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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Report by Russian Defence Ministry on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region (9 March 2025) Russia MoD 09 Mar 2025
• France says it will tap frozen Russian assets to send $211 million in arms to Ukraine IRNA 09 Mar 2025 -- French Armed Forces Minister Sébastien Lecornu has announced that France will use interest from frozen Russian assets to fund an additional €195 million ($211 million) in arms for Ukraine.
• 'Take No Prisoners': Russian Soldier On Trial In Ukraine Over Alleged Battlefield Execution RFE/RL 09 Mar 2025 -- Early in the morning on January 6, 2024, a unit of Russian fighters left the village of Smile in Ukraine's eastern Zaporizhzhya region to attack a position where Vitaliy Hodnyuk, known by the call sign "Penguin," and his fellow Ukrainian soldiers were stationed.

Defense Policy / Programs

• China, Russia, and Iran Set To Hold Naval Exercises Amid Deepening Cooperation RFE/RL 09 Mar 2025 -- Warships from China, Russia, and Iran will hold exercises in a key Middle Eastern waterway as the three partners highlight their deepening cooperation and showcase their growing capabilities, according to reports in state-run media.
• Iran, China, Russia will kick off 'Security Belt 2025' naval exercise on Monday IRNA 09 Mar 2025 -- The Navies of Iran, China and Russia will kick off joint drills in the northern Indian Ocean with the aim of promoting security in the area and enhancing trilateral naval cooperation.
• Iranian, Russian, Chinese forces to hold joint naval exercise: Beijing Press TV 09 Mar 2025 -- A joint naval exercise involving the naval forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Russia, and China is scheduled to be held in the northern part of the Indian Ocean, where the three nations will engage in large-scale maritime operations featuring various divisions of their military forces.
• China, Iran, Russia to hold joint naval drill, eye military cooperation boost: Chinese defense ministry Global Times 09 Mar 2025 -- Chinese Defense Ministry announced on Sunday that China will soon hold a joint naval exercise with Iran and Russia near Iran, with the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy sending a destroyer and a replenish ship. Chinese experts said the routine drill helps safeguard security in the strategically important energy shipping region and is crucial to global peace and stability.

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