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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 27.01.23 Ukraine MOD 27 Jan 2023
• Russia Steps Up Offensive In Ukraine As West Displays United Front In Support Of Kyiv RFE/RL 27 Jan 2023 -- Russian forces have pressed on with a multipronged offensive in the eastern Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk as Kyiv's Western allies continue to display a united front in their support.
• Ukraine: Latest Russian Missile Strikes Kill at Least 10 VOA 27 Jan 2023 -- Ukraine said Russian missile strikes killed at least 10 Ukrainian civilians Friday as fierce fighting continued in the east of the country. Twenty others were wounded.
• U.S. Envoy To OSCE Warns Russia Trying To 'Wipe Out' Ukrainian Sovereignty, Incorporate Belarus RFE/RL 27 Jan 2023 -- The U.S. envoy to the OSCE warned at a meeting of the organization's Permanent Council on January 26 that Russia is trying "to wipe out the sovereignty of an entire, independent nation" in Ukraine.

Defense Policy / Programs

• No Mention of Military Drills with Russia on Yellen's South Africa Trip VOA 27 Jan 2023 -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen wraps up a 10-day visit to Africa on Saturday that included stops in Senegal, Zambia and South Africa, where she met Friday with philanthropists on climate change.

Foreign Policy

• Russia: Statement by the High Representative on decisions against Meduza and Sakharov Centre European External Action Service (EEAS) 27 Jan 2023 -- The European Union strongly condemns Thursday's decision by the Russian authorities to designate the independent media outlet Meduza as an "undesirable organisation".
• OSCE Media Freedom Representative condemns Russia's decision to outlaw independent news outlet Meduza OSCE 27 Jan 2023 -- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Teresa Ribeiro, denounced today the Russian authorities' decision to outlaw one of the most popular Russian-language news portals, Meduza.
• Russia: EU prolongs economic sanctions over Russia's military aggression against Ukraine EC/CEU 27 Jan 2023 -- The Council today decided to prolong by six months, until 31 July 2023, the restrictive measures targeting specific sectors of the economy of the Russian Federation.
• Hungary says it will veto any EU sanctions against Russian nuclear energy Press TV 27 Jan 2023 -- Hungary says it will veto any European Union sanctions against Russia that affect nuclear energy after Ukraine called on the 27-nation bloc to include Russian state-run nuclear power giant Rosatom in the list of sanctions.
• South Africa: Joint press conference by High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell and Minister for International Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor European External Action Service (EEAS) 27 Jan 2023
• South Africa: Opening speech by High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell during the 15th South-Africa-European Union Ministerial Dialogue European External Action Service (EEAS) 27 Jan 2023
• EU's Borrell Urges South Africa to Get Russia to End Ukraine War VOA 27 Jan 2023 -- The European Union's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell visited South Africa on Friday, urging Pretoria to use its ties with Russia to convince Moscow to stop its war on Ukraine.

News Reports

• Serb Who Joined Russian-Backed Forces In Ukraine Has Jail Sentence Overturned RFE/RL 27 Jan 2023 -- A Serbian court has overturned the one-year prison sentence handed down to a citizen who fought for Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine in 2015.
• The Week In Russia: 'A Great Sin' RFE/RL 27 Jan 2023 -- Amid relentless attacks on Ukraine, which received pledges of U.S. and German battle tanks, the Russian state ramped up its campaign against civil society at home yet again, with a court ordering the closure of a revered rights group and authorities tightening the vise on the Sakharov Center, a vital Moscow institution dedicated to promoting historical truth, basic freedoms, and civil society.
• Russia's Intensifying Crackdown on Independent Civil Society US Dept. of State 27 Jan 2023 -- In recent days, the Kremlin has struck more blows against independent civil society and media.