Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
22 March 2022 - Russia Special Weapons News
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Ukraine Invasion
- Operational information on 12.00, 22.03.2022 regarding the russian invasion Ukraine MOD 22 Mar 2022
- Operational information on 06.00, 22.03.2022 regarding the russian invasion Ukraine MOD 22 Mar 2022
- Operational information on 24.00, 21.03.2022 regarding the russian invasion Ukraine MOD 22 Mar 2022
- Ukraine Forces Launching Counterattacks as Russian Invasion Stalls VOA 22 Mar 2022 -- Nearly a month after Russian forces invaded Ukraine, there are growing indications Ukrainian forces are going on the offensive, targeting Russian troops and, in some cases, retaking lost ground.
- Senior Defense Official Holds a Background Briefing DoD 22 Mar 2022
- DOD Official: Ukrainian Fighters Continue to Hold Off Russia From Invading Kyiv DoD News 22 Mar 2022 -- Ukrainian forces have continued to hold off Russian attempts at invading the Ukraine capital of Kyiv by about 15 km to the northwest and about 30 km to the east in the past 24 hours, according to a senior Defense Department official, who added there have been "no real changes by the Russians on the ground near Kyiv," in a briefing today.
- Day 27: Battle rages on around Ukrainian capital Kiev Press TV 22 Mar 2022 -- Fierce battle reportedly rages on around Ukraine's capital Kiev as Russian forces push to completely surround the city on the 27th day of a Russian military operation in the ex-Soviet republic.
- Desperate Mariupol Struggles To Hold Off Russians; Ukrainian Advances Reported Near Kyiv RFE/RL 22 Mar 2022 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the besieged port city of Mariupol has been left in "ruins" after days of relentless Russian bombing, as his government pleaded with Moscow to allow the evacuation of civilians and as the UN chief demanded an end to the "absurd" war started by Russia four weeks ago.
- US Sees No Indications Russia Brought in Reinforcements to Ukraine - Senior Official Sputnik 22 Mar 2022 -- The United States has seen no indications that Russia brought in reinforcements as well as foreign fighters to Ukraine, a senior US Defense Department official said on Tuesday.
- Ukraine Demands Russia Allow Aid into Mariupol and Open a Corridor for Safe Civilian Passage VOA 22 Mar 2022 -- Ukraine demanded Tuesday that Russia allow humanitarian aid into Mariupol and let civilians leave the strategic city that has been heavily bombarded by Russia since its invasion of Ukraine started nearly a month ago.
- Day 27: Zelensky rejects Russian ultimatum, urges talks with Putin Press TV 22 Mar 2022 -- Ukraine says it will not obey ultimatums from Russia after Moscow demanded it stop defending besieged Mariupol which has become a focal point of the conflict.
- Kremlin says premature for Putin-Zelensky meeting People's Daily 22 Mar 2022 -- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday that it is too early to talk about a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, as there is no breakthrough yet in the peace talks.
- Kremlin: Russia seeks 'more substantial' talks with Ukraine to end conflict Press TV 22 Mar 2022 -- Russia says it would like to have more "substantial" talks with Kiev to end almost a month of conflict, which has so far forced more than 3.5 million people to flee Ukraine.
Defense Policy / Programs
- Russia Would Only Use Nuclear Weapons if Its Existence Was Threatened, Kremlin Says Sputnik 22 Mar 2022 -- Russia would only use nuclear weapons if it determined its existence as a nation was threatened, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told CNN.
- Moscow Slams US Claims on Chemical Weapons in Russia as Malicious Insinuations Sputnik 22 Mar 2022 -- Washington's claims that Russia allegedly can use chemical and biological weapons are nothing but malicious insinuations, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Tuesday.
- Russia rejects Washington's cyberattack claims, says it doesn't engage in banditry like US Press TV 22 Mar 2022 -- Russia has dismissed the United States' accusations that Moscow might be preparing to launch cyberattacks against American assets, saying that Moscow does not engage in "banditry."
- Kremlin Rejects Biden's Claim of Looming Russian Cyberattack: We Don't Conduct State-Level Banditry Sputnik 22 Mar 2022 -- On Monday, President Biden talked up the dangers that Russian "cyber capacity" poses to the United States, and warned that Russia's President Vladimir Putin will be likely to use cyberattacks now that western sanctions over Ukraine have meant that his "back is against the wall".
- Russia's Upper House to Take Part in Joint Probe With Duma on Biological Labs in Ukraine Sputnik 22 Mar 2022 -- Members of the Federation Council, the upper house of Russia's parliament, will work in a joint commission with the lower house - the State Duma - to investigate US biological laboratories in Ukraine, Grigory Karasin, head of the Council's Foreign Affairs Committee, told Sputnik.
- Ukraine War Heightens French, European Concerns Over Russia's Africa Presence VOA 22 Mar 2022 -- Less than a decade ago, former French president Francois Hollande received a triumphant welcome — and a fretful camel — during a visit to Mali, where cheering crowds hailed France's advances against a fierce Islamist insurgency.
- Russian Military Takes Command of Meridian-M Comms Satellite After Successful Launch Into Orbit Sputnik 22 Mar 2022 -- The Meridian series of dual-use civilian/military communications satellites began to sent to space in the mid-2000s. In 2019, the first upgraded Meridian-M satellite was deployed.
