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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The operational update regarding the russian invasion on 18.00 on April 14, 2022 Ukraine MOD 14 Apr 2022
• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 14.04 Ukraine MOD 14 Apr 2022
• The operational update regarding the russian invasion on 06.00 on April 14, 2022 Ukraine MOD 14 Apr 2022
• Senior Defense Official Holds A Background Briefing, April 14, 2022 DoD 14 Apr 2022
• Russian Defense Ministry: Damaged Moskva Cruiser Sunk After Entering Stormy Waters Sputnik 14 Apr 2022 -- The Russian Ministry of Defense announced on Thursday that the missile cruiser Moskva had sunk in the Black Sea.
• Key Russian Ship Sinks In Black Sea, Russia Says As Battle Around Mariupol Continues RFE/RL 14 Apr 2022 -- Russia's guided-missile cruiser Moskva, the flagship of Russia's Black Sea fleet, has sunk in the Black Sea after being damaged during the military operation in Ukraine, Russia's Defense Ministry said late on April 14.
• Ukraine Says Nine Humanitarian Corridors Agreed With Russian Forces RFE/RL 14 Apr 2022 -- Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk says nine humanitarian corridors have been agreed upon with Russia to allow for the evacuation of civilians from several cities, including the besieged port of Mariupol.
• Sailors Still Battling Fire on Russian Cruiser Moskva, Says DOD Official DoD News 14 Apr 2022 -- The Russian guided-missile cruiser Moskva is believed to have experienced an onboard explosion with resulting fire damage, said a senior Defense Department official who briefed the media today.
• Fire on Russian Missile Cruiser Moskva Contained, MoD Says Sputnik 14 Apr 2022 -- Fire on board of the Russian missile cruiser Moskva is contained and the risk of further detonation of the ammunition on board is averted, the Russian Defence Ministry has stated.
• Russia's Moskva Missile Cruiser Seriously Damaged by Fire, Blast of Ammunition, Ministry Says Sputnik 14 Apr 2022 -- Russia's Moskva missile cruiser, the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, has been hit be heavy fire and the following detonation of ammunition, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
• Facts about Russia-Ukraine conflict: Russia, Ukraine release contradictory information on fight in Mariupol People's Daily 14 Apr 2022 -- Relevant parties are working to broker a peaceful solution to the Russia-Ukraine conflict as Mariupol, a key port on the Azov Sea in eastern Ukraine, has witnessed the worst violence in the war so far. The following are the latest developments:
• Russia Accuses Ukraine Of Shelling Its Bryansk Region, Kyiv Rejects Claim RFE/RL 14 Apr 2022 -- Authorities in Russia's Bryansk region bordering Ukraine have accused Kyiv of shelling the Russian town of Klimovo and allegedly causing casualties, while the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (RNBO) rejected the accusations, calling them "an attempt to ignite anti-Ukraine hysteria in Russia."
• Russia Says 2 Ukrainian Combat Helicopters Invaded Russian Airspace, Struck Residential Buildings Sputnik 14 Apr 2022 -- Authorities in the Bryansk region of Russia earlier reported the shelling of a border crossing with Ukraine and attacks against a nearby settlement, which resulted in seven people being injured, two of them are in critical condition.
• Russian Troops Likely Violated International Humanitarian Law In Ukraine, Report Says RFE/RL 14 Apr 2022 -- Experts with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) say they found "clear patterns" of violations of international humanitarian law by Russian forces in Ukraine.

