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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 20.10 Ukraine MOD 20 Oct 2022
• General Says Iranian Drones, Troops Operating in Ukraine DoD News 20 Oct 2022 -- The Defense Department assesses that Iranians have been in Ukraine to assist Russia with the drone operation there, Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said during a media briefing at the Pentagon today.
• Pentagon: Iranian Military in Ukraine, Helping Russia Launch Drone Attacks VOA 20 Oct 2022 -- Iranian military personnel are "on the ground" in Ukraine, assisting the Russian military with drone operations that have been terrorizing the country and targeting power facilities, the Pentagon said Thursday.
• As Ukrainian Troops Advance In Kherson, A Glimpse Of The Russian Withdrawal RFE/RL 20 Oct 2022 -- The photograph, showing a man in combat fatigues posing on a river ferry alongside Russian military equipment, was posted on Russian social media on October 10. Three days later, a video that appeared on the same account seemed to show the same ferry and equipment.
• Ukraine Restricting Power Use After Russian Attacks VOA 20 Oct 2022 -- Ukraine is restricting power use Thursday in response to Russian attacks that damaged parts of the country's electrical infrastructure.
• Ukraine curbs nationwide power usage Press TV 20 Oct 2022 -- Ukraine has restricted electricity usage across the country due to expected power shortages, following a barrage of Russian missile and drone attacks that have destroyed some power plants in recent days.
• Attacks On Energy Facilities Aimed At Increasing Migration, Zelenskiy Tells EU Leaders RFE/RL 20 Oct 2022 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told EU leaders on October 20 that Russian attacks that have destroyed a large portion of Ukraine's energy infrastructure are aimed in part at provoking a new wave of migration of Ukrainians to EU countries.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Visit to military training ground in Ryazan Region President of Russia 20 Oct 2022 -- The Supreme Commander-in-Chief visited the Western Military District training ground in the Ryazan Region, where he inspected the training of the newly mobilised personnel.
• Statement by Mr. Konstantin Vorontsov, Deputy Head of the Delegation of the Russian Federation, Deputy Director of the Department for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, at the Thematic Discussion on Other Weapons of Mass Destruction in the First Committee of the 77th Session of the UN General Assembly, New York, 19 October 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 20 Oct 2022
• Moscow Open for Dialogue With US on Deescalation and Arms Control Sputnik 20 Oct 2022 -- Moscow is open for dialogue with the United States on deescalation anf arms control, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova saidf on Thursday.
• Indian Sub Set to Resume Operations After Russian Refit Sputnik 20 Oct 2022 -- The Indian Navy has 15 conventional diesel-electric submarines, including seven Russian kilo-class ships. The navy is facing many challenges in shoring up its underwater capabilities amid the burgeoning power of competitors in the Indian Ocean.
• Britain Says Russian Warplane Fired Missile Close To U.K. Spy Aircraft Over Black Sea RFE/RL 20 Oct 2022 -- A Russian fighter jet last month released a missile near an unarmed British spy plane in international airspace over the Black Sea, Defense Secretary Ben Wallace told Parliament on October 20.
• UK: Russian jet fired missile near British spy plane over Black Sea Press TV 20 Oct 2022 -- Britain's Defense Secretary Ben Wallace says a Russian aircraft fired a missile in the vicinity of an unarmed British spy plane over the Black Sea.
• Iran strongly rejects drone deliveries to Russia for use in Ukraine: FM IRNA 20 Oct 2022 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian on Thursday categorically rejected drone deliveries to Russia to use in the Ukraine war, adding that the Islamic Republic of Iran is trying to stop the conflict in Ukraine through diplomacy.
• Iran FM: Iran's policy is not to send weapons, drones against Ukraine IRNA 20 Oct 2022 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian in a tweet on Thursday said that sending weapons and drones against Ukraine is not Iran's policy.
• Iran ready to help end Ukraine crisis: president People's Daily 20 Oct 2022 -- Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Wednesday rejected certain "unsubstantiated claims" about Tehran's stance toward the conflict in Ukraine, saying Iran is ready to play a role in ending the crisis.
• Amir-Abdollahian: Arms, drones delivery to Russia to be used in Ukraine war 'not Iran's policy' Press TV 20 Oct 2022 -- Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has reaffirmed the Islamic Republic's strong opposition to the war in Ukraine, dismissing Western-backed allegations that Iran sends weapons and drones to Russia to be used against the former Soviet country.
• Iran, Russia reject claims on use of Tehran-supplied drones in Ukraine Press TV 20 Oct 2022 -- Iran and Russia have rejected baseless allegations that Tehran supplied Moscow with a fleet of drones for use in the war in Ukraine.
• Iranians In Crimea 'Directly Engaged' In Helping Russia Use Drones To Attack Ukraine, White House Says RFE/RL 20 Oct 2022 -- Iranian personnel are "directly engaged on the ground" in Russian-occupied Crimea helping Moscow's forces conduct attacks on Ukraine with Iranian-made drones, the White House said on October 20.
• Iran Rejects Claims of Providing Drones to Russia for Use in Ukraine - Envoy to UN Sputnik 20 Oct 2022 -- Iran rejects as unfounded the claims that it is providing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to Russia to use in Ukraine, Iran's Ambassador to the United Nations Saeed Iravani said.

