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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Russian Military Official Shifts Rhetoric, Says Army Now Focusing On 'Liberation' Of Eastern Ukrainian Regions RFE/RL 25 Mar 2022 -- Russia's Defense Ministry has indicated that it has scaled back its goals in Ukraine, announcing on March 25 that the first phase of its military operation was complete and it would now focus on two eastern regions claimed by Russia-backed separatists.
• Ex-president says sanctions won't sway Russia as conflict enters second month Press TV 25 Mar 2022 -- Former president Dmitry Medvedev says sanctions won't sway Russia as the West cranks up pressure on Moscow and the conflict with Ukraine enters the second month.
• Operational information on 18.00, 25.03.2022 regarding the russian invasion Ukraine MOD 25 Mar 2022
• Operational information on 12.00, 25.03.2022 regarding the russian invasion Ukraine MOD 25 Mar 2022
• Operational information on 06.00, 25.03.2022 regarding the russian invasion Ukraine MOD 25 Mar 2022
• Operational information on 24.00, 24.03.2022 regarding the russian invasion Ukraine MOD 25 Mar 2022
• Senior Defense Official Holds a Background Briefing DoD 25 Mar 2022
• In Ukraine, Russian Activity Now More Focused on Donbas Than Kyiv DoD News 25 Mar 2022 -- In Ukraine, the Russians are still launching airstrikes on the capital city of Kyiv, but it appears the Russian military is less interested now in conducting ground operations there than they have been in the past and are instead now focused on an eastern area of the country known as the Donbas.
• Ukraine Tactics Disrupt Russian Invasion, Western Officials Say VOA 25 Mar 2022 -- Western defense officials say Ukraine has been employing agile insurgency tactics to disrupt Russia's invasion, and in the suburbs northwest and east of Kyiv, to push their adversaries back.
• Russia Says 1,351 Of Its Soldiers Have Died In Ukraine, Well Below Western Estimates RFE/RL 25 Mar 2022 -- Russia says 1,351 of its soldiers have died in the fighting in Ukraine, the first casualty update that Moscow has given in more than three weeks and a figure well below Western intelligence and Ukrainian estimates.
• Mariupol Officials Say About 300 Civilians Dead In Russian Strike On Theater RFE/RL 25 Mar 2022 -- Authorities in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol say that according to eyewitness accounts, about 300 civilians died in a Russian air strike on a historic theater that was being used as a bomb shelter by hundreds of civilians.
• Russian armed forces take control of Ukraine's Izyum city People's Daily 25 Mar 2022 -- Russia's armed forces have taken control of the city of Izyum in Ukraine's Kharkov region, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said Thursday.
• Ukraine sets up 7 humanitarian corridors People's Daily 25 Mar 2022 -- Ukraine set up seven humanitarian corridors on Thursday to evacuate civilians, the government-run Ukrinform news agency reported, citing Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Meeting with winners of 2021 Presidential Prize for young cultural professionals and for writing and art for children and young people President of Russia 25 Mar 2022 -- "Russian culture always protected Russia's national identity. While readily taking in all the best and constructive, it patently rejected anything false or momentary, anything that would disrupt the continuity of our spiritual values, moral principles, and historical memory. This unique quality reliably protects the Russian people even today, when seemingly eternal concepts and norms are being eroded and undermined in different countries, history is being distorted, and the laws of nature itself are being violated. In a number of countries - mainly the so-called Western countries - these processes have not just permeated politics, society, sports and education, but they often run the show in these areas, they are being aggressively imposed. Suffice it to mention the notion of cancel culture, which generally refers to public ostracism, boycotting, and sometimes withholding, even oblivion of certain obvious facts, books, names of historical and modern public figures, writers or anyone who does not fit into modern patterns, no matter how absurd they actually are."
• Armenian Deputy Seeks Answers From Russian Peacekeepers After Skirmish Kills Three Ethnic Armenian Soldiers RFE/RL 25 Mar 2022 -- YEREVAN -- Armenia expects Russian peacekeepers to provide "clear answers" over the latest escalation in Nagorno-Karabakh, where at least three ethnic Armenian soldiers were killed and several more wounded in clashes with Azerbaijani troops.

