Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
21 July 2025 - Russia Special Weapons News
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Ukraine Invasion
- Russia Launches Massive Air Attacks On Ukraine Amid Peace Talk Proposal RFE/RL 21 Jul 2025 -- Russia launched hundreds of drones and more than two dozen missiles in a massive attack on Ukraine overnight, killing at least two people, including one in the capital, Kyiv, which came under fire a day after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy proposed holding a fresh round of peace talks.
- Russia Accused Of 'Stealing' Ukraine's Future With Forced Deportation Of Children RFE/RL 21 Jul 2025 -- When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in Februry 2022, Ksenia Koldin was finishing grade 11 in Vovchansk, a city some 70 kilometers from her native Kharkiv.
- SSU and PGO detain fsb 'mole' in ranks of National Anti-Corruption Bureau: he was supervised by deputy head of Yanukovych's security Security Service of Ukraine 21 Jul 2025 -- The SSU and the PGO exposed the fsb's agent infiltration into the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine.
- SSU and PGO expose current member of Ukrainian parliament collaborating with russia: he had significant influence on NABU activities Security Service of Ukraine 21 Jul 2025 -- The Security Service of Ukraine and the Prosecutor General's Office have exposed Fedir Khrystenko, a current MP from the banned Opposition Platform-For Life party party, on charges of high treason. According to the investigation, the people's deputy was a high-level FSB agent and was responsible for strengthening russian influence on the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU).
- Russia says open to talks with Ukraine, but insists on its goals People's Daily 21 Jul 2025 -- Russia is ready to move quickly toward a settlement on Ukraine, but the main objective is to achieve its goals, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Sunday.
- Kremlin Confirms Composition of Russia's Negotiation Team Remains Unchanged Sputnik 21 Jul 2025 -- The composition of the Russian delegation will remain the same for the upcoming round of negotiations with Ukraine, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov assured.
Defense Policy / Programs
- Iran and Russia's Defense Ministers hold strategic meeting in Moscow IRNA 21 Jul 2025 -- The Ambassador to Moscow, Kazem Jalali, says Defense Minister Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh met with his Russian counterpart, Andrei Belousov, during an official visit to Russia.
- Iran, Russia conduct joint drills in Caspian Sea IRNA 21 Jul 2025 -- Second Admiral Mohsen Razzaghi Delarestaghi, spokesperson for the Iran-Russia joint drills codenamed CASAREX 2025, announced that the hybrid rescue exercises are taking place in two phases, namely coastal and maritime, in the Caspian Sea.
- Iran, Russia defense chiefs discuss strengthening cooperation Press TV 21 Jul 2025 -- The Iranian and Russian defense chiefs have discussed strengthening bilateral cooperation in defense and military affairs, Iran's Ambassador to Moscow Kazem Jalali says.
- Caspian unity in action: Iran, Russia to hold joint search-and-rescue drill Press TV 21 Jul 2025 -- Iran and Russia have started bringing their naval forces together for CASAREX 2025, a major joint search-and-rescue drill in the Caspian Sea.
Foreign Policy
- UK hammers Putin's energy revenues with fresh sanctions UK FCDO 21 Jul 2025 -- Fresh sanctions ramp up pressure on Russia's critical oil industry and hit Putin's creaking shadow fleet operation.
- EU Sanctions on Oil Refinery in India Violate International Law — Rosneft Sputnik 21 Jul 2025 -- The European Union's decision to impose sanctions on the Nayara Energy oil refinery in India is groundless and in breach of international law, Russian oil giant Rosneft said on Sunday.
- New sanctions package against Russia Germany - Federal Government 21 Jul 2025 -- The EU Member States have agreed on an 18th package of sanctions against Russia. This package is another clear signal to Russia: the EU is continuing to work towards the goal of achieving just and lasting peace for Ukraine.
- China expresses strong dissatisfaction, resolute opposition over EU's 18th Russia sanctions package listing Chinese enterprises and financial institutions: MOFCOM Global Times 21 Jul 2025 -- In response to a media inquiry regarding EU's announcement on July 18 to include some Chinese enterprises and financial institutions in the list under the 18th round of sanctions against Russia, the Chinese Commerce Ministry (MOFCOM) said on Monday that the EU, ignoring China's repeated representations and objections, has arbitrarily pressed ahead with including some Chinese enterprises in the sanctions list and imposed sanctions on two Chinese financial institutions on trumped-up charges. China is strongly dissatisfied with and firmly opposes this move.
- E3 violated JCPOA, lost right to reinstate UN sanctions against Iran: Russian envoy Press TV 21 Jul 2025 -- A senior Russian diplomat says Britain, France, and Germany, known as the E3, have repeatedly violated the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal, and thus forfeited their right to trigger the snapback mechanism that would re-impose all UN Security Council sanctions on Iran.
- Iran and Russia maintain E3 has no right to reimpose previous anti-Iranian sanctions IRNA 21 Jul 2025 -- Tehran and Moscow say that the E3 - namely France, Germany, and Britain - have no legal or moral right to launch the so-called snapback mechanism to reimpose previous sanctions against Iran.
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