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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Zelenskiy Confirms Kursk Incursion, Says 'Russia Must Be Forced To Make Peace' RFE/RL 12 Aug 2024 -- Ukrainian leaders, including President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and military commander Oleksandr Syrskiy, have spoken openly for the first time about their forces' shock incursion into Russia's Kursk region, with Zelenskiy saying that Moscow must be "forced to make peace."
• Putin: Ukraine incursion into Russia's Kursk region a diversionary tactic VOA 13 Aug 2024 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that Ukraine's incursion into the Kursk region was an attempt to divert attention from Moscow's offensive in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine and eventually gain a better negotiating position to end the 2½-year war.
• Fire at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant spurs fear as Russia, Ukraine trade blame Global Times 12 Aug 2024 -- Concerns over a "nuclear catastrophe" grow after Russia and Ukraine accused each other for a fire in Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) in Ukraine and the increasing risk of a Kursk Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) attack, as the Russia-Ukraine conflict entered into a new phase with Ukraine recently entering Russian territory for the first time.
• Russia evacuates Belgorod residents amid escalating tensions on Ukrainian border People's Daily 12 Aug 2024 -- Russia's Belgorod region has begun relocating its residents to safer places amid increased military activity near the Ukrainian border, its governor said on Monday.
• 'Nuclear terrorism': Fire erupts at power plant after Ukraine's attack Press TV 12 Aug 2024 -- A fire has broken out at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in what Moscow described as "an act of nuclear terrorism" by Ukraine.
• Vladimir Putin held a meeting on current issues in Novo-Ogaryovo President of Russia 12 Aug 2024
• Enemy Will Receive Proper Response in Russia's Border Regions - Putin Sputnik 12 Aug 2024 -- The enemy will receive a proper response in the border regions of Russia, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday.
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 12 Aug 2024
• Moscow Calls on Int'l Community to Act Against Ukraine Amid Strike on Zaporozhye Nuclear Plant Sputnik 12 Aug 2024 -- The international community must take urgent measures against Ukraine amid the recent attack on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Monday.
• Update 243 - IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine IAEA 12 Aug 2024 -- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) today visited the plant's cooling towers to observe the impact of yesterday's fire.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Address on the opening of the Army 2024 International Military-Technical Forum President of Russia 12 Aug 2024
• Chief of CSTO Joint Staff attends 10th ARMY 2024 International Military and Technical Forum Russia MoD 12 Aug 2024 -- On 12 August, Colonel General Andrei Serdyukov, the Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff, visited the ARMY 2024 International Military and Technical Forum at the Patriot Congress and Exhibition Centre, where he attended the opening ceremony and the plenary session attended by Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov.
• ARMY 2024 Forum: FMBA shows innovative developments for Russian Defence Ministry and defence industry, state-of-the-art technologies for the security, treatment, and rehabilitation of personnel involved in special military operation, and work of integrate Russia MoD 12 Aug 2024 -- At the ARMY 2024 Forum, Russia's leading scientific and medical institutions of the Federal Medical-Biological Agency (FMBA) presented innovative products and equipment in the field of biological safety monitoring and pharmaceutical protection, including automated detectors and indicators of biopathogens, test systems, medications, antidotes, and radio protectors.
• ARMY 2024 Forum: modern geostrategy of Russian Federation discussed in conditions of establishing a new world order Russia MoD 12 Aug 2024 -- The Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, within the framework of the scientific and business programme of the Army 2024 International Military and Technical Forum, held a round table devoted to modern geostrategy of the Russian Federation in the context of the establishment of a new world order.
• Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov addresses opening ceremony of ARMY 2024 International Military and Technical Forum Russia MoD 12 Aug 2024
• 10th ARMY International Military and Technical Forum opens in Patriot Congress and Exhibition Centre Russia MoD 12 Aug 2024 -- Today, the 10th ARMY International Military and Technical Forum has opened in Patriot Congress and Exhibition Centre. The ARMY 2024 Forum lasts three days, from 12 to 14 August 2024.
• From Lancets and Super Pantsirs to Small Missile Subs and Drone Docks: What's New at ARMY-2024? Sputnik 12 Aug 2024 -- ARMY-2024, Russia's largest annual defense forum and expo, kicked off in Moscow region on Monday, with delegations from dozens of countries arriving for the three-day event to familiarize themselves with weapons and equipment made by Russian defense enterprises. As always, among them are brand new designs and major upgrades to existing systems.
• Russia Presents New SuperCam S350M Drone at Army 2024 Forum Sputnik 12 Aug 2024 -- The SuperCam S350M reconnaissance drone's new features allow it to take high-definition (HD) images and transfer them to a control point to later be processed automatically, including via machine vision or artificial intelligence, a representative of Russia's Unmanned Aerial Systems manufacturer told Sputnik.
• New Finist Aerial Reconnaissance Complex Unveiled at Russia's Army-2024 Forum - Roscosmos Sputnik 12 Aug 2024 -- Specialists from a Roscosmos subsidiary, the Scientific and Production Center for Automation and Instrumentation named after Academician N.A. Pilyugin (NPCAP), on Monday showcased their Finist aerial reconnaissance complex at an international forum in Russia.
• Deputy Russian Defence Minister visits stand of Federal Medical-Biological Agency at ARMY 2024 Forum Russia MoD 12 Aug 2024

Foreign Policy

• U.S. Warns Tehran Again Against Sending Ballistic Missiles To Russia RFE/RL 12 Aug 2024 -- Washington has warned Tehran of "swift and severe" consequences if reports that it is planning to send hundreds of ballistic missiles to Russia are confirmed.
• Bulgarian National Extradited for Scheme to Illegally Export U.S.-Origin Sensitive Microelectronics to Russia US Dept. of Justice 12 Aug 2024 -- Bulgarian national Milan Dimitrov, 50, made his initial appearance in a federal court in San Antonio today after being extradited from Greece. According to court documents, Milan Dimitrov allegedly conspired with Ilias Sabirov, 52, of Russia, and Dimitar Dimitrov, 74, of Bulgaria, to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and the Export Control Reform Act (ECRA) in a scheme to procure sensitive radiation-hardened integrated circuits from the United States and illegally export those components to Russia through Bulgaria without the required licenses from the U.S. government.
• MFA handed over a note of strong protest against the attack on the Lithuanian Embassy in Moscow Lithuania MFA 12 Aug 2024 -- On 12 August 2024, in Moscow, four unidentified masked individuals smeared the entrance of the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in the Russian Federation (the Embassy) with red paint.

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