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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Zelenskyy Wants Face-To-Face Meeting With Putin In Turkey But Russian Leader's Participation Up In The Air RFE/RL 13 May 2025 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he will be waiting in the Turkish capital, Ankara, to hold a meeting on May 15 with President Vladimir Putin, and will only meet face-to-face his Russian counterpart, whose participation is still up in the air, and not other Russian officials.
• Press release on the decision by the ICAO Council in the case filed by Australia and the Netherlands against the Russian Federation regarding the downing of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 aircraft operating flight MH17 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 13 May 2025
• Russia Blamed By UN Body For 2014 MH17 Shootdown, Moscow Rejects Decision RFE/RL 13 May 2025 -- The UN aviation council on May 12 found that Russia was responsible for the downing of a Malaysian commercial jet over Ukraine that killed all 298 passengers and crew, a ruling Moscow criticized as being "biased."
• Russia responsible for downing of Flight MH17 Australia MFA 13 May 2025 -- The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Council in Montreal has found Russia is responsible under international law for the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 on 17 July 2014.
• UN aviation council finds Russia responsible for downing of Malaysia Airlines flight UN News 13 May 2025 -- A UN body has found that Russia was responsible for the 17 July 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine that killed all 298 people on board.
• Russia Continues to Prepare for Talks Scheduled for May 15 in Istanbul - Kremlin Sputnik 13 May 2025 -- Russia continues to prepare for negotiations with Ukraine scheduled for May 15 in Istanbul, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Russian Black Sea Fleet Effectively Crushes NATO Threats Sputnik 13 May 2025 -- Russian presidential aide and chair of the Russian Maritime Board, Nikolai Patrushev, stated that the Russian Black Sea Fleet effectively repels threats from NATO's naval forces while carrying out tasks as part of the special military operation, in honor of Russia's Black Sea Fleet Day.

Foreign Policy

• Kremlin spokesperson says Russia enjoys win-win ties with Iran IRNA 13 May 2025 -- Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation, has lauded the positive outcomes of the Joint Economic Cooperation Commission of Iran and Russia, recently hosted by Moscow, saying that the development of relations between the two countries is win-win.

News Reports

• Second phase of the plan to connect Iran's Shetab to Russia's Mir banking network unveiled IRNA 13 May 2025 -- The second phase of integrating Iran's Interbank Information Transfer Network (Shetab) with Russia's Mir system was unveiled in the presence of senior officials from both countries.
• Russians can use Mir cards for payments in Iran: Official Press TV 13 May 2025 -- Russian citizens holding bank cards connected to their national payment system, known as Mir, can now use the cards for making payments inside Iran, according to the head of the technology department at the Central Bank of Iran (CBI).