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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Ukrainian Military Goes Dark: Major Starlink Outage Paralyzes War Machine Sputnik 25 Jul 2025 -- The Starlink satellite network outage was recorded along the entire front line of the Ukrainian armed forces, Ukrainian media reported on Thursday, citing a soldier.
• Ukraine Secures Funds For Some Patriot Systems; Russia Strikes Kharkiv Hospital RFE/RL 25 Jul 2025 -- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine has secured funds for three Patriot missile defense systems and is in talks for seven more following a deal that allows the country's European allies to purchase US military equipment and provide it to Kyiv.
• SSU detains another FSB agent who assisted ruscists in shelling Kharkiv Security Service of Ukraine 25 Jul 2025 -- SSU cyber experts have detained another FSB informant who was adjusting russian massive missile and bomb attacks on Kharkiv.
• Ukraine Lost Nearly 3,000 Soldiers in Battles With Russia's Tsentr Battlegroup Last Week Sputnik 25 Jul 2025 -- The losses come in addition to over 5,000 more Ukrainian soldiers eliminated by other battlegroups over the same time period.
• Russian Forces Down 2,049 Drones, 6 HIMARS Missiles in Past Week Sputnik 25 Jul 2025 -- Russian air defense forces have shot down 27 guided aerial bombs, six US-made HIMARS missiles, and 2,049 Ukrainian drones in past week, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Friday.
• Too early to arrange Russian, Ukrainian leaders' meeting: Kremlin People's Daily 25 Jul 2025 -- Kiev is putting the cart before the horse by suggesting holding a meeting between the leaders of Russia and Ukraine before new agreements have been reached, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Address on Investigation Officers' Day President of Russia 25 Jul 2025
• Meeting with permanent members of the Security Council President of Russia 25 Jul 2025 -- The head of the upper house of parliament reported on the Federation Council's performance during the spring session.
• Meeting with Chairwoman of the Council of Federation Valentina Matviyenko President of Russia 25 Jul 2025 -- The head of the upper house of parliament reported on the Federation Council's performance during the spring session.
• Nuclear Potential of Russian Submarines Can Cool Any Western Hothead Sputnik 25 Jul 2025 -- Vladimir Putin held, via videoconference, a meeting with permanent members of the Security Council.
• Is Russia Outpacing NATO In Weapons Production? RFE/RL 25 Jul 2025 -- Russia is "now producing three times as much ammunition in three months as the whole of NATO is doing in a year," NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte recently told the New York Times.

Foreign Policy

• Address by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Aleksandr Pankin at G20 Development Working Group Ministerial Meeting on illicit financial flows (IFFs) and social protection, Skukuza, 25 July 2025 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 25 Jul 2025
• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's answer to a media question regarding the anti-Serb provocation in Kosovo Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 25 Jul 2025

News Reports

• China's Backing Of Russia Is Harder To Deny. Ukraine Is Taking Notice. RFE/RL 25 Jul 2025 -- The arrest of two Chinese nationals in Ukraine on espionage charges this month has punctuated a shift in Kyiv's tone toward Beijing, whose support for Russia's war is becoming harder to ignore.