Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The operational update regarding the russian invasion on 18.00, on August 3, 2022 Ukraine MOD 03 Aug 2022
• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 03.08 Ukraine MOD 03 Aug 2022
• The operational update regarding the russian invasion on 06.00, on August 3, 2022 Ukraine MOD 03 Aug 2022
• Ukrainian Strike Likely Severs Rail Link Between Crimea And Kherson As Fighting In Donbas 'Just Hell' RFE/RL 03 Aug 2022 -- A Ukrainian strike on a Russian ammunition train most likely damaged the rail connection between the Moscow-occupied Kherson region and annexed Crimea, British intelligence said on August 3, as Kyiv admitted that despite supplies of Western weapons the military situation in the east was "hell."
• Ukraine begins mandatory evacuation from Donetsk People's Daily 03 Aug 2022 -- Ukraine has started a mandatory evacuation of people living in parts of eastern Donetsk, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said Tuesday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• West could trigger nuclear war over Ukraine: Russia Press TV 03 Aug 2022 -- Russia has dismissed the "utterly unfounded" speculations that it may use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, saying it would only use its nuclear arsenal in response to "direct aggression" by NATO countries over the ongoing conflict in the former Soviet state.
• Statement by Mr. Igor Vishnevetskii, Deputy Head of the Delegation of the Russian Federation at the 10th NPT Review Conference (General Debate), New York , August 2, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 03 Aug 2022

Foreign Policy

• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Foreign Minister of the Republic of Turkey Mevlut Cavusoglu Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 03 Aug 2022
• Deputy Foreign Minister Oleg Syromolotov's interview with Rossiya Segodnya on the third session of the Open-ended Working Group on security of and in the use of information and communications technologies 2021-2025 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 03 Aug 2022
• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's comment on anti-Russia statements by the President of North Macedonia Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 03 Aug 2022
• Press release on extending the truce in Yemen Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 03 Aug 2022
• 'Impunity and lawlessness': Russia, N. Korea, Pakistan rap Pelosi's Taiwan visit Press TV 03 Aug 2022 -- The controversial two-day visit to Chinese Taipei by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has drawn strong reactions from many countries, who have blasted the US government for provoking Beijing.
• ASEAN ratchets up criticism of Myanmar junta as Russian FM visits Naypyidaw Radio Free Asia 03 Aug 2022 -- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ratcheted up its criticism of member state Myanmar's junta on Wednesday, as Russia's top diplomat visited Naypyidaw despite international outrage of the regime's execution of four prominent democracy activists.
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's visit to the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 03 Aug 2022
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's opening remarks at a meeting with Chairman of the State Administrative Council and Prime Minister of the Provisional Government of Myanmar Min Aung Hlaing, Nay Pyi Taw, August 3, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 03 Aug 2022
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks and answers to media questions following talks with Foreign Minister of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Wunna Maung Lwin, Nay Pyi Taw, August 3, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 03 Aug 2022
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's opening remarks at talks with Foreign Minister of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Wunna Maung Lwin, Nay Pyi Taw, August 3, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 03 Aug 2022
• Scholz Says Russian Blocking Shipment Of Turbine Needed To Hike Gas Flows RFE/RL 03 Aug 2022 -- German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has accused Moscow of purposely holding up the delivery of a turbine by refusing to submit the paperwork needed to transport the item to Russia, where its installation will allow for increased gas supplies via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline.

News Reports

• Iran says to launch sensing satellite using Russia's carrier People's Daily 04 Aug 2022 -- Iran's remote sensing satellite "Khayyam" will be launched by Russia's Soyuz satellite carrier next week, Iranian Space Agency (ISA) said Wednesday.
• Iran's new satellite to be launched into orbit IRNA 03 Aug 2022 -- The Roscosmos, a Russian space agency, announced on Wednesday that it will launch Iran's Khayyam satellite into space on August 9, 2022.
• Russia's space agency to launch Iranian satellite 'Khayyam' into orbit Press TV 03 Aug 2022 -- In a joint endeavor between Tehran and Moscow, Russia's space agency is set to launch a satellite on behalf of Iran into space next week.