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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 23.10 Ukraine MOD 23 Oct 2022
• 'Wide-Scale' Russian Attacks Target Ukraine's Energy Grid, Leaving Millions Without Electricity RFE/RL 23 Oct 2022 -- Russia has launched new, "wide scale" missile strikes on Ukraine's civilian energy sites, causing power outages nationwide, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in his regular video address late on October 22.
• Zelenskyy Criticizes Russia for 'Dirty Bomb' Claims VOA 23 Oct 2022 -- Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelenskyy said during his nightly address Sunday that only Russia was capable of using nuclear weapons in Europe.
• Russia, Ukraine accuse each other of planning to deploy 'dirty bomb' Press TV 23 Oct 2022 -- Russia has accused Ukraine of preparing a "provocation" involving the use of a "dirty bomb," a device that uses explosives to scatter radioactive waste.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Phone Call With Russian Minister of Defense Sergey Shoygu DoD 23 Oct 2022
• Russian Defense Minister Shoigu Holds Calls With U.S., Other NATO Counterparts Amid Escalation Fears RFE/RL 23 Oct 2022 -- Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu spoke with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and three other counterparts from leading NATO members on October 23 amid growing concern that the Kremlin could escalate its war in Ukraine as it suffers defeats.
• Statement on Defence Secretary's call with Russian Defence Minister UK MOD 23 Oct 2022 -- Statement on Defence Secretary Ben Wallace's call with the Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu.
• Another Russian Military Plane Crashes Into Residential Building, Killing Both Pilots RFE/RL 23 Oct 2022 -- A Russian military plane crashed into a residential building in the Siberian city of Irkutsk on October 23, killing both of its pilots, Russian authorities said.

Foreign Policy

• Joint Statement on Ukraine US Dept. of State 23 Oct 2022 -- The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America, France, and the United Kingdom.
• Greetings to PRC President Xi Jinping on re-election to post of China's Communist Party Central Committee General Secretary President of Russia 23 Oct 2022 -- Vladimir Putin sent a message of greetings to President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping on his re-election to the post of General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee.
• Turkey and Russia Working on Evaluation of Gas Hub Project, Source Says Sputnik 22 Oct 2022 -- Russia and Turkey are working on the gas hub project, the design, construction and marketing elements are being evaluated, a source Sputnik on Saturday.

News Reports

• First Satellite of Russian Sfera Constellation Put Into Orbit SPA 23 Oct 2022 -- The Russian Skif-D satellite, the first orbital spacecraft from the Sfera (Sphere) multi-satellite orbital constellation, was successfully put into orbit after the Saturday launch, a spokesperson of Russian state space corporation Roscosmos told journalists, Sputnik reported.
• 'Savings? Are You Joking?' Months After Moscow's Invasion Of Ukraine, Russians' Money Troubles Mount RFE/RL 23 Oct 2022 -- "In June they laid off about 70 percent of my shop," said Sergei, a furniture builder in the Siberian city of Tomsk. The firm had been suffering since March, after its main customer, Swedish retail giant IKEA, pulled out of Russia in the wake of Moscow's unprovoked February 24 invasion of Ukraine.
• Russian Finance Ministry Recognizes Risks of Budget Shortfall in 2023-2025 - Siluanov Sputnik 23 Oct 2022 -- The Russian Finance Ministry recognizes the risks of a shortfall in revenues to the budget in 2023-2025 and will look for new sources if needed, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said.
• Two Russians Seeking Asylum In Alaska Are Indigenous Siberians Fleeing Mobilization, Senator Says RFE/RL 23 Oct 2022 -- Two Russian men who sought asylum in the United States after landing on a remote Alaskan island by boat earlier this month to avoid conscription to fight in Ukraine are indigenous Siberians, Alaska's U.S. senator said.