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08 May 2022 - Russia Special Weapons News
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Ukraine Invasion
Defense Policy / Programs
- Greetings to leaders and citizens of foreign states on 77th anniversary of Victory in Great Patriotic War President of Russia 08 May 2022 -- On the occasion of the 77th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, Vladimir Putin sent messages of greetings to the leaders and people of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, the Donetsk People's Republic, the Lugansk People's Republic, as well as the peoples of Georgia and Ukraine.
- Greetings to Ukrainian Great Patriotic War veterans President of Russia 08 May 2022 -- Vladimir Putin has sent his Victory Day greetings to Ukrainian veterans of the Great Patriotic War.
- Putin Says DPR, LPR Military Fight for Liberation From Nazis as Did Their Ancestors Sputnik 08 May 2022 -- The servicemen of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR) are fighting alongside the Russian military, who have been taking part in the special military operation in Ukraine since 24 February. President Vladimir Putin stressed that the operation was aimed at ending the "genocide" of the Donbass people.
- Russia will be victorious in Ukraine as in 1945, Putin vows Press TV 08 May 2022 -- President Vladimir Putin says Russia will come out victorious in Ukraine as it won World War II in 1945.
- Finnish and Swedish NATO Membership Could Turn Region Into 'Theater of War', Russian Envoy Warns Sputnik 08 May 2022 -- Finland's and Sweden's possible accession into NATO would be detrimental to their security and that of Europe, Russian Ambassador to Canada Oleg Stepanov told Sputnik.
Foreign Policy
- G7 Leaders' Statement The White House 08 May 2022 -- "Today, on 8 May, we, the Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7), alongside Ukraine and the wider global community, commemorate the end of the Second World War in Europe and the liberation from fascism and the National Socialist reign of terror, which caused immeasurable destruction, unspeakable horrors and human suffering. We mourn the millions of victims and offer our respect, especially to all those who paid the ultimate price to defeat the National Socialist regime, including the western Allies and the Soviet Union."
- Background Press Call by a Senior Administration Official on the U.S. and G7 Actions to Impose Additional Severe Costs for Putin's War Against Ukraine The White House 08 May 2022
- FACT SHEET: United States and G7 Partners Impose Severe Costs for Putin's War Against Ukraine The White House 08 May 2022
- US, Allies Bolster Ukraine Support VOA 08 May 2022 -- The United States and other leading economies in the Group of Seven nations Sunday agreed to ban or phase out the purchase of Russian oil, directly targeting a major source of income for Moscow to pay for its 10-week invasion of Ukraine.
- G7 leaders impose new sanctions on Russia; pledge to phase out oil imports Press TV 08 May 2022 -- The Group of Seven industrialized countries announce a new round of sanctions against Russia over its ongoing military operation in Ukraine, vowing that the "unprecedented" bans would hit Russia's economic arteries hard.
- Targeting Russia's Financial, Defense, and Marine Sectors and Promoting Accountability for Russian and Belarusian Military Officials US Dept. of State 08 May 2022 -- "As the people of Ukraine continue to fight bravely against Russia's brutality, we will continue imposing severe costs to hold President Putin accountable for his utter disregard for human rights and fundamental freedoms. We also will hold to account those involved in his war of choice, including those suspected of taking part in atrocities and human rights abuses against civilians."
- State Department Actions to Promote Accountability and Impose Costs on the Russian Government for Putin's Aggression against Ukraine US Dept. of State 08 May 2022 -- The Department of State is taking additional actions to hold accountable those engaged in human rights abuses, to impose severe costs on the Government of the Russian Federation (GoR), and to degrade the Kremlin's ability to support Putin's unprovoked and unjustified war against Ukraine and fund its war of aggression.
- U.S. Treasury Takes Sweeping Action Against Russia's War Efforts US Treasury 08 May 2022 -- Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated individuals and entities critical to Russia's ability to wage war against Ukraine. These include the board members of two of Russia's most important banks, a Russian state-owned bank and 10 of its subsidiaries, a state-supported weapons manufacturer, and three of Russia's state-controlled television stations that generate revenue for the state.
- U.S. Sanctions Russian TV Stations, Prohibits Accounting Services After G7 Leaders Meet RFE/RL 08 May 2022 -- The United States has unveiled sanctions against three Russian television stations and executives from Gazprombank along with a ban on Americans providing accounting and consulting services to Russians after the leaders of the Group of 7 (G7) met virtually with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to discuss Russia's war against Ukraine.
- US imposes visa restrictions on thousands of Russian military officers Press TV 08 May 2022 -- The US has imposed a new round of visa restrictions on thousands of Russian military officers in response to Moscow's conflict with Ukraine.
- PACE President Tiny Kox Says Putin Is 'Dangerous' Because He Has 'Burnt So Many Bridges' RFE/RL 08 May 2022 -- The president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has said that the Kremlin should initiate a cease-fire in Ukraine because Russia has "blatantly violated international law," even though Russian President Vladimir Putin has now "burnt so many bridges" he is now "very dangerous."
- Televised address by Olaf Scholz, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany and Member of the German Bundestag, on the anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe Berlin, 8 May 2022 Germany - Federal Government 08 May 2022 -- "The Second World War came to an end in Europe 77 years ago today. (...) Millions of people fell on the battlefields. Millions were murdered in their towns and villages, in concentration camps and extermination camps. Germans were the ones who perpetrated this crime against humanity. It is therefore all the more painful to see how today, at the heart of Europe, 77 years after the end of the Second World War, brutal violence is once again breaking the law. How Russia's army is slaughtering men, women and children in Ukraine, laying waste to towns and cities, even attacking those attempting to flee. "
- Statement by President von der Leyen ahead of Europe Day European Commission 08 May 2022
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