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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 28.10 Ukraine MOD 28 Oct 2022
• 'Unprecedented' Power Cuts In Ukraine After Russian Strikes Damage Infrastructure RFE/RL 28 Oct 2022 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says about 4 million people across Ukraine have been hit by power restrictions that Ukraine's energy companies have been forced to impose because of damage to infrastructure caused by Russia's bombing campaign.
• Kherson civilian departures to safe areas completed: Crimea official Press TV 28 Oct 2022 -- Head of the Republic of Crimea Sergei Aksyonov has announced that all the civilians in the Kherson region had been evacuated due to Kiev forces' attacks.
• Moscow Says 'Departure' Of Civilians Completed As 1,000 Extra Russian Troops Sent To Kherson Amid Heavy Fighting RFE/RL 28 Oct 2022 -- Ukraine's military says Russia is massing troops on the right bank of the Dnieper River as both sides appear poised for what could be a key battle for Kherson in Ukraine's south, while Russian officials claim all civilians were evacuated from the city.
• Press release on the implementation of the Istanbul agreements on Ukrainian food exports and normalisation of Russia's agricultural exports Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 28 Oct 2022
• Russia's Claims Of U.S. Biological Weapons Activity In Ukraine Rejected At UN Security Council Meeting RFE/RL 28 Oct 2022 -- A UN disarmament official and the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations have rejected a Russian complaint filed with the UN Security Council demanding an investigation into U.S. "military biological activities" in Ukraine.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Meeting with Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu President of Russia 28 Oct 2022 -- The Minister of Defence reported to the Supreme Commander-in-Chief on the completion of the partial mobilisation.
• Extraordinary meeting of the CSTO Collective Security Council President of Russia 28 Oct 2022 -- Vladimir Putin took part, via videoconference, in an extraordinary meeting of the CSTO Collective Security Council.

Foreign Policy

• Putin says more countries choose not to succumb to U.S. pressure People's Daily 28 Oct 2022 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that various countries around the world are choosing not to succumb to Washington's demands despite pressure.
• New package of sanctions against Russia incorporated into Norwegian law Government of Norway 28 Oct 2022 -- Norway has introduced a new set of sanctions against President Putin and the Russian regime. The sanctions enter into force today.
• Foreign Ministry statement on situation at UNESCO Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 28 Oct 2022
• China and Russia reaffirm deepened relations at all levels, 'embodiment of major-country diplomacy' Global Times 28 Oct 2022 -- China and Russia vowed to deepen bilateral relations at all levels, following the conclusion of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and amid the US' heightened pressure on the two countries. Chinese observers said that China-Russia relations, which set a very prominent and positive example for establishing mutually beneficial cooperation between major countries, drive the world toward a more just, effective and multipolar global order, and the deepened cooperation between the two countries also contributes to the decline of US hegemony.
• "Strengthening everything that connects us" Bundespräsident 28 Oct 2022 -- "Russia's brutal war of aggression in Ukraine has reduced the European security order to ashes. In his imperial obsession, the Russian President has broken international law, committed land grabs, called borders into question. The Russian attack is an attack on all of the lessons that the world had learned from two World Wars."
• Taiwan condemns Putin for claim it belongs to PRC CNA 28 Oct 2022 -- Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on Friday strongly condemned and protested remarks by Russian President Vladimir Putin that Taiwan is part of the People's Republic of China (PRC).
• Ankara to Ensure Flow of Russian Gas to EU Through TurkStream Pipeline - Erdogan Sputnik 28 Oct 2022 -- Ankara will ensure the distribution of Russian gas to Europe through the TurkStream pipeline, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday.

News Reports

• Russian Refugee Exodus Poses Dilemma for Its Neighbors VOA 28 Oct 2022 -- The wave of young men fleeing Russia to avoid forced service in the Ukraine war has created a conundrum for the nation's neighbors, which are torn between a desire to encourage resisters to President Vladimir Putin's war effort and a fear of admitting Russian agents bent on undermining their societies.