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20 May 2025 - Russia Special Weapons News
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Ukraine Invasion
- Trump says phone call with Putin "went very well" People's Daily 20 May 2025 -- U.S. President Donald Trump said his telephone conversation Monday morning with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin "went very well."
- Trump Tells EU leaders, Zelensky That Sanctions Against Russia Not Good Idea - Reports Sputnik 20 May 2025 -- US President Donald Trump told EU leaders and Volodymyr Zelensky after his phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin that he does not think it is a good idea to impose sanctions against Russia because Russia wants to reach an agreement on Ukraine, media reported on Tuesday.
- US Wants Peace, Some Europeans Want War - Rubio Sputnik 20 May 2025 -- During a phone conversation, Russian and US Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump discussed the topic of continuing direct contacts between Russia and Ukraine, including at the highest level.
- Donald, Vladimir, And A 2-Hour Phone Call: Did Putin Get The Better Of Trump? RFE/RL 20 May 2025 -- Last month, US President Donald Trump had stern words for Vladimir Putin suggesting the Russian leader was stalling for time, or "tapping" Trump along, amid the White House push to halt Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, which is now in its fourth year.
- Russian Conscripts Can't Be Sent Into Battle. This One Was. And He's Not Happy About It. RFE/RL 20 May 2025 -- In December 2023, along with tens of thousands of other 18-year-old men, Aleksandr, from the Siberian city of Ulan-Ude, was called up for mandatory military service in the Russian armed forces.
- Russian Forces Destroy Up to 70 Ukraine Soldiers in Training Camp in Sumy Region Sputnik 20 May 2025 -- The Russian armed forces destroyed up to 70 Ukrainian soldiers in a training camp in the Sumy Region with an Iskander strike, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
- Current Situation in Ukraine Requires Peace, Not Ceasefire - Medvedev Sputnik 20 May 2025 -- In the current situation, peace is needed, and not a truce with Ukraine, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday.
- Putin Reveals to Trump: Ukraine Carried Out Drone Attacks on Moscow Ahead of Victory Day Sputnik 20 May 2025 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin informed US President Donald Trump during a phone call about Ukraine's attacks on the eve of Victory Day celebrations in Russia and the prevention of the threat of terrorist attacks near the Kremlin on the eve of Victory Day, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said on Tuesday.
- Kremlin Commends 'Effective' US Mediation Efforts Sputnik 20 May 2025 -- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov shed light on today's phone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump.
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- Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks at a reception on the occasion of Orthodox Easter, May 20, 2025 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 20 May 2025
- EU, UK Target 'Warmonger' Putin And Russia's 'Shadow Fleet' With New Sanctions RFE/RL 20 May 2025 -- The European Union and the United Kingdom have imposed a new batch of sanctions targeting dozens of ships considered to be part of Russia's "shadow fleet" that help Moscow avoid restrictions placed on it over the Kremlin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than three years ago.
- EU adopts 17th sanctions package against Russia European Commission 20 May 2025 -- The European Commission welcomes the Council's adoption of the 17th Russia sanctions package. New EU sanctions increase the cost for Russia to continue its war, adding pressure on its already strained and fragile economy. This is a clear signal of the EU's continued and unwavering support for Ukraine.
- Russian hybrid threats: EU lists further 21 individuals and 6 entities and introduces sectoral measures in response to destabilising activities against the EU, its member states and international partners EC/CEU 20 May 2025 -- The Council today decided to impose additional restrictive measures against 21 individuals and 6 entities responsible for Russia's destabilising actions abroad.
- Human rights violations in Russia: EU lists further 28 individuals EC/CEU 20 May 2025 -- The Council today imposed restrictive measures on 28 individuals responsiblefor serious violations of human rights, the repression of democratic opposition, and activities seriously undermining the rule of law in Russia.
- Baiba Braže: the 17th package of EU sanctions increases twofold the number of the sanctioned Russian shadow fleet ships, further undermining Russia's crumbling economy Latvia MFA 20 May 2025 -- On Tuesday, 20 May 2025, the EU Foreign Affairs Council officially agreed the 17th package of sanctions on Russia thereby considerably increasing economic pressure on the aggressor state, including through the following
- New sanctions package against Russia Germany - Federal Government 20 May 2025 -- The EU Member States have agreed on a 17th package of sanctions against Russia. Through this, the European Union is sending a further signal of its determination to Russia.
- New EU-UK Agreements Have Common Thread: Russia RFE/RL 20 May 2025 -- The first EU-UK summit since Brexit over five years ago moved Britain closer to the EU, but without crossing any well-known Brexit red lines such as rejoining the EU's customs union or single market.
- Does The EU Still Have The Sanctions Cards Needed To Hurt Russia? RFE/RL 20 May 2025 -- With the ink still drying on the European Union's freshly printed 17th sanctions package on Russia, work is already underway on a next step that European leaders say will be "massive."
- PM Tusk: Poland Must Seal Entire Border with Russia and Belarus Poland - Chancellery of the Prime Minister 20 May 2025 -- "A key priority for my government was the immediate sealing of the border so that the practice of anyone being able to enter Poland at will would never happen again," said Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
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