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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Explosion At Luxury Moscow Residence Kills Founder Of Battalion Fighting in Ukraine RFE/RL 03 Feb 2025 -- A bomb exploded at a Moscow apartment complex, authorities said, killing and wounding several people, including the founder of a battalion fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukraine.
• Russia says Ukrainian drone attacks targeted energy sites VOA 03 Feb 2025 -- Russian officials said Monday that Ukrainian drone attacks targeted energy facilities in two regions in southwestern Russia.
• North Korea ready to send 25,000 more troops to Russia: Zelenskyy Radio Free Asia 03 Feb 2025 -- North Korea could send an additional 20,000 to 25,000 troops to Russia, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, amid reports that North Koreans had been taken off the front lines in a contested Russian region after suffering heavy casualties.
• Ukraine: Alarming Rise in Executions of Captured Ukrainian Military Personnel OHCHR 03 Feb 2025 -- The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine on today expressed alarm at a sharp rise in reported executions of Ukrainian soldiers captured by Russian armed forces. Since the end of August 2024, the Mission recorded 79 such executions in 24 separate incidents.
• Russian Defence Ministry reports on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region (3 February 2025) Russia MoD 03 Feb 2025 -- The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise AFU formations on the territory of Kursk region.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Deputy Minister of Defence of Russia Colonel General Aleksandr Fomin holds meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Thailand to Russia Sasiwat Wongsinsawat Russia MoD 03 Feb 2025 -- On 3 February 2025, Deputy Minister of Defence of Russia Colonel General Aleksandr Fomin held a meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Thailand to Russia Sasiwat Wongsinsawat.

Foreign Policy

• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks at an opening of an exhibition dedicated to the 75th anniversary of Russian-Indonesian diplomatic relations, Moscow, February 3, 2025 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 03 Feb 2025

News Reports

• Seizure of suspected ship in the cable damage incident is suspended Swedish Security Service 03 Feb 2025 -- The seizure of the ship suspected of gross sabotage of a communications cable between Sweden and Latvia in the Baltic Sea has been suspended by the prosecutor, the reason being that the investigation revealed that it is not a question of sabotage.