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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 01.09 Ukraine MOD 01 Sep 2022
• Red Cross Chief Warns Combatants 'Playing With Fire' At Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Plant RFE/RL 01 Sep 2022 -- Robert Mardini, head of the International Committee of the Red Cross, has warned that fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces around the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant must be halted immediately before a "massive incident" causes a humanitarian catastrophe.
• HRW Accuses Russia Of 'Forcibly Transferring' Ukrainians to Russia RFE/RL 01 Sep 2022 -- Human Rights Watch (HRW) says Russian and Russian-allied forces have been "forcibly transferring" Ukrainian civilians, including those fleeing fighting, to the Russian Federation or areas of Ukraine occupied by Russia.
• Putin: Russia preventing emergence of anti-Moscow enclave in Ukraine Press TV 01 Sep 2022 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin says the country's forces are preventing the creation of an anti-Moscow enclave on the Ukrainian territory.
• Russia accuses Ukraine of sending 'saboteurs' around Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant Press TV 01 Sep 2022 -- Russia has accused Ukraine of deploying up to 60 "saboteurs" to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant ahead of a visit by UN inspectors.
• Russia's Special Operation Isn't 'Aggression,' Merely Putting End to Kiev's War on Donbass: Putin Sputnik 01 Sep 2022 -- Moscow kicked off what the Russian president characterized as a "special military operation" to "demilitarize" and "de-Nazify" Ukraine in February after weeks of escalating shelling, sabotage, and sniper attacks by Ukrainian forces against the breakaway Donbass republics, and fears that Kiev would launch an all-out offensive.
• Ukraine Staged Troop-Landing Provocation Near ZNPP to Disrupt IAEA Mission's Visit, Says Russian MoD Sputnik 01 Sep 2022 -- In recent weeks, the situation at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant (ZNPP) has been tense as the site has been shelled by Ukrainians every day.

Defense Policy / Programs

• China and India among countries taking part in Russia's Vostok-2022 Radio Free Asia 01 Sep 2022 -- A major multinational military exercise, Vostok-2022, got underway in Russia's Far East amid a raging war in Ukraine and protests from Japan.
• Russia launches joint drills with China, partners, in Far East Press TV 01 Sep 2022 -- Russia has launched large-scale military drills with its allies, including China, Syria and India, in the Far East's waters, putting on display its military capabilities in the face of Western sanctions.
• Russia Begins Sweeping Military Drills With China, India, Others RFE/RL 01 Sep 2022 -- Russia has begun large military drills in the country's east that involves forces from China -- a show of increasingly close defense ties between Moscow and Beijing amid tensions with the West over the war in Ukraine.
• China dispatches advanced main combat equipment to Russian Vostok-2022 drills Global Times 01 Sep 2022 -- China has sent some of its most powerful main combat equipment units of its army, navy and air force to the Russian Vostok-2022 exercises, whose maneuvering phase officially started on Thursday after an opening ceremony a day earlier. The participation of the equipment displayed the depth of China-Russia military cooperation, as the drills will deter uncertainties and contribute to peace and stability in the region, analysts said.
• China sends over 2,000 troops to Vostok-2022 exercises PLA Daily 01 Sep 2022 -- Vostok 2022 strategic command post exercise kicked off at the Sergeevskyi training ground in Ussurisk, a city in Russian Far East on August 31. China, Algeria, India, Belarus, Tajikistan, Mongolia and other countries have sent troops to participate in the exercise.
• China sends Army, Navy and Air force with over 2,000 troops to Russian Vostok-2022 drills Global Times 01 Sep 2022 -- China sent Army, Navy and Air force units under the Chinese People's Liberation Army PLA Northern Theater Command, with more than 2,000 troops, to participate in the military drills Vostok 2022 (East 2022) exercise that kicked off on Wednesday morning at Sergeyevsky training ground in Russia.
• Indian Army Contingent Participates in Exercise Vostok- 2022 at Sergeyevsky, East Military District Russia India PIB 01 Sep 2022 -- A multilateral strategic and command Exercise Vostok - 2022 has commenced today at the training grounds of the Eastern Military District of Russia from 01 to 07 September 2022. The exercise is aimed at interaction and coordination amongst other participating military contingents and observers.
• Russian Pacific Fleet Warships Begin Deployment at Sea as Part of Vostok 2022 Drills Sputnik 01 Sep 2022 -- Warships of Russia's Pacific Fleet are being deployed in Japan and Okhotsk seas as part of the Vostok-2022 strategic military exercises, with more then 50 military vessels already operating in combat training ranges, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
• Moscow Court Fines Lebanese Firm $6Mln Over Military Ship Collision Sputnik 01 Sep 2022 -- The Moscow Arbitration Court recovered more than 365 million rubles ($6 million) in damage from the Lebanese company Hammami Livestock, which owns the Youzarsif H ship that collided with the Russian naval intelligence vessel Liman in 2017, causing it to sink.

