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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 28.01.23 Ukraine MOD 28 Jan 2023
• Russians Launch Deadly Strike On Donetsk City As Fierce Fighting Rages In East RFE/RL 28 Jan 2023 -- A Russian strike on a city in the eastern region of Donetsk killed at least three people on January 28 as Ukrainian forces engaged Russian troops in ferocious battles in several hot spots in the east, where Moscow has been pressing its offensive with increased urgency amid Western pledges of modern tank deliveries for Kyiv.
• UK: Russia Likely Undercounts New Year's Day Strike Casualties VOA 28 Jan 2023 -- The British Defense Ministry said Saturday that Russia "highly likely" suffered more than 300 casualties in a New Year's Day strike on its troops in Ukraine at Makiivka near Donetsk City.
• 14 dead as Ukraine's army strikes hospital with US-made missiles: Russia Press TV 28 Jan 2023 -- Russia says Ukraine's army has attacked a hospital in Luhansk using a US-made rocket system, killing at least 14 people.

Defense Policy / Programs

• No Evidence Russia Turning to Taliban for Arms, White House Says VOA 28 Jan 2023 -- Russia may be turning to more countries to resupply its military fighting in Ukraine, but the White House says it has no evidence to support published reports claiming that Moscow has asked the Afghan Taliban for help.

Foreign Policy

• Russia becomes largest foreign investor in Iran Press TV 28 Jan 2023 -- Russia has become the largest foreign investor in Iran, according to an Iranian deputy finance minister who says the country has attracted a significant amount of foreign investment in the past 15 months despite US sanctions that ban countries and entities from engaging in business activity in Iran.

News Reports

• Russian Cash Transfers To Caucasus, Central Asia Surged In 2022 Amid Ukraine Invasion RFE/RL 28 Jan 2023 -- Residents of Russia sent money to accounts in Central Asian and the Caucasus at the greatest rate in more than a decade as hundreds of thousands of people fled the country following its invasion of Ukraine, the RBC news agency reported.
• Italy Signs $8 Billion Gas Deal With Libya As It Seeks To Cut Russian Dependence RFE/RL 28 Jan 2023 -- Italy's state-run energy company ENI has signed an $8 billion deal with Libya's National Oil Corporation to develop two Libyan offshore gas fields as European nations seek to cut their dependence on Russian energy.