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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Group of Russian Soldiers Returned From Kiev-Controlled Territory, Ukrainian Prisoners Exchanged Sputnik 12 Jun 2025 -- The third group of Russian servicepeople returned from the territory controlled by Kiev as part of the Russian-Ukrainian agreements reached in Istanbul on June 2, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
• Russia's Air Defense Forces Have Destroyed Over 80,000 Aerial Targets to Date - Putin Sputnik 12 Jun 2025 -- The Russian president made the comments at a meeting dedicated to the new state armament program on Thursday.
• Russian Forces Take Control of Alekseevka, Petrovskogo Settlements in DPR Sputnik 12 Jun 2025 -- Russian troops have taken control of Petrovskogo and Alekseevka settlements in the Donetsk People's Republic, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Meeting on key parameters of draft State Armament Programme for 2027-2036 President of Russia 12 Jun 2025 -- The President continued a series of meetings to discuss key parameters of the draft State Armament Programme for 2027-2036.

Foreign Policy

• Russia National Day US Dept. of State 12 Jun 2025
• Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Sends Greetings to Russian President KCNA 12 Jun 2025 -- Kim Jong Un , president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, sent a message of greeting to Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, president of the Russian Federation, on June 12.
• China opposes EU's proposed sanctions against banks, stresses normal exchanges and cooperation with Russia Global Times 12 Jun 2025 -- China opposes unilateral sanctions that have no basis in international law or authorization of the UN Security Council, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Thursday.
• Chinese FM responds to EU's proposed sanctions against two Chinese banks over Russia Global Times 12 Jun 2025 -- China has consistently opposed unilateral sanctions and long-arm jurisdiction that lack legal basis under international law and are not authorized by the UN Security Council, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said at a press briefing on Thursday, in response to media reports saying that EU plans to sanction two small Chinese banks for helping Russia get around the bloc's trade restrictions.

News Reports

• The Diplomat, The Oligarch, The FBI Agent: Russian-American Faces Trial In Deripaska Sanctions Case RFE/RL 12 Jun 2025 -- When one of the FBI's top counterintelligence agents was arrested in January 2023, charged with doing illegal work for sanctioned Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, the US national security community was stunned.