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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 21.10 Ukraine MOD 21 Oct 2022
• Ukraine says '88 regions recaptured' in Kherson Press TV 21 Oct 2022 -- More than 80 districts in Kherson, where Ukrainian forces have been advancing in recent weeks, are now liberated, Ukraine's presidential office says.
• Ukraine Claims Progress In Recapturing Towns As Counteroffensive In Kherson Continues RFE/RL 21 Oct 2022 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's office said 88 settlements in the southern Kherson region and 551 settlements in the northeastern Kharkiv region have been "de-occupied," while the Ukrainian forces' counteroffensive in the Kherson region moves ahead.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Phone Call With Russian Minister of Defense Sergey Shoygu DoD 21 Oct 2022
• Russian Defense Minister Shoigu, US Secretary of Defense Austin Discuss Situation in Ukraine Sputnik 21 Oct 2022 -- Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu discussed the situation in Ukraine by phone with Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday.
• US, Russian Defense Chiefs Talk as Fighting Rages in Ukraine VOA 21 Oct 2022 -- The top U.S. and Russian defense officials spoke by phone for the first time in months Friday, as Russian officials indicated a new openness to possible negotiations and as Ukrainian forces edged closer to the Russian-occupied southern port city of Kherson.
• U.S., Russian Defense Ministers Discuss Ukraine Invasion In Rare Phone Call RFE/RL 21 Oct 2022 -- The U.S. and Russian defense ministers -- Lloyd Austin and Sergei Shoigu -- discussed the current situation in Ukraine in a phone call on October 21 that the Pentagon said was aimed at keeping the lines of communication open.
• Russia, Congo Republic Discuss Military Cooperation Sputnik 21 Oct 2022 -- Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fokin and the Republic of the Congo's defense chief Charles Richard Mondjo met in Moscow on Thursday for talks on military cooperation.
• How Hard Is Russia Trying To Acquire Sensitive Western Military Technology? A U.S. Indictment Provides Clues. RFE/RL 21 Oct 2022 -- In late June 2019, a Russian man named Yury Orekhov met in a European hotel with a businessman representing a California-based company involved in consulting and logistics. Orekhov, the co-owner of a German industrial equipment and commodities trading company, told the businessman that he wanted to buy U.S. components to be used in a Russian Sukhoi fighter jet.
• 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 Conventional Arms in the First Committee of the 77th Session of the UN General Assembly, New York, 20 October 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 21 Oct 2022

Foreign Policy

News Reports

• Russia to export over-50-mln-ton grain in 2022-2023 agriculture year People's Daily 21 Oct 2022 -- Russia is able to deliver the task of exporting more than 50 million tons of grain in 2022-2023 agriculture year, set by President Vladimir Putin, said a senior official on Thursday.
• Russia: 'Truth' behind Nord Stream blasts would surprise Europeans Press TV 21 Oct 2022 -- The Kremlin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said the "truth" behind the September explosions on the Nord Stream gas pipelines would "surprise" many Europeans if it was to be made public.
• Kremlin: Russia Trying to Gain Access to Nord Stream Attack Probe Despite Europe's Resistance Sputnik 21 Oct 2022 -- Russia is working through diplomatic channels to gain access to the investigation into the incident on the Nord Stream pipelines, but so far Moscow is facing a wall of resistance from relevant countries, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday.
• The Week In Russia: War Stories RFE/RL 21 Oct 2022 -- Amid Russian retreats, a declaration of martial law in parts of Ukraine - and "martial law lite" in parts of Russia. Accounts of torture in Izyum. And more prison time looms for Aleksei Navalny.
• Kazakhstan Calls For Freedom Of Choice, Instead Of Only Rubles, When Paying For Russian Gas RFE/RL 21 Oct 2022 -- Kazakh Energy Minister Bolat Aqsholaqov has called for freedom of choice in the matter of what currency to use when paying for Russian natural gas, rather than following Moscow's demand for countries to pay in rubles only.