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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Russia-Ukraine war appears frozen in place as winter approaches VOA 09 Oct 2024 -- Neither rising death tolls nor plunging temperatures are likely to change the trajectory of Russia's war against Ukraine, according to senior U.S. officials charged with supporting Kyiv's fight against Moscow's forces.
• Ukrainian Military Says It Hit Shahed Drones Stored In Southern Russia RFE/RL 09 Oct 2024 -- The Ukrainian military said on October 9 that its forces destroyed a facility storing hundreds of attack drones in Russia's southern Krasnodar region.
• Russian Defence Ministry reports on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region (9 October 2024) Russia MoD 09 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 Troopers Take Control of Pokrovskoe Settlement in Kursk Region - Defense Ministry Sputnik 09 Oct 2024 -- Russian troopers have taken control of the Pokrovskoe settlement in Russia's Kursk Region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
• Russian Troops Liberate Novaya Sorochina, Pokrovsky in Kursk Region - MoD Sputnik 09 Oct 2024 -- Russia's Battlegroup Sever took control of the settlements of Novaya Sorochina and Pokrovsky in the Kursk Region, the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) said on Wednesday.
• Ukraine Loses Up to 100 Soldiers in Russia's Kursk Region in Past Day - MoD Sputnik 09 Oct 2024 -- The Russian forces have eliminated about 100 Ukrainian soldiers in the Kursk Region over the past day, the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) said on Wednesday.
• Ukraine Loses Up to 650 Soldiers in Battles With Russia's Battlegroup Yug - MoD Sputnik 09 Oct 2024 -- Russia's Battlegroup Yug repelled three counterattacks, destroyed two REB stations and an ammunition depot, and eliminated up to 650 Ukrainian servicemen over the past day, the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) said on Wednesday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Pacific Fleet's Tu-142 aircraft practise anti-submarine warfare over Sea of Okhotsk Russia MoD 09 Oct 2024 -- The Pacific Fleet conducted scheduled training flights to improve the coordination of Tu-142 long-range anti-submarine crews and to conduct anti-submarine warfare training with them over the Sea of Okhotsk.
• Russian Deputy Defence Minister Colonel General Aleksandr Fomin meets with defence attache of Chinese Embassy to Russia Major General Kui Yanwei Russia MoD 09 Oct 2024 -- Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation Colonel General Aleksandr Fomin met with defence attaché of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China to the Russian Federation Major General Kui Yanwei who completed his stay in Russia.
• Frigate Admiral Golovko crew performs surface-to-air missile firing training in Sea of Barents Russia MoD 09 Oct 2024 -- The frigate Admiral Golovko crew trained to use the Poliment-Redut anti-aircraft missile system repelling mock enemy air attacks in the waters of the Barents Sea. As part of the exercise, the ship's crew performed combat training shots on targets simulating fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles as well as cruise missiles aimed at the ship.

Foreign Policy

• Meeting with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko President of Russia 09 Oct 2024 -- Vladimir Putin had a meeting with President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko at the Kremlin.
• EU introduces new sanctions regime against Russian hybrid activity Government Offices of Sweden 09 Oct 2024 -- The EU decided on 8 October to introduce a new sanctions regime in response to Russia's destabilising activities. The sanctions aim to counter Russia's hybrid activity against the EU, its Member States and international partners.
• Refusal to Buy Russian Energy Endangers EU's Economic Growth - Orban Sputnik 09 Oct 2024 -- The fact that the European Union is refusing Russian natural gas has significantly endangered the bloc's economic growth, forcing it to focus on its own energy infrastructure, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Wednesday.
• Irrefutable, independent evidence of Russia violating international law is a concern for us all: UK statement to the OSCE UK FCDO 09 Oct 2024 -- UK Counsellor, Ankur Narayan, says that the OSCE's Code of Conduct, which turns 30 this year, commits all States to act if OSCE norms and commitments are violated; the UN and OSCE have evidence of Russia violating international law.

News Reports

• EXPLAINED: Are North Korean troops going to help Russia in Ukraine? Radio Free Asia 09 Oct 2024 -- South Korea's defense minister said this week that rival North Korea was likely to send troops to Ukraine to support Russia's army there. If that were to happen it would signal a major upgrade of cooperation between the allies and a rare foray by the long-isolated and nuclear-armed North into foreign conflict.