Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The operational update regarding the russian invasion on 18.00, on August 8, 2022 Ukraine MOD 08 Aug 2022
• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 08.08 Ukraine MOD 08 Aug 2022
• The operational update regarding the russian invasion on 06.00, on August 8, 2022 Ukraine MOD 08 Aug 2022
• Ukraine, Russia trade accusations over nuclear plant strike People's Daily 08 Aug 2022 -- Ukraine and Russia exchanged accusations on Sunday over a fresh strike on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine.
• Ukraine Says Positions In East Shelled To Prevent Troop Transfers, Plot To Kill Top Officials Foiled RFE/RL 08 Aug 2022 -- Russian troops shelled positions held by Ukrainian troops and several populated areas in various directions, Ukraine's General Staff said as Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) said it had foiled a plot to kill two top government officials.
• Zaporozhye Region Head Signs Decree on Referendum Asking Residents If They Want to Join Russia Sputnik 08 Aug 2022 -- Situated west of the Donetsk People's Republic and northeast of Crimea, Zaporozhye is a major agricultural and industrial center, with a coastline on the Azov Sea. The southern part of the territory has been liberated by Russian and Donbass forces, with northern areas, including the administrative capital of Zaporozhye, remaining in Kiev's control.
• Russia-Imposed Leader Of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Region Orders Referendum On Joining Russia RFE/RL 08 Aug 2022 -- Yevgeny Balitsky, the Moscow-appointed head of Ukraine's southeastern Zaporizhzhya region, has officially ordered a local referendum on the possibility of the province joining the Russian Federation.
• Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Ukraine's continued shelling of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 08 Aug 2022
• Kremlin: Putin, Zelensky could meet only after both sides' negotiators 'done their homework' Press TV 08 Aug 2022 -- The Kremlin spokesman has ruled out the possibility of a meeting between the Russian and Ukrainian presidents over the long-running crisis in the former Soviet country, saying such a summit will be convened only after negotiators from both sides have "done their homework."
• Russia: West must pressure Ukraine to stop shelling nuclear plant Press TV 08 Aug 2022 -- Russia has called on the West to pressure Kiev to stop bombarding the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station in southeastern Ukraine.
• Russia achieving goals in Ukraine on its own terms: Ex-president Medvedev Press TV 08 Aug 2022 -- Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has reiterated Moscow's determination to successfully achieve its intended objectives in Ukraine to avoid annihilation by the West.
• More Russian Sailors Missing After Missile Cruiser Sank In April Confirmed Dead RFE/RL 08 Aug 2022 -- Two more Russian sailors who were initially reported among 27 missing personnel after the Moskva missile cruiser sank off the Ukrainian coast in April have been confirmed dead.
• Ukraine Jails Russian Soldier For 10 Years For Shelling Residential Building RFE/RL 08 Aug 2022 -- A court in Ukraine has sentenced a Russian soldier from Siberia to 10 years in prison for shelling a residential building in Ukraine's northern city of Chernihiv in late February.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Foreign Ministry statement on the Treaty on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 08 Aug 2022
• Russia Notifies US of Temporary Withdrawal of Its Facilities From Inspections Under New START Treaty Sputnik 08 Aug 2022 -- Russia's Foreign Ministry announced that inspections of Russian facilities performed under the New START treaty will be suspended temporarily.

Foreign Policy

• Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on anniversary of the August events of 2008 in the South Caucasus Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 08 Aug 2022
• EU Aims To Cut Gas Use By 15 Percent Under New Plan RFE/RL 08 Aug 2022 -- The European Union has called on member states to cut natural-gas use by 15 percent under a new plan intended to prepare the bloc for a possible halt in Russian supplies.
• Telephone conversation with Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan President of Russia 08 Aug 2022 -- Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan at the Armenian side's initiative.

News Reports

• United States Obtains Warrant for Seizure of Airplane of Sanctioned Russian Oligarch Andrei Skoch, Worth Over $90 Million US Dept. of Justice 08 Aug 2022 -- The United States of America has been authorized to seize an Airbus A319-100 (the Airbus) owned and controlled by sanctioned Russian oligarch Andrei Skoch, pursuant to a seizure warrant from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, which found that the airplane is subject to seizure and forfeiture based on probable cause of violation of the federal anti-money laundering laws.
• U.S. Seeks To Seize $90 Million Jet Belonging To Russian Oligarch RFE/RL 08 Aug 2022 -- The United States has obtained a warrant to seize an Airbus jet owned by Russian oligarch Andrei Skoch, the Justice Department says.