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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Russian Air Strikes Kill At Least 4 In Ukraine RFE/RL 25 Oct 2024 -- Russian air strikes late on October 25 that hit civilian buildings in Kyiv and Dnipro killed at least four people, local officials in the Ukrainian cities said.
• Russia To Send North Korean Troops Into Battle Within Days, Zelenskiy Warns RFE/RL 25 Oct 2024 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has warned that Russia intends to deploy troops from North Korea in combat areas as early as October 27.
• Zelenskyy: North Korean troops are poised for deployment VOA 25 Oct 2024 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that Russia is expected to deploy North Korean soldiers to combat as early as Sunday.
• Russia and North Korea don't deny reports of Pyongyang's involvement in Ukraine war Radio Free Asia 25 Oct 2024 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin declined to deny or confirm that North Korea had sent troops to help his army, adding that Russia and North Korea would themselves decide how to implement their pact to aid each other if attacked.
• Russian Defence Ministry reports on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region (25 October 2024) Russia MoD 25 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.
• Putin: Russian Military in Kursk Region Creates Ring of Encirclement of Ukraine's Forces Sputnik 25 Oct 2024 -- The Russian military in Russia's Kursk Region has created a reliable ring of encirclement of the Ukrainian armed forces and is now clamping this ring and has begun to liquidate the grouping, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday.
• Ukraine Loses Over 5,410 Soldiers in Battle With Russian Southern Forces Sputnik 25 Oct 2024 -- Russia's Ministry of Defense reported on the progress of the special military operation and the key achievements of the Russian Armed Forces.

Defense Policy / Programs

Foreign Policy

• Meeting with President of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik President of Russia 25 Oct 2024 -- The President of Russia met with President of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik in Kazan.
• Statement by the Representative of the Delegation of the Russian Federation at the Thematic Discussion on "Conventional weapons" in the First Committee of the 79th session of the UN GA, New York, 24 October 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 25 Oct 2024
• BRICS leaders commit to building democratic, multipolar world order: Putin People's Daily 25 Oct 2024 -- BRICS countries are committed to fostering a more democratic and multipolar world order, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, during his press conference on the last day of the 16th BRICS Summit in Kazan.
• Vice Foreign Minister of DPRK Clarifies Stand on Rumor of Troop Dispatch to Russia KCNA 25 Oct 2024 -- Kim Jong Gyu, vice foreign minister of the DPRK in charge of Russian affairs, gave the following answer to a question raised by KCNA on Friday as regards a rumor that the troops of the Korean People's Army are dispatched to Russia which is recently drawing public attention in the world:
• North Korea eyes Russian military assistance in exchange for Ukraine troop deployment, say experts VOA 25 Oct 2024 -- North Korea is likely anticipating Russian technical assistance to perfect its nuclear and missile programs in exchange for sending its troops to support Russia in the Ukraine war, U.S. experts say.

News Reports

• Joint ODNI, FBI, and CISA Statement Director of National Intelligence 25 Oct 2024 -- "The IC assesses that Russian actors manufactured and amplified a recent video that falsely depicted an individual ripping up ballots in Pennsylvania, judging from information available to the IC and prior activities of other Russian influence actors, including videos and other disinformation activities. Local election officials have already debunked the video's content."
• Experts: Russia's hacking campaign seeks to thwart Georgia's westward path VOA 25 Oct 2024 -- Just ahead of Georgia's parliamentary elections on Saturday, a Bloomberg investigation has revealed a yearslong Russian hacking campaign targeting Georgia's government, major companies and critical infrastructure.
• Is China peeved - or pleased - by North Korean troops in Ukraine? Radio Free Asia 25 Oct 2024 -- China remains officially agnostic about North Korea's deployment of troops to help Russia's war in Ukraine - a dispatch that analysts say holds potential trouble for Pyongyang's main backer Beijing even as both communist nations share the goal of supporting Vladimir Putin.
• Moldovan Police Accuse Pro-Russian Oligarch Of $39M Vote-Buying Scheme RFE/RL 25 Oct 2024 -- Moldovan police have accused convicted fugitive oligarch Ilan Shor of transferring $39 million into the bank accounts of thousands of Moldovans over the past two months allegedly to buy votes for the pro-Russian camp in a referendum and the first round of presidential elections last week.