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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 04.10 Ukraine MOD 04 Oct 2022
• Ukrainian Forces Advance In South, Repel Russian Attacks In Donbas RFE/RL 04 Oct 2022 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said that his country's troops are pressing ahead with advances against Russian forces after liberating more towns in a number of areas.
• Zelenskiy Claims Gains In Southern Ukraine As Biden Pledges $625 Million In Military Aid RFE/RL 04 Oct 2022 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says his forces have made "rapid and powerful" gains in southern Ukraine and recaptured "dozens" of villages from Russia this week.
• Official Representative of the President and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks at a plenary meeting of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on the approval of the laws ratifying treaties between the Russian Federation and the Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics and the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions and establishing new constituent entities of the Russian Federation, Moscow, October 4, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 04 Oct 2022
• Russian Parliament's Upper Chamber Ratifies Annexation Of Four Ukrainian Regions RFE/RL 04 Oct 2022 -- The upper chamber of Russia's parliament, the Federation Council, has ratified agreements incorporating four regions of Ukraine into Russia, a further step toward the formal annexation of the territories, which has been met with condemnation from the West.
• Pentagon Press Secretary Brigadier General Pat Ryder and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Laura K. Cooper Hold a Press Briefing DoD 04 Oct 2022
• Senior Military Official Says Russia in 'Defensive Crouch' in Kherson DoD News 04 Oct 2022 -- As fighting continues in Ukraine, the Ukrainian military's counter-offensive operations in the south of their country have Russian forces in a "defensive crouch" said a senior military official during a background briefing today at the Pentagon.

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Foreign Policy

• Answers to media questions by official representative of the President of the Russian Federation, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov following a plenary session of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, October 4 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 04 Oct 2022
• Telephone conversation with Interim President of Mali Assimi Goita President of Russia 04 Oct 2022 -- Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Interim President of the Republic of Mali Assimi Goita, at the initiative of the Malian side.
• DOD Policy Official Says Authoritarian Regimes Like Russia at Distinct Disadvantage DoD News 04 Oct 2022 -- Authoritarian regimes create incentives for leaders not to tell their boss the truth, including bad news.
• Russia: Chargé d'Affaires a.i. of the Mission to the EU summoned by the EEAS European External Action Service (EEAS) 04 Oct 2022 -- The EEAS Managing Director for Russia, Eastern Partnership, Central Asia, Regional cooperation and OSCE, Michael Siebert, summoned the Chargé d'Affaires a.i. of the Mission of the Russian Federation to the European Union, Kirill Logvinov, in Brussels on Monday.
• Japan Expels Russian Diplomat In Tit-For-Tat Move RFE/RL 04 Oct 2022 -- In a tit-for-tat move, Tokyo has ordered a senior Russian official stationed in the country to leave following Russia's decision last week to expel a Japanese diplomat over alleged spying.

News Reports

• Navalny's Team To Resume Operations Of Banned Networks In Russia RFE/RL 04 Oct 2022 -- The team of jailed opposition leader Aleksei Navalny says it will resume operations across Russia despite being banned as "extremist" last year, after which many of the Kremlin critic's associates and supporters fled the country.
• Kazakh Interior Minister Says 200,000 Russians Have Entered Country Since Mobilization RFE/RL 04 Oct 2022 -- Kazakh Interior Minister Marat Akhmetzhanov says 200,000 Russian citizens have entered the country since Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilization on September 21 amid Moscow's ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
• Roskosmos Discussing Extension Of Russia's Participation In ISS Past 2024, Says Official RFE/RL 04 Oct 2022 -- Roskosmos, Russia's space agency, is seeking a continuation of its participation in the International Space Station (ISS) past 2024, an agency official said on October 3.