Foreign Policy

• Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on the detention of several Russian citizens at the request of US authorities Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 20 Oct 2022
• Five Russians Among Several Charged By U.S. In Schemes To Export Technology, Evade Sanctions RFE/RL 20 Oct 2022 -- The U.S. Justice Department has charged nearly a dozen individuals with participating in illegal schemes to export sophisticated technologies to Russia and evade sanctions on Venezuelan oil.
• The Impact of Sanctions and Export Controls on the Russian Federation US Dept. of State 20 Oct 2022 -- Since Russia launched its unjustified and unprovoked all-out war against Ukraine in February 2022, the United States has worked with Allies and partners around the world to impose an unprecedented range of sanctions and export controls on Russia for its brutal aggression. Moreover, we will continue to impose costs on the Kremlin for as long as its war of aggression continues.
• Germany's Scholz: Putin Using Energy as a Weapon VOA 20 Oct 2022 -- German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Thursday Russian President Vladimir Putin is using energy as weapon, but his tactics are only bringing Western allies closer together in their support of Ukraine.
• Finland to put up fence on border with Russia Press TV 20 Oct 2022 -- Finland says it plans to build a barbed-wire fence on its border with Russia, nearly eight months into the war between Russia and its neighbor Ukraine.
• Finnish Parliament Backs Costly Fence Along Border With Russia Sputnik 20 Oct 2022 -- The border fence is bound to set a new symbolic low in Russian-Finnish relations, cancelling decades of vibrant economic cooperation and buoyant trade. The relations, once mutually beneficial, were badly damaged by Finland hopping on the Western sanctions bandwagon.
• Erdogan Agrees to Putin's Plan for Turkey to Be Russian Gas Hub VOA 20 Oct 2022 -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has signed up to Russian President Vladimir Putin's plan to turn Turkey into a Russian natural gas hub.

News Reports

• Norway Points Finger At 'Foreign Intelligence' After Arrest Of Several Russians For Suspicious Drone Flights RFE/RL 20 Oct 2022 -- Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store says foreign intelligence services are behind a recent slew of "unacceptable" drone flights in the country.
• Ukraine: EU sanctions three individuals and one entity in relation to the use of Iranian drones in Russian aggression EC/CEU 20 Oct 2022 -- The Council today added three Iranian individuals and one Iranian entity to the list of those subject to restrictive measures for undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. This is in view of their role in the development and delivery of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) used by Russia in its war against Ukraine.
• EU, U.K. Announce Sanctions Over Iran's Drone Deliveries To Russia RFE/RL 20 Oct 2022 -- The European Union and Britain have slapped sanctions on Iranian individuals and a weapons company that they say have supplied Iranian kamikaze drones to Russia that have been used in its wave of air strikes on Ukrainian civilian and infrastructure targets.
• EU Slaps Sanctions on Iran for 'Military Assistance' to Russia Sputnik 20 Oct 2022 -- Previously, Tehran rejected accusations of providing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to Russia for the special operation in Ukraine.
• UK sanctions Iran over kamikaze Russian drones UK FCDO 20 Oct 2022 -- The UK is implementing new sanctions on Iranian individuals and business responsible for supplying Russia with kamikaze drones used to bombard Ukraine.
• Jailed Navalny Says New Probe Launched Against Him Over Content On Associates' YouTube Channel RFE/RL 20 Oct 2022 -- Jailed Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny says he has been officially informed by investigators that a new probe has been launched against him.