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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Russia Declares 'Federal-Level' Emergency In Kursk Amid Ukrainian Incursion RFE/RL 09 Aug 2024 -- Russia declared what it described as a "federal-level" emergency on August 9 in the Kursk region, the site of a four-day incursion by Ukrainian forces. The announcement came hours after a Ukrainian military strike on an airfield there.
• Russian Forces Are Advancing In The Donbas. Ukraine's Response? Invade Russia. RFE/RL 09 Aug 2024 -- Ukraine has repeatedly crossed the border into Russia since the start of Moscow's all-out invasion: intelligence operatives doing clandestine operations; drones targeting airfields hundreds of kilometers away; ragtag, unofficial militia groups raiding border villages.
• Ukraine Raids Russian Forces On Occupied Sliver Of Land In Black Sea RFE/RL 09 Aug 2024 -- Ukrainian special forces conducted an amphibious raid on the Russian-occupied Kinburn Spit in the Black Sea, killing about 30 Russian soldiers and destroying six armored vehicles, Ukraine's military intelligence said on August 9.
• Death Toll In Ukraine Supermarket Strike Rises To 14 As Rescue Effort Suspended RFE/RL 09 Aug 2024 -- The death toll from a Russian strike on a supermarket in Kostyantynivka, a town in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, has gone up to 14, the head of the regional military administration said, and that 43 people were injured.
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 09 Aug 2024 -- The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are repelling an attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine against the territory of the Russian Federation.
• Russia Notifies IAEA on Situation at Kursk Nuclear Power Plant Amid Ukrainian Attack on Region Sputnik 09 Aug 2024 -- Russia has notified the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) about the situation at the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant amid Kiev's attempted attack on the region, Russia's permanent mission in Vienna said on Friday.
• Russia's Kursk Nuclear Plant Operating Normally, Radiation Level as Usual - Press Service Sputnik 09 Aug 2024 -- Russia's Kursk nuclear power plant (NPP) is operating normally, and the radiation level is normal, the press service of the plant said on Friday.
• Build-Up of Russia's Forces Fighting in Kursk Region Underway Sputnik 09 Aug 2024 -- The Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday that it was building up forces, who were engaged in active hostilities against Ukrainian formations in the Sudzha district of the Kursk Region, by sending tanks and other heavy tracked military equipment there.
• Russian Forces Continue to Repel Ukraine's Attempted Invasion of Kursk Region Sputnik 09 Aug 2024 -- Earlier in the day, the Russian Army's Sever (North) Battlegroup and the approaching reserves prevented attempts by Ukrainian forces to raid deep into Russian territory.
• Russian Air Defenses Shot Down 75 Ukrainian Drones Overnight Sputnik 09 Aug 2024 -- Russian air defenses destroyed 75 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions and the Black Sea, and seven drone boats in the Black Sea overnight, the Defense Ministry said in a statement.
• IAEA Director General Statement on Developments in the Russian Federation IAEA 09 Aug 2024 -- The IAEA has been monitoring the situation on the reported military activities taking place in the vicinity of the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant (NPP).

Defense Policy / Programs

• Training ship Smolniy finishes call at port of La Guaira of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Russia MoD 09 Aug 2024 -- The Baltic Fleet's training ship Smolniy, performing a long-distance sea voyage to conduct maritime practice of cadets of naval training institutions of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, completed an unofficial call to the port of La Guaira of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
• Pacific Fleet ships leave Indian port of Cochin Russia MoD 09 Aug 2024 -- A detachment of ships of the Pacific Fleet made up of the missile cruiser Guards Order of Nakhimov Varyag and frigate Marshal Shaposhnikov finished a business call and left the Indian port of Cochin.

Foreign Policy

• Press release on the approval of a draft international convention on combating cybercrime by the United Nations Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 09 Aug 2024
• Iran And Russia See Africa As A Land Of Opportunity RFE/RL 09 Aug 2024 -- Russia and Iran have both seen their international standing diminish in recent years. And as each seeks a way to boost their military and diplomatic influence, Africa looks like a land of opportunity.
• Russia, China Agree to Strengthen Coordination in Use of Space Sputnik 09 Aug 2024 -- Russia and China have agreed to strengthen coordination in the use and exploration of outer space, as well as ensuring the safety of such activities, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

News Reports

• Russian-German National Extradited for Illegally Exporting to Russia Sensitive U.S.-Sourced Microelectronics with Military Applications in Violation of U.S. Export Controls US Dept. of Justice 09 Aug 2024 -- Arthur Petrov, 33, a dual Russian and German national, made his initial appearance in federal court today, following his extradition from the Republic of Cyprus for criminal offenses related to export control violations, smuggling, wire fraud and money laundering. Petrov allegedly participated in a scheme to procure U.S.-sourced microelectronics subject to U.S. export controls on behalf of a Russia-based supplier of critical electronics components for manufacturers supplying weaponry and other equipment to the Russian military.
• Dual Russian-German Citizen Held In U.S. For Operating Alleged 'Tech-Trafficking Syndicate' RFE/RL 09 Aug 2024 -- A dual Russian-German citizen has been ordered held without bail in New York City on charges that he conspired to smuggle U.S. microelectronics to military manufacturers in Russia to aid its war in Ukraine.
• Deadly Turning Points Over Vladimir Putin's 25 Years In Power RFE/RL 09 Aug 2024 -- A quarter-century ago, on August 9, 1999, Russian President Boris Yeltsin picked Vladimir Putin as prime minister and anointed the then little-known former KGB operative as his successor, urging Russians to vote for him in the presidential election the following year.
• In Fugitive Oligarch's Long Shadow, Free Trips Recruit Hundreds Of Young Moldovans To Love Russia RFE/RL 09 Aug 2024 -- Attracted by free trips, haute cuisine, and a shot at millions of rubles in grants, hundreds of young people from Moldova have participated in a Russian outreach program with ties to Russian officials and a fugitive Moldovan oligarch that is aimed at rebranding Russia and "refriending" a new generation of politicians, journalists, and beauty queens.