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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Druzhba Oil Pipeline Attacked Again — Slovak Economy Minister Sputnik 22 Aug 2025 -- Russian oil supplies to Slovakia via the Druzhba pipeline had to be suspended earlier in August following an attack linked to Ukraine.
• 'I Am Very Angry': Trump Writes to Orban Over Ukraine's Strikes on Druzhba Pipeline Sputnik 22 Aug 2025 -- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban published on Friday US President Donald Trump's response to his letter, where he said he was "very angry" to hear the news about Ukraine's attack on the Druzhba oil pipeline.
• Moscow: No Putin-Zelensky talks without agreed peace agenda Press TV 22 Aug 2025 -- Russia's top diplomat has said there will be no Putin-Zelensky meeting until the agenda for the peace deal between Kiev and Moscow has been agreed upon
• Zelensky Rejected All of Trump's Proposals for Ukraine Settlement, Says Lavrov Sputnik 22 Aug 2025 -- Volodymyr Zelensky said 'no' to all of US President Donald Trump's proposals for resolving the conflict in Ukraine, which the US considers necessary, at a meeting in Washington, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey
• Russia's FSB Detains 2 Agents of Military Intelligence of Ukraine in Donbass Sputnik 22 Aug 2025 -- Two agents of the military intelligence of Ukraine have been detained in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), involved in two car bombings and the preparation of two terrorist attacks, Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Friday.

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Foreign Policy

• Visit of External Affairs Minister to Russia (August 19 - 21, 2025) India MEA 22 Aug 2025 -- External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar visited Russia from 19-21 August 2025 to co-chair the 26th Session of the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation (IRIGC-TEC).
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's telephone conversation with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan Bakhtiyor Saidov Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 22 Aug 2025
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's telephone conversation with Executive Vice President of Venezuela Delcy Rodriguez Gomez Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 22 Aug 2025
• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's answer to a media question regarding the latest UAV attack on the Russian Trade Mission in Sweden Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 22 Aug 2025
• Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on the terrorist attacks in Colombia Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 22 Aug 2025

News Reports

• Big Brother At The Bolshoi: Russia's Iconic Theater To Spy On Its Own Staff RFE/RL 22 Aug 2025 -- It is Russia's most famous opera house, where Tchaikovsky premiered Swan Lake, where Russia's premier ballet dancers and symphony musicians are judged for their technical excellence and revered for their artistry. Now employees of the Bolshoi Theater will also be judged - and monitored - by another criteria: their interest in, and views on, Russia's all-out war on Ukraine.
• Central Asians Locked Up At Airport In New Wave Of Russian Crackdown RFE/RL 22 Aug 2025 -- Dozens of migrants from Tajikistan say they have been held by Russian authorities at Moscow's Zhukovsky Airport for over a week.
• Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine on the planned military exercises in the territory of the Republic of Belarus Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine 22 Aug 2025 -- In the context of the planned in the coming weeks military exercises of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in the territory of the Republic of Belarus, namely "Interaction-2025", "Search-2025", "Echelon-2025", and the joint strategic exercises of the armed forces of Belarus and the Russian Federation "Zapad-2025", the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine states the following.
• Ukrainian Suspect Arrested in Italy Investigated for February Tanker Explosions - Reports Sputnik 22 Aug 2025 -- The Genoa Prosecutor's Office has requested information regarding a Ukrainian arrested on suspicion of the Nord Stream pipelines attack to determine his possible involvement in the February explosions on an oil tanker in the Italian port Savona, Italian newspaper La Stampa reported on Thursday.