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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 04.01.23 Ukraine MOD 04 Jan 2023
• Britain Says Russia May Have Stored Ammunition at Site of Barracks Attack VOA 04 Jan 2023 -- Britain's defense ministry said Wednesday that a Ukrainian attack on a military barracks in a Russia-controlled city in eastern Ukraine may have been exacerbated by Russia storing ammunition close to where Russian troops were staying.
• Russia says 89 troops killed in Ukrainian strike, blames mobile phones Press TV 04 Jan 2023 -- Russia says Ukrainian forces have killed 89 Russian troops in a missile strike in the Donetsk region, blaming the deadly attack on the illegal use of mobile phones by its soldiers.
• Russia's Death Toll in Makeevka After Ukraine's Jan 1 Strike Rises to 89, Says Defense Ministry Sputnik 04 Jan 2023 -- The Russian military death toll in the city of Makeevka in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) after a strike by Ukrainian troops on January 1 rose to 89 after the rubble was cleared, first deputy head of the Russian Armed Forces' Main Military-Political Directorate, Lt. Gen. Sergey Sevryukov, said.
• Top Ukrainian Security Official Sees Signs That Russia Intends To Escalate War RFE/RL 04 Jan 2023 -- There are signs that Russia is preparing an escalation of the war in Ukraine in February, the secretary of Ukraine's Security Council, Oleksiy Danilov, said on January 4, a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that Russia was planning to call up more troops for a major new offensive.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Frigate Admiral Gorshkov started combat duty President of Russia 04 Jan 2023 -- Prior to the ship's departure for a long-distance naval mission, the President listened to reports by Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Commander of the Admiral of the Soviet Navy Gorshkov frigate Igor Krokhmal.
• Russia sends 'unrivaled' hypersonic missile ship to train in Atlantic, Indian Oceans Press TV 04 Jan 2023 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin oversaw the launch of a warship armed with new hypersonic cruise missiles on Wednesday that is set to embark on a training mission to the Atlantic and Indian Oceans and the Mediterranean.

Foreign Policy

• Taipei blasts Moscow over support of Beijing's Taiwan claim CNA 04 Jan 2023 -- Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) has condemned Russia for echoing China's "false" claim that Taiwan is part of its territory after a top Russian diplomat said Tuesday that cross-Taiwan Strait relations are China's "internal affairs."
• Taiwan expands sanctions against Russia, Belarus CNA 04 Jan 2023 -- Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) on Wednesday announced the expansion of its sanctions against Russia and its ally Belarus, effective immediately, in a bid to prevent the two countries from using Taiwan-made high-tech items for military purposes in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022.

News Reports

• Ruslan Khasbulatov, Whose 1993 Showdown With Yeltsin Led To Deadly Parliament Shelling, Dies Aged 80 RFE/RL 04 Jan 2023 -- Ruslan Khasbulatov, a Russian politician whose dramatic standoff with then-President Boris Yeltsin in 1993 led to the deadly shelling of the parliament building in Moscow, an event that transformed post-Soviet Russia's political trajectory, has died at the age of 80, according to Russian state television.