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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Fighting Centers in Ukraine's Eastern Donbas Region VOA 16 Jul 2022 -- Fighting raged in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region as Russian and Ukrainian forces exchanged artillery fire Saturday. Earlier, Russian cruise missiles exploded across several Ukrainian cities and towns including damaging residential buildings.
• Russia orders troops to step up operations in eastern Ukraine Press TV 16 Jul 2022 -- Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has ordered military units to step up operations to prevent strikes on Russian-controlled areas in eastern Ukraine.
• Russia Orders Troop To Intensify Attacks As Missiles, Shelling Blast Ukrainian Cities RFE/RL 16 Jul 2022 -- Ukrainian authorities reported that Russian missile strikes and shelling had killed at least 16 civilians in cities throughout the country after the Kremlin's military leaders said they had ordered troops to "further intensify" their actions in all areas.
• Russian Defense Minister Orders to Boost Offensive to Prevent Ukrainian Strikes Against Civilians Sputnik 16 Jul 2022 -- Kiev's troops have been targeting civilian infrastructure over the past months, which has led to multiple deaths in Donbass and in the Kherson region.
• Ankara Hopes to Quickly Implement Ukrainian Grain Plan Sputnik 16 Jul 2022 -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, during a telephone conversation with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, said on Saturday that if the plan for Ukrainian grain is quickly implemented, then the situation with global food security can be eased.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Iran rejects U.S. claim of sending drones to Russia as "baseless" People's Daily 16 Jul 2022 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Friday rejected a recent U.S. claim that Iran is providing Russia with drones for use in Ukraine as "baseless" and politically motivated.
• U.S. Claims Intelligence Shows Russians Shopping For Iranian Military Drones Ahead Of Putin Visit RFE/RL 16 Jul 2022 -- The White House has released what it says is intelligence showing that Russian officials have recently visited an airfield in Iran to see unmanned, weaponized drones it wants to acquire to use in its ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
• Source Suggests That Russian Tornado-S Smart Missiles Surpass US HIMARS Munitions Sputnik 16 Jul 2022 -- Precision-guided munition of the Russian Tornado-S multiple rocket launcher have demonstrated high accuracy and efficiency in Ukraine and have an advantage over the smart weapons of the US HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System), an informed source told Sputnik.

Foreign Policy

• Yellen Touts Progress On Russian Oil Price Cap, But Summit Of G20 Finance Chiefs Ends Without Communique RFE/RL 16 Jul 2022 -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Group of 20 finance chiefs had productive talks in Indonesia about a proposal to cap the prices countries would pay for Russian oil.
• EU to ban Russian gold imports in new sanctions package People's Daily 16 Jul 2022 -- The European Commission on Friday adopted a proposal for a seventh package of measures that will ban the importation of Russian gold.
• EU Executive Proposes New Sanctions On Russia, Including Import Ban On Gold RFE/RL 16 Jul 2022 -- The European Union has targeted Russian gold exports in a seventh package of sanctions proposed by the European Commission on July 15.
• Hungary PM slams EU's bans on Russia as 'shot in the lungs' Press TV 16 Jul 2022 -- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has blasted the European Union for imposing ill-considered sanctions on Russia, saying the bloc "shot itself in the lungs" by doing so.
• Iran's Bank Melli and Russia's Sberbank sign MoUs Press TV 16 Jul 2022 -- Iran's largest lender Bank Melli has signed some major memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with Russia's largest bank, Sberbank, amid efforts by Iran and Russia to boost their banking and trade ties.

News Reports

• Gazprom Expects Siemens to Confirm if Return of Gas Turbine for Nord Stream Possible Sputnik 16 Jul 2022 -- Energy giant Gazprom filed a request with Siemens, asking the German company to provide documents allowing the export of the gas turbine for the Portovaya compressor station (CS), essential for the operation of the Nord Stream 1, the Russian corporation said on Saturday.
• OSCE Media Freedom Representative denounces new legal restrictions in Russia as "deeply troubling for freedom of expression and media freedom" OSCE 15 Jul 2022 -- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Teresa Ribeiro, today denounced the continued shrinking space for freedom of expression and media freedom in Russia as the authorities enact more restrictive laws.