- Japan Protests Russia's Decision to Quit World War Two Peace Talks VOA 22 Mar 2022 -- Japan is protesting Russia's decision to break off negotiations formally ending nearly eight decades of lingering hostilities from World War II because of Tokyo's response over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
- Japan Chides Russia For Withdrawing From Treaty Talks Over Tokyo's Stance On Ukraine RFE/RL 22 Mar 2022 -- Japan has slammed Russia for its decision to withdraw from negotiations aimed at signing a formal World War II peace treaty because of Tokyo's tough stance against Moscow's military action in Ukraine.
- Russia Poised to Make Kuril Islands Preferential Tax Zone, Invites Japanese Investors Sputnik 22 Mar 2022 -- Russian Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District, Yury Trutnev, said on Tuesday that the preferential tax zone in the Kuril Islands will be preserved and all investors, including those from Japan, are welcome.
- Japanese PM Blasts Russia's 'Absolutely Unjustified' Decision to Withdraw From Peace Treaty Dialogue Sputnik 22 Mar 2022 -- Russia's decision to withdraw from dialogue with Japan on a peace treaty is unacceptable, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said, during hearings in the country's upper house of parliament.
Foreign Policy
News Reports
- What Are the Chances of a Kremlin Coup? VOA 22 Mar 2022 -- With Russia's ground invasion largely stalled and stuttering, a minority view is emerging among some Kremlin watchers that Russian leader Vladimir Putin's days are numbered.
- Key Players in Ukraine Conflict Embody Distinct Leadership Styles VOA 22 Mar 2022 -- The ideologue. The charismatic leader. The pragmatist.
- Pro-Kremlin Newspaper Says Hackers To Blame For Russian Military Death Toll Report RFE/RL 22 Mar 2022 -- The Russian pro-Kremlin Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper says hackers attacked its system and briefly published a figure indicating a Russian death toll of nearly 10,000 soldiers from the fighting in Ukraine before editors deleted the information.
- Pro-Kremlin Newspaper Posts Russian Death Toll Of Almost 10,000, Then Deletes It RFE/RL 22 Mar 2022 -- The Russian Komsomolskaya pravda newspaper briefly published a figure indicating a Russian death toll of nearly 10,000 soldiers from the fighting in Europe -- then quickly deleted the information.
- Transport Ministry Says About One-Tenth Of Russia's Planes Impounded Abroad RFE/RL 22 Mar 2022 -- Transport Minister Vitaly Savelyev says 78 Russian-owned airplanes have been seized in foreign countries under international sanctions imposed on Moscow over its ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
- Memorial Says Russian Supreme Court Rejects Appeal Of Closure Order RFE/RL 22 Mar 2022 -- Memorial International, Russia's most venerated human rights groups, says the country's Supreme Court has turned down its appeal of a ruling forcing it to close by claiming it violated the onerous "foreign agent" law, which is increasingly being used to shut down civil-society and media groups.
- Navalny's Team Says Data Links Putin To $700 Million Superyacht RFE/RL 22 Mar 2022 -- The team of jailed Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny has published details about a superyacht that they suspect belongs to President Vladimir Putin.
- Navalny Jailed For Nine Years On Charges He Denies RFE/RL 22 Mar 2022 -- A Russian court has found opposition politician Aleksei Navalny guilty of embezzlement and contempt charges and handed him a sentence of nine years as authorities continue to crack down on the Kremlin's most vocal critic and civil society as a whole.
- Moscow Court Sentences Navalny to 9 Years in Prison in Fraud, Contempt of Court Case Sputnik 22 Mar 2022 -- A Moscow district court has sentenced jailed opposition figure Alexey Navalny to nine years in a strict-regime penal colony in a criminal case of fraud and contempt of court, judge Margarita Kotova said on Tuesday.
- Aleksey Navalny Unjustly Convicted Again US Dept. of State 22 Mar 2022 -- "We condemn Russian authorities' politically-motivated conviction and sentencing of opposition leader Aleksey Navalny on additional spurious charges to nine more years in a high security prison. This outlandish prison term is a continuation of the Kremlin's years-long assault on Navalny and on his movement for government transparency and accountability."
- Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on the arrest of internet blogger Kirill Fedorov in Latvia Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 22 Mar 2022
- Russian Lawmakers Approve Broadening Of Law On Spreading 'False Information' RFE/RL 22 Mar 2022 -- Russian lawmakers have approved a law criminalizing the distribution of "deliberately false information" about the operations of state entities, including embassies abroad, in an expansion of a much criticized piece of legislation that prompted several media outlets to suspend their Russian operations.
- Russian Instagrammers Face Uncertain Future As Government Tightens Control Over Social Media RFE/RL 22 Mar 2022 -- They come from all over Russia: A fitness instructor from Vladivostok in the Far East; a barbershop owner from Chita near the Chinese border; young influencers from Angarsk and Ulan-Ude in Siberia; a health consultant in Moscow; a photographer from Dagestan in the North Caucasus; and a content expert from Krasnodar in the south.
- Interview: Will The Russian Internet Resemble China's 'Great Firewall'? RFE/RL 22 Mar 2022 -- Russia's outlawing of Facebook and Instagram after declaring the activities of the sites' parent company, Meta Platforms, as "extremist" is part of a broadening crackdown on free speech inside the country since Moscow's war with Ukraine started last month.
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