Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
01 March 2022 - Russia Special Weapons News
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Ukraine Invasion
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy: The world already understands that the President of the Russian Federation should be brought to the negotiating table as soon as there is willingness to talk to him President of Ukraine 01 Mar 2022
- Russia Steps Up Attacks as Prelude to Likely Renewed Offensive on Defiant Kyiv VOA 01 Mar 2022 -- Russia and Ukraine had their first prisoner exchange Tuesday since the Kremlin ordered the invasion of its neighbor six days ago. But it came on a day of further mayhem and destruction as Russian forces stepped up attacks across Ukraine, striking at civilian infrastructure and communications facilities, including Kyiv's iconic main TV tower and the country's main Holocaust memorial.
- Ukrainian Resistance, Logistics Nightmares Plague Russian Invaders DoD News 01 Mar 2022 -- Russian troops invading Ukraine have made some progress in the southern part of the country but are facing a logistics breakdown with vehicles running out of fuel and troops running out of food, a senior defense official said today.
- Ukraine, Russia Exchange Prisoners For First Time Since Invasion, Ukrainian Military Officer Says RFE/RL 01 Mar 2022 -- Ukraine and Russia have exchanged prisoners for the first time since Russia launched a full-scale military attack against Ukraine last week, according to a Ukrainian military leader.
- Russia, Ukraine conclude first-round talks without clear breakthrough People's Daily 01 Mar 2022 -- Russia and Ukraine concluded on Monday their first round of negotiations in Belarus with no clear breakthrough.
- Russia warns Kiev residents to leave vicinity of certain targets Press TV 01 Mar 2022 -- Russia's Defense Ministry has reportedly warned people in the Ukrainian capital to leave their homes near certain targets as Moscow plans to strike certain targets in Kiev.
- Russia vows to continue Ukraine operation, aiming to thwart 'Western military threat' Press TV 01 Mar 2022 -- Russia's Defense Minister, Sergei Shoigu, says his country's military operation in neighboring Ukraine aims to thwart the "military threat created by Western countries."
- Russian Foreign Minister Blames West for War in Ukraine VOA 01 Mar 2022 -- As the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters a 6th day, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has blamed the United States and its allies in collusion with what he referred to as a neo-Nazi regime in Kyiv. Ukraine and the West say Russia is launching unprovoked attacks on Ukrainian cities.
- Russian MoD Plans Strikes on Ukrainian Intelligence, Military Info Warfare Relay Facilities in Kiev Sputnik 01 Mar 2022 -- Russian forces began concentrating near the Ukrainian capital from the first days of the operation, with troops and armoured formations backed by army aviation seen operating on the outskirts of the city Monday.
- 'Out of the Question': Claims of Russian Use of Cluster, Vacuum Munitions in Ukraine False - Kremlin Sputnik 01 Mar 2022 -- On Monday, Ukrainian ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova accused Russia of using a vacuum bomb in the northeastern Ukrainian town of Okhtyrka. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch further alleged that Russia has deployed banned cluster munitions, supposedly using them to target a preschool containing civilians.
- Russian Armed Forces Will Continue Ukraine Op Until They Achieve Their Goals, Shoigu Says Sputnik 01 Mar 2022 -- The Russian military and their Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republic allies began a large-scale military operation aimed at demilitarising Ukraine last Thursday. The operation began after weeks of escalating shelling, mortar, sniper and sabotage attacks by the Ukrainian armed forces and ultra-nationalist volunteer battalions in the Donbass.
- Kiev, Moscow talk amid conflicts; low hope for 'major breakthrough' Global Times 01 Mar 2022 -- High-level talks between Kiev and Moscow finally began in the Ukraine-Belarus border on Monday. Chinese experts acknowledged the significance of the talks, which at least reflected some willingness from both sides, but predicted that hopes were not high for a major breakthrough during the first round of the talks as the conflict has reached its fifth day.
- Next round of Russia-Ukraine peace talks to be held on Belarusian-Polish border -- head of Russian delegation People's Daily 01 Mar 2022 -- The next round of Russia-Ukraine peace talks will take place on the Belarusian-Polish border in the coming days, according to Vladimir Medinsky, head of the Russian delegation at the talks held in Belarus, Russia's RIA Novosti news agency reported Monday.
