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Ukraine Invasion

• Ukrainian Drone Strike Hits Russian Defense Plant In Izhevsk, Killing 3 RFE/RL 01 Jul 2025 -- A Ukrainian drone strike hit a facility overnight in Russia's industrial city of Izhevsk, more than 1,000 kilometers east of Moscow, killing three people and seriously injuring 35, according to Udmurtia's regional governor.
• Ukrainians Turn Soviet Van Into Modern Warfare Tool To Fight Russian Drones RFE/RL 01 Jul 2025 -- A clunky Soviet-designed off-road van, has become a tool of modern warfare for Ukrainian soldiers.
• SSU detains GRU agent who adjusted russia's attacks on energy facilities in Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia Security Service of Ukraine 01 Jul 2025 -- In Dnipro, the SSU Counterintelligence apprehended an agent of russia's military intelligence ('the GRU') who was preparing coordinates for the aggressor's air strikes on Ukraine's critical infrastructure.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Russia Flaunts Cutting-Edge Radone-O Anti-Drone System Sputnik 01 Jul 2025 -- The Radon-O integrated counter-drone complex includes several modules designed to detect, track, capture and neutralize enemy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
• Meeting with Acting Governor of the Tambov Region Yevgeny Pervyshov President of Russia 01 Jul 2025 -- The President held a working meeting with Acting Governor of the Tambov Region Yevgeny Pervyshov.
• Russia's War Economy Is Heading To Recession. It Probably Won't Slow Down The War. RFE/RL 01 Jul 2025 -- At Russia's annual marquee event for business investment, a Kremlin-funded bubbly celebration of promise and opportunity, the country's top economic minister poured cold war on the party.

Foreign Policy

• Telephone conversation with President of France Emmanuel Macron President of Russia 01 Jul 2025 -- Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron.
• Putin Holds Phone Call With Macron - Kremlin Sputnik 01 Jul 2025 -- It has been their first phone conversation since 2022. Putin, in a conversation with Macron, discussed the situation surrounding Ukraine and reminded that the conflict is a direct consequence of the West's policies.
• Press release on summoning Azerbaijani Ambassador to the Foreign Ministry Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 01 Jul 2025
• Deaths Of Azerbaijanis After Russian Police Raid Fuel Diplomatic Row With Baku RFE/RL 01 Jul 2025 -- The deaths of two ethnic Azerbaijanis amid allegations of torture during a police raid last week in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg has quickly escalated into a diplomatic confrontation highlighting difficulties in Russia's relations with other former Soviet republics.
• Seven People Detained at Sputnik Azerbaijan Office in Baku - Azerbaijani Interior Ministry Sputnik 01 Jul 2025 -- On Monday, the Azerbaijani Interior Ministry announced an "operation" at Sputnik's office in Baku.
• Azerbaijani Ambassador Arrives at Russian Foreign Ministry Over Baku's Unfriendly Actions Sputnik 01 Jul 2025 -- Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Russia Rahman Mustafayev has arrived at the Russian Foreign Ministry in connection with unfriendly actions of Baku and illegal detention of Russian journalists, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Tuesday.
• Delegation of Kim Il Sung Military University Leaves for Russia KCNA 01 Jul 2025 -- A delegation of Kim Il Sung Military University headed by President Kim Kum Chol left here on June 30 to visit the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
• Global disregard for Palestine led to Israel waging war on Iran as well, says Russian envoy Press TV 01 Jul 2025 -- Russia's first deputy permanent representative to the United Nations has described as "explosive" the situation in Palestine, stressing that international disregard of Israel's long-time crimes against Palestinians resulted in the 12-day war against Iran.
• German Government increases vigilance in the Baltic Sea Germany Federal Foreign Office 01 Jul 2025 -- Since 1 July 2025, German authorities have been questioning passing tankers about their insurance cover against oil pollution damage.

News Reports

• Former Russian Deputy Defense Minister Ivanov Gets 13 Years On Corruption Charges RFE/RL 01 Jul 2025 -- In a landmark case highlighting a deepening purge within Russia's defense and security establishment, a court in Moscow sentenced former Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov to 13 years in prison.
• Paks II Nuclear Power Plant May Be Ready by Mid-2030s - Hungarian Foreign Minister Sputnik 01 Jul 2025 -- New units at Hungary's Paks II nuclear power plant may be ready by the mid-2030s, and the facility could then cover 70% of the country's electricity needs, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said following the US decision to lift sanctions related to the project.