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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Ukraine says Russian attack killed 1, injured dozens in Kharkiv VOA 31 Oct 2024 -- The governor of northeastern Ukraine's Kharkiv region said Thursday that one person was dead and 29 others injured after a Russian missile strike on a residential building.
• North Korean Soldiers Likely to Enter Russian War on Ukraine DoD News 31 Oct 2024 -- It appears that North Korean troops will enter combat against Ukraine in the coming days, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said today at the conclusion of 2+2 meetings with South Korean officials at the State Department.
• North Korean troops to battle Ukraine within days, US says Radio Free Asia 31 Oct 2024 -- Some 8,000 North Korean troops dressed in Russian military uniforms are expected to be deployed into combat against Ukrainian forces "in the coming days," U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said on Thursday.
• U.S. Says 8,000 North Korean Troops Ready For Combat In Kursk Region RFE/RL 31 Oct 2024 -- The United States said on October 31 that it has information that some 8,000 North Korean soldiers are now in Russia's Kursk region near the border with Ukraine, and Russia "fully intends" to deploy them in combat against Ukrainian troops.
• US: 8,000 N. Korean troops expected to join Ukraine fight 'in coming days' VOA 31 Oct 2024 -- Most of the North Korean troops sent to Russia are now deployed near the Ukrainian border and are expected to join the fight against Ukraine "in the coming days," according to top U.S. and South Korean diplomats and military officials.
• Russian Defence Ministry reports on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region (31 October 2024) Russia MoD 31 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 31 Oct 2024 -- 31.10.2024
• Russian Troops Destroy Ukrainian Military Airfields Infrastructure - MoD Sputnik 31 Oct 2024 -- Russian troops have destroyed the infrastructure of Ukrainian military airfields, ammunition depots, petroleum facilities, as well as concentrations of Ukrainian military personnel in 135 locations, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
• Ukraine Loses Over 300 Soldiers in Kursk Region in Past Day - MoD Sputnik 31 Oct 2024 -- The Ukrainian armed forces have lost over 300 soldiers in the Kursk direction over the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
• Ukraine Loses Up to 810 Soldiers in Battles With Russian Forces - MoD Sputnik 31 Oct 2024 -- Russia's Battlegroup Yug eliminated up to 810 Ukrainian servicepeople over the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin President of Russia 31 Oct 2024 -- The President held a working meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin.
• Russian Aerospace Forces successfully launch Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket from Plesetsk Cosmodrome Russia MoD 31 Oct 2024 -- On Thursday, 31 October, at 10:51 (Moscow time), a combat crew of the Russian Aerospace Forces successfully launched a Soyuz-2.1a medium-class carrier rocket with spacecraft in the interests of the Russian Defence Ministry from the State Test Cosmodrome (Plesetsk Cosmodrome) of the Russian Defence Ministry in Arkhangelsk region.

Foreign Policy

• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's video address to the organisers and participants of the 3rd Digital International Relations 2024 international conference, Moscow, October 31, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 31 Oct 2024
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Maxim Ryzhenkov Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 31 Oct 2024
• Russia Working With Hamas, Israel to Free Hostages - Deputy Foreign Minister Sputnik 31 Oct 2024 -- Russia is working with Palestinian movement Hamas and Israel to free hostages, including Russians, who are held by the movement in Gaza, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov told Sputnik.
• Wang Yi meets Russian Deputy FM Rudenko, says China-Russia ties not directed against or interfered by third party Global Times 31 Oct 2024 -- The development of the China-Russia relations does not target any third party or is subject to interference by any third party, said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during a meeting with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko on Wednesday in Beijing.
• ICBM test 'proves' North Korea's missile tech helped by Russia alliance, experts say Radio Free Asia 31 Oct 2024 -- Thursday's record-long ICBM test indicated that Pyongyang's missile program is being helped along by its closer ties to Russia, North Korea observers in the United States told Radio Free Asia.
• Agreement on Cooperation Signed between Ministries of DPRK and Russia KCNA 31 Oct 2024 -- An agreement on cooperation in the field of post and telecommunications, information technology and digital development between the DPRK Ministry of IT Industry and the Russian Ministry of Digital Development, Post and Telecommunications and Public Information was signed here on Wednesday.

News Reports

• Mystery surrounds detention of Wagner Group operative in Chad VOA 31 Oct 2024 -- A shadowy Russian political operator with close ties to the notorious Wagner Group and its late founder Yevgeny Prigozhin is detained in Chad on unexplained charges, adding a fresh chapter to his long career of mystery and intrigue.
• Accused of interference in Georgia, Russia pumps up anti-US propaganda VOA 31 Oct 2024 -- Tbilisi and Moscow have exchanged harsh rhetoric about the results of the October 26 parliamentary elections in Georgia that brought thousands to the streets protesting the victory of the ruling Georgian Dream party.