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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 27.09 Ukraine MOD 27 Sep 2022
• Russia: Ukrainians Widely Support Annexation in Four Regions; West Calls Vote 'Sham' VOA 27 Sep 2022 -- Russia claimed Tuesday that early vote counting in what Western allies say are sham referendums showed Ukrainians in four regions overwhelmingly supporting joining Russia.
• 'Sham' Annexation Vote In Occupied Regions Of Ukraine Delivers Expected Overwhelming Approval RFE/RL 27 Sep 2022 -- Russian-backed officials in four regions where so-called referendums on joining the Russian Federation were held over the last five days say voters have overwhelmingly supported the annexation.
• Heavy Fighting Under Way In Ukraine As Anti-Mobilization Protests Continue In Russia RFE/RL 27 Sep 2022 -- Heavy fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces is under way in parts of eastern Ukraine and the northeast Kharkiv region as Moscow continues a crackdown on protests against a partial mobilization decreed by President Vladimir Putin last week.
• Voting Ends In 'Sham' Poll On Occupied Parts Of Ukraine Joining Russia RFE/RL 27 Sep 2022 -- Russian-backed officials in four regions partially occupied by Moscow in southern and eastern Ukraine say polls have closed after five days of voting on so-called referendums on joining the Russian Federation.
• Ukrainian regions vote on joining Russia on final day of referendums Press TV 27 Sep 2022 -- People in the breakaway republics of Luhansk and Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, as well as the Russian-controlled parts of Kherson and Zaporizhia, voted on the fifth and final day of referendums on joining Russia on Tuesday.
• Statement by the Russian Federation on the false allegations against the Russian Federation made by Ukraine to cover-up its own violations of international law and military crimes against civilian population of Donbass as well as Kharkov, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 27 Sep 2022

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Foreign Policy

• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's opening remarks at a meeting with Foreign Minister of the Republic of Abkhazia Inal Ardzinba, Moscow, September 27, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 27 Sep 2022
• Russia Expels Japanese Diplomat On Espionage Accusation RFE/RL 27 Sep 2022 -- Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) has said that it detained and ordered the expulsion of a Japanese diplomat in the eastern city of Vladivostok for suspected espionage after the consul allegedly sought "restricted" information.
• Kazakhstan Plans Talks With Moscow Regarding Influx Of Russians Amid Military Call-Up RFE/RL 27 Sep 2022 -- Kazakh President Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev says his country plans to hold talks with Moscow regarding the massive influx of Russian citizens entering the country following the Kremlin's introduction of a partial military mobilization to support its war in Ukraine.
• Central Asia Wrestles With Huge Influx Of Russians Fleeing Army Duty RFE/RL 27 Sep 2022 -- As Russians escaping a partial military mobilization in their homeland drank their morning coffee in a cinema that opened its doors for them in northwestern Kazakhstan, Central Asia was waking up to yet more fallout from Moscow's bloody war in Ukraine.

News Reports

• Russia 'extremely concerned' by Nord Stream gas pipelines leaks into Balitic Sea Press TV 27 Sep 2022 -- Moscow says it is "extremely concerned" about recent damage sustained by the two Nord Stream gas pipelines linking Russia and Europe in the Baltic Sea.
• Sabotage Being Investigated After Explosions Strike Russia's Nord Stream Pipelines RFE/RL 27 Sep 2022 -- Swedish police say they have launched a preliminary investigation into possible sabotage related to leaks in the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea after seismologists from Sweden and Denmark said they had recorded powerful explosions in areas near where evidence of leaks had been found.
• Mystery Leaks from Pipelines Bubble Up in Baltic Sea VOA 27 Sep 2022 -- Sabotage is suspected in multiple ruptures of the two Nord Stream natural gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea.
• Gas leak in the Baltic Sea Danish Ministry of Defence 27 Sep 2022 -- After the three gas leaks on the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea, the Danish Defence deployed the frigate Absalon and the pollution control vessel Gunnar Thorson, as well as a helicopter capacity.
• German Police Search Superyacht Believed To Be Owned By Uzbek-Born Russian Tycoon RFE/RL 27 Sep 2022 -- German police have searched the superyacht Dilbar, the world's biggest yacht by tonnage, believed to be owned by Alisher Usmanov - an Uzbek-born billionaire and close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
• Dushanbe City Bank Suspends Russia's Mir Payment System RFE/RL 27 Sep 2022 -- One of Tajikistan's largest banks, Dushanbe City Bank, has suspended operations of Russia's Mir payment cards in the country, citing technical issues.
• Putin grants Russian citizenship to Snowden, who exposed US surveillance Press TV 27 Sep 2022 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree granting Russian citizenship to US whistleblower Edward Snowden, who exposed mass spying by the US National Security Agency and then sought refuge in Russia.