Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The operational update regarding the russian invasion on 18.00, on August 21, 2022 Ukraine MOD 21 Aug 2022
• The operational update regarding the russian invasion on 06.00, on August 21, 2022 Ukraine MOD 21 Aug 2022
• Zelenskiy Warns Of 'Cruel' Russian Action Around Independence Day As Russia Pounds Southern Ukraine RFE/RL 21 Aug 2022 -- Russian forces targeted multiple locations in southern Ukraine with artillery and rocket fire on August 21 as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned that Moscow could do something particularly "cruel" in the coming days as Kyiv marks 31 years of independence.
• New Shelling Near Ukrainian Nuclear Plant VOA 21 Aug 2022 -- Artillery shells hit Ukraine's southern city of Nikopol early Sunday, not far from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Russia may try to do "something particularly cruel" when Moscow's invasion hits the six-month mark this week.
• Russia says destroys HIMARS ammunition depot in Ukraine's Odesa, hits two Howitzers in Kherson region Press TV 21 Aug 2022 -- Russia says its forces have destroyed an ammunition depot containing US-made HIMARS rockets in Ukraine's Odesa with Kalibr missiles.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Putin: Russia to Pursue Only Those Policies That Meet Its Vital Interests Sputnik 21 Aug 2022 -- Russia will remain faithful to traditional values and, as a powerful and independent nation, will pursue only those policies that meet its fundamental interests, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

Foreign Policy

News Reports

• Russian Authorities: Daughter of Putin Ally Killed by Car Bomb VOA 21 Aug 2022 -- Russian authorities said Sunday a car bomb killed the adult daughter of Alexander Dugin, a national political theorist and staunch supporter of President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
• Daughter Of 'Putin's Brain' Ideologue Dugin Killed In Car Explosion RFE/RL 21 Aug 2022 -- The daughter of prominent Kremlin-connected far-right ideologue Aleksandr Dugin, one of the main architects of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, was reportedly killed when the car she was traveling in exploded in the Moscow region on August 20, Russian investigators said.
• Just Who is Daria Dugina's Father, Described by West as 'Putin's Brain'? Sputnik 21 Aug 2022 -- Russian authorities opened a murder case Saturday after Daria Dugina, daughter of political philosopher and geostrategic theorist Alexander Dugin, was killed in an apparent car bombing. Who is Mr. Dugin, and does he really have the fantastical influence on contemporary Russian domestic and foreign policy that the West seems to think he does?
• Daughter of Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin killed in car explosion outside Moscow People's Daily 21 Aug 2022 -- Darya Dugina, daughter of Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin, died in a car explosion outside Moscow on Saturday evening when she was travelling home from an event.
• Two Russians, One Ukrainian Arrested As Alleged Spies In Albania RFE/RL 21 Aug 2022 -- Albanian authorities have arrested two Russians and one Ukrainian who were trying to enter a military plant in the central Albania, the country's Defense Ministry said in a statement on August 20.
• Cryptocurrencies Are No Digital Cure-All For Iran, Russia, Other Sanctioned States RFE/RL 21 Aug 2022 -- Cryptocurrencies are being eyed by Iran, Russia, and other sanctioned states as a way to evade punitive barriers to international trade -- but the dependence of "crypto" on banking systems makes it anything but a safe haven for illicit payments.