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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Russian Drone Strikes Injure At Least 5, Cause Fire, Ukraine Says RFE/RL 06 Sep 2024 -- At least five people have been wounded in the latest Russian drone and missile attacks across Ukraine, Kyiv said on September 6, adding that the air defenses shot down 27 out of 44 Russian drones launched overnight.
• Russian Defence Ministry report on repelling an invasion attempt of the AFU on the territory of the Russian Federation (6 September 2024) Russia MoD 06 Sep 2024 -- Units of the Sever Group of Forces supported Army Aviation and artillery repelled two attacks of the enemy's assault detachments in the direction of Matveyevka and Olgovka. The AFU attacks in the direction of Borki, Komarovka, and Maryevka were thwarted.
• Ukraine Loses Over 10,400 Troops During Operation in Kursk Direction - Russian Military Sputnik 06 Sep 2024 -- The Russian armed forces have eliminated more than 10,400 Ukrainian servicemen and 81 tanks during military operations in the border areas of the Kursk Region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Pacific Fleet's anti-submarine sabotage forces patrol bays and straits close to Vladivostok Russia MoD 06 Sep 2024 -- Anti-submarine sabotage detachment of the Pacific Fleet have patrolled the waters of Vladivostok coastal bays.
• US 'alarmed' by reports Iranian missile transfer to Russia is imminent or completed VOA 06 Sep 2024 -- The White House tells VOA it is "alarmed" by unconfirmed Western news reports that an unprecedented Iranian transfer of missiles to Russia for use against Ukraine recently happened or will occur imminently. Iran is responding to those reports by separately telling VOA that it "abstains" from arming parties engaged in the war that its ally Russia launched against Ukraine.

Foreign Policy

• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's interview with the RBC media holding on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum, Vladivostok, September 6, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 06 Sep 2024
• Moscow accuses Washington of undue pressure on Russian media VOA 06 Sep 2024 -- The Russian government on Friday accused the United States of exerting undue pressure on Russian media after the U.S. Justice Department charged a Russian state TV contributor and his wife with schemes to violate U.S. sanctions.
• South Korea, Japan 'ready to stop North Korea hiding behind Russia' Radio Free Asia 06 Sep 2024 -- Leaders of South Korea and Japan said they would maintain their readiness to stop North Korea hiding behind Russia in its provocative acts, Kim Tae-hyo, South Korea's deputy national security adviser, said on Friday.
• Six negative decisions on real estate transactions Finnish MoD 06 Sep 2024 -- On 4 September 2024, Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen signed six negative permit decisions concerning real estate acquisitions by buyers from outside the EU and EEA. The negative decisions concern properties in Mikkeli, Imatra and Kouvola, and three properties in Lieksa.

News Reports

• 'You Wanted Turmoil. You Got It': How FSB Officers Chatted, And Plotted, To Sow Discord In The U.S. RFE/RL 06 Sep 2024 -- On March 12, 2018, just before 6 p.m. in Moscow, Aleksandr Ionov, a well-traveled Russian man with a penchant for tailored three-piece suits, sent a series of text messages to a local phone number regarding a quixotic effort to get the state of California to secede from the United States.
• US adversaries step up efforts to influence results of next election VOA 06 Sep 2024 -- Russia, Iran and China are ramping up efforts to impact the outcome of the U.S. presidential election and down-ballot races, targeting American voters with an expanding array of sophisticated influence operations.
• Telegram Founder Durov Says French Investigation, Arrest 'Misguided' RFE/RL 06 Sep 2024 -- Telegram founder Pavel Durov, in his first public comments since his arrest in France late last month, expressed surprise that he was interrogated and told by investigators that he "may be personally responsible for other people's illegal use" of the popular messaging app.