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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 01.12 Ukraine MOD 01 Dec 2022
• Air-Raid Alerts Sound Across Ukraine As Fierce Fighting Rages In East RFE/RL 01 Dec 2022 -- Air-raid alerts were issued across all regions of Ukraine in the early afternoon on December 1 as fighting raged in the eastern region of Donetsk while in the south, heavy Russian bombardment knocked out power again in the regional capital of Kherson, where power had only started to be restored after Russian troops fled the city across the Dnieper River.
• Kiev Lost Some 60 Troops, 20 Armored Vehicles During Snigirevka Attack - District Head Sputnik 01 Dec 2022 -- Some 60 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed, and 20 armored infantry vehicles had been destroyed during Ukraine's attempted attack on the town of Snigirevka a few hours before the withdrawal of the Russian military, Yuri Barbashov, the head of the Snigirevka district's administration, has told Sputnik.
• Biden: Willing to Talk to Putin About Ending War in Ukraine VOA 01 Dec 2022 -- U.S. President Joe Biden raised the possibility Thursday of talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate an end to Moscow's war against Ukraine but said he had yet to see any willingness on Putin's part to halt his 10-month invasion.
• Russia says would not recognize any EU-proposed court on Ukraine Press TV 01 Dec 2022 -- Russia calls illegitimate the European Union's plan for setting up a special tribunal over alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine.
• US, NATO directly involved in Ukraine war: Russia's Lavrov Press TV 01 Dec 2022 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused the West of becoming directly involved in the Ukraine war by supplying the country with weapons and training its soldiers.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Russian DM stresses development of strategic nuclear forces People's Daily 01 Dec 2022 -- Russia will "pay special attention" to the construction of major facilities in 2023 for the country's strategic nuclear forces, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Wednesday.
• Russia to develop nuclear weapons program, deploy new strategic missiles Press TV 01 Dec 2022 -- Russia says it plans to develop its nuclear weapons program and build infrastructure for the deployment of new strategic missiles.
• Statement by the Deputy Head of the Delegation of the Russian Federation, Deputy Director of the Department for Non-proliferation and Arms Control of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Konstantin Vorontsov at the Ninth Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention Review Conference on item 10 of the agenda Review of the Convention Provisions, Article I of the BTWC, Geneva, 30 November, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 01 Dec 2022
• New Law Broadens The Net For 'Foreign Agents' In Russia RFE/RL 01 Dec 2022 -- A Russian law that expands the definition of so-called foreign agents has come into force that rights groups say will make it easier for the state to target its domestic critics at a time when the Kremlin is cracking down on dissent over its war in Ukraine.
• Russia Launches Soyuz Rocket With Military Satellites Sputnik 01 Dec 2022 -- Russia successfully launched a Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with a military satellite from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
• China and Russia hold joint aircraft patrol over Asian waters Radio Free Asia 01 Dec 2022 -- Chinese and Russian air forces held a joint patrol and an aircraft exchange in a show of growing defense ties amid strategic tensions with the United States.
• Ukraine Urges EU to Sanction Russian Missile Production VOA 01 Dec 2022 -- Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Thursday he had called on the European Union to sanction Russia's missile production industry.

Foreign Policy

• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's news conference on European security issues, Moscow, December 1, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 01 Dec 2022
• Lavrov: Europe Building Security Not With Russia, But Against It Sputnik 01 Dec 2022 -- The Russian diplomat noted that NATO policies in Europe degraded back to the Cold War era, as Washington is bent on exercising total control over the EU, so any meaningful cooperation between Russia and Europe is unlikely in the near future.
• Foreign Ministry statement on the German Parliament's resolution on the 1932-1933 famine in the Soviet Union Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 01 Dec 2022
• EU proposes plan to confiscate frozen Russian assets People's Daily 01 Dec 2022 -- The European Commission on Wednesday proposed a plan to confiscate frozen Russian assets to compensate Ukraine for its damages caused by the conflict.
• Reports: EU Close To Agreeing On $60 A Barrel Cap For Russian Seaborne Oil RFE/RL 01 Dec 2022 -- EU governments have tentatively agreed on a $60 a barrel price cap on Russian seaborne oil aimed at reducing Moscow's ability to finance its war in Ukraine.
• EU Calls for Special Russia Aggression Tribunal May Be Tough to Realize VOA 01 Dec 2022 -- A new European Union proposal for an international tribunal to try Russian aggression in Ukraine has received mixed reviews — prompting a thumbs up from Kyiv and rights advocates but doubts from experts about its feasibility and whether it will receive broad-based acceptance.
• Yermak-McFaul Sanctions Group published research on Russian oil price caps President of Ukraine 01 Dec 2022
• Czech Republic to Receive Oil From Russia Via Druzhba Pipeline for 3 Years Sputnik 01 Dec 2022 -- The Czech Republic will receive oil from Russia via the southern branch of the Druzhba pipeline for another three years, after which supplies will go through the Transalpine Pipeline (TAL), Prime Minister Petr Fiala said.
• 2022 was a difficult year for the OSCE: How the organisation is responding to Russia's obstructionist policy and why supporting the work of the OSCE is worthwhile Germany Federal Foreign Office 01 Dec 2022 -- Before the meeting of the OSCE foreign ministers in Łódź, let us take a look at the work of the OSCE, Russia's obstructionist policy and the value that the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe offers to the world.

News Reports

• U.S. Prosecutors Move To Seize $5 Million Tied To Russian Oligarch Malofeyev RFE/RL 01 Dec 2022 -- U.S. prosecutors have moved to seize more than $5 million from a U.S. bank account belonging to Russian businessman Konstantin Malofeyev, a nationalist oligarch who officials say has funded separatist fighters in eastern Ukraine for years.