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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Gradually, Then Suddenly: A Russian Breakthrough Sets Ukrainian Alarm Bells Ringing RFE/RL 12 Aug 2025 -- It's one of Russia's biggest battlefield advances in months. For Ukraine, it couldn't come at a worse time.
• SSU successfully counters russia's Sabotage Noise plan that involves scaling up terrorist attacks and explosions across Ukraine - Vasyl Maliuk Security Service of Ukraine 12 Aug 2025 -- The Security Service of Ukraine is neutralizing enemy sabotage activities at early stages and exposing russian agent networks. The Service is successfully counteracting to the russian plan called Sabotage Noise, which was personally approved by putin at the end of 2023. This enemy plan involves sabotage and terrorist attacks throughout Ukraine. This was stated by the Head of the SSU, Lieutenant General Vasyl Maliuk, during an interview with We Are Ukraine (My - Ukraina) TV channel during the Unified News telethon.
• 'SSU is one of the leaders among Defense Forces in long-range strikes. We've hit over 200 targets deep inside russia' - Vasyl Maliuk Security Service of Ukraine 12 Aug 2025 -- The Security Service of Ukraine is one of the leaders among the Defense Forces in terms of deep strikes - long-range strikes using unmanned systems. Since the start of the full-scale invasion, the Service has struck over 200 targets deep inside russian territory. The Head of the SSU, Lieutenant General Vasyl Maliuk informed about this in an interview with We Are Ukraine (My - Ukraina) TV Channel during the United News telethon.
• SSU detains enemy informant who spied on air defense units and military convoys in Dnipropetrovsk region Security Service of Ukraine 12 Aug 2025 -- The SSU Counterintelligence has detained another enemy informant in Dnipropetrovsk region. He adjusted russian missile and drone attacks on Pavlohrad and tracked the movement of Defense Forces convoys.
• Trump says summit with Putin will be "feel-out meeting" People's Daily 12 Aug 2025 -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that his upcoming meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday in Alaska will be a "feel-out meeting."
• Ukraine Prepares False Flag Attack Ahead of Putin-Trump Alaska Summit - Russian MoD Sputnik 12 Aug 2025 -- Russia's Defense Ministry says it has intelligence from multiple sources pointing to a planned provocation by the Kiev regime designed to sabotage the upcoming Russia-US summit.
• Russian Forces Hit Ukrainian Drone Production and Training Facilities Sputnik 12 Aug 2025 -- Russia's Tsentr Battlegroup of forces has eliminated over 365 Ukrainian soldiers in various districts of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Dnepropetrovsk region over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Meeting on economic issues President of Russia 12 Aug 2025 -- Vladimir Putin held a meeting on economic issues.
• Russia's nuclear-powered cruise missile draws renewed media attention amid new test speculation Global Times 12 Aug 2025 -- Russia's Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile has drawn renewed attention after multiple media reports speculated that Russia might recently conduct new tests. A Chinese expert said on Tuesday that the unique missile, the first of its kind in the world, could be undergoing trials to address previous technical challenges while forming a kind of deterrence amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict, with media reporting that its timing is coinciding with upcoming Alaska talks.
• Warships of China-Russia joint maritime patrol reach Kamchatka for replenishment: Russian media Global Times 12 Aug 2025 -- After launching a maritime joint patrol in the Western Pacific on August 6 following the five-day Joint Sea-2025 exercise near Vladivostok, Chinese and Russian warships arrived in Kamchatka, Russia for replenishment, Russian media reported on Tuesday.

Foreign Policy

• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 12 Aug 2025
• Secretary Rubio's Call with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov US Dept. of State 12 Aug 2025
• Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Holds Phone Conversation with Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin KCNA 13 Aug 2025 -- Kim Jong Un , president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, held a phone conversation with Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, president of the Russian Federation, on August 12.
• Telephone conversation with Chairman of State Affairs of the DPRK Kim Jong-un President of Russia 12 Aug 2025 -- Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Chairman of State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Kim Jong-un.

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