Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The operational update regarding the russian invasion on 18.00, on August 26, 2022 Ukraine MOD 26 Aug 2022
• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 26.08 Ukraine MOD 26 Aug 2022
• The operational update regarding the russian invasion on 06.00, on August 26, 2022 Ukraine MOD 26 Aug 2022
• Ukraine's Zelenskyy Says Situation Around Nuclear Plant Remains Precarious VOA 26 Aug 2022 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that the situation around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant remained "very precarious and dangerous" after the plant resumed electricity supplies to Ukraine following an outage.
• Kyiv Says Both Nuclear Reactors At Zaporizhzhya Plant Reconnected To Grid RFE/RL 26 Aug 2022 -- Ukraine's state nuclear company, Enerhoatom, has said that both functioning reactors at the Russia-occupied Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant have been reconnected to the electrical grid after Kyiv earlier claimed that the plant was cut from the national power grid by Russian shelling.
• Russia says it destroyed US-made howitzer used to shell Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant Press TV 26 Aug 2022 -- Russia's Defense Ministry says its forces have destroyed a US-made M777 howitzer gun which Kiev forces had used on a daily basis to shell the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant located in southeastern Ukraine.
• Russian Security Council's Chairman: US and NATO De Facto Involved in Ukraine Conflict Sputnik 26 Aug 2022 -- Moscow repeatedly warned NATO countries against meddling with the course of the special military operation in Ukraine, including by sending weapons to Kiev. While the alliance troops refrained from sending their soldiers, they decided to send dozens of billions of dollars in military assistance.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Meeting with Aeroflot CEO Sergei Aleksandrovsky President of Russia 26 Aug 2022 -- Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Aeroflot CEO Sergei Aleksandrovsky. They specifically focused on the company's current work in passenger transportation.
• Six Months Into The Ukraine War, Putin Ordered An Increase In Troops. It's Not Exactly What You Think. RFE/RL 26 Aug 2022 -- Six months in, Russia needs soldiers.
• Lukashenka Says Belarusian Military Planes Ready To Carry Russian Nuclear Armament RFE/RL 26 Aug 2022 -- Belarus's authoritarian ruler, Alyaksandr Lukashenka, says his country's Su-24 military planes have been re-fitted to enable them to carry nuclear weapons.
• Lukashenko Says Belarusian Aircraft Re-Equipped for Carrying Nuclear Weapons Sputnik 26 Aug 2022 -- Belarusian aircraft has been re-equipped so that they can carry nuclear weapons, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Friday.

Foreign Policy

• Europe Will Not Receive Enough Gas If Russia's Arms Twisted - Medvedev Sputnik 26 Aug 2022 -- Russia is ready to supply Europe with gas in the volumes prescribed in the contracts, but if the EU twists Moscow's arms, refusing to supply repaired turbines for Nord Stream or to launch Nord Stream 2, then there will not be the volumes they are counting on, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said.
• EU Energy Ministers To Hold Emergency Meeting To Discuss Energy Crisis RFE/RL 26 Aug 2022 -- The European Union will hold emergency talks to address the energy crisis brought on by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
• Norway introduces additional sanctions against Russia Government of Norway 26 Aug 2022 -- The package of sanctions adopted by the EU on 21 July 2022 has been incorporated into Norwegian law and enters into force in Norway today.
• Russian Ambassador to DPRK Interviews with Rossiskaya Gazeta KCNA 26 Aug 2022 -- Alexandr Matsegora, Russian ambassador to the DPRK, had an interview with a journalist of the Rossiskaya Gazeta, the government organ of the Russian Federation, on August 19.
• Russian FM Denounces U.S. and S. Korean Puppets for Aggravating Situation KCNA 26 Aug 2022 -- Spokeswoman for the Foreign Ministry of Russia Mariya Zaharova released a commentary on August 24 to denounce the U.S. and south Korean puppets for aggravating the situation on the Korean peninsula.

News Reports

• The Week In Russia: Sovereignty And Suffering RFE/RL 26 Aug 2022 -- Six months after the February 24 invasion, a deadly rocket attack on Independence Day throws the horror of Russia's war on Ukraine into stark relief -- again. A pair of apparent car bombings underscored the vulnerabilities of the state that's on the offensive, and the clampdown sweeping Russia continues.
• Putin Associate Seeks Probe Of Journalist After Report On Vagner Recruiting Inmates For Battle RFE/RL 26 Aug 2022 -- Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, known as a close associate of President Vladimir Putin, has asked the Investigative Committee to check a report by the newspaper Fontanka about the recruitment of inmates in penitentiaries to fight in the war launched against Ukraine.
• Russian Involvement Suspected In Cyberattack Targeting Montenegrin Government RFE/RL 26 Aug 2022 -- Montenegro suspects Russian involvement in a massive cyberattack targeting government websites and infrastructure, the second such attack on the Balkan country in less than a week.
• Russian forces: Syria intercepted nearly half of Israeli projectiles during recent strike Press TV 26 Aug 2022 -- Russian forces stationed in Syria say the Arab country's air defenses managed to intercept nearly half of incoming Israeli projectiles during a recent attack by the occupying regime against a western Syrian city.