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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Ferry Carrying Fuel Tanks Sinks In Russian Port After Ukraine Missile Strike RFE/RL 22 Aug 2024 -- Ukrainian forces sank a Russian ferry carrying fuel tanks in a missile strike on a port in Russia's southern Krasnodar region on August 22, Russian officials said.
• Spinning Ukraine's Kursk Incursion, Kremlin Says Russia Is Conducting A 'Counterterrorism Operation' RFE/RL 22 Aug 2024 -- In the days immediately after Ukraine's audacious August 6 cross-border invasion into Russia's Kursk region, the message dominating the airwaves on state-run TV and sympathetic media was this: Russian President Vladimir Putin is in charge. Russia's military will repel the Ukrainian incursion. The war against Ukraine itself, now in its 30th month, will continue to victory.
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy Visited the Border Area of the Sumy Region and Received the Report by Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi President of Ukraine 22 Aug 2024
• Meeting on the situation in the Belgorod, Bryansk, and Kursk regions President of Russia 22 Aug 2024 -- Vladimir Putin held a meeting, via videoconference, on the situation in the Belgorod, Bryansk, and Kursk regions.
• Russian Defence Ministry report on repelling an invasion attempt of the AFU on the territory of the Russian Federation (22 August 2024) Russia MoD 22 Aug 2024 -- The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to repel the AFU attempt to invade the territory of the Russian Federation.
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 22 Aug 2024 -- Last night, while the Kiev regime was trying to carry out a terrorist attack using unmanned aerial vehicles on the territory of the Russian Federation, on duty air defence systems shot down and intercepted 28 fixed-wing UAVs.
• Russia's Kuban Operation Center Says Railway Ferry With Fuel Tanks Attacked in Kavkaz Port Sputnik 22 Aug 2024 -- Ukraine has attacked a railway ferry with fuel tanks in the port of Kavkaz, emergency and special services are working on site, the operational headquarters of Russia's Kuban Region reported on Thursday.
• Putin: Ukraine Attempted Overnight Strike on Kursk Nuclear Power Plant Sputnik 22 Aug 2024 -- The Kiev regime's forces tried to bombard the Kursk nuclear power plant at night, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting focused on the situation in the Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk regions.
• Ukraine Loses Over 4,700 Troops During Operation in Kursk Area - MoD Sputnik 22 Aug 2024 -- The Ukrainian armed forces have lost more than 4,700 servicemen and 68 tanks since the beginning of the operation in the Kursk area, the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) said on Thursday.
• Ukraine Loses Up to 765 Soldiers in Fighting With Russia's Yug Group - Russian Military Sputnik 22 Aug 2024 -- Russia's Yug group of forces has eliminated up to 765 Ukrainian servicemen over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
• Sending Proceeds From Frozen Russian Assets to Ukraine Illegal - Foreign Ministry Sputnik 22 Aug 2024 -- At the end of July this year, the EU sent the first tranche of military aid to the Ukrainian side in the amount of 1.5 billion euros ($1.6 billion) in proceeds from immobilized Russian assets.
• Russia's FSB Opens Criminal Case Against Journalists From CNN, Ukraine Over Reporting From Kursk Region RFE/RL 22 Aug 2024 -- Russia's secret service agency, the FSB, said it has opened a criminal case against CNN journalist Nick Paton Walsh and two Ukrainian correspondents saying they illegally crossed into the country to film reports on Ukraine's incursion into Russian territory.
• Russian troops manage to capture another village in Ukraine's Donetsk region, army says Press TV 22 Aug 2024 -- Russian troops have seized another village in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, the Russian army says, while Kiev claims that its forces are further advancing in Russia's Kursk region.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Delegation of PLA Ground Force arrives in Moscow to discuss bilateral military cooperation Russia MoD 22 Aug 2024 -- The military delegation of the People's Liberation Army Ground Force led by Commander of the Ground Force General Li Qiaoming has arrived in Moscow to discuss issues of bilateral military cooperation.
• Deputy Defence Minister of the Russian Federation Colonel General Aleksandr Fomin holds protocol meeting with Commander of People's Liberation Army Ground Force General Li Qiaoming Russia MoD 22 Aug 2024 -- Deputy Defence Minister of the Russian Federation Colonel General Aleksandr Fomin held a protocol meeting with Commander of People's Liberation Army Ground Force General Li Qiaoming.

Foreign Policy

• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's comment on Russia's withdrawal from the Council of Europe Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 22 Aug 2024
• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's answer to questions from Rossiya Segodnya on the Latvian authorities' efforts to create obstacles for Russian nationals seeking to renew their residence permits Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 22 Aug 2024
• China, Russia eye stronger all-round practical cooperation Global Times 22 Aug 2024 -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Wednesday co-chaired the 29th regular meeting between Chinese and Russian heads of government with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin in Moscow and said China is ready to work with Russia to strengthen all-round practical cooperation between the two countries, and push the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era to a new level.

News Reports

• How An Accused Russian Spy Traversed Nagorno-Karabakh And Armenian Politics As A Journalist RFE/RL 22 Aug 2024 -- Following a historic prisoner swap between Russia and the West this month, Armine, an ethnic Armenian displaced from the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, watched footage of the exchanged Russians disembarking from their plane and being greeted on the tarmac by Russian President Vladimir Putin -- rewinding and replaying it in disbelief.