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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Death Toll From Russian Missile Attack On Dnipro Rises; Ukraine Claims To Stabilize Sumy Front Line RFE/RL 26 Jun 2025 -- The death toll from a Russian missile strike on Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region has risen to 22, officials said, as Ukraine's top commander claimed the military has effectively halted Russia's offensive in the northeastern Sumy region.
• Ukrainian Gunners Turn Russian Artillery On Russians To Defend Pokrovsk RFE/RL 26 Jun 2025 -- The gunners of Ukraine's 25th Airborne Brigade are constantly fending off Russian advances near Pokrovsk, like many such artillery teams.
• More Russian Soldiers Return in Latest PoW Swap With Ukraine Sputnik 26 Jun 2025 -- A group of Russian servicemen has been returned from territory controlled by the Kiev regime, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
• Statement by the MFA of Ukraine on the Russian Federation's Systematic Use of Cluster Munitions During Its Aggression Against Ukraine Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine 26 Jun 2025 -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine draws the attention of the international community to the large-scale, deliberate, targeted, and systematic use of cluster munitions by Russia during its aggression against Ukraine.
• Russian Forces Liberate Chervonaya Zirka Village in DPR - MoD Sputnik 26 Jun 2025 -- The Russian armed forces took control of the village of Chervonaya Zirka in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.
• Ukraine's Attacks on Russian Border Areas Almost Double in 2025 - Russian Security Council Sputnik 26 Jun 2025 -- Kiev carried out more than 480 terrorist attacks on Russian border territories from January to May of 2025, which is almost twice as many as last year, Russian Security Council Deputy Secretary Yury Kokov said on Thursday.
• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's comment on Kiev regime targeting China's Phoenix Television crew Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 26 Jun 2025

Defense Policy / Programs

• Russia's Future Lies in Arctic Development - Putin Sputnik 26 Jun 2025 -- Russia has begun to actively develop the Arctic, where the country's future lies, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday.
• North Korea may send more troops to Russia by August, South Korea says Radio Free Asia 26 Jun 2025 -- South Korean intelligence told lawmakers that North Korea is recruiting troops and that more troops may be deployed to Russia as early as July or August.

Foreign Policy

• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's talks with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Lao People's Democratic Republic Thongsavanh Phomvihane Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 26 Jun 2025
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's statement and answers to media questions at a joint news conference following talks with Lao Foreign Minister Thongsavanh Phomvihane, Moscow, June 26, 2025 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 26 Jun 2025
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's opening remarks during talks with Thongsavanh Phomvihane, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, Moscow, June 26, 2025 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 26 Jun 2025
• Lithuanian Parliament approved amendments to the law enabling Lithuania to impose national individual and economic sanctions against Russia and Belarus Lithuania MFA 26 Jun 2025 -- On 25th of June, Lithuanian Parliament approved amendments to the Law on the imposition of restrictive measures in view of military aggression against Ukraine (hereinafter - the Law), which provides a legal basis for the imposition of national sanctions against Russia and Belarus in the event that the restrictive measures imposed on the countries in question at the level of the European Union cease to apply, or are lifted partially or fully.
• IAEA's 'alarmist' report fueled Israeli aggression against Iran: Russian FM Press TV 26 Jun 2025 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday said the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), acting under pressure from Western powers, issued a politicized and "alarmist" report, offering Israel a pretext to attack Iran.

News Reports

• Russia's Funeral Industry Booms Amid Rising Deaths From Ukraine War RFE/RL 26 Jun 2025 -- As Moscow's invasion of Ukraine heads into its fourth summer, Russia's funeral industry is experiencing a sharp and telling boom.
• International Arms Dealer Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Export Firearms to Russia US Dept. of Justice 26 Jun 2025 -- Yesterday in federal court in Brooklyn, Sergei Zharnovnikov, 46, of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit export violations. The defendant exported firearms and ammunition worth over $1.5 million from the United States to Russia, in violation of U.S. law. When sentenced, Zharnovnikov faces up to 20 years in prison.