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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 03.12 Ukraine MOD 03 Dec 2022
• Russian Shelling Again Cuts Power In Kherson As Ukrainian Officials Warn Of Tough Months Ahead RFE/RL 03 Dec 2022 -- Russian troops have resumed the shelling of the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, cutting the electricity supply to the recently liberated city, as fierce fighting continues in the east and officials cautioned that Ukraine faces a tough winter because of the Russian missile attacks on its infrastructure.
• Putin to visit Donbas in eastern Ukraine 'in due course': Kremlin Press TV 03 Dec 2022 -- Russia says President Vladimir Putin will visit the breakaway Donbas region in eastern Ukraine "in due course," as tensions grow over the war in the former Soviet state.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Belarus, Russia Sign Protocol to Treaty on Joint Provision of Regional Security Sputnik 03 Dec 2022 -- Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Saturday signed a protocol to a 1997 bilateral agreement on the joint provision of security in the region, the chief for international military cooperation at the Belarusian defense ministry said on Saturday.
• Macron calls on West to consider security guarantees for Russia Press TV 03 Dec 2022 -- France's President Emmanuel Macron says the West has to consider how to address Russia's need for security guarantees in the event of Moscow's agreement for negotiations about ending the war in Ukraine.

Foreign Policy

• US puts Russian military company on same list as Daesh Press TV 03 Dec 2022 -- The United States has accused a Russian private military company of "threatening religious freedom" in the Central African Republic, adding its name to a list that also features the Daesh and al-Qaeda Takfiri terrorist outfits.
• Russian oil: EU agrees on level of price cap EC/CEU 03 Dec 2022 -- The Council decided today to set an oil price cap for crude oil and petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals (CN code 2709 00) which originate in or are exported from Russia, at USD 60 per barrel.
• G7 agrees oil price cap: reducing Russia's revenues, while keeping global energy markets stable European Commission 03 Dec 2022 -- The international Price Cap Coalition has finalised its work on implementing an oil price cap on Russian seaborne crude oil. EU Member States in the Council have also just approved in parallel its implementation within the EU.
• Questions and Answers: G7 agrees oil price cap to reduce Russia's revenues, while keeping global energy markets stable European Commission 03 Dec 2022
• Kremlin rejects price cap put on its oil by US, allies as unacceptable; Kiev says it lacks serious effect Press TV 03 Dec 2022 -- The Kremlin has rejected a $60-per-barrel price cap that the US and its allies in the European Union and the Group of Seven have agreed to place on Russian oil imports as an alleged attempt to starve Moscow's ongoing military campaign in Ukraine.
• West's 'dangerous' price cap won't curb demand for Russian oil: Moscow Press TV 03 Dec 2022 -- Russia will keep looking for buyers for its oil despite a "dangerous" attempt by the West to introduce a $60 price cap on Russian oil amid a pressure campaign against Moscow over the war in Ukraine, the Russian embassy in the United States says.
• Zelenskyy: G7 Oil Price Cap a Half-Measure, Won't Stop Russia VOA 03 Dec 2022 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said capping the price of Russian seaborne oil at $60 a barrel is not aggressive enough to squeeze the Russian economy that funds its invasion in Ukraine.
• Price Cap On Russian Oil Should Be Lowered To $30 Per Barrel, Ukraine Says RFE/RL 03 Dec 2022 -- Ukraine has welcomed a $60 price cap on Russian oil agreed by the European Union, the Group of Seven (G7) group of advanced economies, and Australia, but said it should be lowered to $30 per barrel to hit Russia's economy harder.
• EU, G7 agree on price cap on Russia oil imports Press TV 03 Dec 2022 -- The European Union and the Group of Seven industrialized nations have agreed on a $60-per-barrel price cap on Russian oil imports in an alleged attempt to starve Russia's ongoing military campaign in Ukraine.

News Reports

• Russian Businessman Mikhail Fridman Reportedly Detained In London On Money-Laundering Suspicions RFE/RL 03 Dec 2022 -- British police say a "wealthy Russian businessman" has been arrested at his multimillion-dollar London home on potential money-laundering suspicions, and later released on bail.