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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• SSU exposes 12 Medvedchuk's associates who on russia's orders conduct information attacks against Ukraine: evidence against them given by detained Kyrylo Molchanov Security Service of Ukraine 14 Aug 2025 -- The Security Service of Ukraine has collected extensive evidence against information saboteurs of russia's FSB, who, under the leadership of Viktor Medvedchuk, are carrying out media attacks against Ukraine.
• Following SSU investigation, captured ruscist who shot civilians near Kupiansk sentenced to life imprisonment Security Service of Ukraine 14 Aug 2025 -- Based on evidence collected by the Security Service, another ruscist, who committed war crimes against the civilian population of Ukraine, has been convicted to life imprisonment. He shot two residents of Kharkiv region who were in the frontline area.
• SSU dismantles FSB agent network preparing new russian strike on Odesa region Security Service of Ukraine 14 Aug 2025 -- The SSU Military Counterintelligence has neutralized an agent network of russia's federal security service that was adjusting enemy air strikes on defense infrastructure in southern Ukraine.
• Trump Says Putin Ready For Deal As Zelenskyy Shores Up Support With Starmer RFE/RL 14 Aug 2025 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to make a deal over the war in Ukraine, US President Donald Trump said on the eve of a summit between the two world leaders in Alaska.
• Trump warns Russia of "very severe consequences" if ceasefire is rejected People's Daily 14 Aug 2025 -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned that Russia would face "very severe consequences" if President Vladimir Putin refuses to agree to a ceasefire in the ongoing conflict with Ukraine during their upcoming meeting.
• Trump Says May Consider Cutting US Troops in Europe as Part of Ukraine Deal Sputnik 14 Aug 2025 -- The meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska will be a "good meeting", but a potential second one that will include Volodymyr Zelensky will be more important, US President Donald Trump said on Thursday.
• Putin, Trump Ready to Talk, Will Discuss Most Difficult Issues Sputnik 14 Aug 2025 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump are ready and intend to talk, they will discuss the most difficult issues at the upcoming talks, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.
• Russian Forces Liberate Shcherbinovka, Iskra in DPR - MoD Sputnik 14 Aug 2025 -- Russian forces took control of the settlements of Shcherbinovka and Iskra in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
• Russia, Ukraine Each Swap 84 Prisoners of War on August 14 Sputnik 14 Aug 2025 -- Russia and Ukraine have exchanged 84 prisoners of war on Thursday, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
• Russia's Precision Strikes Cripple Ukraine's West-Sponsored Sapsan Missile Production Sputnik 14 Aug 2025 -- Ukraine's military-industrial complex has suffered colossal damage as a result of a Russian operation targeting production of the Ukrainian Sapsan ballistic missile system, Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said in a statement.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Putin Not Excluding Next Stage of Contacts With US Can Be Reaching Agreements on New START Sputnik 14 Aug 2025 -- It is not excluded that the next stage of contacts between Russia and the United States can be reaching agreements on the New START (New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty), Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.

Foreign Policy

• Commentary by Aide to the President of Russia Yuryi Ushakov on the upcoming meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump President of Russia 14 Aug 2025
• Meeting on preparations for the Russian-American summit President of Russia 14 Aug 2025 -- The President held a meeting on preparations for the Russian-American summit, which will take place on August 15 in Anchorage.

News Reports

• Russian Regulators Restrict WhatsApp, Telegram In Latest Internet Crackdown RFE/RL 14 Aug 2025 -- Russian regulators have moved to restrict usage of the popular messaging apps WhatsApp and Telegram, the latest in a major step to push Russians onto a newly launched government-managed "super app."
• Judge Approves Divorce For Vladimir Gusinsky, Wife, As Once Powerful Oligarch Claims He Is Broke RFE/RL 14 Aug 2025 -- A U.S. judge has approved the divorce of Vladimir Gusinsky and his wife of 33 years, Elena Konstantinou, after an acrimonious, 3-year legal fight in which the once-powerful Russian oligarch declared he was all but broke.
• Manalit: Belarus's Sanctions Loophole Feeding Russia's War Machine RFE/RL 14 Aug 2025 -- In the spring of 2024, the Belarusian government placed the Manalit radio components plant in Vitsebsk on its Republican Honor Board for "outstanding economic results." It was the second time in a row the plant had received this recognition.