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Ukraine Invasion

• Russian Attacks Hit Residential Buildings, Leaving 1 Dead In What Zelenskyy Calls 'Deliberate Terror' RFE/RL 22 Apr 2025 -- Massive Russian aerial strikes hit residential buildings in several Ukrainian cities, leaving at least one dead and more than two dozen injured, including several children, in attacks President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called "deliberate terror."
• Zelenskyy Demands Russia Return Ukrainian Children in New International Campaign RFE/RL 22 Apr 2025 -- At age 16, Vladyslav Rudenko was captured by Russian forces and held in children's camps in Russia-occupied Crimea and Kherson for nine months.
• Ukraine Stands By Proposal To End Attacks On Civilian Targets, Zelenskyy Says RFE/RL 22 Apr 2025 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he is waiting for a clear response from Russia about whether it would accept a cease-fire on striking civilian targets.
• Putin's reported proposal for bilateral talks with Ukraine gains wide attention Global Times 22 Apr 2025 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed on Monday bilateral talks with Ukraine for the first time since the early days of the conflict, Reuters reported.

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Foreign Policy

• Russia-Oman talks President of Russia 22 Apr 2025 -- Vladimir Putin held talks in the Kremlin with Sultan of Oman Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, who is in Russia on a state visit.
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's forthcoming visit to Uzbekistan Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 22 Apr 2025
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Deputy Prime Minister of Laos Saleumxay Kommasith Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 22 Apr 2025
• Iran to remember Russia's positive role in nuclear issue: Foreign Ministry spokesperson IRNA 22 Apr 2025 -- Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei says that Iran will remember Russia's constructive and positive role in the Islamic Republic's nuclear issue and that Tehran believes its Russian friends would play a key role in this respect if needed.
• 11th Round of Joint Pakistan-Russia Working Group Meeting on Counter-Terrorism, 22 April 2025 ,Moscow, Russia Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs 22 Apr 2025 -- The 11th meeting of the Pakistan-Russia Joint Working Group to Counter International Terrorism was held in Moscow on 22nd April 2025. Pakistan's delegation was led by the Special Secretary (United Nations), Nabeel Munir, while the Russian side was led by Deputy Foreign Minister, Sergey Vershinin.

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