- All Russia's security concerns must be taken into account for settlement in Ukraine -- Putin People's Daily 01 Mar 2022 -- All Moscow's security concerns must be taken into account for settlement in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday during a telephone conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron.
Defense Policy / Programs
Foreign Policy
- Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's comment on the expulsion of diplomats from Russia's Permanent Mission to the UN Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 01 Mar 2022
- Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks at the High-Level Segment of the UN Human Rights Council's 49th session, via videoconference, March 1, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 01 Mar 2022
- Remarks by Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov to participants of the first substantive session of the open-ended ad hoc Intergovernemntal Committee of experts to elaborate a comprehensive international convention on countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes, 28 February 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 01 Mar 2022
- Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks at the high-level segment of the Conference on Disarmament, March 1, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 01 Mar 2022
- Press release on a meeting with the heads of the diplomatic missions of Latin American and Caribbean states Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 01 Mar 2022
- 'Economic wars often turn into real ones,' Russia warns France Press TV 01 Mar 2022 -- Russia's top security official hits back at France for threatening Moscow with "an economic war," saying such wars had often turned into real ones throughout history.
- Kremlin on Paris' Remarks on Total 'Financial War' Against Russia: Masks Have Been Removed Sputnik 01 Mar 2022 -- Aggressive actions against Russia in the economic sphere have taken place before, but now "masks have been removed" and the measures have become ultra-concentrated, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday, commenting on Paris' words about the beginning of a "financial war" against Moscow.
- Medvedev Tells Le Maire to 'Watch His Words' After Vow to Wage 'Economic & Financial War' On Russia Sputnik 01 Mar 2022 -- The EU will wage a total "economic and financial war" against Russia, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire told France Info radio on Tuesday.
- U.S. Stands With Ukraine, Biden Says in State of the Union DoD News 01 Mar 2022 -- In his first State of the Union address since taking office more than a year ago, President Joe Biden inspired bi-partisan applause for the determination of the Ukrainian people against the Russian onslaught and said the United States stands with Ukraine in its struggle.
- Blinken Slams Mounting Russian 'Crimes' In Ukraine, Questions Moscow's UN Rights Council Membership RFE/RL 01 Mar 2022 -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has suggested the United Nations consider whether Russia should be stripped of its membership on the agency's human rights council as Russian "crimes" from its invasion of Ukraine mount "by the hour."
- Blinken: Putin Must Not Be Allowed to Flout International Humanitarian Law VOA 01 Mar 2022 -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warns that rules of the international order that help protect peace and security will be weakened if Russian President Vladimir Putin is allowed to get away with his premeditated invasion of Ukraine.
- Statement from Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen on G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting US Treasury 01 Mar 2022 -- Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen released the following statement today following her participation in a meeting of G7 finance ministers and central bank governors on the current situation in Ukraine and actions taken in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
- READOUT: Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen's Call with European Commission Executive Vice President for Economy Valdis Dombrovskis US Treasury 01 Mar 2022
- READOUT: Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo's Meeting with Korea First Vice Minister of Economy and Finance Eog-weon Lee US Treasury 01 Mar 2022
- READOUT: Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen's Call with French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire US Treasury 01 Mar 2022
- READOUT: Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen and Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo's Meeting with German Vice Chancellor and Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Action Robert Habeck US Treasury 01 Mar 2022
- US Republicans seek blockage of Russia from exchanging IMF reserves Press TV 01 Mar 2022 -- A number of Republican lawmakers have called on the US Department of Treasury to block Russia from exchanging the $17 billion in International Monetary Fund (IMF) reserves it received last year and oppose any further such IMF allocations.
- UK introduces new sanctions against Russia including ban on ships and fresh financial measures UK FCDO 01 Mar 2022 -- The UK has introduced new sanctions against Russia, including banning Russian ships from UK ports and additional economic measures.
- Poland Begins Seizure of Russian Property in Warsaw, Including School Building Sputnik 01 Mar 2022 -- Poland began seizing Russian property in Warsaw, including the school building at the Russian embassy, the republic's foreign ministry said in a statement.
