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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 15.11 Ukraine MOD 15 Nov 2022
• Barrage Of Russian Missiles Knocks Out Energy Facilities Across Ukraine RFE/RL 15 Nov 2022 -- Russia launched a barrage of missiles against Ukraine on November 15, hitting energy infrastructure facilities in scores of regions and plunging the capital and other cities into darkness.
• Ukrainian, Russian Forces Prepare for Onset of Brutal Winter VOA 15 Nov 2022 -- Ukraine's bitter winter is approaching fast, when temperatures can fall as low as minus 30 degrees Celsius.
• Russia Launches Barrage of Airstrikes Across Ukraine VOA 15 Nov 2022 -- Russia launched waves of airstrikes on Ukraine Tuesday, targeting 10 regions, including the capital of Kyiv, in a military rebuke to Ukrainians reveling in one of their biggest wartime successes, last week's takeover of the key southern city of Kherson.
• US, NATO Investigating Reports of Deadly Russian Missile Strike in Poland VOA 15 Nov 2022 -- U.S. President Joe Biden said it was unlikely that a missile that struck Poland on Tuesday was fired from Russia, adding: "I'm going to make sure we figure out exactly what happened."
• Joint Statement of NATO and G7 Leaders on the Margins of the G20 Summit in Bali The White House 15 Nov 2022
• Remarks by President Biden on the Explosion and Loss of Life in Eastern Poland The White House 15 Nov 2022
• Readout of President Joe Biden's Call with President Andrzej Duda of Poland The White House 15 Nov 2022
• Statement by National Security Council Spokesperson Adrienne Watson The White House 15 Nov 2022
• Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Call With Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense Mariusz Błaszczak DoD 15 Nov 2022
• Russia roundly rejects reports its missile crossed into Poland Press TV 15 Nov 2022 -- Russia has roundly rejected reports its projectile crossed into Poland, which neighbors Ukraine, the site of an ongoing Russian military operation.
• Secretary Blinken's Call with Polish Foreign Minister Rau US Dept. of State 15 Nov 2022
• PM call with President Andrzej Duda of Poland following reports of a missile strike in Poland Gov.UK 15 Nov 2022
• Poland Convenes Security Meeting Amid Reports Russian Missiles Struck Its Territory RFE/RL 15 Nov 2022 -- Polish officials have called an emergency meeting of the country's Security Council amid reports two stray Russian missiles aimed at Ukraine instead landed in the NATO member country, killing two people.
• More than 8 months into Russia's armed attack on Ukraine and the ensuing escalation in hostilities the UN reports widespread abuse, torture of prisoners of war OHCHR 15 Nov 2022 -- The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), through its Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (the Mission), has been documenting the treatment of prisoners of war (POWs) and the conditions of their internment through interviews with POWs, as well as with witnesses and relatives of captured servicepersons.
• UN Says Evidence Shows Both Russia, Ukraine Have Tortured Prisoners Of War RFE/RL 15 Nov 2022 -- The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) says both Russia and Ukraine have tortured prisoners of war (POWs), including beatings, electric shocks, and humiliating treatment such as forced nudity, during the conflict that started with Moscow's unprovoked invasion of its neighbor in late February.
• UN Investigators: Both Russia and Ukraine Abusing POWs VOA 15 Nov 2022 -- A team of U.N. investigators finds both Ukrainian and Russian prisoners of war have been subjected to torture and ill-treatment by their captors. The report is based on interviews over the past several months with 159 POWs, including 20 women held by the Russian Federation and 175 male POWs held by Ukraine.
• Meeting of Pobeda (Victory) Organising Committee President of Russia 15 Nov 2022 -- Vladimir Putin held, via videoconference, a meeting of the Russian Pobeda (Victory) Organising Committee.
• Russian FM Lavrov says Kiev's terms for talks 'unrealistic' Press TV 15 Nov 2022 -- Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says that Ukraine's conditions for ending the ongoing conflict and for restarting peace talks with Moscow have been "unrealistic and inadequate."
• Russia warns West against 'plundering' its frozen assets for Ukraine 'reparations' Press TV 15 Nov 2022 -- Russia warns the West against attempts to seize its frozen international reserves to be used as compensation for damage and loss in Ukraine, promising to do "everything possible" to stop the "plundering" of its assets.

Defense Policy / Programs

• US aims to weaken, destroy Russia: Russian Security Council secretary Press TV 15 Nov 2022 -- Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev has sounded the alarm, warning Russian government officials that the United States wants to weaken and destroy Russia.
• Russia Launches Probe Into Alleged Brutal Killing Linked To Vagner Group RFE/RL 15 Nov 2022 -- Russian law enforcement structures have started a preliminary investigation into a video published on a Telegram channel linked to the private Russian mercenary group Vagner that shows the brutal death by sledgehammer of a fighter who allegedly defected to the Ukrainian side in the war against Russia.
• Imposing Sanctions on Entities and Individuals in Response to Iran's Transfer of Military UAVs to Russia US Dept. of State 15 Nov 2022 -- "Today we are imposing sanctions in response to Iran's support of Russia's unprovoked war against Ukraine, including Tehran's transfer of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to Russia, which are being used by Moscow to strike civilian infrastructure and cities."
• Treasury Targets Actors Involved in Production and Transfer of Iranian Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to Russia for Use in Ukraine US Treasury 15 Nov 2022 -- "Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is sanctioning firms involved in the production or ongoing transfer to Russia of Iranian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which Russia has used in devastating attacks against civilian infrastructure in Ukraine."

Foreign Policy

• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's opening remarks during a meeting with Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China Wang Yi on the sidelines of the G20 summit, Denpasar, November 15, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 15 Nov 2022
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 15 Nov 2022
• Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on the neutrality of Ireland Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 15 Nov 2022
• Opening address at the Russia Conference 2022 Government of Norway 15 Nov 2022 -- Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ms Anniken Huitfeldt, opens Norwegian Institute of International Affairs' Russia Conference 2022.
• Moscow imposes sanctions on 100 Canadians in tit-for-tat move, barring them from entering Russia Press TV 15 Nov 2022 -- Russia has slapped sanctions on 100 Canadians, banning them from entering the Russian Federation in reprisal for similar sanctions that have been imposed by Ottawa on hundreds of Russians over Moscow's ongoing war in Ukraine.

News Reports

• Taiwan company faces sanctions for military tech sales to Russia CNA 15 Nov 2022 -- The U.S. Department of Treasury has expanded its list of companies, including a Taiwanese enterprise, and individuals facing possible sanctions for supplying or helping finance the sale of military technology to Russia for its war against Ukraine.
• Interview: Putin Has 'Unleashed Too Much Torment' For An Easy Exit, Says New Yorker's Jon Lee Anderson RFE/RL 15 Nov 2022 -- War correspondent, biographer, investigative journalist, and New Yorker staff writer Jon Lee Anderson has reported from conflicts from Afghanistan to Northern Ireland to Uganda, and throughout the Middle East. He has profiled iconic Latin American strongmen from Fidel Castro to Hugo Chavez and Augusto Pinochet.