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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• At Least 15 Injured In Russian Attack On Kyiv Amid Prisoner Swaps RFE/RL 24 May 2025 -- Russian forces have launched one of the largest strikes on Ukrainian territory in recent weeks, injuring more than a dozen people in Kyiv, according to local authorities.
• Ukraine Gears Up For Third Day Of Mass Prisoner Swap After Emotional Day Of Returns RFE/RL 24 May 2025 -- Kyiv is gearing up on May 25 for the third day of a mass prisoner exchange with Moscow following scenes of raw emotion as Ukrainian prisoners returned from incarceration in Russia, draped in the national flag to tears of joy from loved ones.
• Kyiv Comes Under 'Combined Enemy Attack' After Prisoner Exchange RFE/RL 24 May 2025 -- Kyiv came under a combined drone and missile attack early on May 24, Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said, describing explosions in the Ukrainian capital and saying that air defenses had been activated.
• Russian Iskander Missiles Hit Ukrainian Ship Carrying Military Cargo to Odessa Sputnik 24 May 2025 -- The Russian military has launched an Iskander missile strike on a container ship that was delivering over 100 containers with unmanned boats, drones and ammunition to Odessa, which caused secondary detonation and a strong fire at the pier, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.
• Ukraine Struck Kursk Region on May 22 by HIMARS System - Russian Investigative Committee Sputnik 24 May 2025 -- The Ukrainian armed forces' strike on May 22, on civilian infrastructure in Lgov, Kursk Region, was carried out with the HIMARS system, investigators found fragments of a shell, Russian Investigative Committee spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko told Sputnik.
• Ukraine Continues to Hold 34 Residents of Kursk Region in Sumy - Russian Ombudswoman Sputnik 24 May 2025 -- Ukraine continues to hold 34 residents of Russia's Kursk Region in the city of Sumy, Russian Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova said on Friday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Next-Gen Warfare: Russia Equips Su-57 With 'Second Pilot' AI Sputnik 24 May 2025 -- An artificial intelligence (AI) system has been implemented in the Sukhoi Su-57 multirole, single-seat stealth fighter aircraft, a spokesperson of Russian state arms exporter Rosoboronexport told Sputnik.

Foreign Policy

• Russia Plays Major Role in Inter-Palestinian Reconciliation Sputnik 24 May 2025 -- Russia has played a major role in inter-Palestinian reconciliation, the Palestinian leadership attaches great importance to strategic relations with Russia, Palestinian State Minister for Foreign Affairs Varsen Aghabekian told Sputnik.

News Reports

• A Munich Courtroom Casts A Spotlight On Russia's Amateur Saboteurs RFE/RL 24 May 2025 -- The career path of Dieter S. ran from an illegal armed group in eastern Ukraine in 2014 to a Russian terrorist cell in Germany, a high-security courtroom in Munich heard this week.