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Ukraine Invasion

• Ukraine Says At Least 1 Russian Su-34 Destroyed In Strike On Morozovsk Air Base RFE/RL 05 Aug 2024 -- At least one Russian warplane and ammunition storage facilities were destroyed in a Ukrainian strike on a Russian military base in the Rostov region, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) said on August 5.
• Ukraine reports downing 24 Russian drones VOA 05 Aug 2024 -- Ukraine's military said Monday it shot down all 24 aerial drones that Russia used in overnight attacks targeting multiple areas in the country.
• Ukraine Loses Up to 620 Soldiers in Clashes With Russia's South Forces Sputnik 05 Aug 2024 -- Russian Ministry of Defense reported on the progress of special military operation.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Meeting with Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko and State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin President of Russia 05 Aug 2024 -- The speakers of both chambers of the Russian Federation Federal Assembly summed up the results of law-making during the spring session.
• Baltic Fleet units undergo drills with anti-terrorist groups Russia MoD 05 Aug 2024 -- Complex training exercises with anti-terrorist groups were conducted in formations and military units of the Baltic Fleet.
• Pacific Fleet ships perform live fires at aerial targets in Peter the Great Bay Russia MoD 05 Aug 2024 -- The Pacific Fleet ship detachment of the large destroyer Admiral Panteleyev and corvette Rezkiy undergoes planned drills with live fires at aerial targets in the Peter the Great Bay.
• Russia Detains 2 More Defense Officials On Corruption Charges RFE/RL 05 Aug 2024 -- Russia's Investigative Committee said on August 5 that a court in Moscow sent to pretrial detention Vyacheslav Akhmedov, the director of the Defense Ministry's Patriot Park near the capital, on fraud charges.
• Belarus Air Defense Units Will Take Part in Live-Fire Drills on Russian Territory Sputnik 05 Aug 2024 -- Military personnel of a Belarusian air defense unit will take part in a live-fire exercise on the territory of Russia, the Belarusian Defense Ministry said on Monday.

Foreign Policy

• Kremlin-backed TV channel woos Africa VOA 05 Aug 2024 -- Billboards and videos popping up in several African cities show 20th-century independence leaders and anti-colonial quotes as part of a drive to promote the Kremlin-backed outlet RT.
• Top Russian security official arrives in Iran amid heightened regional tension Press TV 05 Aug 2024 -- Russia's Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu arrives in Tehran to hold talks with top Iranian officials amid acute tensions in the region following Israel's assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, head of the political bureau of the Hamas resistance movement last week.
• Shoigu Arrives in Iran to Discuss Global, Regional Security Sputnik 05 Aug 2024 -- Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu has arrived in Iran for a planned working visit to discuss global and regional security issues, the Russian Security Council said on Monday.
• Iran top military commander hails 'strategic' ties with Russia IRNA 05 Aug 2024 -- Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Bagheri has said that Iran-Russia ties are strategic and deep, which will never be disrupted with change of governments.
• Envoy explains details of Iran-Russia monetary agreement IRNA 05 Aug 2024 -- Iranian Ambassador to Moscow Kazem Jalali has elaborated on the details of a monetary agreement between Iran and Russia.
• Strengthening ties with Russia a 'foreign policy priority' for Iran: Pezeshkian Press TV 05 Aug 2024 -- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has described Russia as a "strategic partner" of the Islamic Republic, stressing that the expansion of relations with Moscow is a top foreign policy priority of his government.
• Congress President welcomes liberation of prisoners of conscience in Russia and in Belarus Council of Europe 05 Aug 2024 -- The President of the Council of Europe's Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, Marc Cools, has made the following statement:
• Press release on the situation in Bangladesh Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 05 Aug 2024

News Reports

• Putin's welcome ends speculation around true identity of Pablo Gonzalez VOA 05 Aug 2024 -- When Pablo Gonzalez stepped off a plane to be greeted by Vladmir Putin last week it appeared to confirm suspicions that he was indeed a Russian spy who had used the cover of a journalist to gather intelligence.
• How Moscow spins hostage-prisoner swap as domestic victory VOA 05 Aug 2024 -- U.S. newspapers were flooded with celebratory headlines last week on a historic prisoner swap with Russia that freed unjustly detained journalists and rights activists, including two American journalists.
• The Dealings Of Dmitry Patrushev, A Star Of Russia's 'New Nobility' And A Possible Putin Successor RFE/RL 05 Aug 2024 -- In 2017, a Cyprus-based offshore company called Pimodo invested 3 million euros ($3.25 million) in 10 residences at the five-star Salinas Sea Resort in the Atlantic Ocean archipelago nation of Cape Verde.