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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 18.01.23 Ukraine MOD 18 Jan 2023
• Russia Keeps Up Pressure In East As Ukraine Eyes More Advanced Weaponry RFE/RL 18 Jan 2023 -- Russian forces kept focusing their offensive efforts on Bakhmut in the eastern region of Donetsk, Ukraine's military has said, as Kyiv again urged its Western allies to speed up approval for the delivery of advanced heavy weaponry including modern tanks.
• Putin: Russia's military-industrial might makes Ukraine victory 'inevitable' Press TV 18 Jan 2023 -- President Vladimir Putin says Russia's powerful military-industrial complex is ramping up production amid the Ukraine war, and will make victory in war "inevitable."

Defense Policy / Programs

• Visiting Obukhov Plant President of Russia 18 Jan 2023 -- Vladimir Putin visited the Obukhov Plant, part of Almaz-Antey Aerospace Defence Corporation. The President talked with plant workers.

Foreign Policy

• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks and answers to media questions at the news conference on the performance of Russian diplomacy in 2022, Moscow, January 18, 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 18 Jan 2023
• Highlights of Lavrov's Big Presser: From West's Colonialist Mindset to Ukraine 'Hybrid War' & Beyond Sputnik 18 Jan 2023 -- Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held a press conference on January 18 on the results of Russia's foreign policy in 2022. While the West tries to pin the blame for the unfolding global crisis on Russia, the crisis started taking shape long before Moscow began its special military operation to demilitarize and de-Nazify Ukraine, Lavrov stressed.
• Lavrov: US Bill Countering Russia in Africa Represents 'Colonial Mentality' Sputnik 18 Jan 2023 -- The US House of Representatives approved a "Countering Malign Russian Activities in Africa Act" in mid-2022, paving the way for the US administration to punish African governments for maintaining ties with Russia. US lawmakers claimed that Moscow's activities in Africa could "undermine United States objectives and interests."
• Lavrov's Comparison Of West's Approach To Russia With Holocaust Is 'Truly Offensive,' Says White House RFE/RL 18 Jan 2023 -- White House national-security spokesman John Kirby has sharply rebuked Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov for a comment that compared the coalition of countries backing Ukraine with the Nazis' 'final solution' to eradicate the Jews.
• Remarks by Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo on Action Against Russian Illicit Finance US Treasury 18 Jan 2023 -- Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an order identifying the virtual currency exchange Bitzlato Limited (Bitzlato) as a "primary money laundering concern" in connection with Russian illicit finance pursuant to section 9714(a) of the Combatting Russian Money Laundering Act, as amended.
• South Africa Criticized for Hosting Russian Warships Amid Ukraine War VOA 18 Jan 2023 -- South Africa plans to conduct joint military exercises with the Chinese and Russian navies off its east coast next month, despite the Kremlin's ongoing war on Ukraine. The opposition Democratic Alliance has slammed the decision, saying it means that contrary to its "neutral" stance on Russia's Ukraine war, South Africa's ruling African National Congress party has effectively sided with Moscow.

News Reports

• Founder and Majority Owner of Cryptocurrency Exchange Charged with Processing Over $700 Million of Illicit Funds US Dept. of Justice 18 Jan 2023 -- The founder and majority owner of a cryptocurrency exchange, Bitzlato Ltd. (Bitzlato), was arrested last night in Miami for his alleged operation of a money transmitting business that transported and transmitted illicit funds and that failed to meet U.S. regulatory safeguards, including anti-money laundering requirements.
• Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco Delivers Remarks on Founder and Majority Owner of Cryptocurrency Exchange Charged with Processing Illicit Funds US Dept. of Justice 18 Jan 2023
• Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. Delivers Remarks on Founder and Majority Owner of Cryptocurrency Exchange Charged with Processing Illicit Funds US Dept. of Justice 18 Jan 2023
• US Arrests Russian Founder of China-Based Crypto Exchange VOA 18 Jan 2023 -- United States law enforcement officials said on Wednesday that they've arrested the Russian founder of a China-based cryptocurrency exchange, disrupting an online platform used by criminals on the darknet.
• How Russia Diversifies & Expands Its Gas and Oil Supplies Despite Western Pressure Sputnik 18 Jan 2023 -- Russia's natural gas supplies to China via the Power of Siberia pipeline jumped from 10.39 billion cubic meters (bcm) in 2021 to 15.5 bcm in 2022. Russia is planning to raise pipeline gas deliveries to China to 38 bcm annually by 2025. What message does this trend send to western sanctions designers?
• Russia's oil output up 2 pct in 2022 despite sanctions People's Daily 18 Jan 2023 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that the country's oil production increased by 2 percent over the past year despite Western sanctions, according to the Kremlin.