Foreign Policy

• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks and answers to questions at a meeting with MGIMO students, teachers and professors on the start of the new academic year, Moscow, September 1, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 01 Sep 2022
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks at the Knowledge Day ceremony at Primakov School, Moscow, September 1, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 01 Sep 2022
• U.S. Gets Court OK To Seize Russian Lukoil's $45 Million Jet RFE/RL 01 Sep 2022 -- The Justice Department announced on August 31 that the United States had obtained a warrant from a district court to seize a $45 million Boeing aircraft owned by Russian oil and gas giant Lukoil based on a violation of sanctions dating back to the Russia's partial invasion of Ukraine in 2014.
• Russia warns of countermeasures over EU's suspension of visa deal Press TV 01 Sep 2022 -- Russia has denounced the European Union's "ridiculous" move to suspend the 2007 visa facilitation deal with Russia over the conflict in Ukraine.
• Analysis: A Compromise For Now On Letting Russians Into The EU RFE/RL 01 Sep 2022 -- Talks in Prague this week over Russian citizens entering the European Union ended with a flexible solution that will decrease the number of visas issued and make it harder for those with relevant travel documents to enter.
• Russia Shuts Key Pipeline, Burns Off Gas as West Accuses Putin of Weaponizing Energy VOA 01 Sep 2022 -- Russia closed the major Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline to Germany on Wednesday, claiming the three-day shutdown is necessary for the maintenance of turbines. Europe and the U.S. dispute that claim and accuse Russian President Vladimir Putin of "weaponizing" energy.
• Russia deploys merciless warfare methods in Ukraine: UK statement to the OSCE UK FCDO 01 Sep 2022 -- UK Ambassador Bush criticises the Russian government for the malign political and geopolitical tactics used in their illegal war against Ukraine.
• In Tit-For-Tat Move, Russia Imposes Sanctions On 55 Canadian Officials RFE/RL 01 Sep 2022 -- In a retaliatory move, Russia has imposed sanctions on 55 more Canadian military and political officials, barring them from entering the country amid ongoing tension over Moscow's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.
• China Says Highly Appreciates Russia's Position on US Provocations in Taiwan Strait Sputnik 01 Sep 2022 -- China highly appreciates Russia's position regarding US provocations in the Taiwan Strait and its commitment to the One China principle, which is shared by over 170 countries around the world, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said on Thursday.

News Reports

• Vladimir Putin paid last respects to Mikhail Gorbachev President of Russia 01 Sep 2022
• Kremlin Says Putin's 'Work Schedule' Will Prevent Him From Attending Gorbachev's Funeral RFE/RL 01 Sep 2022 -- The Kremlin says Russian President Vladimir Putin will not be able to attend the funeral service of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Soviet leader who died earlier this week, because of his work schedule.
• Freedom And Fear: Russians Deeply Divided Over Gorbachev's Legacy RFE/RL 01 Sep 2022 -- Russian historian Andrei Zubov was 33 years old and attending a conference in Leningrad in 1985 when he heard that Mikhail Gorbachev, 54, had been elevated to the post of general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
• In Vietnam, Gorbachev remains a divisive figure Radio Free Asia 01 Sep 2022 -- Though staunch communists in Vietnam reflected on Mikhail Gorbachev's passing on Tuesday by calling him a traitor for causing the USSR's 1991 collapse, others in the country credited reforms he implemented as the Soviet Union's last leader with starting Vietnam on its own path to modernization.
• Why China's Leaders Think Gorbachev Took Wrong Path VOA 01 Sep 2022 -- The death of the Soviet Union's last leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, whose reforms led to the disintegration of the former communist giant in 1991, is seen by many in China as a reminder to avoid the same fate as its neighbor.
• Russia's Stranglehold On The World's Nuclear Power Cycle RFE/RL 01 Sep 2022 -- Since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, several packages of sanctions targeting Russia's lucrative energy industry (mostly oil, gas, and coal) have been introduced by the United States, the European Union, and other Western nations. These countries are also undertaking efforts to wean themselves off their dependency on Russian energy supplies.
• LUKoil Chairman Is Latest Russian Businessman To Die Under Mysterious Circumstances RFE/RL 01 Sep 2022 -- LUKoil, Russia's largest private oil company and one of the few to voice opposition to the Kremlin's war in Ukraine, says its chairman has died following a "serious illness," disputing local media reports that he had plunged to his death from a hospital window.
• VOA Exclusive: Ukrainians Forcibly Transferred to Russia 'Had No Choice' VOA 02 Sep 2022 -- Human Rights Watch issued a report Thursday documenting the forcible transfer of Ukrainian citizens to Russia and Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine, which HRW says constitutes war crimes and potential crimes against humanity.