Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The operational update regarding the russian invasion on 18.00, on August 30, 2022 Ukraine MOD 30 Aug 2022
• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 30.08 Ukraine MOD 30 Aug 2022
• The operational update regarding the russian invasion on 06.00, on August 30, 2022 Ukraine MOD 30 Aug 2022
• Fighting Rages in Southern Ukraine's Kherson Region VOA 30 Aug 2022 -- While China's strategic partnership with Russia "without limits" has been widely reported since the start of the war in Ukraine, much less known is the strategic partnership Ukraine and China forged in 2011. Now, that partnership is being questioned by a key lawmaker in Ukraine.
• Ukrainian Forces Press Offensive in South As Zelenskiy Tells Russians To 'Go Home' RFE/RL 30 Aug 2022 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has urged Russian troops to flee from an offensive launched by his forces near the strategic southern city of Kherson occupied by Moscow since early in the war, saying Ukraine's military were taking back their territory.
• Washington Post Says Ukraine Using Dummies of HIMARS to Lure Russian Missiles Sputnik 30 Aug 2022 -- Ukraine is seeking to have Russian forces waste expensive cruise missiles by deploying wooden dummies of US-supplied artillery batteries, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday.
• Pentagon Doubts Ukraine Has Sufficient Capabilities for Kherson Counteroffensive: Report Sputnik 30 Aug 2022 -- Ukrainian forces kicked off a large-scale operation in Kherson region on Monday, with the strategic territory, which was liberated by Russian forces in early March, situated north of Crimea and acting as part of a land bridge linking the peninsula to the Russian mainland.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Meeting with Director of the Federal Service of National Guard Troops Viktor Zolotov President of Russia 30 Aug 2022 -- Viktor Zolotov reported to the President on the National Guard's performance during the special military operation in Donbass.
• Russia To Launch Military Exercises With China, India Amid Heightened Tensions RFE/RL 30 Aug 2022 -- When Russia last launched its Vostok war games in its Far East in 2018, an estimated 300,000 of its troops exercised with Chinese and Mongolian soldiers as the Kremlin sought to project an image of military superiority and showcase deepening ties with Beijing.
• U.S. Defense Official: Russia Struggling To Recruit New Soldiers, Turning To Prisons, Older Recruits RFE/RL 30 Aug 2022 -- A senior U.S. defense official told reporters that Russia is struggling to find more soldiers to fight in Ukraine and said many recruits are older, in bad shape, and are receiving little training.

Foreign Policy

• Telephone conversation with President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko President of Russia 30 Aug 2022 -- During the telephone conversation, Vladimir Putin congratulated President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko on his birthday.
• Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova on the German government's change of approach to Germany's historical guilt for unleashing World War II Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 30 Aug 2022
• Western sanctions standing in way of Russian gas flow to Europe: Moscow Press TV 30 Aug 2022 -- Russia says technical problems caused by Western sanctions on Moscow over the war in Ukraine are obstructing Russian gas exports to Europe via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline.
• Gazprom To 'Totally' Suspend Gas Deliveries To France's Engie RFE/RL 30 Aug 2022 -- Russian state-run natural gas giant Gazprom said it was completely suspending gas deliveries to French gas and power group Engie, heightening concerns over energy supplies to Europe as the Nord Stream 1 pipeline shuts for maintenance.
• EU members split over visa ban on Russians Press TV 30 Aug 2022 -- The European Union's members are weighing tightening visa restrictions for Russians over Moscow's military operation in Ukraine, but remain split over a complete travel ban.
• Ukraine Says Europe Should Ban Travel To All Russians Except 'Real' Opponents Of Putin RFE/RL 30 Aug 2022 -- Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called on the European Union to ban all Russians except political dissidents from traveling to the bloc on the grounds that Moscow's unprovoked invasion enjoys wide support at home.
• EU Ministers Gather For Contentious Debate On Blanket EU Visa Ban For Russians RFE/RL 30 Aug 2022 -- A proposal by European Union members to ban tourist visas to Russians over the war in Ukraine appeared to hit a major hurdle as the bloc's ministers gathered in Prague on August 30.
• Estonian FM Says EU Can't Compromise With 'Evil' On Russian Visas RFE/RL 30 Aug 2022 -- Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu has called on his 26 European Union counterparts to ban tourist visas to Russians over the war in Ukraine, saying failing to take such a strong measure was to compromise "with evil."
• Russia's war of aggression remains a major concern for every State Party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons UK FCDO 30 Aug 2022 -- Joint Statement at the Tenth Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
• Russian envoy: Israeli airstrikes in Syria green-lit by US, expose West's hypocrisy Press TV 30 Aug 2022 -- Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzia has strongly condemned the relentless Israeli airstrikes inside Syria, saying the strikes expose the West's hypocrisy when it comes to human rights.

News Reports

• Obituary: Mikhail Gorbachev, The Last Soviet Leader, Revered Around The World, Reviled By Many At Home RFE/RL 30 Aug 2022 -- Mikhail Gorbachev, who presided over the demise of the Soviet Union and helped end decades of Cold War fear, earning a Nobel Peace Prize and the lasting enmity of millions of Russians bitter about the chaos unleashed by the collapse of the world's largest country, has died. He was 91.
• Mikhail Gorbachev, Last Soviet Leader, Dead At 91 RFE/RL 30 Aug 2022 -- Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has died at the age of 91, according to Russian media.
• Mikhail Gorbachev Dead at 91 After Being Diagnosed With Serious Illness - Central Clinical Hospital Sputnik 30 Aug 2022 -- Gorbachev was the first and last president of the USSR and de facto the last head of the state from 1985 to the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991. He was known for his large-scale attempt to reform the country, called "perestroika", and for defusing international tensions with the West in the last stage of the Cold War.
• Mikhail Gorbachev: UN chief hails 'one of a kind statesman who changed the course of history' UN News 30 Aug 2022 -- The Secretary-General has paid warm tribute to the last leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, whose death aged 91 was announced on Tuesday, describing him as the person who "more than any other" brought about the peaceful end of the Cold War, which had dominated international relations since the 1940s.
• Kremlin Critic Navalny Sent Back To Solitary Confinement For Saying He's 'Too Political' RFE/RL 30 Aug 2022 -- Aleksei Navalny, the imprisoned Russian opposition politician, says he has been sent to solitary confinement for the third time this month as a punishment for his political activities.
• Navalny's Team Publishes Names Of 200 'Warmongers' It Says Should Be Sanctioned RFE/RL 30 Aug 2022 -- The team of jailed Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny has published a list of Russian officials, journalists, and celebrities it says should be sanctioned immediately for pushing the Kremlin's narrative in its ongoing unprovoked war against.