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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Ukraine says Russian drone attacks hit infrastructure in several regions VOA 27 Jan 2025 -- Russian drone attacks damaged infrastructure sites in western, central and eastern Ukraine on Monday.
• Ukraine Suffers 610 Troop Losses Battling Russian Forces - MoD Sputnik 27 Jan 2025 -- Russia's Battlegroup Tsentr has eliminated up to 610 Ukrainian military personnel over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday.
• Ukraine Loses Over 190 Soldiers, 2 Tanks in Kursk Area in Past Day Sputnik 27 Jan 2025 -- The Ukrainian armed forces have lost over 190 soldiers in the Kursk area in the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday.
• Trump's sanctions could force Russia's Putin to negotiating table, some experts say VOA 27 Jan 2025 -- On Jan. 22, Donald Trump — just two days after being inaugurated for his second term as U.S. president — again called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate an end to the "ridiculous" war with Ukraine, but this time he added a threat.

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Foreign Policy

• Telephone conversation with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko President of Russia 27 Jan 2025
• Putin congratulates Lukashenko on 'convincing' re-election as Belarus president Press TV 27 Jan 2025 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday congratulated his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko for winning a seventh term in office.
• Telephone conversation with President of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva President of Russia 27 Jan 2025 -- Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Federative Republic of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, at the Brazilian side's initiative.
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with the ambassadors of the ASEAN Moscow Committee Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 27 Jan 2025
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's interview with Kultura television channel for UNESCO: 70 Years in Russia film, Moscow, January 27, 2025. Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 27 Jan 2025
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's telephone conversation with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 27 Jan 2025
• EU renews sanctions against Russia, eases them on Syria VOA 27 Jan 2025 -- European Union foreign ministers agreed Monday to continue sanctions against Russia over the war in Ukraine, but to ease some sanctions against Syria following the ouster of Bashar al-Assad.
• Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine: Council extends economic restrictive measures for a further 6 months EC/CEU 27 Jan 2025 -- The Council today renewed the EU restrictive measures in view of the Russian Federation's continuing actions destabilising the situation in Ukraine for a further 6 months, until 31 July 2025.
• Cyber-attacks: three individuals added to EU sanctions list for malicious cyber activities against Estonia EC/CEU 27 Jan 2025 -- The Council today adopted additional restrictive measures against three Russian individuals responsible for a series of cyberattacks carried out against the Republic of Estonia in 2020. The individuals listed are officers of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (GRU) Unit 29155.
• EU sanctions three members of Russia's military intelligence who committed cyberattacks against Estonia Estonia MFA 27 Jan 2025 -- Today 27 January, the European Union imposed sanctions on three members of Russia's military intelligence (GRU), who conducted a cyberattack against Estonia in May 2020.
• Baiba Braže at EU foreign ministers' meeting: a weak Russia is the best security guarantee for the entire Euro-Atlantic space Latvia MFA 27 Jan 2025

News Reports

• Investigation of sabotage incident in the Baltic Sea Swedish Security Service 27 Jan 2025 -- The Swedish Security Service is conducting a preliminary investigation on the circumstances surrounding a suspected case of sabotage on a communications cable that runs between Sweden and Latvia in the Baltic Sea.