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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Drones Attack Kyiv For Second Night In A Row After US, EU Impose Sanctions On Russian Energy Sector RFE/RL 23 Oct 2025 -- Russian drones attacked the Ukrainian capital for the second night in a row on October 22, injuring four people, officials said within hours of an announcement from Washington imposing sanctions on Russia's two largest oil companies.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Answers to media questions President of Russia 23 Oct 2025 -- Following a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Russian Geographical Society, Vladimir Putin took questions from media members.

Foreign Policy

• US, EU Ramp Up Sanctions On Key Russian Oil Firms As Trump Cancels Putin Summit RFE/RL 23 Oct 2025 -- Western countries have ratcheted up pressure on Moscow with sanctions announcements in Washington and Brussels targeting the oil and gas sectors that are key to financing Russia's nearly four-year long full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
• EU adopts 19th package of sanctions against Russia * European Commission 23 Oct 2025 -- The European Commission welcomes the adoption by EU Member States of the 19th package of sanctions against Russia. The new package of sanctions substantially increases the pressure on the Russian war economy, targeting key sectors such as energy, finance, the military industrial base, special economic zones, as well as enablers and profiteers of its war of aggression.
• 19th package of sanctions against Russia: EU targets Russian energy, third-country banks and crypto providers EC/CEU 23 Oct 2025 -- Today, the Council adopted a sweeping 19th package of further 69 individual listings and numerous economic restrictive measures targeting key sectors which fuel Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine, including energy, finance and the military industrial complex. The Council is also strengthening control over the movement of Russian diplomats across the EU and taking further measures against those responsible for the abduction of Ukrainian children.
• European Union adopts new sanctions package against Russia Estonia MFA 23 Oct 2025 -- Today, the European Union approved its 19th sanctions package, aimed at increasing pressure on Russia and hindering the financing of its war machine.
• EU adopts new sanctions package against Russia Government Offices of Sweden 23 Oct 2025 -- The EU has adopted a 19th sanctions package in response to Russia's continued aggression against Ukraine.
• Budrys on the adoption of the 19th package of sanctions: The EU must not stop, and move forward with further restrictions Lithuania MFA 23 Oct 2025 -- On 23 October, the European Council announced its 19th package of economic and individual sanctions.
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's video message to participants of a solemn meeting dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the United Nations, Moscow, October 23, 2025 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 23 Oct 2025
• Joint Statement In Support of the Efforts to Strengthen the United Nations Secretary-General's Mechanism for Investigation of the Alleged Use of Chemical and Biological Weapons, New York, October 22, 2025 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 23 Oct 2025
• Statement by the Deputy Head of the Delegation of the Russian Federation, Deputy Director of the Department for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Konstantin Vorontsov at the Thematic Debate on Cluster II "Other WMDs" in the First Committee of the 80th Session of the UN General Assembly, New York, October 22, 2025 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 23 Oct 2025
• EU lists four Chinese entities in sanctions against Russia; move undermines bloc's 'strategic autonomy,' expert says Global Times 23 Oct 2025 -- The EU's 19th package of sanctions against Russia will list four entities involved in China's oil industry, Reuters reported, a move Chinese analyst further underscores the bloc's tendency to "blindly follow" the US in its China policy.
• Trump says he canceled meeting with Putin People's Daily 23 Oct 2025 -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he has canceled his planned meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

News Reports

• Russia's Oil Giants Get Sanctioned By The US. Will It Hurt The Kremlin's War On Ukraine? (For Now, No) RFE/RL 23 Oct 2025 -- The war economy that has fueled Russia's all-out assault on Ukraine for 45 months has been funded by Moscow's exports of oil and gas and, critics say, the West's unwillingness - as well as China and India's disinterest - to fully turn off the spigot.
• UK and Germany to jointly hunt Russian submarines from Lossiemouth one year after landmark defence agreement UK MOD 23 Oct 2025 -- Defence Secretary John Healey hosted his German counterpart, Boris Pistorius, at RAF Lossiemouth today
• Indian PM Modi ditches Trump, prepares for ASEAN summit Press TV 23 Oct 2025 -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced that he will virtually attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Kuala Lumpur later this week, ending speculation of a meeting with US President Donald Trump.
• Wary Of Angering Russia, Kazakhstan Alters Plaque On Soviet-Era Famine RFE/RL 23 Oct 2025 -- Few noticed when earlier this month city authorities in the Kazakh capital, Astana, quietly replaced a memorial plaque honoring the victims of the deadly famine that ravaged the country in the 1930s.