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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• N. Korean Soldier Claims He Thought He Was On Training Mission, Ukraine Says RFE/RL 11 Jan 2025 -- Ukrainian investigators are questioning two soldiers from North Korea whom the country's forces captured in Russia's Kursk region, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
• Injuries Reported In Western Russian Town After Drone Attack RFE/RL 11 Jan 2025 -- Drones crashed into two apartment buildings in the town of Kotovsk in the Tambov region of western Russia, injuring several people, the region's governor said early on January 11.
• Russian Defence Ministry reports on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region (11 January 2025) Russia MoD 11 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.
• Ukraine Loses Up to 240 Soldiers in Kursk Region in Past Day - MoD Sputnik 11 Jan 2025 -- The Ukrainian armed forces have lost up to 240 soldiers in the Kursk region in the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.
• Ukrainian Armed Forces Suffer Significant Losses Due to Low-Quality Ammunition Sputnik 11 Jan 2025 -- Ukraine's Defense Ministry said earlier that the cause of the shells detonating could be low-quality powder charges or a violation of ammunition storage conditions.
• Russian Forces Take Control of Shevchenko Village in DPR - MoD Sputnik 11 Jan 2025 -- Russia's Battlegroup Tsentr group of forces has taken control of the Shevchenko village in the Donetsk People's Republic, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement on Saturday.
• Russian Air Defense Destroy 85 Ukrainian Drones Over Regions Overnight - MoD Sputnik 11 Jan 2025 -- Russian air defense systems have downed and intercepted 85 Ukrainian drones over the Russian regions overnight, with 31 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) destroyed over the Black Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday morning.

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Foreign Policy

• Statement by the Foreign Ministry regarding the latest US Sanctions against the Russian Federation Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 11 Jan 2025
• Russia vows to respond to US 'hostile actions' after sanctions imposed against its energy sector Press TV 11 Jan 2025 -- Russia has denounced fresh sanctions imposed by the United States against its energy sector aimed at harming the Russian economy, vowing to respond to Washington's "hostile actions."
• Russia to Respond to US Sanctions Against Energy Sector - Russian Foreign Ministry Sputnik 11 Jan 2025 -- The United States' decision to introduce new sanctions against the Russian energy sector will receive a response, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Saturday.
• Putin-Trump talks possible without any preconditions: Kremlin People's Daily 11 Jan 2025 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin is open to potential negotiations with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump without any preconditions, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Friday.

News Reports

• German Foreign Minister Says Stricken Tanker In Baltic Sea Belongs To Russia's 'Shadow Fleet' RFE/RL 11 Jan 2025 -- German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said a heavily loaded oil tanker that Germany's maritime emergencies agency had to secure on January 10 in the Baltic Sea is part of the "shadow fleet" that Moscow uses to avoid sanctions on its oil exports.