Foreign Policy

• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's comment on the UN Security Council vote on the Russian draft resolution on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 25 Mar 2022
• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's comment on the UN General Assembly vote on the French-Mexican draft resolution on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 25 Mar 2022 -- On March 24, the resumed 11th Emergency Special Session of the UN General Assembly voted for the French-Mexican resolution on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine.
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's opening remarks at a meeting with President of the Republic of Abkhazia Aslan Bzhaniya, Moscow, March 25, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 25 Mar 2022
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks at a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund, Moscow, March 25, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 25 Mar 2022
• Europe borrows anti-Russia tactics from Nazi Germany: Lavrov Press TV 25 Mar 2022 -- Russia's foreign minister says the West has declared a "total war" against his country, employing tactics comparable to those of the Nazi Germany.
• Background Press Call on the U.S. and the European Commission's Task Force to Reduce Europe's Dependence on Russian Fossil Fuels The White House 25 Mar 2022
• Remarks by President Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Joint Press Statement The White House 25 Mar 2022
• Joint Statement between the United States and the European Commission on European Energy Security The White House 25 Mar 2022 -- "The United States and the European Commission are committed to reducing Europe's dependency on Russian energy. We reaffirm our joint commitment to Europe's energy security and sustainability and to accelerating the global transition to clean energy. In condemning in the strongest terms Russia's further invasion of Ukraine, we express our solidarity and support for Ukraine. We share the objective of addressing the energy security emergency - to ensure energy supply for the EU and Ukraine."
• FACT SHEET: United States and European Commission Announce Task Force to Reduce Europe's Dependence on Russian Fossil Fuels The White House 25 Mar 2022
• EU, U.S. Strike LNG Deal In Bid To Reduce Bloc's Dependence On Russian Gas RFE/RL 25 Mar 2022 -- The European Union and the United States have struck a deal under which the bloc will receive at least 15 billion cubic meters of U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) this year in an effort to wean itself off Russian gas imports.
• Going deeper and broader to ensure Putin fails: article by Liz Truss UK FCDO 25 Mar 2022 -- Writing in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) the Foreign Secretary explains our mission to help restore Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
• China ramps up pro-Russian propaganda at home but stalls petrochemical talks Radio Free Asia 25 Mar 2022 -- China, the sole world supporter of what analysts termed a "bizarre" motion from Russia in the United Nations Security Council, has ordered schools to back the Russian invasion of Ukraine, while at the same time suspending talks on potential energy investments in Russia by state-owned Sinopec.

News Reports

• The Week In Russia: Navalny, Ukraine, And Nuclear Signaling RFE/RL 25 Mar 2022 -- Jailed Kremlin foe Aleksei Navalny was handed a new, nine-year prison sentence, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu disappeared for 12 days, and longtime government figure Anatoly Chubais reportedly left Russia for good. Meanwhile, Moscow stepped up its nuclear scare tactics as the war raged in Ukraine.
• Human Rights Commissioner advocates support to Russian civil society Council of Europe 25 Mar 2022 -- The Human Rights Commissioner has expressed appreciation for the courageous work of civil society actors. Dunja Mijatović stressed that support to human rights defenders and journalists, including those from the Russian Federation and Belarus, will remain one of the priorities for her future action.
• Is Yandex, Russia's Marquee Tech Company, In Trouble? One Former Board Member Says Yes. RFE/RL 25 Mar 2022 -- It's Russia's Google, a multibillion-dollar, homegrown technology company that dominates the country's e-commerce, offering everything from search engine results and food delivery to car sharing and an online marketplace.
• Anti-War Protester Who Disrupted Russian News Program Charged With 'Discrediting' Army RFE/RL 25 Mar 2022 -- A Russian TV news editor who protested Russia's invasion of Ukraine by interrupting a live news broadcast on Russian state television earlier in March has been charged with "discrediting" the armed forces.
• U.S. Accuses Three FSB Officers, Russian Ministry Programmer Of Hacking Nuclear, Energy Firms RFE/RL 25 Mar 2022 -- U.S. authorities have accused three Russian intelligence officers of hacking U.S. nuclear companies and others for nearly six years, charging them and another man employed by the Russian Defense Ministry of computer conspiracy and other crimes.
• 'Iran dismisses Daily Telegraph report on secret offer to Russia' Press TV 25 Mar 2022 -- An informed source with Iran's Foreign Ministry has dismissed a report by the UK newspaper Daily Telegraph on a secret offer Iran has given Russia to help Moscow evade Western sanctions in exchange for a new deal with the P4+1 group of countries.