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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Senior Defense Official and Senior Military Official Hold a Background Briefing DoD 29 Jul 2022
• Defense Official Says Sanctions Nearly Stall Russian Offensive in Ukraine DoD News 29 Jul 2022 -- Fighting continues in the east and south of Ukraine as Russian advances slow to a crawl, grind to a halt in some places, or are slowly reversed in areas like Kherson, a senior Defense Department official said today.
• Russia, Ukraine Accuse Each Other of Prison Attacks That Killed Ukrainian POWs VOA 29 Jul 2022 -- Dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war were killed when a prison in eastern Ukraine was destroyed in a missile strike. Russia and Ukraine on Friday accused each other of carrying out the attack. Neither claim could be independently verified.
• The operational update regarding the russian invasion on 18.00, on July 29, 2022 Ukraine MOD 29 Jul 2022
• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 29.07 Ukraine MOD 29 Jul 2022
• The operational update regarding the russian invasion on 06.00, on July 29, 2022 Ukraine MOD 29 Jul 2022
• Ukraine Pushes Attack In South As Russia Faces Troop Shortage In East RFE/RL 29 Jul 2022 -- Ukrainian forces have stepped up their counteroffensive to regain lost territory in the south, as Russia launched deadly strikes in central Ukraine and near the capital amid reports that Moscow has been increasingly facing a shortage of personnel in the east.
• Ukraine Calls For Investigation After Video Purportedly Shows Russian Troops Torturing POW RFE/RL 29 Jul 2022 -- Ukrainian officials have called for an investigation after videos appeared on social media that apparently show Russian soldiers castrating, and then killing, a Ukrainian prisoner of war.
• Zelenskiy Calls Shelling That Killed POWs 'Deliberate Russian War Crime' RFE/RL 29 Jul 2022 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the shelling of a prison in the eastern Donetsk region holding Ukrainian soldiers was a "deliberate Russian war crime" that claimed more than 50 lives.
• Russia holds Kiev responsible for east Ukraine jail attack that killed 40 Press TV 29 Jul 2022 -- Russian defense ministry says Ukrainian forces attacked a prison in separatist-held territory with US-made HIMARS rockets on Friday, killing 40 Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) and leaving 75 others wounded.

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Foreign Policy

• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's answer to a question from the Sputnik news agency about the former Bulgarian prime minister's statements Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 29 Jul 2022
• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's answer to Italian news agency ANSA's question on Moscow's alleged attempts to interfere in Italian elections Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 29 Jul 2022
• Press release on Russian-Indian consultations on Arctic issues Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 29 Jul 2022
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's statement and answers to media questions following a meeting of the SCO Foreign Ministers Council, Tashkent, July 29, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 29 Jul 2022
• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's comment on statements by Japanese Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihiko Isozaki Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 29 Jul 2022
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 29 Jul 2022
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 29 Jul 2022
• Press release on the results of the SCO Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs meeting Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 29 Jul 2022
• Blinken, Lavrov Report No Progress After Discussing Prisoner Swap RFE/RL 29 Jul 2022 -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov have spoken by phone to discuss a possible prisoner swap that could involve American basketball star Brittney Griner and Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.
• Lavrov Urges 'Quiet Diplomacy' on Prisoner Swap During Phone Talk With Blinken Sputnik 29 Jul 2022 -- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday he has had a "frank conversation" with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov about the US proposal on the return of Americans Paul Whelan and Brittney Griner to US soil.
• Top US, Russian Diplomats Discuss Proposed Prisoner Swap VOA 29 Jul 2022 -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke by telephone Friday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, pressing him to accept a U.S. proposal to secure the release of American professional basketball star Brittney Griner and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan.

News Reports

• Meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin President of Russia 29 Jul 2022 -- Marat Khusnullin reported to the President on the situation in housing and road construction and in low-interest mortgage lending. The Deputy Prime Minister also spoke in detail about plans and ongoing efforts to rebuild Mariupol and various other facilities in the Lugansk and Donetsk people's republics.
• The Week In Russia: The Geography Of Abuse RFE/RL 29 Jul 2022 -- With Russian forces seeking to cement their control and Kyiv fighting to take back its territory, the fate of a swath of southern Ukraine is uncertain. But one thing is clear: As in the north and east, accounts of torture, rape, and other atrocities are emerging as the war grinds on.
• Russian National Charged with Conspiring to Have U.S. Citizens Act as Illegal Agents of the Russian Government US Dept. of Justice 29 Jul 2022 -- An indictment was unsealed today in Tampa, Florida, charging a Russian national, working on behalf of the Russian government and in conjunction with the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), with allegedly orchestrating a years-long foreign malign influence campaign that used various U.S. political groups to sow discord, spread pro-Russian propaganda, and interfere in elections within the United States.
• U.S. Files Charges Against Russian Operative Over Alleged Russian Influence Campaign RFE/RL 29 Jul 2022 -- The United States has charged a Russian national with recruiting political groups in the United States to sow discord, spread pro-Russian propaganda, and interfere with U.S. elections.
• Belarusian Sources See Lingering Russian Threat to Ukraine's North, Disagree on Belarus' Role VOA 29 Jul 2022 -- Exiled Belarusian sources say recent Russian military activities inside Belarus, a key Moscow ally, show Russia is trying to maintain a threat of attack from Belarus against northern Ukraine after failing in a land-based assault on the region housing Ukraine's capital Kyiv earlier this year.