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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• How Russia Targets Trains In Effort 'To Paralyze' Ukraine's Logistics RFE/RL 09 Oct 2025
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy: According to Our Data, Russia's Gasoline Shortage Is up to around 20% of Needs President of Ukraine 09 Oct 2025
• Update 320 - IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine IAEA 09 Oct 2025 -- IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said today that a process had been set in motion to help restore external electricity to Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), following frequent contacts with both sides in recent weeks to address the site's latest loss of off-site power during the military conflict.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Indra 2025: servicemen of two countries undergo practical exercises Russia MoD 09 Oct 2025 -- As part of the Indra 2025 joint Russian-Indian exercise, soldiers had drills at the Mahajan training ground in the Indian state of Rajasthan to run through an obstacle course and train tactical firing.

Foreign Policy

• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's answer to a media question about an Israel-Hamas agreement to cease fire in the Gaza Strip Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 09 Oct 2025
• Telephone conversation with Prime Minister of Iraq Muhammed Shia Al-Sudani President of Russia 09 Oct 2025 -- Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Muhammed Shia al-Sudani, Prime Minister of the Republic of Iraq which currently holds the presidency of the Arab League Council.
• Second Russia - Central Asia Summit President of Russia 09 Oct 2025 -- Vladimir Putin took part in the second Russia - Central Asia Summit, held in Tajikistan's capital, Dushanbe.
• Russian-Tajikistani talks President of Russia 09 Oct 2025 -- The Palace of the Nation hosted talks between Vladimir Putin and President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon.
• Beginning of Russian-Tajikistani expanded-format talks President of Russia 09 Oct 2025
• Amid Strained Relations With Baku, Putin Admits Russian Role In Azerbaijan Jet Crash RFE/RL 09 Oct 2025 -- President Vladimir Putin admitted to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev that Russia played a role in the downing of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet that killed at least 38 people, his first acknowledgement of Russian responsibility.
• Meeting with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev President of Russia 09 Oct 2025 -- President Vladimir Putin met with President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in Dushanbe.
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's interview with RT's Bridges to the East project, Moscow, October 9, 2025 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 09 Oct 2025
• The government condemned Russian aggression against Poland Government of the Czech Republic 09 Oct 2025 -- The Czech Republic condemns the incursion of Polish airspace by Russian drones on Tuesday night. At its meeting on Wednesday, 10 September 2025, Petr Fiala's government adopted a clear resolution in support of Poland following the latest provocation by the Russian Federation.
• Serbia Braces For Fallout After US Sanctions On Oil Firm NIS Take Force RFE/RL 09 Oct 2025 -- The US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said sanctions against the Russian-owned Oil Industry of Serbia (NIS), Serbia's sole crude oil refiner, have taken force after several delays, a move that could hit the Balkan nation hard.

News Reports

• Who's Who In The Fractured Russian Opposition Fighting Against Putin RFE/RL 09 Oct 2025 -- Long before Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Russian opposition had been struggling against a spiraling state clampdown on dissent - a campaign of oppression that stretched back at least as far as the quashing of street protests that erupted late in 2011, amid anger over election fraud and dismay at Vladimir Putin's decision to return to the presidency after a stint as prime minister.