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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 02.01.23 Ukraine MOD 02 Jan 2023
• Ukraine Claims Responsibility For Attack On Russian Barracks That Killed Scores Of Soldiers RFE/RL 02 Jan 2023 -- Ukraine has claimed responsibility for a missile attack on a temporary military barracks in the Russian-occupied Donetsk region after the Kremlin, in a rare battlefield admission, acknowledged that scores of its soldiers had been killed at a site in the city of Makiyivka.
• Russia: 63 Troops Killed in Ukrainian Missile Strikes VOA 02 Jan 2023 -- Russia said Monday that 63 of its troops were killed on New Year's Eve in Ukrainian missile strikes on their quarters in the town of Makiivka in the Russian-controlled part of the Ukraine's Donetsk region.
• Ukraine has killed scores of Russian troops in Donetsk strike: Moscow Press TV 02 Jan 2023 -- Ukrainian forces have killed 63 Russian troops in a missile strike in the Donetsk region, Moscow says.
• Kyiv Suffers Power Outages Despite Dozens Of Thwarted Russian Attacks RFE/RL 02 Jan 2023 -- Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on January 2 that a Russian attack on Ukraine's capital overnight involved dozens of exploding drones "headed for Kyiv" and damaged energy infrastructure causing "emergency power outages" and loss of heating in some areas.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Russia Puts 'Escapees' From Vagner Mercenary Camp In Ukraine On Wanted List RFE/RL 02 Jan 2023 -- The Russian Interior Ministry has put a "wanted" notice out on six purported members of the Vagner mercenary group who may have escaped from a training camp in an occupied region of Ukraine over a week ago.

Foreign Policy

• Turkey Launches Work on Gas Hub Project Proposed by Russia - Energy Minister Sputnik 02 Jan 2023 -- Turkey has started work on the gas hub project proposed by Russia, Turkish Energy Minister Fatih Donmez said on Monday.

News Reports

• A Test Of Endurance: Europe Faces A Chilling Couple Of Years, But Russia Stands To Lose The Energy Showdown RFE/RL 02 Jan 2023 -- In the European Union this winter, fears of rolling blackouts triggered by Russian energy export cuts amid Moscow's war in Ukraine have subsided thanks to good luck, good weather, and quick action.
• CEO: Russia's Gazprom Advances to New Level of Gas Supplies to China in January 2023 Sputnik 02 Jan 2023 -- Russian energy giant Gazprom exceeded its annual obligations for gas supplies to China in 2022 and reached a fundamentally new level of supplies from January 1, Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller said on Monday.
• UK to Create $90 Mln Fund to Develop Nuclear Fuel Capacity to Substitute Russian Imports Sputnik 02 Jan 2023 -- The government of the United Kingdom said on Monday that it would create a $90-million fund to develop nuclear fuel capacity, including conversion of recycled uranium, as an alternative to the fuel imported from Russia.