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Ukraine Invasion
Defense Policy / Programs
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 29.09 Ukraine MOD 29 Sep 2022

Defense Policy / Programs

• Meeting with the heads of security agencies and intelligence services of the CIS countries President of Russia 29 Sep 2022 -- The President met with the heads of the delegations to the 18th session of the Meeting of the Heads of Security Agencies and Intelligence Services of the Commonwealth of Independent States Member States, via videoconference.
• Meeting with permanent members of the Security Council President of Russia 29 Sep 2022 -- The President held a briefing session with the permanent members of the Security Council via videoconference.

Foreign Policy

• Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, Moscow, September 29, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 29 Sep 2022
• NATO, EU Say Gas Pipeline Leaks Are 'Sabotage' But Stop Short Of Pointing Finger At Russia RFE/RL 29 Sep 2022 -- NATO and the European Union said leaks in two major Russian underwater pipelines designed to ship natural gas to Germany were caused by "sabotage" and vowed to take strong action to protect critical European infrastructure.
• Statement by the North Atlantic Council on the damage to gas pipelines NATO 29 Sep 2022 -- The NATO Invitees associate themselves with this Statement.
• NATO Calls Nord Stream Leaks 'Deliberate, Reckless' Sabotage RFE/RL 29 Sep 2022 -- NATO has voiced "deep concern" over the damage sustained by the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea, calling the incidents "deliberate, reckless, and irresponsible acts of sabotage."
• NATO Vows Retaliation for Attacks on Infrastructure, Blames Sabotage for Pipe Blasts VOA 29 Sep 2022 -- NATO vowed retaliation Thursday for attacks on the critical infrastructure of its 30 member nations, while strongly suggesting the rupture of two Baltic Sea pipelines meant to send natural gas from Russia to Germany was the direct result of sabotage.
• West Prepares New Sanctions To Make Russia Pay 'Severe Economic Cost' For Escalating War Through Referendums RFE/RL 29 Sep 2022 -- The United States and its allies are preparing to impose fresh sanctions on Russia in the wake of what the West and United Nations have called "sham" referendums in four Ukrainian regions, with the White House saying the measures would exact a "severe" economic price on Moscow.
• Finland Bars Russian Tourists After Thousands Enter Country VOA 29 Sep 2022 -- The Finnish government announced it is closing its borders to Russians with European tourist visas effective at midnight Thursday night, after thousands of people streamed over their shared border with Russia in recent days.

News Reports

• New Warnings from Ukraine About Looming Russian Cyberattacks VOA 29 Sep 2022 -- Ukraine is again urging its companies and private organizations to immediately bolster their cybersecurity ahead of what could be a new wave of Russian attacks.
• Russian Oligarch Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska and Associates Indicted for Sanctions Evasion and Obstruction of Justice US Dept. of Justice 29 Sep 2022 -- The Justice Department announced today the unsealing of an indictment charging a U.S. citizen and three citizens of the Russian Federation with violating new U.S. sanctions imposed earlier this year in response to Russia's unprovoked military invasion of Ukraine.
• US Charges Russian Oligarch Deripaska with Sanctions Evasion VOA 29 Sep 2022 -- The Justice Department on Thursday unsealed an indictment charging Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska and three associates with violating U.S. sanctions.
• All The World's A Stage: What To Watch For In Putin's Big Speech RFE/RL 29 Sep 2022 -- The last major speech that Vladimir Putin delivered live came in the early hours of February 24, when the Russian president announced he was ordering tens of thousands of troops to invade Ukraine in what has become the biggest war in Europe since World War II -- and the biggest test for Putin in his 23 years in power.
• Russia Says Sanctions Prevent It From Maintaining Gas Pipeline To Turkey, Balkans RFE/RL 29 Sep 2022 -- Russia says Western sanctions are preventing it from maintaining a crucial natural-gas-export pipeline that supplies Turkey and the Balkans, potentially worsening Europe's energy crisis.
• Police In Russia's Tyva Disperse Anti-Mobilization Rally, Detain Women RFE/RL 29 Sep 2022 -- Police in Russia's Siberian Tyva region have detained at least 27 women and dispersed a rally against the mobilization of local men for Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.
• Russian Opposition Politician Leaves Country After Serving 30 Days In Jail RFE/RL 29 Sep 2022 -- Russian opposition politician Leonid Gozman has left Russia after serving two consecutive 15-day jail terms on charges of "equating" Soviet-era Russia with Nazi Germany.
• Major in the United States Army and a Maryland Doctor Facing Federal Indictment for Allegedly Providing Confidential Health Information to a Purported Russian Representative to Assist Russia Related to the Conflict In Ukraine DoJ - US Attorney's Office - Maryland 29 Sep 2022 -- A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Anna Gabrielian, age 36, and her husband, Jamie Lee Henry, age 39, both of Rockville, Maryland, with conspiracy and for the disclosure of individually identifiable health information ("IIHI"), related to their efforts to assist Russia in connection with the conflict in Ukraine. The indictment was returned on September 28, 2022 and unsealed today upon the arrest of the defendants.
• U.S. Charges Former Army Officer, Wife With Conspiracy Over Medical Data Leaks RFE/RL 29 Sep 2022 -- A former U.S. Army officer and his wife have been criminally charged by the U.S. Justice Department for allegedly plotting to leak sensitive health-care data about military patients to Russia.