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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 28.12 Ukraine MOD 28 Dec 2022
• Russians Keep Up Pressure Along Entire Eastern Front, Pummeling Civilians In Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk RFE/RL 28 Dec 2022 -- Russian forces rained artillery fire on Ukrainian positions along the whole contact line in the east, with a focus on Bakhmut and Avdiyivka in Donetsk, where the heaviest fighting has been taking place over the past months, Ukraine's General Staff said on December 28.
• Russia Intensifies Attacks on Kherson, Eastern Ukraine VOA 28 Dec 2022 -- Russian forces increased their bombing and artillery attacks Wednesday on Kherson in southern Ukraine and continued to apply significant force along the front lines in the east, Ukraine's military said.
• Peace plan for Ukraine war must include regions that joined Russia: Kremlin Press TV 28 Dec 2022 -- The Kremlin has dismissed a recently released peace plan by Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, saying proposals to end the protracted war must take into account "today's realities" of four Ukrainian regions that recently joined Russia.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Western policy of containing Russia could cause clash of nuclear powers: Lavrov People's Daily 28 Dec 2022 -- The Western policy of containing Russia is extremely dangerous and fraught with risk of a direct armed clash between nuclear powers, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said.
• Joint Russia-China Naval Interaction 2022 Drills Completed: MoD Sputnik 28 Dec 2022 -- The joint Russia-China exercises dubbed "Naval Interaction-2022" ended in the East China Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
• Russia to provide Iran with dozens of Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets 'in near future' Press TV 28 Dec 2022 -- Russia will soon provide a complete squadron of Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets to the Islamic Republic of Iran, a development that will likely further rile up the West as Tehran and Moscow deepen their defense and economic cooperation in defiance of sweeping sanctions and coercive measures.

Foreign Policy

• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's interview with the Great Game programme on Channel One, Moscow, December 28, 2022 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 28 Dec 2022
• Telephone conversation with President of Cuba Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez President of Russia 28 Dec 2022 -- Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Cuba Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez.
• Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry Summons Russia's Ambassador Over Putting Grozev on Wanted List Sputnik 28 Dec 2022 -- The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry has summoned Russian Ambassador to Bulgaria Eleonora Mitrofanova after the Russian Interior Ministry has put Christo Grozev, the lead investigator with the Bellingcat journalist group (listed as a foreign agent in Russia), on the wanted list, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday.
• Russian, Syrian, Turkish defense ministers discuss Syrian crisis during talks in Moscow People's Daily 29 Dec 2022 -- The defense ministers of Russia, Syria and Türkiye discussed the situation in Syria during talks held in Moscow on Wednesday, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
• Syrian, Turkish, Russian defense ministers hold talks, first time since 2011 Press TV 28 Dec 2022 -- The defense ministers of Syria, Turkey and Russia held surprise talks in Moscow on Wednesday to discuss the crisis in the Arab country, the first high-level contact between the three sides since 2011.

News Reports

• Russia's Lavrov claims Pentagon officials have threatened Putin with assassination Press TV 28 Dec 2022 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has claimed that unnamed US military officials have threatened Russian President Vladimir Putin with assassination.
• Number of Cyberattacks Against Russia Increased by 80% in 2022: Senior Diplomat Sputnik 28 Dec 2022 -- The number of cyberattacks against Russia increased by 80% this year against the backdrop of Moscow's special operation, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Oleg Syromolotov said in an interview with Sputnik.
• Russian RaHDit Hackers Unveil Data on Over 70 Ukrainians Involved in Cyberoperations Sputnik 28 Dec 2022 -- The Russian hacker group RaHDit on Wednesday published information on its website NemeZida on over 70 Ukrainian soldiers and officers responsible for cyberdefense and hacking operations.