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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Senior Defense Official Holds a Background Briefing DoD 19 May 2022
• The operational update regarding the russian invasion on 18.00 on May 19, 2022 Ukraine MOD 19 May 2022
• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 19.05 Ukraine MOD 19 May 2022
• Facts about Russia-Ukraine conflict: Russia says 694 Ukrainian soldiers surrender at Azovstal steel plant People's Daily 19 May 2022 -- The following are the latest developments in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine:
• Russia: 1,730 Ukrainian Troops Have Surrendered in Mariupol VOA 19 May 2022 -- Russia's Defense Ministry said Thursday hundreds more Ukrainian soldiers had surrendered at the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, bringing the total this week to 1,730.
• Ukrainian Prosecutors Seek Life In Prison For Russian Soldier Accused Of War Crime RFE/RL 19 May 2022 -- Prosecutors in Ukraine are seeking life in prison for the first Russian soldier to stand trial on accusations of committing a war crime in Ukraine.
• Russia demands review of sanctions in order to open Black Sea ports Press TV 19 May 2022 -- The Kremlin says anti-Russia sanctions will must be reviewed first if Moscow is to heed an appeal by the United Nations to open Ukraine's Black Sea ports for grain export.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Soyuz-2.1 Rocket With Military Satellite Launched From Plesetsk - MoD Sputnik 19 May 2022 -- The Russian Space Forces successfully launched a Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with a military satellite from the Plesetsk cosmodrome, the Russian Defence Ministry told journalists.
• Meeting with Rosatom CEO Alexei Likhachev President of Russia 19 May 2022 -- Director General of the State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom Alexei Likhachev briefed the President on the corporation's performance.

Foreign Policy

• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's answer to a question from Rossiya Segodnya Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 19 May 2022
• BRICS Joint Statement on "Strengthen BRICS Solidarity and Cooperation, Respond to New Features and Challenges in International Situation" Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 19 May 2022
• Russia expels 27 Spanish diplomats in retaliation People's Daily 19 May 2022 -- Russia has declared 27 Spanish diplomatic staff "personae non gratae" in response to Spain's expulsion of Russian diplomats last month, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.
• US Lawmakers Push Biden to Designate Russia a State Terror Sponsor VOA 19 May 2022 -- U.S. lawmakers of both major political parties are ramping up pressure on the Biden administration to designate Russia a state sponsor of terrorism.
• UK targets Russian airlines with new sanctions UK FCDO 19 May 2022 -- New sanctions on major Russian airlines will prevent them from cashing in on their UK landing slots.
• Telephone conversation with President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev President of Russia 19 May 2022 -- Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.

News Reports

• Russia Issues Additional Arrest Warrants For Four Navalny Associates RFE/RL 19 May 2022 -- A court in Moscow has issued additional arrest warrants for several close associates of jailed opposition politician Aleksei Navalny, this time on charges of creating an extremist group.
• Russia Moves Dodge US Sanctions Aimed at 'Crippling' Oil Sector by Filling Up PRC's Reserves: Report Sputnik 19 May 2022 -- The Biden administration banned Russian oil imports in March, and expressed confidence in April that its European allies would eventually follow suit. On Tuesday, Vladimir Putin said an EU decision to commit "economic suicide" by banning Russian energy was the bloc's "internal affair," and that Russia would proceed from its own economic interests.
• Russia Sends Venezuela 2.5Mln Influenza Vaccines Sputnik 19 May 2022 -- Moscow has delivered 2.5 million influenza vaccines, produced at a Nicaragua-based Russian biopharmaceutical plant, to Venezuela, Russian Ambassador in Caracas Sergey Melik-Bagdasarov said on Thursday.
• 'Russia no threat': China to receive 2 million barrels of Iran oil Press TV 19 May 2022 -- A very large Iranian crude carrier is set to discharge 2 million barrels into an oil terminal in China this week after Western media reports claimed that Beijing might be replacing Iran's barrels with cheaper Russian shipments.