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Ukraine Invasion
Defense Policy / Programs
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Ukraine Invasion

• Ukraine Alleges 150,000 Possible Russian War Crimes. Here Are 5 Of The Worst RFE/RL 05 Mar 2025 -- Corpses sprawled on the streets of Bucha. Prisoners of war reportedly executed, bodies sent back to Ukrainian authorities. A blood bath of civilian train passengers, killed by a ballistic missile. Ukrainian children adopted by Russian families without the knowledge of their parents.
• Russian Defence Ministry reports on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region (5 March 2025) Russia MoD 05 Mar 2025

Defense Policy / Programs

• Meeting with Government members President of Russia 05 Mar 2025 -- The President held a meeting with Government members, via videoconference.
• Expanded meeting of the Interior Ministry Board President of Russia 05 Mar 2025 -- Vladimir Putin addressed the annual expanded meeting of the Interior Ministry Board.
• Russian Defence Minister holds talks with Prime Minister / Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Russia MoD 05 Mar 2025

Foreign Policy

• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks at a meeting of the Supervisory Board and the Board of Trustees of Russian Foreign Ministry's MGIMO University, Moscow, March 5, 2025 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 05 Mar 2025
• Moscow aims to exploit US-Europe rift, experts warn VOA 05 Mar 2025 -- As European Union leaders prepare for emergency talks to ramp up military spending after the Trump administration suspended aid to Ukraine, several Russia experts say Moscow is trying to capitalize on fragmenting Western cohesion.
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Deputy Prime Minister - Foreign Minister of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, U Than Swe Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 05 Mar 2025
• Russia to Europe: Stop snapback threats against Iran, move past 'phantom pains' IRNA 05 Mar 2025 -- Russia has slammed the threats by Britain, France, and Germany to trigger the snapback of sanctions against Iran as an "irresponsible" and "unlawful" rhetoric, urging the trio to focus their efforts on finding a solution to the situation they themselves created.
• Kremlin confirms Russia, U.S. discussed Iran in Riyadh talks; rejects rumors on Putin's mediation IRNA 05 Mar 2025 -- An aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin has confirmed news reports published in the Western media that the issue of Iran was raised in the negotiations between Russia and the United States, and saying this issue was discussed during the negotiations in Riyadh on February 18.
• Why Did Russian Weapons Experts Visit Iran? RFE/RL 05 Mar 2025 -- Senior Russian missile and air-defense specialists traveled to Iran last year as the Islamic republic expanded its military cooperation with Moscow.
• Meeting with President-elect of Abkhazia Badra Gunba President of Russia 05 Mar 2025 -- Vladimir Putin met with the newly elected President of Abkhazia Badra Gunba in the Kremlin.

News Reports

• Russia Smuggling US Plane Parts As Sanctions Ground Airliners, Jeopardizing Civil Aviation RFE/RL 05 Mar 2025 -- On February 13, two weeks before Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine reached the three-year mark, the US Department of Justice announced it had arrested three people linked to an Ohio company on charges of exporting $2 million worth of civilian aircraft parts and components to Russia in circumvention of US export laws.
• Iran to increase aviation industry services to Russia IRNA 05 Mar 2025 -- President of the Civil Aviation Organization Hossein Pourfarzaneh and Head of the Federal Agency for Air Transport of the Russian Federation Dmitry Yadrov have agreed for Iran to expand its aviation industry exports to Russia.