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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• New round of direct talks between Russia, Ukraine to focus on draft memos People's Daily 23 Jul 2025 -- Russia and Ukraine are expected to hold a third round of direct negotiations this week, focusing on draft memoranda on resolving the conflict, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said at a news briefing on Tuesday.
• Russia Offers Ukraine to Hand Over 3,000 Bodies of Soldiers: Presidential Aide Medinsky Sputnik 23 Jul 2025 -- The third round of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations took place in Istanbul.
• Russian Delegation Heads To Istanbul For 3rd Round Of Ukraine Talks - Kremlin Sputnik 23 Jul 2025 -- The next round of direct negotiations between Russia and Ukraine is expected to start in Istanbul on Wednesday evening. This will be the third meeting since the talks resumed in May, following a hiatus of more than three years.
• Russian Forces Take Control of Varachino Settlement in Sumy Region Sputnik 23 Jul 2025 -- Russia's Sever group of forces took control of the settlement of Varachino in the Sumy Region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
• Russian Delegation Unveiled for 3rd Round of Istanbul-Hosted Ukraine Talks - Source to Sputnik Sputnik 23 Jul 2025 -- A source informed Sputnik on Wednesday that the Russian delegation for the upcoming round of negotiations with Ukraine will still consist of four main members and four experts.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Meeting with State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin President of Russia 23 Jul 2025 -- Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin. The Speaker of the lower house of parliament briefed the President on the deputies' performance during the spring session.
• Meeting with Government members President of Russia 23 Jul 2025 -- Vladimir Putin held a videoconference meeting with members of the Government.

Foreign Policy

• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's telephone conversation with acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Amir Muttaqi Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 23 Jul 2025
• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's comment on the disruption of the UN Security Council's coordination of a formal press statement regarding the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 23 Jul 2025
• Chinese FM responds to whether China is willing to discuss issue of purchasing oil from Russia and Iran in trade talks with US Global Times 23 Jul 2025 -- When asked whether China can confirm the specific date of the reported China-US trade talks and whether it is willing to discuss the issue of purchasing oil from Russia and Iran with the US side as US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that a third round of trade talks with China is now scheduled and will commence next week in Stockholm, Sweden, and other issues that will be on the table could be topics like China's purchases of Russian and Iranian oil, Guo Jiakun, spokesperson from China's Foreign Ministry, said on Wednesday that on economic and trade issues, China's position has always been consistent and clear.

News Reports

• Iran to launch satellite into space Friday aboard Russian Soyuz Press TV 23 Jul 2025 -- Iran is slated to launch a satellite into space aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket on Friday as part of a multi-satellite mission conducted from the Russian space launch facility Vostochny Cosmodrome.