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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Russian Attacks Kill 5 More As Kyiv Mourns Victims Of Air Strike RFE/RL 25 Apr 2025 -- Russian attacks have killed five more people, including a child, across Ukraine on April 25 as Kyiv observes a day of mourning for the 12 people killed in Russian missile and drone strikes that hit the Ukrainian capital a day earlier and prompted US President Donald Trump to issue a rare rebuke of Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
• How Ukrainian Cities Were Wiped Out By Russian Glide Bombs And Artillery RFE/RL 25 Apr 2025 -- They can make apartment blocks collapse like a house of cards. In Ukraine, Russia's use of air-dropped bombs equipped with glide kits and precision-guidance systems has brought staggering destruction to civilian areas. These weapons can glide for kilometers before striking with devastating force. Together with various other artillery, tanks and drones, their impact is evident across Ukraine.
• Kyiv To Observe Day Of Mourning After Russian Strike Kills 12 RFE/RL 25 Apr 2025 -- Kyiv has declared April 25 a day of mourning for 12 people killed in a Russian missile-and-drone attack that hit the Ukrainian capital overnight, prompting US President Donald Trump to issue a rare rebuke of Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
• Russian General Killed In Car Bombing Near Moscow RFE/RL 25 Apr 2025 -- A senior Russian military officer was killed when a car exploded on the street of a Moscow suburb as he was walking past, Russia's Investigative Committee said, the second high-ranking military official killed near their residence in the past four months.
• Senior Russian general killed in Moscow car blast IRNA 25 Apr 2025 -- A senior Russian military official has been killed in a car explosion near Moscow.
• Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on the death of Lieutenant General Yaroslav Moskalik Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 25 Apr 2025
• Witkoff And Putin Hold Talks As Trump Says Crimea 'Will Stay With Russia' RFE/RL 25 Apr 2025 -- Talks between President Vladimir Putin and the White House envoy Steve Witkoff were "productive" and brought US-Russian positions on Ukraine and other issues closer, a top Kremlin aide said, as U.S. President Donald Trump said in an interview that "Crimea will stay with Russia."
• Crimea Will Remain Part of Russia Under Settlement Deal on Ukraine - Trump Sputnik 25 Apr 2025 -- Crimea will remain a part of Russia as part of the settlement deal in Ukraine, US President Donald Trump told TIME magazine in his "100 days" interview.
• Details of US Peace Proposal to End Ukraine Conflict Unveiled Sputnik 25 Apr 2025 -- Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff presented Europe and Ukraine with a list of proposals for the Ukrainian settlement at talks in Paris, Reuters reports.

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Foreign Policy

• Meeting with US President's Special Envoy Steve Witkoff President of Russia 25 Apr 2025
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's opening remarks at the ceremony to award President of the Franco-Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Emmanuel Quidet with the Order of Friendship, Moscow, April 25, 2025 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 25 Apr 2025
• Key Takeaways From Preview of Russian FM Lavrov's Interview on CBS Sputnik 25 Apr 2025 -- "You don't trust the word of the president of the United States?" Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov wondered when the CBS interviewer asked him to confirm Donald Trump's statement on the upcoming meeting between Russia's President Vladimir Putin and US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff.
• Oil Minister Paknejad: Russia to fund construction of nuclear plant in Iran Press TV 25 Apr 2025 -- Tehran and Moscow have agreed on the construction of a new nuclear power plant in Iran with a credit line allocated by Russia, Iranian Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad says, as the two countries consolidate their cooperation in line with a long partnership agreement.

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