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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 08.10 Ukraine MOD 08 Oct 2022
• Blast Damages Key Bridge Connecting Russia to Crimea VOA 08 Oct 2022 -- An apparent truck explosion caused the partial collapse of a road and rail bridge linking the Crimean Peninsula with Russia early Saturday, damaging a conduit that is essential for sustaining Russia's military operations in southern Ukraine.
• Executive Order on stepping up measures to ensure security of transport crossing Kerch Strait, the power bridge connecting Russia with the Crimean Peninsula and the main gas pipeline from the Krasnodar Territory to Crimea President of Russia 08 Oct 2022 -- Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order On Stepping Up Measures to Ensure the Secure Operation of the Transport Passage Across the Kerch Strait, the Power Bridge Connecting the Russian Federation with the Crimean Peninsula and the Main Gas Pipeline from the Krasnodar Territory to Crimea.
• Instructions pertaining to emergency situation on Crimean Bridge President of Russia 08 Oct 2022 -- In light of the emergency situation on the Crimean Bridge, Vladimir Putin heard reports from Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin, Emergencies Minister Alexander Kurenkov and Transport Minister Vitaly Savelyev, as well as heads of security services.
• Russia Names Overall Commander Of Forces Fighting In Ukraine As Losses Mount RFE/RL 08 Oct 2022 -- With its forces struggling against a dramatic Ukrainian counteroffensive, Russia's Defense Ministry on October 8 named General Sergei Surovikin as the new overall commander of Kremlin forces engaged in Ukraine.
• Putin Places FSB In Charge Of Crimea Bridge Probe, Infrastructure Security After Explosion RFE/RL 08 Oct 2022 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Federal Security Service (FSB) to take charge of security measures for a strategic bridge after an apparent truck bomb damaged the structure linking Russia to the occupied Crimean Peninsula and dealt a humiliating blow to the Kremlin's prestige.
• Bad Battlefield Performance in Ukraine Subjects Russia to Increasing Critic VOA 08 Oct 2022 -- Russia's defense ministry is coming under criticism from "increasingly diverse actors within the Russian system," according to an intelligence update posted on Twitter on Saturday by Britain's defense ministry. The growing criticism is a result, the ministry said, of "continued battlefield setbacks for Russia over the last two weeks."

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Foreign Policy

• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's interview with the Argumenty i Fakty newspaper, Moscow, October 8, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 08 Oct 2022
• Putin Orders Seizure Of Sakhalin-1 Oil-And-Gas Project, Leaving U.S., Japanese, Indian Investors At Risk RFE/RL 08 Oct 2022 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree installing a new operator for a massive international oil-and-gas project in Russia's Far East, affecting billions of investment dollars from major U.S., Japanese, and Indian companies.
• German Defense Chief Says NATO 'Must Do More' For Common Security Against Russian Threat RFE/RL 08 Oct 2022 -- German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said during a visit to Lithuania that NATO must do more for common security to protect itself against any aggressive actions by Russia and President Vladimir Putin.

News Reports

• Russian Governor, Overseeing Reconstruction In Occupied Ukraine District, Struggles To Open Schools At Home RFE/RL 08 Oct 2022 -- The governor of Pskov, an impoverished region in Russia's northwest, says he's committed to rebuilding schools in an occupied part of Ukraine. His own constituents want him to fix schools closer to home.