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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 13.09 Ministry of Defence of Ukraine 13 Sep 2022
• Ukraine Advances Further in the Northeast as Russian Forces Retreat VOA 13 Sep 2022 -- Ukrainian troops advanced further into the northeastern region of the country on Tuesday, reclaiming the town of Vovchansk, 3 kilometers from the Russian border, that Moscow's forces had seized on the first day of their invasion nearly seven months ago.
• Ukraine Working To Stabilize Territory Recaptured In Kharkiv Region, Zelenskiy Says RFE/RL 13 Sep 2022 -- The Ukrainian military has pushed Russian forces out of hundreds of cities and towns in the northeast of the country, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the stabilization of the liberated communities is under way.
• Russia delivers 'massive strikes' on Ukraine as Kiev pushes to retake all occupied territories Press TV 13 Sep 2022 -- Russia says its forces were carrying out "massive strikes" on Ukrainian armed forces from all operational directions across the Ukrainian front line, as Kiev said it was prepared to liberate all of its territory while calling on the West to speed up the deliveries of weapons systems to the county.
• Kyiv's Counteroffensive Raising Expectations, But Will The West Step Up With Greater Aid? RFE/RL 13 Sep 2022 -- The Ukrainian military's routing of Russian forces over the past week has highlighted both the fighting capabilities of Ukraine's military and the effectiveness of the Western military aid provided to date.
• Ukraine Detains Russian Teachers In Occupied Territories As It Recaptures Territory RFE/RL 13 Sep 2022 -- Ukrainian authorities have detained an unspecified number of Russian teachers who moved to Ukrainian towns and cities after Russia took control of them after launching its invasion in late February.
• Ukraine Says It Pushed Back Russian Forces, Reclaimed Territory VOA 13 Sep 2022 -- Ukraine claimed Monday it had recaptured several more villages in the northeastern part of the country, pushing some Russian forces back to the border between the two nations.
• 73,000 evacuated from conflict-hit areas in Ukraine in past month People's Daily 13 Sep 2022 -- More than 73,000 people have been evacuated from the conflict-affected eastern and southern regions of Ukraine in the past month, Ukraine's Ministry of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories said on Monday.
• Ukraine's Success Was a Surprise Only to the Russians DoD News 13 Sep 2022 -- Ukraine's success in its counteroffensive against the Russian invasion did not surprise its allies and partners, Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said.
• Conclusion of Article V Formal Consultative Meeting under the Biological Weapons Convention US Dept. of State 13 Sep 2022 -- On Friday, September 9, the Biological Weapons Convention Article V Formal Consultative Meeting, called by Russia, ended in Geneva. The United States delegation, led by Special Representative Kenneth D. Ward, effectively exposed Russia's disinformation tactics and dispelled Russia's spurious allegations seeking to malign peaceful U.S. cooperation with Ukraine.
• Kremlin Spokesman Says No Mobilization Despite Ukrainian Counteroffensive Success RFE/RL 13 Sep 2022 -- The Kremlin says there are no plans to announce a full or partial mobilization for Russia's ongoing unprovoked invasion of Ukraine as Russian troops suffer losses and lose territory in the Kharkiv region to a counteroffensive.
• Statement by K.V.Vorontsov, Head of the Delegation of the Russian Federation at the Consultative Meeting of States Parties to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention on Article V of the BTWC (Geneva, 9 September 2022) Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 13 Sep 2022

Defense Policy / Programs

• U.S. Says Russia Has Spent $300 Million To Influence Elections In Dozens Of Countries RFE/RL 13 Sep 2022 -- Russia has covertly spent more than $300 million since 2014 on efforts to influence politicians and other officials in more than two dozen countries, the U.S. State Department alleged on September 13.
• Russia's Putin: 'De-dollarization' of world economy inevitable Press TV 13 Sep 2022 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin says the process to excise the dollar from the world economy is "inevitable" as his country is coping with "financial and technological aggression by some countries."
• Medvedev: Kiev's Security Guarantees Project is 'Prelude to World War Three' Sputnik 13 Sep 2022 -- Earlier in the day, Volodymyr Zelensky's office presented a project of future "security guarantees" for Ukraine after Russia's special military operation ends. The plan includes massive militarization, as well as intervention by foreign guarantors in the event of an attack on the country.

Foreign Policy

• Scholz Urges Putin To Agree To Cease-Fire, Withdraw Troops From Ukraine RFE/RL 13 Sep 2022 -- German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to find a diplomatic solution for the conflict in Ukraine based on a cease-fire and the complete withdrawal of Russian troops, the chancellor's office said on September 13 after the two leaders spoke by phone.
• Telephone conversation with Federal Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz President of Russia 13 Sep 2022 -- Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Olaf Scholz.
• Putin appoints deputy foreign minister as ambassador to China, 'a demonstration of Russia valuing bilateral ties' Global Times 13 Sep 2022 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov as the Ambassador to China, the Russian Embassy in China announced on China's Twitter-like Sina Weibo on Tuesday.
• Russia Offers Excuses for Taliban Closing Schools for Girls VOA 13 Sep 2022 -- From the world's second-smallest state, Monaco, to the most populous country, India, representatives from more than 20 governments and international organizations on Monday condemned the Taliban's policies of shutting down secondary schools and denying other fundamental rights to Afghan girls and women.

News Reports

• Investigation Shows Contractors At Russian Base In Kyrgyzstan 'Dispatched To Ukraine' RFE/RL 13 Sep 2022 -- People in the northern Kyrgyz town of Kant, where a Russian air base is located, say hundreds of troops from the facility have been dispatched to fight in the war in Ukraine in recent months.
• Overflight Of Iranian Plane Supplying Moscow With Drones Raises Uncomfortable Questions In Georgia RFE/RL 13 Sep 2022 -- Georgia's position on the war in Ukraine has again come under domestic scrutiny after three Iran Air Cargo planes allegedly carrying drones to Russia passed through Georgian airspace.
• Central African Farmers Say Hunger Looms as Ukraine War Disrupts Imports VOA 13 Sep 2022 -- Farmers' associations from 11 Central African countries say disruptions in food supplies caused by Russia's war in Ukraine have deepened the struggles of millions of Africans to survive. The farmers, meeting Tuesday in Cameroon's capital, called on the region's governments to help people cope with food shortages.
• Ukraine War Overshadows SCO Summit in Uzbekistan VOA 13 Sep 2022 -- Excitement is building in Uzbekistan ahead of this week's Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting, where Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will be the most prominent among more than a dozen world leaders visiting the Central Asian nation.
• Moscow Court Confiscates Properties Of Late Uzbek President's Eldest Daughter RFE/RL 13 Sep 2022 -- A court in Moscow has confiscated six apartments in the Russian capital belonging to Gulnara Karimova, the imprisoned eldest daughter of the late Uzbek President Islam Karimov.