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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Russia, Ukraine Pound Each Other With Drones, As US Envoy Meets With Putin RFE/RL 12 Apr 2025 -- Russia and Ukraine pounded each other with drones, with Moscow complaining that Kyiv had targeted its energy facilities in violation of a tenuous cease-fire agreement that has yet to take hold.
• Ukrainian Forces Repel Russian Attacks With Drone-On-Drone Warfare RFE/RL 12 Apr 2025 -- From their base near Kupyansk, a team of Ukrainian drone pilots is locked in a high-stakes aerial battle.
• 'They're Taking Everyone.' In Russian Regions, Recruiting For Ukraine War Soars RFE/RL 12 Apr 2025 -- Russian recruitment for men to fight in Ukraine is soaring in many of the country's regions, with signing bonuses and other incentives reaching new records in some places.
• Russian Defence Ministry reports on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region (12 April 2025) Russia MoD 12 Apr 2025
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 12 Apr 2025
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 12 Apr 2025
• Ukraine Could Be Sabotaging Agreements by Violating Moratorium with Strikes on Energy Facilities Sputnik 12 Apr 2025 -- Kiev's strikes on energy facilities are carried out either because there was no order to halt them or because the order was not followed, Director of the Second Department of CIS Countries of the Russian Foreign Ministry Alexey Polishchuk told Sputnik in an interview out on Saturday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Space Industry Should Be Among Key GDP Growth Boosters - Putin Sputnik 12 Apr 2025 -- Russia's rocket and space industry should become one of the drivers of national economic growth and technological sovereignty, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday.

Foreign Policy

• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's answers to the media questions during his remarks at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, Antalya, April 12, 2025 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 12 Apr 2025
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Foreign Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 12 Apr 2025
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Yvan Gil Pinto Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 12 Apr 2025
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Acting Foreign Minister of the Republic of the Sudan Ali Youssef Al-Sharif Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 12 Apr 2025
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with President of the Autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq Nechirvan Barzani Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 12 Apr 2025
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Foreign Minister of the Republic of Türkiye Hakan Fidan Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 12 Apr 2025
• BRICS members express grave concern over US 'reciprocal tariffs,' call for joint defense of multilateral trade system Global Times 12 Apr 2025 -- BRICS members engaged in in-depth discussions regarding the US "reciprocal tariffs" policy, expressed serious concerns over the trade tensions triggered by the US measures, and jointly called for opposition to unilateralism and trade protectionism during the second meeting of the BRICS Contact Group on Economic and Trade Issues, which was held via video conference from Thursday to Friday, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) said on Saturday.

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