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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Ukraine Offers Russia New Round Of Peace Talks In Coming Week RFE/RL 20 Jul 2025 -- Kyiv has sent Moscow an offer to hold a new round of peace talks in the coming week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, after negotiations between the countries last month made no progress toward ending the ongoing war.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Russia and Iran Launch Joint Naval Drills in Caspian Sea Sputnik 20 Jul 2025 -- Russia and Iran will begin the three-day CASAREX 2025 joint drills in the Caspian Sea on July 21, Iran's Tasnim news agency reported on Sunday.
• Iran Army to host hybrid rescue operation in Caspian Sea IRNA 20 Jul 2025 -- The Islamic Republic of Iran Army plans to host the hybrid maritime rescue exercise 2025 (CASAREX 2025) in the Caspian Sea. The exercise will run for three days, starting Monday.

Foreign Policy

• Putin-Trump Meeting is Essential — and Only a Matter of Time Sputnik 20 Jul 2025 -- The meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart, Donald Trump, is essential and will take place one day, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Sunday.
• Meeting with senior advisor to the Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Larijani President of Russia 20 Jul 2025 -- Vladimir Putin held a meeting at the Kremlin with senior advisor to the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ali Larijani.
• Leader's aide meets Russia's President Putin in Kremlin IRNA 20 Jul 2025 -- A senior adviser to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution has met with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a trip to Moscow, says a Kremlin spokesperson.
• Leader's aide meets Putin in Kremlin to discuss nuclear, regional issues Press TV 20 Jul 2025 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ali Larijani, a senior advisor to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, have discussed the latest issues regarding Tehran's nuclear program and tensions in the region.
• Putin Receives Senior Adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Sputnik 20 Jul 2025 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday received Ali Larijani, senior adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who conveyed Tehran's assessments of the situation in the Middle East and around the Iranian nuclear program, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Sunday.

News Reports

• Western Intelligence Intensifies Attempts to Recruit Russian Diplomats Sputnik 20 Jul 2025 -- Western intelligence agencies have stepped up their attempts to recruit Russian diplomats after the beginning of the special military operation, Russian Ambassador to Romania Vladimir Lipayev has said in an interview with Sputnik.