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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Dead, Wounded In Russian Shelling Of Donetsk, Kherson RFE/RL 30 Jul 2024 -- At least four civilians were killed in Russian shelling of the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk, where Moscow has been pressing an offensive in recent weeks, regional Governor Vadym Filashkin said on July 30.
• Ukraine Loses Up to 650 Soldiers in Clashes With Russia's South Forces Sputnik 30 Jul 2024 -- Ukraine has lost up to 650 personnel in the area of operations of Russia's Yug (South) group of forces in the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Meeting with Rostec State Corporation CEO Sergei Chemezov President of Russia 30 Jul 2024 -- Sergei Chemezov presented to the President a report on the state corporation's performance in 2023 and its current activities.
• Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov congratulates 45th Airborne Special Operations Brigade on anniversary and presents state awards to paratroopers Russia MoD 30 Jul 2024 -- During to a working visit to the units of the Moscow MD, Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov congratulated the personnel of the 45th Airborne Special Operations Brigade on the 30th anniversary of its formation and presented the servicemen of the brigade with state awards.
• Baltic Fleet ships undergo scheduled live-fire drills Russia MoD 30 Jul 2024 -- As part of the planned exercise on protection and defence of homeports and sea routes, the Baltic Fleet forces carried out artillery firing at targets simulating combat ships and means of air attack of the mock enemy.
• Russian Navy undergoes planned drills on deploying fleets and Caspian Flotilla in operational zones Russia MoD 30 Jul 2024 -- Units and formations of the Russian Navy commenced the planned drills in the operational zones of the Northern, Pacific, and Baltic fleets as well as in area of the Caspian Flotilla responsibility.
• Russian Navy Starts Extensive Drills Involving Majority of Its Fleet Sputnik 30 Jul 2024 -- Major Russian naval drills kicked off on July 30. The main goal of the exercises is to check the actions of the Navy's military authorities at all levels, as well as the readiness of ship crews, naval aviation units and coastal troops of the Navy to perform tasks, the Russian Ministry of Defense explained.
• Kiev's Involvement With Sahel Terrorists Not Surprising - Russian Foreign Ministry Sputnik 30 Jul 2024 -- The authorities of Mali and Mauritania are investigating the involvement of Ukrainian military instructors in the year-long conflict in Mali on the side of the rebels, the Senenews media outlet reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
• Wagner's Bloody Mali Debacle Shows Cracks In Russia's Sahel Strategy RFE/RL 30 Jul 2024 -- Shortly after Malian forces captured the Tuareg rebel stronghold of Kidal in November, mercenaries from Russia's Wagner Group, who backed the government troops, briefly hoisted their flag over the city for a photo op.

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, Deputy Director of the Department for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Mr. Mikhail Kondratenkov (Cluster III: Peaceful uses of nuclear energy), Geneva, 29 July, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 30 Jul 2024
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Qatar's Minister of State at the Foreign Ministry Mohammed bin Abdulaziz al-Khulaifi Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 30 Jul 2024

News Reports

• Hungary's Plan To Ease Entry For Russians, Belarusians Poses 'Serious Risk' To EU RFE/RL 30 Jul 2024 -- A recent decision by Hungary to make it easier for Russian and Belarusian nationals to enter that country is triggering criticism within the EU, with the leader of the biggest political bloc warning it could open the doors to spies.
• More Imprisoned Russian Dissidents Unexpectedly Transferred To Unknown Locations RFE/RL 30 Jul 2024 -- Imprisoned Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin, who is serving an 8 1/2-year prison term for his criticism of Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, has been unexpectedly transferred to an unknown location from correctional colony No. 3 in the western Smolensk region, the sixth prisoner to be moved in recent days.
• Russian Nuclear Cyber Defense Control to Become Global Standard Sputnik 30 Jul 2024 -- The Russian state standard (GOST) of cyberdefense methods for nuclear power plant control systems has become the basis for the international standard, Anton Shalaev, the head of the Federal Agency on Technical Regulation and Metrology (Rosstandart), said in an interview with Sputnik.