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Ukraine Invasion

• Zelenskiy Again Requests Permission To Use Long-Range Weapons To Hit Targets Deep Inside Russia RFE/RL 19 Aug 2024 -- President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has again pushed for permission from Ukraine's allies to use long-range weapons to strike targets deep inside Russia.
• Ukraine's Zelenskyy: 'We're achieving our goals' with incursion into Russia's Kursk region VOA 19 Aug 2024 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday his country is meeting its objectives with its nearly two-week offensive into Russia's Kursk region, creating a "buffer zone" against more Russian attacks and troop movements from just across the border into Ukraine.
• Ukraine's air defenses repel attack on Kyiv VOA 19 Aug 2024 -- Air defense units near Kyiv were working to repel a Russian air attack early Monday, according to Ukrainian military officials.
• Russia says Ukraine hit 3rd bridge over Seym river in Kursk region Press TV 19 Aug 2024 -- Ukrainian forces have hit a third bridge over the Seym river in Kursk region, as Russia declares a state of emergency in Proletarsk.
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's answer to a question from the Moscow. Kremlin. Putin programme, Baku, August 19, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 19 Aug 2024
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's answers to questions from the Moscow. Kremlin. Putin TV programme, Baku, August 19, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 19 Aug 2024
• Russian Defence Ministry report on repelling an invasion attempt of the AFU on the territory of the Russian Federation (19 August 2024) Russia MoD 19 Aug 2024 -- The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to repel the AFU attempt to invade the territory of the Russian Federation.
• Russian Foreign Ministry Tells Turkish Ambassador Talks With Kiev Impossible Now Sputnik 19 Aug 2024 -- Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin said at a meeting with the Turkish ambassador to Russia, Tanju Bilgic, that negotiations with Kiev were impossible now after the attack of the Ukrainian military on the Kursk region, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
• Ukrainian Troops Lose Up to 1,935 Servicemen Over Past Day - Russian MoD Sputnik 19 Aug 2024 -- Losses of Ukrainian troops for the day amounted to up to 1,935 people, according to the Russian Defense Ministry statement.
• Russia to Respond Properly If Poland Attempts to Intercept Russian Missiles Over Ukraine Sputnik 19 Aug 2024 -- Moscow will give a specific and adequate response if Poland attempts to intercept Russian missiles over Ukraine, Oleg Tyapkin, the director of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Third European Department, said in an interview with Sputnik.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Northern Fleet undergoes drills on liberating port in Arctic Russia MoD 19 Aug 2024 -- Military sailors and marines from a detachment of the Northern Fleet warships carrying out Arctic campaign tasks practised actions to liberate the territory of the Dudinka seaport seized by the mock enemy sabotage and reconnaissance group.
• Pacific Fleet undergoes air defence training in base of operations in Vladivostok Russia MoD 19 Aug 2024 -- Ships for the close protection of a sea area of the Pacific Fleet fleet undergo air defence drills in the base of operations in Vladivostok
• Opening ceremony of Selenga 2024 joint Russian-Mongolian military exercise held in Mongolia Russia MoD 19 Aug 2024 -- The opening ceremony of the Selenga 2024 joint Russian-Mongolian military exercise was held in Mongolia The ceremony was held at a field camp near the town of Choibalsan.
• Strengthening Russia's Northern Fleet Capabilities is Priority in Arctic - Kremlin Aide Sputnik 19 Aug 2024 -- Strengthening the combat readiness of the Northern Fleet against the background of the growing military presence of the West in the Arctic is one of the priorities of ensuring Russia's national interests in this region, Russian presidential aide Nikolai Patrushev said on Monday.
• VISIT BY ADMIRAL ALEKSANDR ALEKSEYEVICH MOISEYEV, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF RUSSIAN FEDERATION NAVY India PIB 19 Aug 2024 -- Admiral Aleksandr Alekseyevich Moiseyev, Commander-in-Chief, Russian Federation Navy is on an official visit to India from 19 to 22 Aug 24

Foreign Policy

• Moscow Is Ready To Get Involved In Azerbaijan-Armenia Peace Process, Putin Says RFE/RL 19 Aug 2024 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said after talks with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Baku on August 19 that Moscow is ready to get involved in the process of signing a peace treaty between Azerbaijan and Armenia on the basis of trilateral agreements reached after the 44-day war between the two South Caucasus nations in 2020.
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's answer to a question from Channel One, Baku, August 19, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 19 Aug 2024
• Moscow Would Be Happy to Help Sign Nagorno-Karabakh Peace Deal - Putin Sputnik 19 Aug 2024 -- Moscow would be happy if it could do something to help sign a peace agreement on Nagorno-Karabakh, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday.
• Russian-Azerbaijani talks President of Russia 19 Aug 2024 -- Vladimir Putin and President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev held talks at the Zagulba Residence.
• Vladimir Putin and Ilham Aliyev made statements for the media President of Russia 19 Aug 2024 -- Following bilateral talks, the leaders of Russia and Azerbaijan made statements for the media.
• Beginning of Russia-Azerbaijan talks in expanded format President of Russia 19 Aug 2024 -- Vladimir Putin and President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev held talks at the Zagulba Residence.
• Meeting with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev President of Russia 19 Aug 2024 -- Vladimir Putin and President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev held a meeting at the Zagulba Presidential Residence.
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's answer to a question from Moscow. Kremlin. Putin television programme, Baku, August 19, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 19 Aug 2024
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's answers to questions from Izvestia television channel, Baku, August 19, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 19 Aug 2024
• Foreign Ministry statement on imposing personal sanctions against representatives of UK's think tanks, consulting agencies and other similar structures with a hostile perspective on Russia Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 19 Aug 2024
• Russia Files Claim Against Germany on Nord Stream Blasts Probe Sputnik 19 Aug 2024 -- Russia has officially filed a claim against Germany regarding the investigation into the Nord Stream bombing, Oleg Tyapkin, the director of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Third European Department, said in an interview with Sputnik.
• Russia: Statement by the High Representative marking four years since the poisoning of Alexei Navalny European External Action Service (EEAS) 19 Aug 2024 -- On 20 August we mark four years since the assassination attempt of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny in Russia by using a toxic nerve agent of the "Novichok" group, banned under the Chemical Weapons Convention, to which the Russian Federation is a State Party.

News Reports

• Trial Of 12 Belarusians Over Drone Attack At Military Airport Starts In Minsk RFE/RL 19 Aug 2024 -- The trial started in Minsk on August 19 of 12 people over a drone attack at the Machulishchy Air Base near the Belarusian capital in late February 2023 that damaged a Russian military plane.