Defense Policy / Programs

• The Role of Intelligence at a Transformational Moment - Speech by CIA Director William Burns CIA 14 Apr 2022
• US Spy Chief Warns of Russia's Nuclear Threats, 'Potential Desperation' VOA 14 Apr 2022 -- Russia's nuclear saber-rattling has the attention of top U.S. intelligence officials, some of whom are expressing growing concern about the Kremlin's willingness to unleash some of its nuclear arsenal as it faces "potential desperation" in Ukraine.
• Russia will deploy nuclear arms in Baltic Sea if Finland, Sweden join NATO: Moscow warns Press TV 14 Apr 2022 -- Former Russian president, Dmitry Medvedev, has warned that Moscow will deploy nuclear weapons close to the Baltic States if Finland and Sweden join the US-led NATO.
• Meeting on current situation in oil and gas sector President of Russia 14 Apr 2022 -- Vladimir Putin held a meeting on the current situation in the oil and gas sector, via videoconference.
• Russia to redirect energy exports to East amid European threats Press TV 14 Apr 2022 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin says the country will need to create infrastructure to redirect its massive energy exports eastward amid rising threats by European countries that they will reduce or cut natural gas imports from Russia in the future.
• Putin Accuses Western Banks Of Failing To Pay For Russian Gas In Rubles RFE/RL 14 Apr 2022 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused Western banks of failing to pay for Russian gas supplies after he demanded that European Union member states and other countries pay for Russian gas in rubles.

Foreign Policy

• Russia imposing tit-for-tat sanctions on US, Canadian lawmakers: Ministry Press TV 14 Apr 2022 -- Russia says it is imposing sanctions on hundreds of US lawmakers and dozens of Canadian senators in retaliation for similar measures by Washington and Ottawa against more than 300 Russian legislators last month.
• Commerce Department Identifies First Belarusian and More Russian Aircraft Exported to Belarus and Russia in Apparent Violation of U.S. Export Controls US Dept. of Commerce 14 Apr 2022 -- Updated List Continues Effort to Notify Public that Providing Any Form of Service to These Aircraft is Also a Likely Violation of U.S. Law
• EU Kills Last Opportunity for Weapons Exports to Russia, Reports Say Sputnik 14 Apr 2022 -- The fifth package of EU sanctions imposed on Russia over its special military operation in Ukraine has killed the last opportunity for the bloc to supply weapons to the country, Belgian broadcaster RTBF reported on Thursday.
• UK hits key Russian oligarchs with sanctions worth up to £10 billion UK FCDO 14 Apr 2022 -- The government announces that the UK has today sanctioned Eugene Tenenbaum and David Davidovich.
• Cyprus Starts To Strip Citizenship From Four Russian Billionaires RFE/RL 14 Apr 2022 -- Cyprus has started the process of stripping citizenship from four Russian billionaires and 17 members of their families.

News Reports

• Russian Legislator and Two Staff Members Charged with Conspiring to Have U.S. Citizen Act as an Illegal Agent of the Russian Government in the United States US Dept. of Justice 14 Apr 2022 -- Russian Legislator Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Babakov and Staff Members Aleksandr Nikolayevich Vorobev and Mikhail Alekseyevich Plisyuk, Allegedly Conspired to Violate U.S. Sanctions, Have a U.S. Citizen Act as an Unregistered Agent of Russia, and Fraudulently Obtain Visas to Enter the U.S. in Furtherance of a Global Foreign Influence Scheme for the Russian Government
• Russian Lawmaker, Staffers Charged With Spreading Disinformation To Sway U.S. Public Opinion On Ukraine RFE/RL 14 Apr 2022 -- A Russian State Duma legislator and two aides have been charged in the United States with conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions over an alleged international foreign influence and disinformation network to advance Russian interests.
• Russian Media Say Popular Computer Fonts Blocked Amid Sanctions Over War In Ukraine RFE/RL 14 Apr 2022 -- Monotype Imaging, the U.S. company that owns several of the most popular fonts used on computers, says it has blocked access to its catalogue for users in Russia amid ongoing international sanctions imposed on Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine.
• Navalny Lawyer Sobol's Suspended Sentence Converted To Prison Term RFE/RL 14 Apr 2022 -- A court in Moscow has replaced the 18-month parole-like sentence handed to opposition politician Lyubov Sobol, a close associate of jailed anti-corruption campaigner Aleksei Navalny, to actual prison time, saying she had violated the terms of her punishment by leaving the country.
• Le Pen outlines foreign policy vision, seeks rapprochement between NATO, Russia Press TV 14 Apr 2022 -- French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has said she would pull France out of NATO's military command and push for closer links between the military alliance and Russia once the war in Ukraine is over.