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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 26.10 Ukraine MOD 26 Oct 2022
• Ukrainian Troops Holding Out In Eastern Ukraine As Russia Repeats Unfounded Dirty Bomb Claim RFE/RL 26 Oct 2022 -- Ukrainian troops are holding out against attacks near two towns in the eastern Donbas region, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy reported on October 26, saying the front line has not significantly changed.
• Putin: We're aware of Ukraine's 'dirty bomb' plans Press TV 26 Oct 2022 -- Russia's President Vladimir Putin repeats claims made by several Russian officials that Ukraine plans to deploy a "dirty bomb" during Moscow's current military operation in the ex-Soviet republic.
• Ukraine Has Been Turned Into Tool of US Foreign Policy, Has Practically Lost Its Sovereignty: Putin Sputnik 26 Oct 2022 -- Russian authorities and senior military officials have expressed serious concerns in recent days over Kiev's possible use of a 'dirty bomb' on its own territory to accuse Moscow of nuclear terrorism. The threat of such a false flag attack would escalate the eight-year-old Ukrainian security crisis into dangerous and uncharted new territory.
• Russia defense minister raises Ukraine 'dirty bomb' threat with India, China counterparts Press TV 26 Oct 2022 -- Amid boiling tensions between Russia and the US-led Western countries over the war in Ukraine, Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, in a video call with his Chinese and Indian counterparts, has sounded the alarm that Ukraine was preparing a provocation using a "dirty bomb."
• Russian Defense Minister Shoigu Briefed Chinese Counterpart on Kiev's 'Dirty Bomb' Provocation: MoD Sputnik 26 Oct 2022 -- Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu talked to Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe, raising concerns about possible provocations by Ukraine with the use of a "dirty bomb," the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Meeting with permanent members of Security Council President of Russia 26 Oct 2022 -- The President held a working meeting, via videoconference, with the permanent members of the Security Council.
• Meeting with heads of CIS security and intelligence agencies President of Russia 26 Oct 2022 -- Vladimir Putin held a meeting, via videoconference, with participants in the session of the Council of Heads of the CIS Security and Intelligence Agencies.
• Supreme Commander-in-Chief held Strategic Deterrence Forces drill President of Russia 26 Oct 2022 -- Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Vladimir Putin supervised a military exercise of the ground, naval, and air components of the Strategic Deterrence Forces, which included practice launches of ballistic and cruise missiles.
• Putin Monitors Strategic Nuclear Forces Exercise VOA 26 Oct 2022 -- The Kremlin said Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday remotely observed exercises by his nation's strategic nuclear forces that were meant to simulate a response to a "massive nuclear strike."
• Russia notifies US of nuclear drills Press TV 26 Oct 2022 -- Russia has notified the United States about its plans to carry out annual military exercises using strategic nuclear forces.
• Putin Watches Strategic Deterrence Forces Drills Sputnik 26 Oct 2022 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin watched the exercises of the strategic deterrence forces and listened to the report of Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.
• Moscow Needs to Build Up Security as US Troops Getting Closer to Russian Borders: Kremlin Sputnik 26 Oct 2022 -- The closer US troops are to Russia's borders, the more fully Russia must build its security, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday, commenting on the deployment of the 101st US Airborne Division in Romania.
• Joint statement on the initiative on undertaking political commitment not to conduct destructive direct-ascent anti-satellite missile tests Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 26 Oct 2022
• Telephonic conversation between Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh & Defence Minister of Russia Mr Sergei Shoigu India PIB 26 Oct 2022 -- Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh held a telephonic conversation with the Defence Minister of Russian Federation Mr Sergei Shoigu on October 26, 2022 at the latter's request. During the telecon, both Ministers discussed bilateral defence cooperation as well as the deteriorating situation in Ukraine. Defence Minister Shoigu briefed the Raksha Mantri on the evolving situation in Ukraine, including his concerns about possible provocations through use of 'dirty bomb'.

Foreign Policy

• 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 Regional Disarmament and Security in the First Committee of the 77th Session of the UN General Assembly, New York, 25 October 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 26 Oct 2022
• Russia bans more EU figures from entry People's Daily 26 Oct 2022 -- The Russian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday barred more persons of the European Union member states from entering Russia in response to their anti-Russian actions.

News Reports

• U.S. Targets Moldovans, Russians For Sanctions Over Alleged Political Interference In Moldova RFE/RL 26 Oct 2022 -- The United States has targeted nine individuals and 12 entities for sanctions over what the U.S. Treasury Department said was "systemic corruption" in Moldova and their efforts to influence elections in the country.
• Response to Corruption and Election Interference in Moldova US Dept. of State 26 Oct 2022 -- The United States is committed to supporting Moldova's efforts to counter corruption, reform the justice sector, strengthen the independence and transparency of its democratic institutions, and promote accountability for those seeking to undermine its democracy. Today, we are designating two fugitive oligarchs along with a larger group of individuals and entities for their involvement in corruption and Kremlin-linked efforts to interfere in Moldova's democratic elections.
• Treasury Targets Corruption and the Kremlin's Malign Influence Operations in Moldova US Treasury 26 Oct 2022 -- Today, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took action to counter the Government of the Russian Federation's (GoR) persistent malign influence campaigns and systemic corruption in Moldova by imposing sanctions on nine individuals and 12 entities. The individuals and entities sanctioned today include oligarchs widely recognized for capturing and corrupting Moldova's political and economic institutions and those acting as instruments of Russia's global influence campaign, which seeks to manipulate the United States and its allies and partners, including Moldova and Ukraine. The designations include former Moldovan government official Vladimir Plahotniuc, who engaged in state capture by exerting control over and manipulating key sectors of Moldova's government, including the law enforcement, electoral, and judicial sectors.
• 'Spy Mania': Moscow Slams Norway's Arrest of Researcher as 'Politically Motivated' Sputnik 26 Oct 2022 -- Relations between Oslo and Moscow, though friendly and mutually beneficial since end of the Second World War, have soured recently years amid the build-up of NATO and reciprocal spying accusations. A new low was reached when Norway joined the western sanctions bandwagon over Russia's special operation in Ukraine, wiping out decades of cooperation.
• About 200,000 Foreigners Apply For Kazakh ID Numbers Amid Influx Of Russian Nationals RFE/RL 26 Oct 2022 -- Some 200,000 foreigners have applied for Kazakh individual identification numbers to be eligible to work and have bank accounts in the Central Asian nation since Russian citizens came in droves to neighboring Kazakhstan after Moscow announced a partial mobilization for the war in Ukraine in September.