Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
28 September 2022 - Russia Special Weapons News
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Ukraine Invasion
- Senior Defense and Military Officials Hold a Background Briefing DoD 28 Sep 2022
- The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 28.09 Ukraine MOD 28 Sep 2022
- Russia Strikes Kharkiv, Cuts Power, Hits Railway Yard; Heavy Fighting In Kherson RFE/RL 28 Sep 2022 -- Russian missile strikes in Ukraine's second city Kharkiv hit a railway yard overnight and knocked out power to more than 18,000 households, officials said on September 28.
- Russia Using Annexations, Mobilization To 'Plug The Holes' And 'Hold The Line,' Says Analyst RFE/RL 28 Sep 2022 -- After holding stage-managed, wartime votes on "joining the Russian Federation" in the Russia-occupied parts of four Ukrainian regions, the Kremlin appears to be moving rapidly toward claiming sovereignty over more Ukrainian territory. Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to address the nation on September 30 to formalize the move. The process appears to be playing out nearly identically to the one that culminated in the Russian seizure of Ukraine's Crimea region in 2014.
- Foreign Ministry's statement on the referendums in the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 28 Sep 2022
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Foreign Policy
- US Urges Americans to Leave Russia Quickly VOA 28 Sep 2022 -- The U.S. State Department expressed concern Wednesday that Americans with dual citizenship with Russia could be conscripted by Moscow to help fight its war against Ukraine.
- Russia: Press remarks by High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell on the next sanctions package European External Action Service (EEAS) 28 Sep 2022
- Press statement by President von der Leyen on a new package of restrictive measures against Russia European Commission 28 Sep 2022 -- "We wanted to present together the eighth package of sanctions. Last week, Russia has escalated the invasion of Ukraine to a new level. The sham referenda organised in the territories that Russia occupied are an illegal attempt to grab land and to change international borders by force. The mobilisation and Putin's threat to use nuclear weapons are further steps on the escalation path."
- Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on leaks in the Nord Stream gas pipelines EC/CEU 28 Sep 2022 -- The European Union is deeply concerned about damage to the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines that has resulted in leaks in the international waters of the Baltic Sea.
- EU Says Nord Stream Pipeline Leaks Are 'Deliberate Act,' Threatens 'Robust Response' RFE/RL 28 Sep 2022 -- The European Union believes that leaks from two Russia-Germany undersea gas pipelines this week "are not a coincidence," and there are indications they were "a deliberate act," the bloc's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said September 28.
- Pipeline Leaks Appear to Be Result of Deliberate Act VOA 28 Sep 2022 -- European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Wednesday that all indications are that leaks from two Nord Stream natural gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea "are the result of a deliberate act."
- Vietnam placed in awkward position as old ally Russia suffers losses in Ukraine Radio Free Asia 28 Sep 2022 -- Vietnam's support for Russia during the latter's illegal invasion of Ukraine is not surprising due to the long historical relationship between the two states, even though the justification for the attack creates a very dangerous legal precedent for Hanoi, coping with a territorially aggressive neighbor of its own. Russia is a "strategic comprehensive partner," many ranks above the United States in Hanoi's diplomatic hierarchy. But Russian losses put the government in a very awkward position vis-à-vis its public who often use foreign policy as an oblique means to criticize the Communist Party.
- North Ossetia Imposes Limits On Incoming Cars As Line Grows At Region's Border Crossing With Georgia RFE/RL 28 Sep 2022 -- North Ossetia has imposed restrictions on cars arriving from other parts of Russia as an exodus of military-age men out of the country has resulted in a long line of vehicles at a remote border crossing with Georgia.
- Russia 'Tentatively' Approves Oil, Grain Exports for Afghanistan VOA 28 Sep 2022 -- Russia has approved a provisional agreement with the Taliban government to supply oil products, gas and wheat to war-torn Afghanistan, both sides said Wednesday.
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