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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 05.01.23 Ukraine MOD 05 Jan 2023
• Ukraine Dismisses Putin's Call For A Cease-Fire Order During Orthodox Christmas As 'Hypocrisy' RFE/RL 05 Jan 2023 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has dismissed Russian President Vladimir Putin's call for a 36-hour cease-fire to allow for the observance of Orthodox Christmas on the coming weekend, saying that Russia would only use the period to improve its position on the battlefield.
• President's instructions to Russian Federation Armed Forces President of Russia 05 Jan 2023 -- "Upon consideration of the address from His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, I instruct the Defence Minister of the Russian Federation to introduce a ceasefire along the entire line of contact in Ukraine from 12.00 on January 6, 2023 to 24.00 on January 7, 2023."
• Putin Declares 36-Hour Cease-fire in Ukraine for Orthodox Christmas VOA 05 Jan 2023 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered a 36-hour cease-fire in his war against Ukraine over the Orthodox Christmas holiday.
• Putin says ready for talks, orders truce; Ukraine rejects both Press TV 05 Jan 2023 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has told his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan that Russia is ready for a serious dialog with Ukraine aimed at ending the war if Kiev accepts the "new territorial realities."
• Putin Orders Orthodox Christmas Ceasefire Across Ukraine January 6-7 Sputnik 05 Jan 2023 -- Earlier in the day, Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church called on "all parties involved in the internecine conflict" in Ukraine to agree to a Christmas truce, "so that Orthodox people can attend services on Christmas Eve and the day of Christ's birth."

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• US: Iran Protests, Iranian Support of Russia Priorities Ahead of Nuclear Deal VOA 05 Jan 2023 -- Negotiations to return to the international agreement that limited Iran's nuclear program is not a current priority for the United States, the U.S. State Department said Wednesday.
• Coming Apart At The Seams? For Russia's Ethnic Minorities, Ukraine War Is A Chance To Press For Independence From Moscow RFE/RL 05 Jan 2023 -- In October, Chechen native Rustam Azhiyev - known by the nom de guerre Abdul-Khakim Shishani - traveled to Ukraine and joined an all-Chechen unit fighting with Kyiv against the Russian invasion. Now 41, he has been waging war against Russia since he was 19, and he views the conflict in Ukraine as just a continuation of the cause he took up then.
• Russia's Medvedev describes US government. as Nazis who had reached limit of 'moral degradation' Press TV 06 Jan 2023 -- Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has lashed back at the United States describing US government officials as cynical "freaks" and "sons of b*****s" whom he likened to Nazis whose egregious behavior is symptomatic of their "moral degradation."