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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 20.01.23 Ukraine MOD 20 Jan 2023
• Russia claims capture of town near Ukraine's strategic city of Bakhmut Press TV 20 Jan 2023 -- Russian military forces have reportedly taken control of a settlement south of of the strategic city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine amid heightened tensions over the continued flow of Western weapons and munitions into the war-ravaged country.
• Russian FM accuses West of contributing to Ukraine crisis People's Daily 20 Jan 2023 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday that the Ukraine crisis is "the result of preparations by the United States and its satellites for the start of a global hybrid war" against his country.
• Russian Soldiers Ask: 'We Have Nothing To Fight With. Why Should We Go Up Against Tanks With Only Machine Guns?' RFE/RL 20 Jan 2023 -- The video appeared this week on Telegram and other Russian social-media networks: a group of more than two dozen men in masks and camouflage, standing in a snowy field and appealing for help.
• Tanzanian Student Killed in Battle in Ukraine VOA 20 Jan 2023 -- The family of a Tanzanian student who was in prison in Russia says it has confirmation that he was killed fighting for Russia's Wagner Group of mercenaries in Ukraine.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Meeting with permanent members of the Security Council President of Russia 20 Jan 2023 -- Vladimir Putin held a briefing session with permanent members of the Security Council, via videoconference.
• US Sanctions Russian Wagner Group, Urges Others to Follow VOA 20 Jan 2023 -- The White House on Friday announced it will designate the Wagner Group, the Russian private military company supporting Moscow's war on Ukraine, as a Transnational Criminal Organization, hitting it with sanctions and limiting its ability to do business around the world.
• US to Designate Wagner Group as Transnational Criminal Organization Sputnik 20 Jan 2023 -- The United States will soon designate the private military company Wagner Group as a transnational criminal organization and impose sanctions on its network, White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said on Friday.
• Q&A: US Urges Countries to Join Sanctions on Russian Paramilitary Group VOA 20 Jan 2023 -- The White House announced Friday new sanctions to be put in place by the U.S. Treasury Department next week on the Wagner Group, designating the Russian private military company as a transnational criminal organization.

Foreign Policy

• Telephone conversation with President of Kazakhstan Kassym Jomart-Tokayev President of Russia 20 Jan 2023
• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's comment on Russia's position on the UNEP Executive Director's election Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 20 Jan 2023
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's opening remarks during talks with ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric, Moscow, January 20, 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 20 Jan 2023
• Russia bans 31 New Zealanders from entry People's Daily 20 Jan 2023 -- The Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday that 31 officials, journalists and public figures from New Zealand have been indefinitely barred from entering Russia.
• Russian Defense Ministry Discusses Bilateral Cooperation With CAR Prime Minister Sputnik 20 Jan 2023 -- The Russian Defense Ministry leadership and Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (CAR) Felix Moloua discussed bilateral military cooperation during a working meeting in Moscow, the Russian ministry said on Thursday.
• Russia: Oil Supply Deal with Pakistan in 'Final Stage' VOA 20 Jan 2023 -- Russia said Friday it had reached "conceptual agreements" with Pakistan on the supply of crude oil and petroleum products, noting the two sides also agreed the payments will be made in "currencies of friendly countries."
• Sanctions won't stop Pakistan from buying Russian oil, says Pakistani minister Press TV 20 Jan 2023 -- Pakistan has said that the US-led sanctions targeting Russia over the Ukraine war will not stop Islamabad from purchasing oil from Russia.
• Iranian president says energy, transportation agreements with Russia "constructive" People's Daily 20 Jan 2023 -- Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Thursday described the agreements reached with Russia in the energy and transportation sectors as "constructive and positive."

News Reports

• Arrest and Criminal Charges Announced Against British and Russian Businessmen for Facilitating Sanctions Evasion of Russian Oligarch's $90 Million Yacht US Dept. of Justice 20 Jan 2023 -- Two businessmen, Vladislav Osipov, 51, a Russian national, and Richard Masters, 52, a United Kingdom national, are charged in separate indictments unsealed today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, with facilitating a sanctions evasion and money laundering scheme in relation to the ownership and operation of the Motor Yacht (M/Y) Tango (International Maritime Organization number 1010703), a $90 million, 255-foot luxury yacht owned by sanctioned Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg.
• The Week In Russia: Devastation In Dnipro RFE/RL 20 Jan 2023 -- A deadly strike in Dnipro hits one of Putin's prime targets: normal life in Ukraine. And imprisoned Kremlin opponent Aleksei Navalny begins his third year behind bars with a message of hope: "The darkness will disappear."