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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 03.01.23 Ukraine MOD 03 Jan 2023
• Russia Blames Troops' Use of Mobile Phones in Deadly New Year's Attack VOA 03 Jan 2023 -- Russian troops' "massive use" of mobile phones led to Ukraine's deadly New Year's Day strike on military barracks in a Moscow-controlled city in eastern Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said early Wednesday local time.
• Russians Mourn Soldiers Killed In Attack As Kremlin Blames Troops' Cell Phone Use For Revealing Location RFE/RL 03 Jan 2023 -- Residents in the Russian region of Samara gathered on January 3 to mourn the loss of local soldiers killed in one of Ukraine's deadliest defensive strikes as Moscow put the blame on its own soldiers for using their mobile phones, which might have provided the data Ukraine used to locate them.
• Facts about Russia-Ukraine conflict: Ukrainian strike kills 63 Russian servicemen People's Daily 03 Jan 2023 -- The following are the latest developments in the Ukraine crisis:

Defense Policy / Programs

• Russia wary of potential Japanese military buildup near its borders Press TV 03 Jan 2023 -- Russia warns it could take retaliatory steps against potential military buildup by Japan near a set of islands that are disputed by both countries.

Foreign Policy

• Telephone conversation with President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev President of Russia 03 Jan 2023
• Moscow underscores necessity of Sino-Russian strategic interaction in face of 'Washington's destructive actions' Press TV 03 Jan 2023 -- Russia and China acknowledge the urgent necessity of bilateral strategic interactions in the current conditions, Russian foreign ministry official has said, stressing on resistance against "Washington's destructive actions."

News Reports

• 'A Terrible Club To Be In': Russia, Iran, And The Bloc Of Sanctioned Nations RFE/RL 03 Jan 2023 -- As Russia and Iran have come under increasingly restrictive international economic sanctions, the two countries have turned to each other and similarly sanctioned states in a bid to develop trade that can circumvent the punitive measures.
• Last Chairman of Supreme Soviet of Russia Ruslan Khasbulatov Dies at Age of 80 Sputnik 03 Jan 2023 -- Ruslan Khasbulatov, the last chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR), has died, his family told Sputnik.