- Malaysia will not allow US-sanctioned Russian tanker to dock at its ports Radio Free Asia 01 Mar 2022 -- Malaysia will bar a Russian oil tanker on a U.S. blacklist from docking at any of its ports in coming days, the transport ministry announced Tuesday, saying it did not want to breach Washington's sanctions over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
- Western-Led Pressure Grows on Pakistan to Condemn Russia's Invasion of Ukraine VOA 01 Mar 2022 -- Western diplomatic missions in Pakistan collectively urged the host country Tuesday to denounce Russia's invasion on Ukraine and back international calls for Moscow to immediately stop the war.
- Telephone conversation with Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan President of Russia 01 Mar 2022 -- Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
- Telephone conversation with President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro President of Russia 01 Mar 2022 -- Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro at the Venezuelan side's initiative.
News Reports
- Executive Order on additional temporary economic measures to ensure Russia's financial stability President of Russia 01 Mar 2022 -- The President signed the Executive Order On Additional Temporary Economic Measures to Ensure the Financial Stability of the Russian Federation.
- Russia / Ukraine update MAERSK 01 Mar 2022 -- As the stability and safety of our operations is already being directly and indirectly impacted by sanctions, new Maersk bookings within ocean, air and intercontinental rail to and from Russia will be temporarily suspended, with the exception of foodstuffs, medical and humanitarian supplies (bar dual-use items).
- Shipping Companies Suspend Deliveries To Russia; Britain, Canada Close Ports To Russian Ships RFE/RL 01 Mar 2022 -- Three of the world's largest container shipping companies say they are suspending nonessential deliveries to Russia, adding to a litany of economic punishments aimed at Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine.
- Shipping Companies MSC, Maersk Halt Cargo Bookings to, From Russia Sputnik 01 Mar 2022 -- Two of the world's largest shipping companies, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and Maersk Line, said they will temporarily halt cargo bookings to and from Russia in light of the Western countries' sanctions measures.
- Orthodox Clerics Call For Stop To War In Ukraine In Rare Challenge To Russian Government RFE/RL 01 Mar 2022 -- In an unusual move, more than 150 Russian Orthodox clerics have called for an immediate stop to the ongoing war in Ukraine in an open letter issued on March 1.
- Despite Sanctions, Europe Continues to Bankroll Russia for Gas, Oil VOA 01 Mar 2022 -- Western nations are continuing to pay Russia hundreds of millions of dollars every day for gas and oil imports, despite the tough sanctions imposed on the country's banking and aviation sectors following its invasion of Ukraine.
- BP's 2003 Investment In Russia Heralded A New Era. Will Its Exit Do The Same? RFE/RL 01 Mar 2022 -- When British oil giant BP announced in February 2003 that it was sinking $6.75 billion into a joint venture in Russia, it heralded a new era of Western investment in a country still struggling to get on its feet following the Soviet Union's collapse.
- Amid Increasing Protests Against War, Moscow Mayor Warns Of Repercussions RFE/RL 01 Mar 2022 -- Amid increasing anti-war sentiments in the Russian capital, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has vowed to prevent attempts to organized street protests, telling Muscovites "not follow provocateurs."
- International Bans On Russian Sports, Entertainment Pile Up RFE/RL 01 Mar 2022 -- Russia's sports and entertainment worlds continue to feel the effects of global opposition to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine as the number of barred Russian sports teams and performers and canceled events rises.
- Central Asian Countries Tread Cautiously on Russia's War in Ukraine VOA 01 Mar 2022 -- Despite strategic partnerships with the Kremlin, no Central Asian government has supported Russia's invasion of Ukraine or recognized Luhansk and Donetsk as independent. Russian claims that regional leaders "understand" President Vladimir Putin's decisions have been refuted or ignored.
- Central Asia Takes Economic Hit From Russian War In Ukraine Sooner Than Expected RFE/RL 01 Mar 2022 -- As the ruble tumbles amid the unprecedented Western sanctions being levied on Russia, remittance-dependent households in Central Asia are taking a big hit.
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