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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Russian missile, drone attacks cause damage in multiple Ukrainian regions VOA 15 Jan 2025 -- Officials in western Ukraine said Wednesday a Russian missile attack hit critical infrastructure facilities in the Lviv region, part of a series of attacks that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said included more than 40 missiles and 70 drones.
• Massive Russian Attack Targets Ukraine Energy Sites Amid Winter Freeze RFE/RL 15 Jan 2025 -- Russia and Ukraine exchanged 50 prisoners of war, the first swap this year, just hours after Moscow launched a massive attack on Ukrainian energy targets, causing rotating power outages that President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said highlighted the need for Western help to strengthen the existing capabilities of Ukraine's air shield.
• Russian Forces Tried To Stop Removal Of Captured North Korean Soldier From Battlefield RFE/RL 15 Jan 2025 -- Russian forces tried to prevent Ukrainian troops who captured a North Korean soldier in Kursk earlier this month from taking him off the battlefield, according to a Ukrainian soldier involved in the mission in comments to RFE/RL.
• Russian Defence Ministry reports on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region (15 January 2025) Russia MoD 15 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.
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 15 Jan 2025 -- As a result of the negotiation process, 25 Russian servicemen were returned from the territory controlled by the Kiev regime.
• Russian Forces Target Ukrainian Gas Infrastructure and Liberate Ukrainka in DPR Sputnik 15 Jan 2025 -- Operational-tactical aviation, attack drones, missile forces, and artillery struck military airfield infrastructure, personnel concentrations, and enemy equipment in 137 areas.
• Ukrainian Intel Offered $1M to Russian Soldiers to Leave Gorlovka - Russian Security Service Sputnik 15 Jan 2025 -- Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Wednesday that it had foiled plans of Ukrainian military intelligence that promised Russian soldiers $1 million to leave their positions in Gorlovka in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR).

Defense Policy / Programs

• Meeting of the Pobeda (Victory) Organising Committee President of Russia 15 Jan 2025 -- Vladimir Putin held a meeting, via videoconference, of the Russian Pobeda (Victory) Organising Committee.

Foreign Policy

• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's telephone conversation with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 15 Jan 2025
• Hitting Russia's Military Industrial Base and Enablers of Sanctions Evasion US Dept. of State 15 Jan 2025 -- Building on our January 10 sanctions targeting Russia's energy sector, today the United States is designating over 250 enablers of Putin's war against Ukraine. These sanctions will further constrain Russia's ability to wage war and thwart sanctions evasion.
• Sanctions to Disrupt Russia's Military Industrial Base and Sanctions Evasion US Dept. of State 15 Jan 2025 -- Today, the United States is sanctioning nearly 250 enablers of Russia's illegal war against Ukraine. As part of this action, the Department of State is designating more than 150 individuals and entities.
• Treasury Disrupts Russia's Sanctions Evasion Schemes US Treasury 15 Jan 2025 -- Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury is moving against Russian efforts to evade U.S. sanctions. This action targets a sanctions evasion scheme established between actors in Russia and the People's Republic of China (PRC) to facilitate cross-border payments for sensitive goods. In addition, Treasury is designating a Kyrgyz Republic-based financial institution that coordinated with Russian officials and a U.S.-designated bank to implement a sanctions evasion scheme.
• Kallas Says Europe Should Increase Pressure On Moscow In Push To End War RFE/RL 15 Jan 2025 -- EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said Kyiv and its partners should continue to apply pressure on Russia to improve Ukraine's position in any eventual negotiations to end the war.
• Exclusive: Iran-Russia ties to be elevated to strategic partnership level, Kremlin says IRNA 15 Jan 2025 -- Tehran and Moscow are set to ink a comprehensive deal that will elevate the Iranian-Russian relations to the level of strategic partnership, the spokesperson for the Kremlin says.
• Iran, Russia Set to Bolster Defense Ties for Regional & Global Peace - Iranian FM to Sputnik Sputnik 15 Jan 2025 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi emphasized in an article for Sputnik that a key component of the new strategic deal between Iran and Russia is the enhancement of security and defense cooperation.

News Reports

• A Russian Airline Bomb Plot? What To Know About Polish PM's Accusations RFE/RL 15 Jan 2025 -- The accusation was as blunt as it was serious: Russia is plotting terror attacks against unspecified targets utilizing aircraft, Poland's prime minister said.
• Overview of information influence activities Finnish Government 15 Jan 2025 -- Information influence activities are goal-oriented and systematic acts aimed at influencing public opinion, perceptions and behaviour and undermining the ability of society to function. Methods include disseminating false or misleading information, exerting pressure and using true information in a manipulative way.