• Military

• WMD Menu                           

• Introduction
• Systems
• Facilities
• Agencies
• Operations
• Countries
• Hot Documents
• News
• Reports
• Policy
• Budget
• Congress
• Links

• Intelligence
• Homeland Security
• Space

Ukraine Invasion
Defense Policy / Programs
Foreign Policy
News Reports

Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 07.12 Ukraine MOD 07 Dec 2022
• Zelenskiy Says Shelling Of Town In Donetsk Kills 10 'Peaceful People' RFE/RL 07 Dec 2022 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said an attack on December 7 on the town of Kurakhovo in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine killed 10 people, while the chief of Ukrenerho said Russian forces have fired more than 1,000 rockets and missiles at Ukraine's power grid since the start of the war.
• Ukrainian Official Says Kiev Responsible for Attacks on Russian Airfields, Reports Say Sputnik 07 Dec 2022 -- A high-ranking Ukrainian official has acknowledged Kiev's responsibility for the attacks on airfields in the Russian regions of Kursk, Ryazan and Saratov, in an interview with The Washington Post.
• Putin Says Fight In Ukraine Could Be Long; Zelenskiy Vows Not To Leave Any Ukrainian Under Russian Occupation RFE/RL 07 Dec 2022 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin says he has not ruled out that the fighting in Ukraine could turn into a "lengthy process," while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says Ukraine will not leave any of its citizens under Russian occupation.
• Putin Sees Long War in Ukraine, but No Need Now for Additional Soldiers VOA 07 Dec 2022 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that he expects a long war in Ukraine, but that he saw "no sense" in mobilizing additional soldiers at this point.
• Putin says Russia's military operation in Ukraine could take a long time Press TV 07 Dec 2022 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said the war in Ukraine could turn into a "long-term process", adding that achieving all the objectives will take time while pointing to several major gains already won by Moscow.
• Putin: Russia is the Only Possible Guarantor of Ukraine's Sovereignty & Territorial Integrity Sputnik 07 Dec 2022 -- Stating that the matter of who would guarantee Ukraine's territorial integrity would ultimately be up to the Ukrainian politicians themselves, Vladimir Putin expressed his doubts about the ability of the existing political establishment in Kiev to deal with this matter.
• Russia's Lavrov Calls UN Resolution on Reparations for Ukraine 'Legally Null and Void' Sputnik 07 Dec 2022 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that the UN resolution on reparations for Ukraine had no legal force, and the UN General Assembly did not have the authority to make such decisions.

Defense Policy / Programs

• US says 'nuclear war must never be fought,' after Putin warning Press TV 07 Dec 2022 -- The United States has said that a "nuclear war is something that must never be fought," after Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that nuclear tensions had risen because of the war in Ukraine.
• Nuclear War Threat Growing, President Putin Warns Sputnik 07 Dec 2022 -- The threat of a global nuclear war is growing, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
• Russian Foreign Ministry on Draft US Defense Bill: Russia's Exclusion From G20 is Unrealistic Sputnik 07 Dec 2022 -- Attempts to exclude Russia from the G20 are destined to fail, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said on Wednesday, commenting on the draft US defense budget.

Foreign Policy

• Telephone conversation with UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan President of Russia 07 Dec 2022 -- Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with the President of the United Arab Emirates, Mohammed bin Al Nahyan.
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks and answers to questions at the Primakov Readings International Forum, Moscow, December 7, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 07 Dec 2022
• Attempts to keep out Moscow from G20 destined to fail: Russian official Press TV 07 Dec 2022 -- Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko says attempts to remove Russia from the Group of 20 (G20) are bound to fail.
• Russian Gas Swap Scheme Gets Cold Shoulder in Central Asia VOA 07 Dec 2022 -- A Russian scheme to facilitate natural gas sales to China and other Asian markets through a "gas union" with Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan has met political resistance in the two Central Asian countries, at least partly because of unease over Russia's war in Ukraine.
• Press statement by President von der Leyen on the ninth package of sanctions against Russia European Commission 07 Dec 2022 -- Russia continues to bring death and devastation to Ukraine. It is deliberately targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure, seeking to paralyse the country at the beginning of the winter.
• Russia - Australia implements the G7 price cap on Russian oil Australia DFAT 07 Dec 2022 -- Australia has joined the G7 in implementing a price cap on Russian oil. On 2 December 2022, G7 countries plus Australia agreed to the price cap of USD 60 per barrel of seaborne Russian-origin crude oil.
• EU sanctions on Russia cost Cyprus 20 pct of oil tanker fleet: deputy minister People's Daily 07 Dec 2022 -- Cyprus has lost 20 percent of its oil tanker tonnage as a result of the European Union's (EU) sanctions on Russia relating to crude oil, Shipping Deputy Minister Vasilis Demetriades said here on Tuesday.

News Reports

• Active Russian Agent Andrii Derkach Indicted for Scheme to Violate Sanctions in the United States US Dept. of Justice 07 Dec 2022 -- A seven-count indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Andrii Derkach, 55, of Ukraine, with conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Acts (IEEPA), bank fraud conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy, and four counts of money laundering in connection with the purchase and maintenance of two condominiums in Beverly Hills, California. Derkach allegedly concealed his interest in the transactions and violated sanctions imposed in 2020. Derkach remains at large.
• Alleged Russian Agent Violated U.S. Sanctions By Concealing Purchase Of Luxury Condos, U.S. Says RFE/RL 07 Dec 2022 -- A Ukrainian lawmaker who has been sanctioned by the U.S. government has now been charged with violating the sanctions when he purchased two luxury properties in California.
• US Charges Ukrainian 'Russian Agent' With Money Laundering VOA 07 Dec 2022 -- A Ukrainian politician and businessman accused of being a Russian agent and seeking to influence the 2020 U.S. presidential election has been charged with money laundering and other crimes in connection with his purchase of two Beverly Hills condominiums nearly a decade ago, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.
• Russia Has Nothing to Do With Group Planning Coup in Germany, Kremlin Says Sputnik 07 Dec 2022 -- The preparation of a coup in Germany is the country's internal problem, even Berlin says that it cannot be any "Russian interference," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday.