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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Ukrainian Official Says Regional Mayor Died After Torture In Russian Captivity RFE/RL 04 Dec 2024 -- The head of the Zaporizhzhya region's military administration, Ivan Fedorov, has alleged that the mayor of the Ukrainian town of Dniproprudne died after being tortured while in Russian custody.
• Russian Defence Ministry reports on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region (4 December 2024) Russia MoD 04 Dec 2024 -- The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which broke into the territory of Kursk region.
• Report: Putin, Other Russian Officials Directly Involved In Transfer, Deportation of Ukrainian Children RFE/RL 04 Dec 2024 -- Senior Russian authorities, including President Vladimir Putin, were directly involved in ordering the forcible transfer, fostering, and later adoption of Ukrainian children moved out of war zones and occupied regions of Ukraine, U.S. researchers found.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Syrian Troops Reportedly Thwart Rebel Advance Near Russian Air Base RFE/RL 04 Dec 2024 -- A war monitor and state media say that Syrian government forces have launched a counterattack against Islamist-led rebels who were getting close to a Russian-operated airbase after capturing a string of towns and closing in on the key city of Hama.
• Civilians In The Crosshairs As Russia Scrambles To Stop Militant Offensive In Syria RFE/RL 04 Dec 2024 -- The footage is striking, stark - and familiar - from both Syria and Ukraine.

Foreign Policy

• Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, Moscow, December 4, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 04 Dec 2024
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks at the presentation of the Rostov Region, Moscow, December 4, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 04 Dec 2024
• Press release on a meeting of the Russian Federation Interagency Commission for the Council of Europe Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 04 Dec 2024
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's telephone conversation with Egyptian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Expatriates Badr Abdelatty Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 04 Dec 2024
• Pashinian Suggests Armenian Rift With Russia Widening RFE/RL 04 Dec 2024 -- Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian declared on December 4 in parliament that Yerevan had effectively passed the "point of no return" regarding its reintegration into a Russian-led military alliance.
• Exposing the TGR Group Sanctions Circumvention Network US Dept. of State 04 Dec 2024 -- The United States is today sanctioning five individuals and four entities connected to the TGR Group, a sprawling international network that has engaged in sanctions circumvention on behalf of Russian elites. This
• Treasury Exposes Money Laundering Network Using Digital Assets to Evade Sanctions US Treasury 04 Dec 2024 -- Today, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is sanctioning five individuals and four entities that are associated with or leverage the TGR Group, a sprawling international network of businesses and employees that have facilitated significant sanctions circumvention on behalf of Russian elites. This action also identifies a Wyoming-based entity that is owned 50 percent or more by a sanctioned individual.

News Reports

• Foreign Minister Tsahkna in Brussels: Union between Russia and North Korea needs to be broken Estonia MFA 04 Dec 2024 -- At a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels yesterday and today, Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna underlined that as Russia is intensifying hostilities and has brought in North Korean troops to fight on its side, allies must provide military assistance to Ukraine even more quickly and effectively.