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21 August 2024 - Russia Special Weapons News
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Ukraine Invasion
- Ukraine Reports Intense Fighting Near Pokrovsk As Russian Forces Press For Breakthrough RFE/RL 21 Aug 2024 -- Ukraine's military said its forces came under repeated attack on August 21 around the town of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region, where Russian forces are pressing for a breakthrough.
- Blown Bridges: As Ukraine's Invasion Expands, Russia Closes In On Donbas City RFE/RL 21 Aug 2024 -- Up until this weekend, the western reaches of the Seym River, a meandering waterway flowing west across the Kursk region into Ukraine, was spanned by three low, two-lane, concrete-and-asphalt bridges that served road traffic for the southern Russian territory.
- Russian Defence Ministry report on repelling an invasion attempt of the AFU on the territory of the Russian Federation (21 August 2024) Russia MoD 21 Aug 2024-- The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to repel the AFU attempt to invade the territory of the Russian Federation.
- Ukraine Loses Over 4,400 Troops During Operation in Kursk Area - MoD Sputnik 21 Aug 2024 -- The Ukrainian armed forces have lost more than 4,400 servicemen since the beginning of the operation in the Kursk area, the Russian Ministry of Defense said on Wednesday.
- Ukraine Loses Over 700 Soldiers in Fights With Russia's Battlegroup Yug - MoD Sputnik 21 Aug 2024 -- Russia's Battlegroup Yug eliminated more than 700 Ukrainian servicemen over the past 24 hours, the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) said on Wednesday.
- US, UK, Poland Took Part in Preparing Ukraine's Operation in Kursk - Russian Foreign Intel Sputnik 21 Aug 2024 -- On August 6, Ukrainian forces launched an incursion into Russia's Kursk region, which was slammed by President Vladimir Putin as a large-scale provocation. The Kiev regime planned the attack with the participation of the US and NATO, Russian presidential aide Nikolai Patrushev earlier said.
- Russia's Response to Latvia's Drone Supply to Ukraine Hits Its Economy - Foreign Ministry Sputnik 21 Aug 2024 -- Moscow's response to Riga's actions regarding Kiev, namely the supply of drones to Ukraine, is already significantly affecting Latvia's economy, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Sputnik.
- Moscow Repels One of Largest Attempted Drone Attacks in History Overnight Sputnik 21 Aug 2024 -- Russian alert air defense systems destroyed 45 Ukrainian drones last night, including 11 over the Moscow Region, the Russian Ministry of Defense said on Wednesday.
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Foreign Policy
- Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, Moscow, August 21, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 21 Aug 2024
- Meeting with Premier of the State Council of China Li Qiang President of Russia 21 Aug 2024 -- Vladimir Putin had a meeting with Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Li Qiang in the Kremlin.
- Chinese premier in Moscow to promote ties People's Daily 21 Aug 2024 -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang arrived here Tuesday for the 29th regular meeting between Chinese and Russian heads of government and an official visit to Russia at the invitation of Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.
- Putin's Azerbaijan Visit Signals Russia's Waning Influence In The South Caucasus RFE/RL 21 Aug 2024 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin, making his first visit to Azerbaijan in six years, marveled at how Baku, the capital city, had developed. "It's an oasis, I would say, in the region," he said at an August 19 meeting with his Azerbaijani counterpart, Ilham Aliyev.
- Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's answer to a question from the Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency about Defence Minister of Latvia Andris Sprūds' statement concerning Latvian supplies of drones to Ukraine Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 21 Aug 2024
- Russia leverages ouster of Bangladesh PM to baselessly accuse US of fomenting coup VOA 21 Aug 2024 -- The unfounded conspiracy theory that the United States orchestrated the ouster of Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina dominates Russian disinformation narrative. The propaganda campaign involves top state officials and news media.
- Latvian National Extradited for Scheme to Illegally Export Advanced U.S.-Origin Aircraft Technology to Russia US Dept. of Justice 21 Aug 2024 -- Oleg Chistyakov, also known as Olegs Čitsjakovs, 55, of Latvia, made his initial appearance in a federal court in Kansas City, Kansas, today after being extradited from Latvia. Chistyakov is the third defendant in this case to face charges in connection with a years-long conspiracy to sell sophisticated avionics equipment to Russian companies, after Russia's unlawful invasion of Ukraine and despite heightened additional U.S. economic countermeasures levied against Russia.
- Ukraine: Federal Council decides on further measures of the 14th package of sanctions Swiss Government 21 Aug 2024 -- On 21 August, the Federal Council decided to adopt further measures of the EU's 14th package of sanctions against Russia. These measures will take effect on 27 August. On 9 July, 69 individuals and 47 entities were already added to Switzerland's sanctions list.
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