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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• As West Discusses Ukrainian Rebuilding, Moscow Pounds Kyiv RFE/RL 10 Jul 2025 -- As Russian drones and missiles rained down again on Ukrainian cities, Western officials and investors gathered in Italy to discuss how to rebuild the embattled country.
• Russian Overnight Attack On Kyiv Ignites Fires In Residential Buildings, Killing 2 RFE/RL 10 Jul 2025 -- Russian drones attacked Kyiv early on July 10 for the second straight night, killing 2 people and sparking fires, officials said as air raid sirens were activated across more than half of the country to warn of the widespread attack.
• SSU detains FSB agent who prepared sabotage to cut off power to Kharkiv Security Service of Ukraine 10 Jul 2025 -- The SSU Military Counterintelligence prevented a series of russian sabotage attacks in Kharkiv. As a result of pre-emptive measures, an FSB agent who was preparing to blow up key power substations supplying the city was detained.
• UN Regularly Spread Ukraine's Lies — Moscow on Guterres' Remarks on Russian Drone Attacks Sputnik 10 Jul 2025 -- United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres and his subordinates regularly spread the lies fabricated by Kiev and Western countries, the Russian Foreign ministry said on Thursday, commenting on the UN chief's remark about the allegedly largest series of attacks by Russian UAVs and missiles.
• Ukraine Using and Mass Producing Chemical Weapons - Russian OPCW Envoy Sputnik 10 Jul 2025 -- Russia has recorded instances of Ukraine using chemical warfare agents and evidence of a system for their mass production, Moscow's permanent representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons reported.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Russia to Consider UK-France Nuclear Deal in Military Strategy Sputnik 10 Jul 2025 -- Russia will take onto account in its military planning the UK-France nuclear cooperation agreement, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Thursday.

Foreign Policy

• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 10 Jul 2025
• Press release on signing a memorandum of understanding between the Russian Foreign Ministry and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 10 Jul 2025
• Changing Situation in World Requires Constant Dialogue Between Russia, China - Lavrov Sputnik 10 Jul 2025 -- The complex and rapidly evolving global landscape necessitates ongoing dialogue between Moscow and Beijing, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated on Thursday.
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi, Kuala Lumpur, July 10, 2025 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 10 Jul 2025
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's opening remarks during the meeting with Foreign Minister of China Wang Yi, Kuala Lumpur, July 10, 2025 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 10 Jul 2025
• Wang Yi Meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov PRC MofA 10 Jul 2025 -- On July 10, 2025, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Kuala Lumpur.
• Press release on the Russia-ASEAN ministerial meeting Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 10 Jul 2025
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks at Russia-ASEAN ministerial meeting, Kuala Lumpur, July 10, 2025 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 10 Jul 2025
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Kingdom of Cambodia Prak Sokhonn Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 10 Jul 2025
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 10 Jul 2025
• Foreign Ministry statement on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' remarks Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 10 Jul 2025
• Meeting of Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Syed Tariq Fatemi, with First Deputy Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs 10 Jul 2025 -- As part of his two-day official visit to the Russian Federation, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Syed Tariq Fatemi, met with Russian First Deputy Minister of Energy, Pavel Sorokin, in Moscow today.
• Meeting of Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Syed Tariq Fatemi, with Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs 10 Jul 2025 -- A high-powered delegation led by Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Syed Tariq Fatemi, as well as Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Industries and Production, Haroon Akhtar Khan, who is also the focal point for the Pakistan Steel Mills project, called on Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk in Moscow today.

News Reports

• What The Death Of Roman Starovoit Says About Putin's Russia RFE/RL 10 Jul 2025 -- In December 2024, almost exactly seven months before Russia's transport minister was found dead from a gunshot wound, lying in the bushes near his Tesla in a Moscow suburb, investigators in Kursk announced the arrest of a former executive with a border region's development corporation.
• Angara-A5M Rocket Launch Set for 2027 as Roscosmos Completes Vostochny Upgrades Sputnik 10 Jul 2025 -- Russian space agency Roscosmos set the first launch of the Angara-A5M heavy-lift rocket for 2027 after considering the schedule for upgrading the Vostochny cosmodrome, Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Bakanov told Sputnik.