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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 05.09 Ukraine MOD 05 Sep 2022
• Putin: Kiev's Neo-Nazi Regime Responsible for Donbass Tragedy Sputnik 05 Sep 2022 -- Russia launched the special military operation in Ukraine on February 24 following a request from the two Donbass republics to protect them against the attacks of Ukrainian forces. The operation came after Kiev failed to implement the Minsk agreements on Donbass reintegration over the course of eight years.
• Donbas, Zaporozhye, Kherson Regions Can Ask Russia for Help With Referendums - Churov Sputnik 05 Sep 2022 -- The Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), as well as the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions have the right to ask Russia and international organizations for help while holding referendums on joining Russia, Vladimir Churov, Ambassador for Special Tasks at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Sputnik.
• Kherson Referendum On Joining Russia Postponed, Official Says RFE/RL 05 Sep 2022 -- A representative of the Moscow-installed military administration in the occupied parts of Ukraine's Kherson region says a referendum on joining Russia has been postponed as Ukrainian armed forces continue military operations aimed at regaining control over the area.

Defense Policy / Programs

• PLA practices counterattack in foreign territories during Russian Vostok-2022 drills Global Times 05 Sep 2022 -- The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) practiced joint counterattack in foreign territories with the main battle tanks, howitzers, attack helicopters and fighter jets during the ongoing Vostok-2022 exercises in Russia, which displayed the PLA's outstanding systematic combat capabilities in unfamiliar lands.
• China and Russia may carry out joint naval patrol following Vostok-2022: expert Global Times 05 Sep 2022 -- The Chinese and Russian navies may carry out a second joint naval patrol after the ongoing Vostok-2022 exercises, Chinese military experts said on Sunday.
• Vostok-2022: Joint live-fire drill kicks off PLA Daily 05 Sep 2022 -- As a part of the Vostok-2022 exercise, a joint live-fire drill was conducted on the afternoon of September 3, local time. The land and air forces of Chinese participating troops joined the drill at the Sergeevskyi training ground, while its naval force participated in a joint drill at related waters in the Sea of Japan.

Foreign Policy

• Foreign Ministers of Russia, Armenia Discuss Conflict Settlement in Karabakh Sputnik 05 Sep 2022 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held talks in Moscow with his Armenian counterpart, Ararat Mirzoyan, to discuss the implementation of trilateral agreements between Russia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan on the Nagorno-Karabakh issue, the Russian foreign ministry said on Monday.
• Russia says to halt all gas supplies to European countries until Western sanctions removed Press TV 05 Sep 2022 -- Russia's says gas supplies to Europe via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline will not resume in full until the Western countries reach a collective decision and lifts sanctions they have imposed on Moscow over its military operation in Ukraine.
• OPEC, Russia Announce Small Cut In Oil Output For October RFE/RL 05 Sep 2022 -- The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies have agreed a small oil-production cut in October in a move aimed at stopping a slide in oil prices.
• Kremlin pledges serious response in case of EU visa restrictions People's Daily 05 Sep 2022 -- Moscow will take serious retaliatory measures if the EU formally introduces visa restrictions on Russian citizens, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Sunday.

News Reports

• Blast in Kabul Kills 2 Russian Embassy Staff, 4 Afghans VOA 05 Sep 2022 -- A blast near the entrance to the Russian embassy in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, Monday killed at least six people, including two employees of the diplomatic mission.
• IS Claims Responsibility For Deadly Suicide Attack Outside Russian Embassy In Kabul RFE/RL Gandhara 05 Sep 2022 -- The Islamic State (IS) group has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing near the Russian Embassy in Kabul that killed at least six people, including two embassy employees.
• Two Russian diplomats among many killed in Kabul explosion Press TV 05 Sep 2022 -- A powerful explosion outside the Russian embassy in west Kabul's Darulaman neighborhood has killed more than a dozen people, including two employees of the embassy, reports said on Monday.
• The Foreign Ministry's statement on the explosion in Kabul Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 05 Sep 2022
• No: 279, 5 September 2022, Press Release Regarding the Terrorist Attack in the Vicinity of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Kabul Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs 05 Sep 2022
• Daesh Reportedly Claims Responsibility for Terror Attack Outside Russian Embassy in Kabul Sputnik 05 Sep 2022 -- The Afghan foreign ministry has promised that all necessary measures will be taken to investigate the deadly terror attack outside the Russian Embassy in Kabul on Monday.
• Court Deals Blow To Russian Press By Revoking Novaya Gazeta Print License RFE/RL 05 Sep 2022 -- A court in Moscow has revoked the print license of the independent Novaya gazeta newspaper, which was founded in part with money from former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, less than a year after its editor in chief, Dmitry Muratov, won the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize.
• 'We Have To Pay For Our Indifference': A Russian Deserter Speaks Out After Ukraine War Memoir Hits A Nerve RFE/RL 05 Sep 2022 -- Before fleeing Russia in early August, Junior Sergeant Pavel Filatyev penned a 141-page bombshell exposé of how things were going for his paratrooper unit in the war in Ukraine.