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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Ukrainian drone hits oil pumping station VOA 18 Feb 2025 -- Russia shot down 21 Ukrainian drones late Tuesday, but a drone attack on an oil pumping station in southern Russia reduced oil supplies for Kazakhstan and the global market, Russian officials said.
• Russian drone attack hits central Ukraine apartment building VOA 18 Feb 2025 -- A Russian drone hit an apartment building in the central Ukrainian city of Dolynska, officials said Tuesday, injuring at least three people.
• Secretary Rubio's Meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov US Dept. of State 18 Feb 2025 -- Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov today as a follow up to President Donald Trump's conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 12. Secretary Rubio was joined by National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and Special Envoy Ambassador Steve Witkoff, the team chosen by President Trump to reestablish the bilateral relationship.
• US, Russian officials meet to discuss Ukraine war, bilateral relations VOA 18 Feb 2025 -- Top U.S. and Russian diplomats met for several hours Tuesday in Saudi Arabia about relations between their countries and a potential end to Russia's war in Ukraine.
• Rubio: US looks for 'fair, sustainable' end to Russian war on Ukraine VOA 18 Feb 2025 -- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that the United States is working toward a "fair" and "sustainable" solution to end Russia's three-year war on Ukraine, but that both Moscow and Kyiv would have to make concessions to achieve peace.
• US, Russia hold 4.5-hour high-level talks, agree to push for ending Ukraine crisis Global Times 18 Feb 2025 -- After a several-year pause in dialogue, high-level delegations from Russia and the US met on Tuesday in the Saudi capital Riyadh to discuss the prospects for resolving the conflict in Ukraine and ways to break the impasse in bilateral relations, which according to TASS, lasted about 4.5 hours.
• What We Learned From High-Stakes U.S.-Russia Talks In Saudi Arabia RFE/RL 18 Feb 2025 -- Top U.S. and Russian officials have finished their first talks on ending the war in Ukraine, with the Kremlin voicing new demands as Washington and Moscow agreed to move quickly to normalize their ties and begin negotiations around the nearly three-year conflict.
• Report by Russian Defence Ministry on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region (18 February 2025) Russia MoD 18 Feb 2025
• Press release on Russia-US consultations Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 18 Feb 2025
• Russia: US starts to better understand Moscow after talks in Riyadh Press TV 18 Feb 2025 -- Russia says the United States has started to better understand Moscow's position after the two sides moved toward agreeing to work together on ending the Ukraine conflict.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Meeting with Government members President of Russia 18 Feb 2025 -- The President held a meeting with Government members. The meeting was held in the videoconference format during the President's working trip to St Petersburg.
• Deputy Defence Minister Colonel General Aleksandr Fomin meets with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of India Vinay Kumar Russia MoD 18 Feb 2025 -- On 18 February 2025, Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation Colonel General Aleksandr Fomin held a meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of India Vinay Kumar
• International security symposium is held in Indonesia in framework of Komodo 2025 Naval Exercise Russia MoD 18 Feb 2025 -- Denpasar (Republic of Indonesia) is hosting the International symposium on security in the framework of the Komodo 2025 Multilateral International Naval Exercise. Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Admiral Vladimir Vorobyov spoke on behalf of the Russian delegation.

Foreign Policy

• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's answers to questions from Rossiya 1 television channel, Riyadh, February 18, 2025 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 18 Feb 2025
• South Africa open to nuclear cooperation with Iran and Russia despite US threats Press TV 18 Feb 2025 -- South Africa could turn to either Iran or Russia to expand its civilian nuclear power capacity, says a senior government official.
• Secretary Rubio's Call with Transatlantic Quint Foreign Ministers US Dept. of State 18 Feb 2025 -- "Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with the foreign ministers of France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom and the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs, immediately following his meeting with Russia's foreign minister earlier today in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia."

News Reports

• Why Is Saudi Arabia Hosting U.S.-Russia Talks? And Why Now? RFE/RL 18 Feb 2025 -- Saudi Arabia is hosting one of the most important diplomatic meetings between Russia and the United States in years.