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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 25.01.23 Ukraine MOD 25 Jan 2023
• Kyiv Says Forces Outnumbered, Battling 'Intensifying' Russian Attacks Near Bakhmut RFE/RL 25 Jan 2023 -- A Ukrainian deputy defense minister said on January 25 that Russian forces are "intensifying" their attacks near Bakhmut in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine and warned that Moscow had a "superior number of soldiers and weapons" in what has become a hot spot in the 11-month-old invasion.
• Russia says US battle tanks will 'burn' in Ukraine, calls it 'waste of money' Press TV 25 Jan 2023 -- Russia says heavy battle tanks the United States plans to send to Ukraine "will burn" in the ex-Soviet republic, dismissing the move as an expensive folly.

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Foreign Policy

• Russia, Pakistan Discuss 'Practical Engagement' With Afghan Taliban VOA 25 Jan 2023 -- Russia and Pakistan emphasized in bilateral talks Wednesday the need for “practical engagement” with Afghanistan's Taliban but ruled out formal recognition of the Islamist rulers until they address international concerns over women's rights and inclusive governance.

News Reports

• Russia Adds Ukraine-Based Fugitive Ex-Lawmaker Ponomaryov To Terrorist List RFE/RL 25 Jan 2023 -- Ilya Ponomaryov, a former member of the Russian parliament's lower chamber, the State Duma, has been added to the Interior Ministry's list of terrorists and extremists.
• Decision to close Russia's oldest human rights organization should be reconsidered and reversed, OSCE Human Rights Office OSCE 25 Jan 2023 -- Today's decision by the Moscow City Court to liquidate Russia's oldest human rights organization, the Moscow Helsinki Group, is contrary to the commitments made by all OSCE countries to respect the freedom to form and join associations, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) said.
• Moscow Helsinki Group Ordered To Shut Down As Campaign Against Civil Society Continues RFE/RL 25 Jan 2023 -- The Moscow City Court has ruled in favor of a Justice Ministry motion to dissolve the Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG), Russia's oldest and one of its last independent human rights organizations, amid a Kremlin campaign to muzzle criticism of the war in Ukraine.
• Volodymyr Yermolenko: Russian Culture Has No Alternative To Imperialism RFE/RL 25 Jan 2023 -- Volodymyr Yermolenko is a Ukrainian philosopher, essayist, and editor in chief of Ukraine World, which bills itself as an English-language multimedia project about Ukraine. He often writes about Ukrainian identity. His 2022 article in Foreign Policy, From Pushkin To Putin: Russian Literature's Imperial Ideology, provoked much debate.
• European Rights Court Clears Way For MH17 Case Targeting Russian Disinformation RFE/RL 25 Jan 2023 -- Europe's top human rights court has agreed to hear a Dutch case against Russian disinformation following the shooting down eight years ago of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine, an incident that killed 298 people from around a dozen countries.