombing Suspect Extradited From Turkey To Russia RFE/RL 26 Jul 2024 -- A Russian man suspected of being behind a car bombing that left two people wounded in Moscow on July 24 has been extradited from Turkey and has arrived in the Russian capital, Interior Ministry spokeswoman Irina Volk said on July 26.
• 3 Bulgarians Arrested In Vandalism Of Holocaust Memorial In Paris RFE/RL 26 Jul 2024 -- Three Bulgarian citizens have been detained on suspicion of vandalizing the Holocaust Memorial in Paris in May, the State Agency for National Security (DANS) said on July 26.
• Hungary Accuses Ukraine of Blackmail Over Russian Oil Transit Halt Sputnik 26 Jul 2024 -- Ukraine is using the stoppage of Russian oil transit to blackmail Hungary and Slovakia due to their stance on the Ukraine conflict, the Hungarian prime minister's chief of staff, Gergely Gulyas, stated at a government briefing.
• Russia May Launch Two X-Ray Telescopes Into Orbit in 2032, 2038 - Space Research Institute Sputnik 26 Jul 2024 -- Russian scientists plan to launch two more x-ray telescopes, the Spektr-RGN and the Spektr-RGM, in 2032 and 2038, Alexander Lutovinov, the deputy director of the Space Research Institute (IKI) at the Russian Academy of Sciences, said on Friday.