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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 06.12 Ukraine MOD 06 Dec 2022
• Zelenskyy Visits Front Line Area, Praising Ukrainian Forces as Heroes VOA 06 Dec 2022 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy traveled Tuesday near the front line of fighting with Russia in the eastern Donetsk region and pledged to push all of Moscow's forces out of his country.
• U.S. Not Encouraging Strikes In Russia, State Department Says After Another Russian Air Base Hit RFE/RL 06 Dec 2022 -- Another Russian airfield was set ablaze by a drone strike on December 6, a day after Russia said two of its air bases, including one located hundreds of kilometers from Ukraine, had been hit by drones.
• Moscow accuses Ukraine of drone attacks inside Russia Press TV 06 Dec 2022 -- Russia has accused Ukraine of using drones to attack a number of military airfields inside Russian territory.
• Russia 'sees no prospects for negotiations on Ukraine for now' Press TV 06 Dec 2022 -- Russia says it currently sees no prospects for talks on Ukraine, days after US President Joe Biden said he would sit with Russian President Vladimir Putin "if he's looking for a way to end the war."
• Ukraine Lost Over 8,300 Servicemen, 149 Tanks, 300 Combat Vehicles in November: Shoigu Sputnik 06 Dec 2022 -- Ukraine's losses in November amounted to more than 8,300 servicemen, five airplanes, 10 helicopters, 149 tanks, and more than 300 armored vehicles, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday.

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Foreign Policy

• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 06 Dec 2022
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's opening remarks during his meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov, Moscow, December 6, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 06 Dec 2022
• Russia vows to respond to oil price cap, would bear 'limited' losses Global Times 06 Dec 2022 -- As Russia has warned on Monday to respond to a Western price cap on its crude oil - an initiative led by the US and endorsed by the Group of Seven and allies aimed at curbing Russia's income, Chinese experts pointed out that the price cap would bring losses for Russia but the extent will be relatively limited, as Russia has several backup plans.
• Russian Oil Will Always Be in Demand, Despite Changes in Logistic Chains: Russian Deputy PM Novak Sputnik 06 Dec 2022 -- Russian oil has been and will be in demand, while logistics chains will change, there is no tragedy in this, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Tuesday.
• Remarks by Assistant Secretary Elizabeth Rosenberg at the ACI Annual Conference on Economic Sanctions US Treasury 06 Dec 2022
• Russia urges US to lift anti-Iran sanctions 'irreversibly' IRNA 06 Dec 2022 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has called on the United States to remove all unlawful sanctions imposed against Iran "as soon as possible and irreversibly."

News Reports

• Who's Helping Putin? Dozhd Controversy In Latvia Inflames Tensions Over Émigré Anti-War Russians RFE/RL 06 Dec 2022 -- "There is a line between freedom of speech and support for war," Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics said in an interview published on December 5. "I think no Latvian authority will delay making clear decisions regarding the television channel Dozhd. But it should be a decision based on facts and laws."
• Latvia Cancels License Of Exiled Independent Russian TV Dozhd RFE/RL 06 Dec 2022 -- Latvia's electronic media authority has revoked the broadcasting license of the independent Russian television channel Dozhd (Rain), the authority's chief announced on December 6.
• Serbian Right-Winger Says Vagner Ties Could Help If There's 'Conflict In Kosovo' RFE/RL 06 Dec 2022 -- Within weeks of a coming-out party in President Vladimir Putin's native St. Petersburg for a notorious Russian paramilitary group with close ties to the Kremlin, Serbian ultranationalist Damjan Knezevic was enjoying an exclusive tour of its new high-rise headquarters.