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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• More POWs Exchanged As Heavy Fighting Continues In Eastern, Southern Ukraine RFE/RL 14 Sep 2024 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on September 14 confirmed that an exchange of prisoners of war had taken place between Ukraine and Russia involving 103 prisoners on each side.
• Russia's Medvedev Threatens Nuke Strike Would Turn Kyiv Into 'Gray Spot' On The Map RFE/RL 14 Sep 2024 -- Russian officials have threatened that a possible decision by the West to allow Kyiv to use donated weapons to strike deeper into Russian territory would result in a major escalation of its war against Ukraine that could include the use of nuclear weapons.
• Russian Defence Ministry report on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region (14 September 2024) Russia MoD 14 Sep 2024 -- The Sever Group of Forces carrying on offensive actions inflicted damage on the 22nd, 41st, and 115th mechanised brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 82nd and 95th air assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and the 112th and 129th territorial defence brigades near Lyubimovka, Daryino, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Pokrovsky, and Borki.
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 14 Sep 2024 -- As a result of the negotiation process, 103 Russian servicemen who were taken prisoner in Kursk region have been returned from the territory controlled by the Kiev regime.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Baltic Fleet ships undergo artillery live fires in Baltic Sea waters Russia MoD 14 Sep 2024 -- During the Ocean 2024 strategic naval drills, the Baltic Fleet's ships successfully trained in repelling air attacks and in launching an artillery strike on maritime and coastal targets.
• Ocea 2024 CPX: UAV teams of Far East air defence and air force formation train in operating Forpost-R reconnaissance and strike unmanned aerial vehicles Russia MoD 14 Sep 2024 -- As part of the Ocean 2024 strategic naval drills, UAV teams of the Far East air defence and air force formation trained in operating Forpost-R reconnaissance and strike unmanned aerial vehicles.
• Ocean 2024 CPX: Northern Fleet's warships launch amphibious assault operation on Chukotka Russia MoD 14 Sep 2024 -- During the Ocean 2024 strategic naval drills, the Arctic expeditionary group of forces of the Northern Fleet operating in the eastern regions of the Arctic Ocean conducted a tactical exercise to launch an amphibious assault operation on an unequipped coast in the Chukchi Sea close to Cape Vankarem.
• Ocean 2024 CPX: Baltic Fleet's electronic warfare unit suppresses mock enemy's communications Russia MoD 14 Sep 2024 -- During the Ocean 2024 strategic naval drills, the Baltic Fleet's electronic warfare unit practised suppressing navigation and radio communication equipment of the mock enemy.
• Ocean 2024 CPX: Pacific Fleet seamen repel mock attack against oil platform in Caspian Sea and organise its defence Russia MoD 14 Sep 2024 -- During the Ocean 2024 strategic naval drills, the Caspian Flotilla ships, together with a marine unit, trained in repelling an enemy attack at an offshore oil platform and organised the defence of the important infrastructure facility.
• Ocean 2024 CPX: Caspian Flotilla's coastal minesweepers ensure safe passage for ships through mine threat area Russia MoD 14 Sep 2024 -- The coastal minesweepers German Ugryumov and Magomed Gadzhiyev (Caspian Flotilla), together with other mine countermeasure vessels, defused underwater mines laid by a mock enemy and ensured safe passage for ships in the mine threat area of the Caspian Sea during the Ocean 2024 strategic naval drills.
• Ocean 2024 CPX: Tu-142 long-range anti-submarine aircraft practise in-flight refuelling with IL-78 long-range aerial refuelling tanker over international waters of Barents Sea Russia MoD 14 Sep 2024 -- The Northern Fleet's Tu-142 long-range anti-submarine aircraft practised in-flight refuelling together with the Il-78 long-range aerial refuelling tanker during the Ocean 2024 strategic naval drills.

Foreign Policy

• Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Receives Sergei Shoigu, Secretary of Security Council of Russian Federation KCNA 14 Sep 2024 -- Kim Jong Un , general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, on September 13 received Sergei Shoigu, secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation on a visit to the DPRK.
• G7 Foreign Ministers' Statement Condemning Iran's Export And Russia's Procurement of Iranian Ballistic Missiles US Dept. of State 14 Sep 2024 -- The text of the following statement was released by the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative of the European Union.

News Reports

• Pro-Russian hacking group targets 45 Taiwanese entities: MODA CNA 14 Sep 2024 -- A pro-Russian hacking group has hit 45 Taiwanese entities, including government agencies and financial firms, with Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks this week, according to the Ministry of Digital Affairs (MODA).