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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• SSU detains enemy agent preparing russian missile strike on Zaporizhzhia Security Service of Ukraine 11 Aug 2025 -- The SSU Counterintelligence has foiled another attempt by ruscists to obtain coordinates for a new missile attack on industrial infrastructure in Zaporizhzhia.
• SSU detains enemy informant who spied on Ukrainian Air Force airfields in western Ukraine Security Service of Ukraine 11 Aug 2025 -- The Security Service's Military Counterintelligence detained an enemy informant in Lviv region. The perpetrator was supposed to pass the coordinates of operational airfields with combat helicopters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the occupiers.
• Following SSU investigation, FSB agent sentenced to 15 years in prison for burning power substations in Cherkasy region Security Service of Ukraine 11 Aug 2025 -- Based on evidence collected by the Security Service, an enemy agent who burned energy infrastructure facilities in Cherkasy oblast has been sentenced to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property.
• US VP Vance Says Both Ukraine, Russia Will Likely Be 'Unhappy' With Any Future Peace Deal RFE/RL 11 Aug 2025 -- Washington appeared to be preparing Kyiv and Moscow for major compromises to end the long, bloody war ahead of a face-to-face meeting of the US and Russian presidents, with US Vice President JD Vance warning that any peace deal will likely leave both sides "unhappy."
• Russian Forces Take Control of Lunacharskoye in Donetsk People's Republic Sputnik 11 Aug 2025 -- The Russian armed forces have taken control of the village of Lunacharskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Russia to Avoid Playing to Raise Stakes in Arms Control - Deputy Foreign Minister Sputnik 11 Aug 2025 -- Russia will not play to raise the stakes in the sphere of arms control, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Monday.

Foreign Policy

• Telephone conversation with Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan President of Russia 11 Aug 2025 -- President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, at the Armenian side's initiative.
• Pashinyan Briefs Putin on His Meeting With Trump and Aliyev in US - Kremlin Sputnik 11 Aug 2025 -- Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev visited Washington last week to take part in a trilateral signing ceremony with US President Donald Trump.
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's telephone conversation with Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 11 Aug 2025
• Ditching Gazprom Costs Moldova $1.16Bln Annually - Shoigu Sputnik 11 Aug 2025 -- In his article Moldova at a Crossroads for Sputnik, Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu called Chisinau's refusal to buy gas directly from Gazprom "a shot in the foot", since the Moldovan budget loses more than 1 billion euros ($1.16 billion) a year from this.

News Reports

• EU Autumn Challenges: Russian Assets, Ukraine, Moldova Paths, And Georgia's Backsliding RFE/RL 11 Aug 2025 -- The European Union is on the beach for most of August. No European Parliament plenary sessions, council meetings, or committee gatherings. In short, nothing much is discussed, let alone decided on these weeks.