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Ukraine Invasion

• Russia Blames Ukraine For Deadly Supermarket Strike; Kyiv, Pokrovsk Blasted RFE/RL 10 Jan 2025 -- Russia accused Ukraine of conducting a deadly missile strike on a supermarket in the Moscow-controlled city of Donetsk, while Kyiv reported a massive wave of Russian drone attacks on several regions and fierce fighting near the strategic logistics hub of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine.
• Russian Defence Ministry reports on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region (10 January 2025) Russia MoD 10 Jan 2025 -- The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which broke into the territory of Kursk region.
• Russian Forces Launch 28 Strikes at Ukrainian Targets in One Week Sputnik 10 Jan 2025 -- Over the past week, Russian forces launched 28 coordinated strikes at Ukrainian military infrastructure, temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed units and foreign mercenaries, Russian Ministry of Defense (Mod) said on Friday.
• Two Killed From Ukraine HIMARS Strike on Civilians in Donetsk Sputnik 10 Jan 2025 -- Two people have been killed and two more have been injured as a result of a Ukrainian HIMARS missile strike on civilian infrastructure in Donetsk, the Russian Investigative Committee said on Friday.
• The New Drones Boosting Russia's Advances On The Battlefield In Ukraine RFE/RL 10 Jan 2025 -- As Russian forces have intensified their advances in eastern Ukraine in recent weeks, they're being helped by a new tool on the battlefield: drones that fly with the use of fiber-optic cables.

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Foreign Policy

• Statement from Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economics and Deputy Director of the National Economic Council Daleep Singh on Today's Sanctions Actions The White House 10 Jan 2025
• Biden Slaps Broad Sanctions On Russian Energy Sector In Final Bid To Punish Kremlin RFE/RL 10 Jan 2025 -- The Biden administration has slapped sanctions on two of Russia's largest oil producers, a major liquefied natural gas project, and more than 100 tankers in its "shadow fleet" in what U.S. officials say are the most significant economic measures yet against the country.
• Sweeping Sanctions on Russia's Energy Sector US Dept. of State 10 Jan 2025 -- The United States is imposing sanctions today on more than 200 entities and individuals involved in Russia's energy sector and identifying more than 180 vessels as blocked property.
• Sanctions to Degrade Russia's Energy Sector US Dept. of State 10 Jan 2025 -- Today, the United States is sanctioning major targets in Russia's energy sector, the primary source of revenue fueling Russia's war against Ukraine. The Department of State is imposing sanctions on nearly 80 individuals and entities. Concurrently, the Department of the Treasury is designating more than 150 individuals and entities and individuals and identifying 183 vessels as blocked property. Treasury provides more information in its actions, please see press release.
• Treasury Intensifies Sanctions Against Russia by Targeting Russia's Oil Production and Exports US Treasury 10 Jan 2025 -- Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury took sweeping action to fulfill the G7 commitment to reduce Russian revenues from energy, including blocking two major Russian oil producers. Today's actions also impose sanctions on an unprecedented number of oil-carrying vessels, many of which are part of the "shadow fleet," opaque traders of Russian oil, Russia-based oilfield service providers, and Russian energy officials. Today's actions are underpinned by the issuance of a new determination that authorizes sanctions pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 14024 against persons operating or having operated in the energy sector of the Russian Federation economy. These actions substantially increase the sanctions risks associated with the Russian oil trade.
• Trump says 'setting up' meeting with Putin over Ukraine war Press TV 10 Jan 2025 -- US President-elect Donald Trump says he is working to set up a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in what is claimed to be part of his administration's propaganda campaign to end the protracted war in Ukraine.
• Trump says meeting with Putin "being set up" People's Daily 10 Jan 2025 -- U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to meet him and that such a meeting was being set up.
• Support for Ukraine is unwavering as UK announces new sanctions on Russian oil giants UK FCDO 10 Jan 2025 -- The UK strikes a fresh blow against Putin's ability to finance the war in Ukraine by sanctioning 2 major Russian oil companies.
• Afghanistan Eyes LNG Transit Agreement With Russia Sputnik 10 Jan 2025 -- Kabul intends to sign an agreement with Russia on the transit of 50 million cubic meters of liquefied natural gas through Afghanistan, the head of the Russian Business Center in Afghanistan, Rustam Khabibullin, told Sputnik on Friday.

News Reports

• A Wagner Mercenary Who Crossed U.S.-Mexican Border Was Honored In Russia Weeks Before Arrest RFE/RL 10 Jan 2025 -- A self-confessed veteran of Russia's Wagner paramilitary group arrested for crossing into the United States from Mexico appears to have been honored as a combat veteran weeks earlier by an organization established by Russian President Valdimir Putin, RFE/RL has found.