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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Russia Diverted 40,000 Troops After Ukraine's Kursk Insursion, Zelenskiy Claims RFE/RL 19 Sep 2024 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on September 19 that Ukraine's incursion into Russia's southwestern Kursk region had resulted in the Russian military diverting 40,000 troops to the area.
• Satellite Images Show Aftermath Of Devastating Drone Strike In Russia RFE/RL 19 Sep 2024 -- Satellite images have revealed the devastation wrought by a massive Ukrainian drone strike on an important Russian arms depot 400 kilometers west of Moscow.
• Russia targets Ukraine city's energy sector as EU pledges $180M for repairs, shelters VOA 19 Sep 2024 -- Russian forces hit a care center for the elderly in the Ukrainian city of Sumy on Thursday and targeted its energy sector in airstrikes that killed at least one civilian, Ukrainian officials said.
• Russian Defence Ministry reports on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region (19 September 2024) Russia MoD 19 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 Air Assault Brigade, 1st National Guard Brigade, 129th Territorial Defence Brigade of the AFU near Lyubimovka, Daryino, Nikolo-Daryino, Tolsty Lug, and Plekhovo.
• Ukraine Loses Over 14,950 Soldiers During Operation in Kursk Region - MoD Sputnik 19 Sep 2024 -- The Russian armed forces have eliminated more than 14,950 Ukrainian servicepeople and 122 tanks during military operations in the border areas of the Kursk Region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
• Russian Forces Strike Key Ukrainian Intelligence Communication Center Sputnik 19 Sep 2024 -- The Russian Defense Ministry also reported that concentrations of Ukrainian personnel and equipment were targeted in 142 different areas.
• Russian Army Takes Control of Georgiyevka Settlement in Donetsk People's Republic Sputnik 19 Sep 2024 -- Battlegroup Yug units have liberated the settlement of Georgiyevka in the Donetsk People's Republic, the Russian Defense Ministry has reported.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Meeting of the Military-Industrial Commission on Special Purpose UAVs President of Russia 19 Sep 2024 -- Vladimir Putin held a meeting in St Petersburg, via videoconference, of the Military-Industrial Commission on Special Purpose UAVs on Gunsmith Day.
• Putin: Russia to increase drone production tenfold this year Press TV 19 Sep 2024 -- President Vladimir Putin says Russia is accelerating its drone production to nearly 1.4 million this year, marking a tenfold rise, to bolster the capabilities of its armed forces in their military operations in Ukraine.
• Russia Supplies 140,000 UAVs to Army in 2023, to Increase 2024 Target by 10 Times - Putin Sputnik 19 Sep 2024 -- Russia supplied 140,000 UAVs to the military in 2023 and plans to increase the target number by 10 times, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.
• Visit to Special Technology Centre President of Russia 19 Sep 2024 -- The President visited the Special Technology Centre (STC) in St Petersburg, a supplier of unmanned aerial vehicles, electronic warfare systems, and communication systems.
• Laros 2024: Eastern MD's servicemen share combat experience with Laotian military Russia MoD 19 Sep 2024 -- In Primorsky region, as part of the Laros 2024 international drills, servicemen of the Eastern Military District share modern warfare experience with servicemen of the Lao People's Army.
• Readiness to Use Strategic Submarines' Weapons Very High, Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief Says Sputnik 19 Sep 2024 -- The most powerful and destructive weapon in service with the 25th submarine division of Russia's Pacific Fleet is at a very high level of readiness for use, Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief Adm. Alexander Moiseyev said.

Foreign Policy

• Putin approves Russia-Iran strategic partnership proposal IRNA 19 Sep 2024 -- Russia's President Vladimir Putin has accepted a proposal previously submitted by the Foreign Ministry to sign a strategic partnership agreement with the Islamic Republic of Iran.
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Deputy Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council of Yemen Tareq Saleh Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 19 Sep 2024
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's video address to participants in the 9th BRICS Legal Forum, Moscow, September 19, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 19 Sep 2024
• Press release on the UN General Assembly's resolution on Palestine Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 19 Sep 2024
• DPRK Foreign Minister Meets Her Russian Counterpart KCNA 19 Sep 2024 -- Choe Son Hui, foreign minister of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea who is on a visit to Russia to attend the Fourth Eurasian Women's Forum and the First BRICS Women's Forum in Sankt-Peterburg, met and had a talk with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on Sept. 17.
• Transfer of Iranian ballistic missiles to Russia: UK statement to the OSCE UK FCDO 19 Sep 2024 -- Ambassador Holland condemns the transfer of Iranian ballistic missiles to Russia, which will be used to wreak further misery on Ukrainian civilians as part of its illegal war.
• Targeting of Covert Financial Cooperation between Russia and the DPRK US Dept. of State 19 Sep 2024 -- The United States today designated five entities and one individual involved in illicit payment mechanisms between Russia and the DPRK. This action exposes and disrupts networks that facilitate the funding of the DPRK's unlawful weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs and that support Russia's illegal war against Ukraine.
• Treasury Targets Key Actors in Sanctions Evasion Scheme to Support Russia and North Korea US Treasury 19 Sep 2024 -- Today, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated a network of five entities and one individual—based in Russia and in the Russia-occupied Georgian region of South Ossetia—that have enabled and supported ongoing efforts to establish illicit payment mechanisms between Russia and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). Today's action holds accountable parties that have assisted DPRK and Russian sanctions evasion and demonstrates Treasury's commitment to exposing and disrupting networks that facilitate the funding of the DPRK's unlawful weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and ballistic missile programs and support Russia's illegal war against Ukraine.
• US sanctions facilitators of payments between Russia, N. Korea VOA 19 Sep 2024 -- The U.S. State and Treasury departments announced new sanctions Thursday on five groups and one person said to be involved in illicit payment mechanisms between Russia and North Korea.
• U.S. Hits Network Allegedly Facilitating Russia-North Korea Sanctions Evasion RFE/RL 19 Sep 2024 -- The United States on September 19 imposed sanctions on a network of five entities and one individual for allegedly enabling payments between Russia and North Korea, the Treasury Department said.
• EU Border States discussed implementation and future development of EU sanctions Estonia MFA 19 Sep 2024 -- On 17 September, the European Union countries (Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland) sharing the border with Russia, had their 3rd meeting on sanctions co-operation. In the meeting in Tallinn, the representatives of the Ministries for Foreign Affairs and Customs Agencies discussed effective implementation of sanctions and prevention of sanctions circumvention.

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