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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 19.09 Ukraine MOD 19 Sep 2022
• Ukraine Accuses Russia Of Attacking Another Nuclear Plant RFE/RL 19 Sep 2022 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has responded to officials' accusations that Russian troops shelled another nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine overnight by saying the world must "stop [Russia] before it's too late."
• Ukraine Says Russian Missile Struck Near Nuclear Power Plant VOA 19 Sep 2022 -- Ukraine's nuclear energy operator said Monday a Russian missile struck near a nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine.
• Zelenskyy Says No Letup in Push to Reclaim Territory VOA 19 Sep 2022 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday there would be no letup in the effort by his country's military to retake territory from Russian forces.
• Moscow-Backed Separatists In Eastern Ukraine Sentence OSCE Employee To 13 Years In Prison RFE/RL 19 Sep 2022 -- Moscow-backed separatist authorities in Ukraine's eastern region of Luhansk have sentenced an employee of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to 13 years in prison.
• Senior Defense Official and Senior Military Official Hold a Background Briefing DoD 19 Sep 2022
• U.S. Official Says Russia Has Failed to Achieve Strategic Objectives DoD News 19 Sep 2022 -- The bottom line of the whole Russian invasion of Ukraine is that Russian President Vladimir V. Putin has failed to achieve any of his strategic objectives in launching the brutal and unprovoked attack, a senior defense official said on background today.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Russian Security Council Touts 'Further Military Cooperation' With China RFE/RL 19 Sep 2022 -- The Russian Security Council claimed on September 19 that Moscow and Beijing had agreed on "further military cooperation" with a focus on exercises and senior contacts.
• Meeting on economic issues President of Russia 19 Sep 2022 -- The President chaired a meeting on economic issues, via videoconference.

Foreign Policy

• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's introductory remarks at the opening of the exhibition of archive records on the 250th anniversary of the reunification of the peoples of Russia and Belarus, Moscow, September 19, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 19 Sep 2022
• Kremlin Lauds Orban Government's 'Sovereign Positions' Within EU RFE/RL 19 Sep 2022 -- A Kremlin spokesman has praised a stubbornly allied Hungarian leadership for what it describes as Budapest's willingness to take "sovereign positions" on issues within the European Union.
• Poland, Baltics Impose Entry Bans On Most Russians With EU Visas RFE/RL 19 Sep 2022 -- Poland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania were scheduled to begin enforcing a ban on access to their countries for most Russians with EU visas on September 19, moving all four beyond the curbs recently agreed by all 27 EU members.
• Baltic Countries to Stop Russian Citizens from Entering VOA 19 Sep 2022 -- As of midnight, Lithuanian border control stopped 11 Russian citizens from entering the country, the Lithuanian Interior Ministry reported. This comes after the prime ministers of four of the five Baltic nations bordering Russia — Poland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania — agreed earlier this month to stop admitting Russian citizens, a move in support of Ukraine.

News Reports