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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Attacks continue to force displacement from frontline areas in Ukraine UNHCR 26 Aug 2025 -- Humanitarian needs soar as more people are evacuated or flee relentless Russian attacks in frontline regions. Supporting them remains a top priority for UNHCR and its local NGO partners.
• Elite Ukrainian Troops Retreat as Russia Advances in Donbass Sputnik 26 Aug 2025 -- Russian forces are pushing ahead in the Serebryansky forestry district in Donbass, a commander of the "Akhmat" special forces battalion of the Russian Defense Ministry with callsign "Shram" (lit. "Scar") tells Sputnik.
• Ukraine Loses Up to 400 Soldiers in Battles With Russian Armed Forces Sputnik 26 Aug 2025 -- Russia's Tsentr group of forces has eliminated up to 400 Ukrainian soldiers over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Meeting with Kherson Region Governor Vladimir Saldo President of Russia 26 Aug 2025 -- During a working meeting, Kherson Region Governor Vladimir Saldo briefed the President on the socioeconomic development of the region.
• Press release on consultations among CSTO member states regarding the agenda of the UN General Assembly Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 26 Aug 2025

Foreign Policy

• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 26 Aug 2025
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's interview with VGTRK television network for a documentary on Anatoly Torkunov's 75th birthday, Moscow, August 26, 2025 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 26 Aug 2025
• Xi Jinping Meets with Russian State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin PRC MofA 26 Aug 2025 -- On the morning of August 26, President Xi Jinping met with Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. 
• Xi meets Russian State Duma chairman People's Daily 26 Aug 2025 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Vyacheslav Volodin, chairman of the Russian parliament's lower house, the State Duma, in Beijing on Tuesday.
• Xi meets Russian State Duma chairman PRC MND 26 Aug 2025 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Vyacheslav Volodin, chairman of the Russian parliament's lower house, the State Duma, in Beijing on Tuesday.
• Iran and Russia discuss security issues in South Caucasus IRNA 26 Aug 2025 -- Iran's ambassador to Moscow, Kazem Jalali, and Russian Deputy Defense Minister Colonel General Alexander Fomin have discussed regional and international security issues, including the situation in the South Caucasus, Russia's Defense Ministry said, as reported by the TASS state news agency.
• Russia confirms circulating draft proposal aimed at preventing activation of 'snapback' Press TV 26 Aug 2025 -- Russia has confirmed circulating a draft proposal at the UN Security Council aimed at averting activation of the so-called "snapback" mechanism that would restore the council's sanctions against Iran.
• Lavrov, Vucic Discuss Issues of Kosovo, Republika Srpska Sputnik 26 Aug 2025 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic discussed in a telephone conversation the situation in Kosovo and in the Republika Srpska of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
• Russia Urges Israel to Prevent Deterioration of Situation in Gaza Strip Sputnik 26 Aug 2025 -- Russia calls on Israel to take urgent measures to prevent the deterioration of the situation in the Gaza Strip and restore unhindered humanitarian access, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.
• The United Kingdom remains deeply concerned about the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines: UK statement at the UN Security Council UK FCDO 26 Aug 2025 -- Statement by Jennifer MacNaughtan, UK Minister Counsellor, at the Security Council meeting on the Nord Stream gas pipeline.

News Reports

• Briefing Security Council, Senior Official Stresses Importance of Cooperation, Warns against Politicization of Nord Stream Investigations UN Security Council 26 Aug 2025 -- Nearly three years since the destruction of the Nord Stream gas pipelines, a senior United Nations official underscored that any intentional damage to critical civilian infrastructure should be condemned and investigated.
• Authorities Charge Second Yeltsin Center Employee With 'Discrediting' Russian Military RFE/RL 26 Aug 2025 -- Authorities charged an artistic director at the Yeltsin Center with "discrediting the Russian armed forces" - the second employee of the library and cultural center dedicated to the late Russian president to face such charges in the past month.
• Putin's Bookcase: Kremlin Is Passing Off Old Footage As New, RFE/RL Finds RFE/RL 26 Aug 2025 -- A bookshelf can speak volumes about its owner. In Russian President Vladimir Putin's case, the rearrangement of books in a cabinet behind his desk indicates the Kremlin has passed off old footage of meetings in his office as fresh video at least five times this year, RFE/RL's Russian investigative unit, Systema, has found.