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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 12.10 Ukraine MOD 12 Oct 2022
• Ukrainian Military Recaptures Five Settlements In Kherson Region RFE/RL 12 Oct 2022 -- Ukraine said on October 12 that it had liberated five more settlements in the southern region of Kherson as its armed forces continued their counteroffensive despite a wave of Russian missile strikes that hit the country over the past two days.
• Ukraine's Battlefield Gains 'Extraordinary,' Changed Conflict Dynamics, Austin Tells Allies RFE/RL 12 Oct 2022 -- Ukraine's recent military victories against the Russian invaders have been "extraordinary" and influenced the course of the war despite the "malice and cruelty" of Moscow's latest missile strikes, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has told a meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels.
• Russia's FSB Says Eight Detained Over Crimean Bridge Blast RFE/RL 12 Oct 2022 -- Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on October 12 that it had arrested five Russian nationals and three citizens of Ukraine and Armenia over the explosion that damaged the Crimea Bridge on October 8.

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Foreign Policy

• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's opening remarks at a meeting with Foreign Minister of the Republic of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan on the sidelines of the CIS Foreign Ministers' Council Meeting, Astana, October 12, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 12 Oct 2022
• Council agrees its negotiating mandate on the non-acceptance of Russian travel documents issued in Ukraine and Georgia EC/CEU 12 Oct 2022 -- EU ambassadors today agreed a mandate for negotiations with the European Parliament on a decision on the non-acceptance of Russian travel documents issued in Ukraine and Georgia.
• Czechs Join Other EU States In Tightening Entry Rules For Russian Tourists RFE/RL 12 Oct 2022 -- Russian tourists holding Schengen visas will be turned away by the Czech Republic starting later this month, the foreign minister said on October 12 as the country joined the Baltic states, Finland, and Poland, in tightening entry rules.

News Reports

• Russia's Unhappy Club: The CSTO RFE/RL 12 Oct 2022 -- The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) started the year with a spring in its step.
• To Stay Or Leave? Tajiks With Dual Russian Citizenship Face Dilemma Amid Kremlin's Mobilization RFE/RL 12 Oct 2022 -- Rashid is among the hundreds of thousands of Tajik nationals who have obtained dual Russian citizenship in recent years.
• Judge Orders Former NSA Employee Accused Of Attempting To Sell Secrets To Russia To Remain In Custody RFE/RL 12 Oct 2022 -- A former U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) employee accused of trying to sell classified information to Russia will remain behind bars while he is prosecuted, a judge ruled on October 11.