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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Zelenskiy Says Withdrawal From Vuhledar Necessary To Save Lives RFE/RL 03 Oct 2024 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in his first comments since the withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from the city of Vuhledar in the Donetsk region that it was an "absolutely correct" step necessary to save lives.
• Fall of Ukraine's Vuhledar painful, but not decisive in war, say experts VOA 03 Oct 2024 -- Military analysts are appraising the fall of Vuhledar, a coal-mining town in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, as a painful setback for Ukrainian forces but one that is unlikely to change the course of the war.
• Russian Defence Ministry reports on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region (3 October 2024) Russia MoD 03 Oct 2024 -- The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which broke into the territory of Kursk region.
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 03 Oct 2024 -- Last night, the Russian Armed Forces have foiled another attempt by the Kiev regime to launch a terrorist attack using a fixed-wing UAV against the facilities in the Russian Federation.
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 03 Oct 2024 -- As a result of the decisive efforts of the Vostok Group of Forces, Ugledar (Donetsk People's Republic) has been liberated.
• Russian military ensure safe rotation of IAEA mission observers at Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant Russia MoD 03 Oct 2024 -- On 3 October 2024, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation ensured the safety of the 23rd rotation of International Atomic Energy Agency mission observers at the Zaporozhye NPP.
• Russian Defense Ministry Reports Liberation of Ugledar Sputnik 03 Oct 2024 -- Units of the Vostok Battlegroup have taken control of the settlement of Ugledar in the Donetsk People's Republic, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.
• Russian Forces Target Energy Supply to Ukraine's Military Sputnik 03 Oct 2024 -- Russian aviation, artillery and drone units struck Ukrainian energy infrastructure that was supplying the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Russian Ministry of Defense said.
• Russian Air Defense Shoots Down 113 Ukrainian Drones Overnight Sputnik 03 Oct 2024 -- Russian air defense systems destroyed 113 Ukrainian drones overnight over the Belgorod, Voronezh, Kursk and Bryansk Regions, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
• The evidence of Russia's violations of international humanitarian law is substantial and growing: UK statement to the OSCE UK FCDO 03 Oct 2024 -- Deputy Ambassador Brown condemns Russia's treatment of Ukrainian prisoners of war and civilians, which violates the Geneva Conventions.
• Lithuania's Foreign Ministry summons the representative of the Russian Embassy, voices a strong protest over the killing of Ukrainian prisoners of war Lithuania MFA 03 Oct 2024 -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania has summoned the representative of the Russian Embassy to Lithuania and expressed a strong protest over the war crimes committed by Russian troops in Ukraine.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Putin Signs Law Allowing Criminal Defendants To Join Military RFE/RL 03 Oct 2024 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a controversial new law suspending criminal proceedings against individuals who are called up for military service or sign a contract with the Ministry of Defense to serve in the armed forces.
• Unbreakable Brotherhood 2024: CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces deliver humanitarian supplies to population Russia MoD 03 Oct 2024 -- In Kazakhstan, during the Unbreakable Brotherhood 2024 command post exercise, the CSTO Collective Peacekeeping Forces practised important tasks of post-conflict relief: delivering humanitarian supplies to the population.
• Russia, China Intensively Developing Defense Industry Cooperation - Lavrov Sputnik 03 Oct 2024 -- Moscow and Beijing are intensively developing military and defense industry cooperation, while their actions are absolutely transparent and not directed against third countries, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.

Foreign Policy

• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's article for Rossiyskaya Gazeta on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China, October 3, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 03 Oct 2024
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks at the opening ceremony of an exhibition marking the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations with China, Moscow, October 3, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 03 Oct 2024
• Xi says to continue expanding China-Russia all-round practical cooperation People's Daily 03 Oct 2024 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday said that he stands ready to work with Russian President Vladimir Putin to take the opportunity of the 75th anniversary of diplomatic ties to continue expanding all-round practical cooperation.
• Nuclear Facilities Should Be Taken Out Of Middle East Conflict - Senior Russian Diplomat Sputnik 03 Oct 2024 -- Russia is concerned about Israel's signals regarding a possible retaliatory strike on Iran, which could target Iranian nuclear facilities, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told journalists at a press conference on Thursday, adding that it is unacceptable to even consider such scenarios.
• Taliban FM to be 'chief guest' in Russia-hosted Afghanistan talks VOA 03 Oct 2024 -- Russia is set to convene a meeting of regional countries on Friday to discuss, among other issues, the expansion of "practical interaction" with Taliban-governed Afghanistan in political, economic, counterterrorism and counternarcotics areas.

News Reports

• Justice Department Disrupts Russian Intelligence Spear-Phishing Efforts US Dept. of Justice 03 Oct 2024 -- The Justice Department announced today the unsealing of a warrant authorizing the seizure of 41 internet domains used by Russian intelligence agents and their proxies to commit computer fraud and abuse in the United States. As an example of the Department's commitment to public-private operational collaboration to disrupt such adversaries' malicious cyber activities, as set forth in the National Cybersecurity Strategy, the Department acted concurrently with a Microsoft civil action to restrain 66 internet domains used by the same actors.
• Media Watchdog Warns EU About Russian Outlet Operating In Serbia RFE/RL 03 Oct 2024 -- Reporters Without Borders has asked the European Union to hold Serbia accountable for hosting Russian state media network RT, which RSF calls "Vladimir Putin's factory of lies."