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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 24.01.23 Ukraine MOD 24 Jan 2023
• Wagner Group's Use of Convicts in Ukraine Echoes Stalinist Tactics VOA 24 Jan 2023 -- The White House has confirmed to VOA what experts have been saying for a while —that the Russian mercenary Wagner Group mistreats convicts on the front lines in Ukraine and the losses among them are staggering.
• Group Of Crimean Tatars Detained In Russian-Occupied Crimea After Homes Searched RFE/RL 24 Jan 2023 -- Russian authorities have detained six Crimean Tatars after their homes were searched in Ukraine's Moscow-annexed Crimean peninsula.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Meeting with Government members President of Russia 24 Jan 2023 -- Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Government members, via videoconference. The meeting focused on the development of domestic tourism in 2023. A number of current topics was also discussed.
• EU's Borrell Says Russia Capable of Destroying Satellites in Space Sputnik 24 Jan 2023 -- EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Tuesday that Russia poses a threat in outer space, claiming that Moscow is capable of conducting cyberattacks on satellites as well as physically destroying them with anti-satellite weapons.

Foreign Policy

• Foreign Ministry Statement on the decision of the Latvian authorities to downgrade diplomatic relations with the Russian Federation Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 24 Jan 2023
• Estonia Severs Almost All Economic Ties With Russia, Russian Ambassador Says Sputnik 24 Jan 2023 -- Estonia has cut off virtually all economic ties with Russia, Russian Ambassador to Estonia Vladimir Lipayev said on Tuesday.
• Lavrov: BRICS Working to Boost Payments in National Currencies as Dollar Unreliable Sputnik 24 Jan 2023 -- BRICS countries are actively working on increasing payments in national currencies in mutual trade and financial operations due to the unreliability of the dollar, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday.
• As China Juggles Russia Ties, EU Skeptical Of Beijing's Charm Offensive RFE/RL 24 Jan 2023 -- In a shift that has been gathering steam since late last year, China is aiming to improve relations with the West and particularly its ties with Europe, which have been hurt by Beijing's support for Russia throughout its invasion of Ukraine.
• Iranian President Says Tehran, Moscow Will Benefit From Energy, Transport Cooperation Sputnik 24 Jan 2023 -- The potentials of Russia and Iran can complement each other in order to achieve the interests of the two countries, in particular, to develop energy and transport cooperation, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said.
• Russia Continues to Fulfill Its Obligations to Settle Nagorno-Karabakh Issue Sputnik 24 Jan 2023 -- Russia continues to fulfill its obligations to resolve the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh by participating in trilateral agreements with Azerbaijan and Armenia, conducting painstaking work with both Baku and Yerevan, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday.

News Reports

• US foreign policy brought world close to World War III: Ex-Russian president Press TV 24 Jan 2023 -- Former Russian president and the deputy chairman of the country's Security Council Dmitry Medvedev has said that Russia was "forced" to launch its military campaign in Ukraine to defend itself against the enemy's "preparation of aggression."
• Roscosmos Chief Says Russia Must Increase Satellites in Orbit Fivefold by 2030 Sputnik 24 Jan 2023 -- Russia must increase the constellation of its satellites in orbit from the current 200 to at least 1,000 by 2030, the head of Russia's state space corporation Roscosmos, Yury Borisov, said on Tuesday.