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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The operational update regarding the russian invasion on 18.00, on July 19, 2022 Ukraine MOD 20 Jul 2022
• Another step taken in the Ramstein format to strengthen the defense of Ukraine - Oleksii Reznikov Ukraine MOD 20 Jul 2022
• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 20.07 Ukraine MOD 20 Jul 2022
• The operational update regarding the russian invasion on 06.00, on July 20, 2022 Ukraine MOD 20 Jul 2022
• Ukraine Strikes Key Bridge In Russian-Occupied Territory As Moscow Struggles To Achieve 'Minimal Gains' RFE/RL 20 Jul 2022 -- The Ukrainian military used modern Western-made artillery to strike and seriously damage a strategic bridge in Moscow-occupied southern Ukraine as Russia's top diplomat warned that Moscow's "geographical" objectives in the war had changed and now extend beyond the previously stated goal of occupying the eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
• Russia's Lavrov Says Moscow Wants More Territory; US Sees a Grinding War VOA 20 Jul 2022 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Wednesday that Moscow wants to capture territory in southern Ukraine beyond the eastern Donbas region as the U.S. and its allies committed more military aid to Ukraine.
• Russia's objectives in Ukraine now extend beyond Donbas: Lavrov Press TV 20 Jul 2022 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said Moscow's military "tasks" in Ukraine have now gone beyond the eastern region of Donbas due to constant supplies of Western equipment, weapons, and ammunition to Kiev.
• Why Russian Soldiers Are Refusing To Fight In The War On Ukraine RFE/RL 20 Jul 2022 -- For 4 1/2 months, Corporal Ilya Kaminsky and his fellow soldiers from the 11th Separate Air Assault Brigade have waged war, as part of the grinding Russian military offensive that has slowly pushed Ukrainian troops back in eastern Ukraine.

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Foreign Policy

• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's answer to a media question regarding statements by Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 20 Jul 2022
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's interview with RT television, Sputnik agency and Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency, Moscow, July 20, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 20 Jul 2022
• US, UK Want to Turn Russia Against Europe by Supplying Ukraine With Weapons, Lavrov Tells Sputnik Sputnik 20 Jul 2022 -- By arming Ukraine, the West seeks to pit European countries against Russia, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said, adding that the strategy is advantageous for the United States.
• Press release on another shipment of Russian humanitarian aid to Afghanistan Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 20 Jul 2022
• Russia Placed On U.S. Human Trafficking Report, Child Soldier List RFE/RL 20 Jul 2022 -- The United States has placed Russia on a list of countries engaged in human trafficking or forced labor, the U.S. State Department said on July 19.
• Russia: Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the 10th anniversary of the introduction of the Law on Foreign Agents EC/CEU 20 Jul 2022 -- Today marks the tenth anniversary of the signing by President Putin of the law on "foreign agents", a decade shaped by the Russian authorities' growing fear of critical voices from within Russian society.
• EU Bans Gold Imports As Part Of Seventh Sanctions Package Against Russia RFE/RL 20 Jul 2022 -- EU ambassadors have adopted a new round of sanctions on Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine.
• Brussels Calls on EU Member States to Slash Natural Gas Use VOA 20 Jul 2022 -- With tensions growing over the war in Ukraine and Russia's energy cuts, the European Union's executive arm is calling on member nations to cut natural gas consumption by 15% between August and next March to avoid what it calls energy 'blackmail" — and its potentially catastrophic economic fallout.
• EU Proposes 15 Percent Cut In Gas Consumption To Offset Russian 'Blackmail' RFE/RL 20 Jul 2022 -- The European Commission has proposed introducing a voluntary 15 percent cut in target gas usage for European Union member states in case of a cutoff of Russian flows of the fuel to Europe.
• Iran-Russia relations have nothing to do with US: Foreign Ministry spokesman ISNA 20 Jul 2022 -- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani called the 7th Summit of the Guarantor States of the Astana Process in Tehran with the presidents of Iran, Turkey and Russia in attendance "constructive", saying that Iran welcomed UAE's willingness to send an ambassador to Tehran.
• Putin urges implementation of JCPOA with mutual guarantee IRNA 20 Jul 2022 -- Russia's President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that all parties to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal should maintain and revive it.
• Raisi, Putin vow to expand Iran-Russia cooperation, ensure regional security People's Daily 20 Jul 2022 -- Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin held talks here on Tuesday, agreeing to further strengthen bilateral relations and expand cooperation to ensure security in the region.
• Iran, Russia sign MoU for petroleum investment People's Daily 20 Jul 2022 -- Tehran and Moscow on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding, based on which the latter is expected to make an investment worth roughly 40 billion U.S. dollars in Iran's petroleum industry, the Iranian Oil Ministry's news service Shana reported.
• Syrian conflict has no military solution: Iran, Russia, Turkey IRNA 20 Jul 2022 -- Presidents of Iran, Russia and Turkey said in a joint statement on Tuesday that there could be no military solution to the Syrian conflict.
• Iran voices concern about potential Turkish invasion of Syria as Erdogan renews case for operation Press TV 20 Jul 2022 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian expresses concern regarding a fresh potential Turkish invasion of northern Syria, which Ankara might undertake under the pretext of fighting "terrorists."
• Iran, Russia, Turkey hold 7th summit of Astana peace process Press TV 19 Jul 2022 -- Iran, Russia, and Turkey have held a trilateral summit on the Syria peace process, condemning foreign meddling and emphasizing Syrians' right to determine their country's fate.

News Reports

• Aspen Security Forum Fireside Chat: CIA Director William Burns / NBC Correspondent Andrea Mitchell CIA 20 Jul 2022
• Russia Remains China's Largest Oil Supplier For Second Month Running RFE/RL 20 Jul 2022 -- Russia was China's main oil supplier for the second month running in June as buyers shunned Saudi Arabian crude to take advantage of lower-priced supplies offered by Moscow.
• Putin Says Gazprom Will Fulfill Its Gas Export Obligations RFE/RL 20 Jul 2022 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin says state-owned energy giant Gazprom is ready to fulfil its obligations on gas exports.