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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Russian Drone Strikes On Ukrainian Cities Leave Dozens Wounded RFE/RL 09 Apr 2025 -- A Russian drone attack on the Ukrainian cities of Dnipro, Kharkiv, and Kramatorsk late on April 8 wounded more than two dozen people and damaged multiple residential buildings, local officials said.
• Zelenskyy Targets Beijing After Chinese Fighters Captured In Ukraine RFE/RL 09 Apr 2025 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made headlines when he said on April 8 that Ukrainian forces had captured two Chinese nationals fighting with the Russian Army.
• Involving Chinese Citizens in This War Is Definitely Fueling a Larger Problem, and This Must Be Responded to in the Most Principled Way - Address by the President President of Ukraine 09 Apr 2025
• Russian Defence Ministry reports on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region (9 April 2025) Russia MoD 09 Apr 2025
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 09 Apr 2025
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 09 Apr 2025
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 09 Apr 2025

Defense Policy / Programs

• Meeting with ASI head Svetlana Chupsheva President of Russia 09 Apr 2025 -- Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Director General of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives Svetlana Chupsheva.

Foreign Policy

• US, Russia Will 'Absolutely Not' Discuss Ukraine At Talks On Embassy Operations RFE/RL 09 Apr 2025 -- Russia and the United States are to resume talks on April 10 in Istanbul on the normalization of their respective diplomatic missions.
• US Confirms Meeting With Russia On Restoring Embassy Operations RFE/RL 09 Apr 2025 -- Russia and the United States are to resume talks on April 10 in Istanbul on the normalization of their respective diplomatic missions.
• Statement by the Delegation of the Russian Federation at the General Debate of the session of the United Nations Disarmament Commission, New York, 8 April 2025 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 09 Apr 2025
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's interview for the NewmTASS educational media project, Moscow, April 9, 2025 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 09 Apr 2025
• Iran's deputy foreign minister calls meeting with China and Russia constructive IRNA 09 Apr 2025 -- Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi describes a trilateral meeting between Iran, China, and Russia as productive and constructive.
• Merz Announces New German Government, Cites Concerns About Russia, US Tariffs RFE/RL 09 Apr 2025 -- Germany's Christian Democrat leader Friedrich Merz has announced that talks on forming a new coalition government have been completed, stating it would aim to take office in early May.

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