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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Ukraine Targets 'Strategic Sites' With Drone Attacks In Russia RFE/RL 14 Jan 2025 -- Ukraine launched a massive attack on targets inside Russian territory on January 14, hitting weapons production plants, oil refineries, and warehouses.
• Russia Targets Ukraine's Key Lithium Reserves RFE/RL 14 Jan 2025 -- Russia has captured two of Ukraine's four lithium deposits since it launched its all-out invasion in 2022, potentially depriving Kyiv of a key economic resource.
• Ukraine recovers combat instructional documents from killed North Korean soldier Radio Free Asia 14 Jan 2025 -- The Ukrainian military has recovered combat instructions and personal photos from a North Korean soldier killed in action in Russia's war with Ukraine, a human rights organization that assisted in translating the documents told Radio Free Asia.
• Meeting on socioeconomic development of Crimea and Sevastopol President of Russia 14 Jan 2025 -- Vladimir Putin held a videoconference meeting on socioeconomic development of the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol.
• Top Russian Diplomat Again Signals Readiness For Trump's Ukraine Proposals RFE/RL 14 Jan 2025 -- Russia's foreign minister signaled that Moscow was ready to hear from President-elect Donald Trump and advisers on proposals to resolve the Ukraine war, saying the incoming administration had "started to acknowledge the realities on the ground."
• Russian Defence Ministry reports on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region (14 January 2025) Russia MoD 14 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 Over 460 Soldiers in Kursk Region in Past Day Sputnik 14 Jan 2025 -- The Ukrainian armed forces lost over 460 soldiers in the Kursk region over the past 24 hours, with three tanks destroyed, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
• Russian Army Liberates Neskuchnoye and Terny Settlements in Donbass Sputnik 14 Jan 2025 -- The Vostok and Zapad Battlegroups freed the two villages in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) over the weekend.
• Russia Downs 14 ATACMS, Storm Shadow Missiles Sputnik 14 Jan 2025 -- Russia's Zapad Battlegroup has eliminated up to 600 Ukrainian soldiers and taken control of the settlement of Terny in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
• FSB Thwarts Ukraine-Backed Chemical Terror Attack Against Russian Defense Enterprise Sputnik 14 Jan 2025 -- Russia's FSB security service said that the terrorist's activities were coordinated from the territory of Ukraine via foreign internet messaging apps.

Defense Policy / Programs

Foreign Policy

• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks and answers to media questions during a news conference on the performance of Russian diplomacy in 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 14 Jan 2025
• Russian PM wants closer economic cooperation with Vietnam after trade rises 24% Radio Free Asia 14 Jan 2025 -- Vietnam and Russia are reaping the benefits of a free trade deal at a time when Moscow faces international sanctions, with bilateral trade rising by an annual 24% last year, Russia's prime minister said as he began a two-day visit to Hanoi.
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Deputy Speaker of the National Council of the Slovak Republic Andrej Danko Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 14 Jan 2025
• Russia Maintains Daily Contacts With New Authorities in Syria - Lavrov Sputnik 14 Jan 2025 -- Russia is in daily contact with the new Syrian authorities and is ready to assist in improving the situation in the country, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday.

News Reports

• Slovak Prime Minister Criticizes End Of Russian Gas Transit, Demands Meeting With Zelenskiy RFE/RL 14 Jan 2025 -- Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico sharply criticized Ukraine in an open letter to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for his decision to let a contract for the transit of Russian natural gas through Ukrainian territory expire on January 1.