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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Russia Increases Military in Donbas, Demands Ukrainian Troops in Mariupol Surrender VOA 20 Apr 2022 -- Ukraine said Wednesday there was a preliminary agreement in place with Russia to evacuate civilians from the besieged city of Mariupol, while Russia again demanded the remaining Ukrainian troops there give up.
• Russia Launches New Attacks on Mariupol VOA 20 Apr 2022 -- Russia launched new attacks Wednesday on the embattled Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, even as local officials tried to create a humanitarian corridor for women, children and older adults to escape west to the Ukrainian-controlled city of Zaporizhzhia.
• The operational update regarding the russian invasion on 18.00 on April 20, 2022 Ukraine MOD 20 Apr 2022
• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 20.04 Ukraine MOD 20 Apr 2022
• The operational update regarding the russian invasion on 06.00 on April 20, 2022 Ukraine MOD 20 Apr 2022
• Ukrainian Negotiators Offer To Hold Talks In Mariupol To 'Save Our Guys' RFE/RL 20 Apr 2022 -- Ukraine proposed to hold a "special round" of negotiations with Russia in the besieged city of Mariupol after an ultimatum issued by Russia for the surrender of the last troops still resisting in the city expired on April 20.
• Preliminary Agreement Reached On Evacuating Women, Children, Elderly From Mariupol, Says Ukrainian Government RFE/RL 20 Apr 2022 -- Kyiv has reached a preliminary agreement with Russia on creating a humanitarian corridor to evacuate women, children, and the elderly from the besieged city of Mariupol on April 20, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said.
• Russia sets new deadline for Ukrainian forces to surrender in Mariupol Press TV 20 Apr 2022 -- Russia has given the Ukrainian soldiers still holding out in the strategic southern port city of Mariupol a new ultimatum to surrender, as Moscow pushes a new military offensive in Ukraine's east.
• Ukraine, Russia conduct fifth prisoner swap People's Daily 20 Apr 2022 -- Ukraine and Russia on Tuesday conducted their fifth prisoner exchange since the start of the conflict, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said.
• Russia begins second phase of special military operation in Ukraine: Lavrov People's Daily 20 Apr 2022 -- The second phase of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine has begun, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday.
• Putin: Donbass Tragedy Forced Russia to Start Special Military Operation in Ukraine Sputnik 20 Apr 2022 -- The president ordered the launch of the special military operation in Ukraine on 24 February following a request for help from the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR).

Defense Policy / Programs

• Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby Statement Regarding Russian ICBM DoD 20 Apr 2022
• Russia Notified U.S. of ICBM Test Launch DoD News 20 Apr 2022 -- Russia's defense ministry said today the country test-launched one of its Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missiles, and Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby said the Russians had properly notified the United States under its new START Treaty obligations.
• Test launch of Sarmat ICBM President of Russia 20 Apr 2022 -- The President watched, via videoconference, the test launch of the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile and congratulated the Defence Ministry on the successful test.
• Amid War Tensions, Russia Tests New Nuclear-Capable Intercontinental Ballistic Missile RFE/RL 20 Apr 2022 -- Russia said on April 20 that it had conducted the first test-launch of its Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile, a new addition to its nuclear arsenal.
• Roscosmos Plans to Launch Serial Deliveries of ICBM Sarmat to Russian Forces by Fall Sputnik 20 Apr 2022 -- Russian state-owned space agency Roscosmos is planning to start serial shipments of the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Sarmat to the Russian strategic missile forces this fall, Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin said on Wednesday.
• Meeting on metallurgical complex development President of Russia 20 Apr 2022 -- The President chaired a videoconference meeting on the development of the metallurgical complex.
• Ethiopians Line Up at Russian Embassy as Officials Deny Recruitment Effort VOA 20 Apr 2022 -- Hundreds of Ethiopians reportedly have been been lined up for days outside the Russian embassy in Addis Ababa this week in hopes of being recruited to fight for Moscow in its invasion of Ukraine. But the embassy has dismissed claims it is recruiting foreign fighters and says the Ethiopians are there to show their solidarity with Russia.

