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Ukraine Invasion

• Ukraine Strikes Russian Refineries As Moscow Launches Massive Drone Assault RFE/RL 30 Aug 2025 -- Ukrainian drone forces struck two major Russian oil refineries - Krasnodar in southern Russia and Syzran in the Samara region - overnight on August 30, igniting fires and causing explosions in facilities key to supplying fuel for Russian military units.
• Zelenskyy Seeks New US, Europe Meeting, Says Fresh Russian Offensive Imminent RFE/RL 30 Aug 2025 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv is seeking a fresh meeting with US President Donald Trump and European allies as soon as next week after telling reporters that Russia is poised to launch a new offensive in eastern Ukraine.
• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's answer to a media question regarding reports of biological laboratories in Ukraine Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 30 Aug 2025
• Russian Naval Drones Send Strong Message to Ukraine and NATO Sputnik 30 Aug 2025 -- Russia used unmanned surface vessels (USVs) to destroy the Ukrainian surveillance ship Simferopol in the Danube delta. Why were USVs chosen for the task, rather than missiles?
• Russia's Recent Battlefield Gains Revealed Sputnik 30 Aug 2025 -- Chief of the Russian Armed Forces General Staff Gerasimov summarized the results of the spring-summer 2025 campaign and outlined further objectives for troop deployments.
• Russian Forces Take Control of Kamyshevakha Village in Donbass Sputnik 30 Aug 2025 -- Russia's Battlegroup Vostok have taken control of the village of Kamyshevakha in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Russia, China blast deployment of US 'Typhon' missiles system to Japan Press TV 30 Aug 2025 -- Russia and China have protested the deployment of the US Army's "Typhon" missile system to Japan.

Foreign Policy

• Interview to Xinhua News Agency President of Russia 30 Aug 2025 -- Ahead of his official visit to the People's Republic of China, Vladimir Putin gave a written interview to the Chinese news agency Xinhua.
• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's answer to a media question regarding the US Department of State's report on the human rights situation in Russia Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 30 Aug 2025

News Reports

• Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Meets Bereaved Families of Martyrs Who Performed Distinguished Feats in Overseas Military Operations KCNA 30 Aug 2025 -- The brave soldiers who participated in the overseas military operations created the tales about great heroes unprecedented in history out of their desire for the immortality of the sacred national flag of the DPRK and the rosy future of the prosperous motherland and emerged as heroes of the legendary feats who devoted their precious lives without regret, regarding their death as honor in the course of carrying out the orders of the country.
• Ceremony of Awarding State Commendations to Soldiers of KPA Overseas Military Operations Units Takes Place KCNA 30 Aug 2025 -- All the people of the DPRK pay high praise and noble tribute to the officers and men of the overseas military operations units of the Korean People's Army who demonstrated the might of the elite revolutionary army before the world by displaying the matchless fighting spirit, bravery and indomitable self-sacrificing spirit for the honor of the glorious Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
• Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un's Talk to Bereaved Families of Martyrs Participated in Overseas Military Operations KCNA 30 Aug 2025 -- Kim Jong Un talked to the bereaved families of the martyrs who participated in the overseas military operations.