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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Ukraine Calls Russian Strike On Grain Ship In Odesa 'Deliberate Terrorist Tactic' RFE/RL 07 Oct 2024 -- Russian forces continued to hit the Odesa region - with Ukraine's main Black Sea ports - with ballistic missiles, damaging a second foreign-flagged civilian vessel a day after striking the main city itself.
• Hundreds Evacuated After Ukrainian Strike On Crimean Fuel Depot RFE/RL 07 Oct 2024 -- A Ukrainian drone strike on the largest fuel depot in occupied Crimea early on October 7 triggered a huge fire that prompted the evacuation of hundreds of people as Russia and Ukraine exchanged another series of drone attacks.
• Ukrainian forces hit oil terminal in Crimea; Zelenskyy touts 'victory plan' VOA 07 Oct 2024 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that he was discussing Ukraine's "victory plan" this week in a series of meetings and negotiations with "every country that can really help bring peace closer."
• Ukrainian forces strike oil terminal in Crimea VOA 07 Oct 2024 -- Ukrainian forces carried out an attack Monday on an oil terminal in the Russia-occupied Crimean Peninsula.
• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's comment on Kiev regime using and planning to use chemical weapons Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 07 Oct 2024
• Russian Defence Ministry reports on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region (7 October 2024) Russia MoD 07 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.
• Russian Minister of Defence Andrey Belousov sent the telegrams to formations and a military unit, who showed courage and heroism when liberating Grodovka (Donetsk People's Republic). Russia MoD 07 Oct 2024 -- Since the first days of the special military operation, the military personnel of the 55th Guards Motorised Rifle Brigade have been performing their military duty to protect the people and our country exemplary and honourably in the most critical directions. In the battles in Chernigov and Maryinka directions, in liberating Lisichansk and Avdeyevka, the soldiers wrote glorious pages of heroism in the history of the formation.
• Briefing by Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, the Chief of the Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Protection Troops of the Russian Armed Forces Russia MoD 07 Oct 2024 -- Materials of Russian Defence Ministry's briefing on U.S. and Ukrainian biological warfare activities
• Ukraine Loses Over 150 Soldiers in Russia's Kursk Region in Past Day - MoD Sputnik 07 Oct 2024 -- The Russian forces have eliminated about 150 Ukrainian soldiers, three armored combat vehicles, as well as two artillery pieces, four mortars in the border areas of Russia's Kursk Region over the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday.
• Russian Forces Take Control Over DPR's Grodovka Village - MoD Sputnik 07 Oct 2024 -- Russia's Battlegroup Tsentr has taken control of the village of Grodovka in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday.
• Russian Air Defense Shot Down 21 Drones Over Crimea, Black Earth Region - MoD Sputnik 07 Oct 2024 -- Russian air defense systems destroyed 12 Ukrainian drones over Crimea, six over the Kursk region, and one each over the Belgorod, Bryansk, and Voronezh regions last night, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
• Russian Armed Forces Advance Northwest of Ugledar in DPR - Defense Ministry Sputnik 07 Oct 2024 -- Russian troops of the Vostok ("East") group of forces have advanced northwest of Ugledar (Vuhledar) and in the area of Vesyoloye (Vesele), approaching Bogoyavlenka (Bohoyavlenka) in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Monday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• PZHK-1162 fire boat is commissioned into Baltic Fleet Russia MoD 07 Oct 2024 -- On the eve, a solemn ceremony was held in Lomonosov to join the Baltic Fleet of the PZHK-1162 project 141775P.
• Pacific Fleet's small anti-submarine ship Ust-Ilimsk crew conducts exercise in Sea of Okhotsk Russia MoD 07 Oct 2024 -- During the training in the designated area, a crew search for a mock enemy submarine, and after being detected performing elements of maritime warfare with the submarine.
• Novosibirsk missile formation deploys Yars mobile missile launchers on combat patrol routes Russia MoD 07 Oct 2024 -- Novosibirsk missile formation deploys Yars mobile missile launchers on combat patrol routes

Foreign Policy

• Telephone conversation with President of Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan President of Russia 07 Oct 2024
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's interview to American Newsweek Magazine, October 7, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 07 Oct 2024
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's and CIS Secretary General Sergey Lebedev's statements and answers to media questions following a meeting of the CIS Ministerial Council, Moscow, October 7, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 07 Oct 2024
• Press release on CIS Council of Foreign Ministers meeting Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 07 Oct 2024
• Putin To Meet Iranian President As War Rages In Middle East RFE/RL 07 Oct 2024 -- Vladimir Putin plans to meet with his Iranian counterpart, Masud Pezeshkian, this week amid fears the crisis in the Middle East threatens to spin out of control.
• Amid Rising Moscow-Washington Tensions, 2 Americans Handed Prison Terms In Russia RFE/RL 07 Oct 2024 -- Two U.S. citizens were sentenced to lengthy prison terms in Russia on October 7, fueling concerns over the political motivations behind their detentions amid heightened tensions between Moscow and Washington.

News Reports

• Once Russia's Best-Known Activist, Ildar Dadin Killed Fighting For Ukraine RFE/RL 07 Oct 2024 -- Once one of Russia's most prominent rights activists and a vocal Kremlin critic, Ildar Dadin has been killed in action with Ukrainian forces during a battle in the northeastern Kharkiv region.