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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Russian Strikes Kill More Than 20 In Ukraine Hours After Trump Shortens Peace Deadline RFE/RL 29 Jul 2025 -- A fresh wave of Russian missile and drone strikes overnight left more than 20 people dead and scores wounded across Ukraine just hours after US President Donald Trump told Vladimir Putin he had 10-12 days to stop the attacks or face stiff sanctions and tariffs.
• Ukrainian Ships Patrol Black Sea Zone Cleared Of Russian Fleet RFE/RL 29 Jul 2025 -- On a naval patrol in the Black Sea, Ukrainian sailors are prepared to respond to a range of Russian threats, from sea mines to Shahed drones.
• Russian attack on Ukrainian prison kills 16: UN rights monitors UN News 29 Jul 2025 -- An attack on a prison in the south-eastern Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine on Monday reportedly left 16 prisoners dead and almost 100 injured, violating international law, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) has said.
• SSU detains three more russian spotters who were preparing new missile strikes against Ukraine Security Service of Ukraine 29 Jul 2025 -- The SSU Counterintelligence has detained three agents who were collecting coordinates for russian air strikes in Ukraine.
• SSU prevents assassination of Serhii Filimonov, commander of 108th separate battalion "Wolves of Da Vinci", by FSB Security Service of Ukraine 29 Jul 2025 -- The SSU has prevented the contract killing of Serhii Filimonov, commander of the 108th separate battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, "Wolves of Da Vinci". According to the investigation, the assassination attempt was planned by the FSB. To carry out the crime, the russian special service recruited a resident of Dnipropetrovsk region under the guise of working for the SSU.
• Trump Sets 10-Day Deadline From 'Today' For Russia To End Ukraine War RFE/RL 29 Jul 2025 -- US President Donald Trump said a deadline for Russia to make progress toward ending its war against Ukraine is "10 days from today," or he will impose tariffs and other measures on Moscow.
• Do Kremlin's Silence, Fresh Attacks On Ukraine Mean Putin Is Calling Trump's Bluff? RFE/RL 29 Jul 2025 -- US President Donald Trump's announcement that he was shortening the deadline for Russia to agree to a cease-fire in Ukraine from 50 days to "10-12 days" has been met with near-silence from the Kremlin and a fresh wave of deadly attacks on Ukrainian cities, suggesting that Moscow may be ready to call his bluff.
• Losing Pokrovsk Would Be a Death Sentence for the Ukrainian Army Sputnik 29 Jul 2025 -- Russia is advancing slowly but steadily in this direction of the front. Here's why it matters.
• US, UK Hold Talks With Yermak, Budanov, Zaluzhny on Replacing Zelensky - Russian Foreign Intel Sputnik 29 Jul 2025 -- The Americans and British announced their decision to nominate Zaluzhny for the post of Ukrainian president, with Yermak and Budanov* "saluting the decision."
• Russia 'Takes Note' of Trump's 10-12 Day Ultimatum on Ukraine Peace Deal Sputnik 29 Jul 2025 -- Moscow has taken note of the statement made by US President Donald Trump on a new deadline for a ceasefire in Ukraine on July 28, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday.

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Foreign Policy

• Russia Shoots Down US Scheme to Buy Out Commander Islands Sputnik 29 Jul 2025 -- Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova castigated the idea of the United States purchasing the Commander Islands from Russia.
• Press release on the summons of the Norwegian Charge d'Affaires in Russia to the Foreign Ministry Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 29 Jul 2025
• Transnistria Thanks Russia, Calls Peacekeeping Mission 'Critical to Stability' Sputnik 29 Jul 2025 -- Transnistrian President Vadim Krasnoselsky expressed gratitude on Tuesday to Russia on behalf of the republic's residents for its peacekeeping operation and advocated for its continuation.

News Reports

• Chairman of Russian Side to DPRK-Russia Inter-governmental Committee for Cooperation Arrives Here KCNA 29 Jul 2025 -- Alexandr Kozlov, minister of Natural Resources and Ecology who is chairman of the Russian side to the DPRK-Russia Inter-governmental Committee for Cooperation in Trade, Economy, Science and Technology, and his party arrived here on July 28 by the Moscow-Pyongyang direct line which its operation was resumed.
• DPRK Prime Minister Meets Russian Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology KCNA 29 Jul 2025 -- Pak Thae Song, premier of the Cabinet of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, met Alexandr Kozlov, minister of Natural Resources and Ecology who is chairman of the Russian side to the DPRK-Russia Inter-governmental Committee for Cooperation in Trade, Economy, Science and Technology, who paid a courtesy call on him at the Mansudae Assembly Hall on July 28.
• Japan's first space defense guidelines hyping Chinese, Russian 'killer satellites' distort facts, find excuse for Tokyo's space weaponization: expert Global Times 29 Jul 2025 -- Japan's Defense Ministry on Monday released its first guidelines allegedly aimed at enhancing its defense in outer space, using so-called "killer satellites" developed by China and Russia as excuses, according to media reports on Tuesday. A Chinese expert said that Japan's rhetoric distorted the facts about China's peaceful space activities and unjustly smeared China on the topic of space development.
• Skies In Turmoil: Military Conflicts Remapping Global Aviation RFE/RL 29 Jul 2025 -- High above, the familiar pathways of global air travel are vanishing. Where pilots once flew straightforward transcontinental routes, they now navigate a sky that looks like shattered glass -- millions of flights squeezed into congested corridors. At the same time, vast swaths of airspace remain eerily empty or bristle with flying missiles and drones.