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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• SSU detains Defense Forces reserve lieutenant colonel who on FSB general's orders spied in Sumy region (video) Security Service of Ukraine 08 Jul 2025 -- The Security Service of Ukraine foiled the enemy's attempt to set up an agent network near the front line in Sumy oblast. As a result of the special operation, a deep undercover FSB agent who was spying near the front line and forming his own group of informants has been apprehended.
• SSU detains enemy agent plotting to blow up popular hotel in Rivne Security Service of Ukraine 08 Jul 2025 -- The SSU Counterintelligence has thwarted a terrorist attack against civilians in western Ukraine. As a result of preemptive actions in Rivne, an enemy agent who was preparing an explosion in one of the region's most popular hotels has been apprehended.
• Russia Awaits Proposals From Ukraine Regarding Possible Dates for a New Meeting - Kremlin Sputnik 08 Jul 2025 -- Russia is waiting for proposals from the Ukrainian side on possible dates for a meeting on a peaceful settlement, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Meeting with Head of the Federal Service for Financial Monitoring Yury Chikhanchin President of Russia 08 Jul 2025 -- Yury Chikhanchin informed the President about the performance of the national money-laundering prevention system and international cooperation in the field of financial security. The service continues to actively monitor the use of budgetary funds and counter corruption, as well as the financing of drug trafficking, terrorism and extremism, including through the use of cryptocurrencies. A separate area of focus is the prevention of citizens' involvement in various shadow financial schemes.

Foreign Policy

• Telephone conversation with President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev President of Russia 08 Jul 2025 -- Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev

News Reports

• Russian Lawmakers Confirm New Transport Minister Amid Questions Over Starovoit Death RFE/RL 08 Jul 2025 -- Russian lawmakers approved a new transport minister, one day after the body of his predecessor was found with a gunshot wound hours after being sacked by President Vladimir Putin.
• A Sacked Russian Transport Minister, A Body In A Moscow Suburb, A Growing List Of Suspicious Deaths RFE/RL 08 Jul 2025 -- Hours after being sacked by President Vladimir Putin as Russia's transport minister, Roman Starovoit was found in his Tesla, parked in a Moscow suburb, dead from a gunshot wound, investigators said.
• Respected Russian Election Watchdog Golos Shuts Down Under Pressure RFE/RL 08 Jul 2025 -- Russia's beleaguered civil society suffered another setback on July 8 as the country's leading independent election-monitoring group, Golos, announced it is shutting down after 25 years of operations.
• Wider Europe Briefing: Why EU Sanctions On Russia Are Delayed -- And What Denmark's EU Presidency Has In Store RFE/RL 08 Jul 2025