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Ukraine Invasion

• Latest Russian Attack On Residential Building Kills 1 In Odesa RFE/RL 20 Jun 2025 -- A Russian drone attack on the Ukrainian coastal city of Odesa has killed one person and injured at least 13 others - including three rescue workers - as the capital, Kyiv, continues to reel from deadly air strikes earlier this week that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called a "reminder" that Russia "chooses to kill."
• SSU and National Police detain FSB agent who carried out arsons and prepared assassination in Kyiv Security Service of Ukraine 20 Jun 2025 -- The SSU Counterintelligence and the National Police have detained an FSB agent who was about to carry out a contract killing in the Ukrainian capital on russia's orders.
• SSU detains another six pro-russian Internet agitators Security Service of Ukraine 20 Jun 2025 -- The Security Service of Ukraine has apprehended another six pro-russian internet agitators who operated in several regions of Ukraine. The perpetrators justified russia's armed aggression and ruscists' war crimes.
• Russia's Response to Ukraine's Potential Use of Dirty Bomb Will Be Catastrophic For Kiev: Putin Sputnik 20 Jun 2025 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed hope that the Kiev regime would never resort to using a dirty bomb against Russia.
• Russia not Seeking Ukraine's Surrender, Seeks Recognition of Situation on Ground - Putin Sputnik 20 Jun 2025 -- Russia does not seek Ukraine's surrender, but aims at recognition of the facts on the ground, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday.
• Russia, Ukraine Hold Next Stage of Prisoner Exchange Within Framework of Istanbul Agreements Sputnik 20 Jun 2025 -- Another group of Russian servicepeople has been returned from the Kiev-controlled territory in exchange for Ukrainian prisoners of war, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Plenary session of St Petersburg International Economic Forum President of Russia 20 Jun 2025 -- Vladimir Putin took part in the plenary session of the 28th St Petersburg International Economic Forum. This year's theme is Shared Values: The Foundations of Growth in a Multipolar World.
• Putin's Message to the West at SPIEF: Your Dominance is Over - BRICS+ is the Future Sputnik 20 Jun 2025 -- In his speech at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum on Friday, Vladimir Putin touched on array of issues, from Western neocolonialism and emerging global power centers to Russia's economic prospects and defense exports potential. Sputnik asked experts in each of these areas to share their thoughts.
• Russia Adjusts Baltic Sea Borders Amid NATO War Prep on its Doorstep Sputnik 20 Jun 2025 -- The Russian government has officially replaced a Soviet-era list of coordinates used to define the baselines of its territorial waters in the Baltic Sea — the first update in nearly 40 years.

Foreign Policy

• Conversation with member of the Political Bureau of the CCP Central Committee, Vice Premier of the China's State Council Ding Xuexiang President of Russia 20 Jun 2025 -- On the sidelines of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum, Vladimir Putin had a conversation with member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, Vice Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Ding Xuexiang.
• Conversation with National Security Adviser, Commander of the Royal Guard of the Kingdom of Bahrain Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa President of Russia 20 Jun 2025 -- On the sidelines of the St Petersburg International Economic Forum, the President of Russia met with Representative of the King of Bahrain for Humanitarian Work and Youth Affairs, Chairman of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, National Security Adviser, Commander of the Royal Guard of the Kingdom of Bahrain Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa.
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Minister without Portfolio in the Government of the Republic of Serbia, Co-Chairman of the Intergovernmental Russian-Serbian Committee on Trade, Economic and Scientific-Technical Cooperation Nenad Popovic Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 20 Jun 2025
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Secretary General of the Organisation of Black Sea Economic Cooperation Lazar Comanescu, St Petersburg Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 20 Jun 2025
• Russia Finds Talk of Regime Change in Iran 'Unacceptable' Sputnik 20 Jun 2025 -- Russia believes that talk about regime change in Iran, including the possible assassination of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is "unacceptable," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
• Foreign Minister Tsahkna: Dealing with the shadow fleet requires joint and coordinated action Estonia MFA 20 Jun 2025 -- Today, on 19 June, Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna participated in a high-level video meeting to discuss dealing with Russia's shadow fleet.

News Reports

• The Hidden Threat: How DanaBot Malware Facilitated Data Theft and Russian State-Sponsored Spying RFE/RL 20 Jun 2025 -- The email arrived in inboxes - thousands possibly - around the world on January 15, 2020, billed as the latest update from international observers monitoring the situation in eastern Ukraine.