Foreign Policy

• Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, Moscow, April 20, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 20 Apr 2022
• Russia expels diplomats from Netherlands, Belgium, Austria in retaliatory move People's Daily 20 Apr 2022 -- Russia has declared 15 diplomats from the Netherlands, an unspecified number of diplomats from Belgium, and four diplomats from Austria "personae non gratae" in a tit-for-tat response, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.
• Russia orders 31 European diplomats to leave Press TV 20 Apr 2022 -- Russia's foreign ministry orders 31 European diplomats to leave the country in a reciprocal move sparked by its military operation in Ukraine.
• US, Canada, UK Walk Out of G-20 Meeting Over Russia's Participation VOA 20 Apr 2022 -- Senior leaders of the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom walked out of a meeting of the Group of 20 major economies on Wednesday in protest of the G-20's decision to allow Russian officials, including Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, to participate.
• Finance Ministers From Western Countries Walk Out Of G20 Meeting As Russian Delegates Speak RFE/RL 20 Apr 2022 -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and her Canadian and European counterparts on April 20 led a walkout of a meeting of Group of 20 finance officials in protest against Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
• Joint IMFC and Development Committee Statement by Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen US Treasury 20 Apr 2022 -- The United States, in the strongest terms, condemns Russia's illegal, unprovoked war against Ukraine. Russia's invasion is an assault on fundamental international rules and norms and threatens the core of the international order. The United States stands resolutely with the Ukrainian government and the Ukrainian people.
• Promoting Accountability for Human Rights Abuses in Russia and Belarus and Taking Action Against Sanctions Evaders US Dept. of State 20 Apr 2022 -- President Putin's unprovoked and unjustified war against Ukraine, conducted with the complicity of the Lukashenka regime, continues to cause needless suffering and thousands of civilian casualties. The world has witnessed the horrors of this war in the images from the Ukrainian towns of Bucha, Irpin, and Hostomel, and in Ukrainian towns and cities still occupied or under siege, such as Mariupol.
• U.S. Treasury Designates Facilitators of Russian Sanctions Evasion US Treasury 20 Apr 2022 -- Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated entities and individuals involved in attempts to evade sanctions imposed by the United States and its international partners on Russia. OFAC designated Russian commercial bank Transkapitalbank and a global network of more than 40 individuals and entities led by U.S.-designated Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeyev, including organizations whose primary mission is to facilitate sanctions evasion for Russian entities. OFAC also designated companies operating in Russia's virtual currency mining industry, reportedly the third largest in the world. This is the first time Treasury has designated a virtual currency mining company.

News Reports

• In Rare Move, Russian Billionaire Tinkov Slams 'Crazy War' Against Ukraine RFE/RL 20 Apr 2022 -- A Russian oligarch has written a scathing assessment of President Vladimir Putin's war against Ukraine, touching a nerve on social media where it has attracted tens of thousands of likes in just one day.
• Action Plan on Strengthening Sanctions against the Russian Federation The International Working Group on Russian Sanctions 19 Apr 2022, Released 20 Apr 2022
• CISA, FBI, NSA, and International Partners Issue Advisory on Demonstrated Threats and Capabilities of Russian State-Sponsored and Cyber Criminal Actors CISA 20 Apr 2022 -- The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), along with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), National Security Agency (NSA), Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (CCCS), National Cyber Security Centre New Zealand (NZ NCSC), and the United Kingdom's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-UK) and National Crime Agency (NCA), with contributions from industry members of the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative, issued a joint Cybersecurity Advisory on Russian state-sponsored and criminal cyber threats to critical infrastructure that could impact organizations both within and beyond Ukraine.
• Mothers Of The Moskva: For Relatives Of Missing Sailors, A Lack Of Information Fuels Grief RFE/RL 20 Apr 2022 -- When news that the guided-missile cruiser Moskva had sunk off Crimea reached Tamara Grudinina, nearly 9,000 kilometers to the east, she immediately sent a text message to a number belonging to the headquarters of Russia's Black Sea Fleet asking about the whereabouts of her son, 21-year-old Sergei, a sailor serving on the fleet's flagship.