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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The operational update regarding the russian invasion on 06.00, on July 28, 2022 Ukraine MOD 28 Jul 2022
• Ukraine steps up drive to take south back from Russia with airstrikes Press TV 28 Jul 2022 -- Ukraine has boosted its drive to retake Russian-controlled southern Kherson region with the help of airstrikes, five months into a war between the two ex-Soviet states.
• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 28.07 Ukraine MOD 28 Jul 2022
• The operational update regarding the russian invasion on 06.00, on July 28, 2022 Ukraine MOD 28 Jul 2022
• Russian Air Strikes In Central Ukraine Kill Five As Kyiv Ramps Up Southern Counteroffensive RFE/RL 28 Jul 2022 -- Russian strikes on the central Ukrainian region of Kirovohrad on July 28 killed five people and wounded more than two dozen others, a regional governor said, as Ukraine pushed ahead with its drive to retake the southern Kherson region.
• Russian Missiles Hit Kyiv, Chernihiv Regions VOA 28 Jul 2022 -- For the first time in weeks, Russia launched missiles Thursday at Ukraine's capital area, Kyiv, and the northern Chernihiv region, in what Ukraine alleged was retaliation for its continued resistance to Moscow's invasion.
• Russia Captures Power Plant in Southern Ukraine VOA 28 Jul 2022 -- A Ukrainian official said Wednesday that Russian forces have taken over Ukraine's second-biggest power plant and are carrying out a "massive redeployment" of troops to three regions in southern Ukraine.
• Russian troops capture Ukraine's second biggest power plant Press TV 28 Jul 2022 -- An adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky says Russian forces have taken control of Ukraine's second biggest power plant.

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Foreign Policy

• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's reply to a question from Uzbekistan 24 TV, Tashkent, July 28, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 28 Jul 2022
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 28 Jul 2022
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China Wang Yi Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 28 Jul 2022
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's opening remarks at a meeting with Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China Wang Yi, Tashkent, July 28, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 28 Jul 2022
• OSCE's Moscow Mechanism invoked to examine serious concerns about the Russian Federation's fulfilment of its human rights commitments OSCE 28 Jul 2022 -- Thirty-eight OSCE participating States invoked the OSCE's Moscow Mechanism on 28 July 2022 in order "to establish a mission of experts to look into and report on the ongoing concerns [...] identified as particularly serious threats to the fulfilment of the provisions of the OSCE human dimension by the Russian Federation, to assess Russia's legal and administrative practice in light of its OSCE commitments, to establish the facts, and to provide recommendations and advice".
• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's answer to a media question on the possibility of Russia and the US exchanging Russian and US citizens detained or imprisoned in their respective countries Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 28 Jul 2022
• Russia Confirms Talks About Prisoner Swap, But No Deal Yet Involving Griner, Whelan, Bout RFE/RL 28 Jul 2022 -- Russia has acknowledged that talks with the United States over a prisoner swap likely involving American basketball star Brittney Griner and Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout are ongoing, but no agreement has been reached.
• US Proposes Swapping Prisoners With Russia VOA 28 Jul 2022 -- The United States says it has made a "substantial proposal" to Russia, which government officials described as a prisoner swap that would send convicted Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout back to Moscow to secure the release of American professional basketball star Brittney Griner and accused spy Paul Whelan.
• Latest Invocation of the OSCE Moscow Mechanism US Dept. of State 28 Jul 2022 -- The United States and 37 other countries invoked the OSCE Moscow Mechanism a third time since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
• Poland threatens to break ranks with EU over gas plan Press TV 28 Jul 2022 -- Poland threatens to veto any formal plan obliging the European Union's member to cut gas consumption if such a plan is approved in a "qualified majority" vote not a unanimous one.

News Reports

• Rewards for Justice - Reward Offer for Information on Russian Interference in U.S. Elections US Dept. of State 28 Jul 2022 -- The U.S. Department of State's Rewards for Justice (RFJ) program, administered by the Diplomatic Security Service, is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information on foreign interference in U.S. elections.
• U.S. Offers $10 Million Reward For Information On Russian Election Interference RFE/RL 28 Jul 2022 -- The United States is offering a reward of up to $10 million for information on Russian interference in U.S. elections.
• US Offers Up To $10Mln Reward for Info on Russia's Internet Research Agency, Prigozhin Sputnik 28 Jul 2022 -- The United States is offering up to a $10 million reward for information about Russia's Internet Research Agency, businessman Yevgeniy Prigozhin and others allegedly linked to interference in US elections, the State Department said on Thursday.
• Russian Media Regulator Moves To Annul Novaya Gazeta's Registration RFE/RL 28 Jul 2022 -- Russia's media regulator Roskomnadzor has filed a lawsuit in a Moscow court to revoke the registration of the independent Novaya gazeta newspaper, less than a year after its editor in chief, Dmitry Muratov, won the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize.