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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 01.02.23 Ukraine MOD 01 Feb 2023
• Fierce Fighting In Eastern Ukraine Amid Signs Russia Plans War-Anniversary Offensive RFE/RL 01 Feb 2023 -- The situation on the front line in eastern Ukraine has become tougher, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on February 1 as Russian forces pressed ahead with efforts on the ground to capture towns and cities in the Donetsk region while continuing air strikes against other regions.
• Ukrainian Defenders Under Concentrated Attacks In East As Kyiv Lobbies For Warplanes RFE/RL 01 Feb 2023 -- Russia has thrown fresh contingents of troops at Ukrainian positions in the east but failed to make notable advances, the Ukrainian military said on February 1, as Kyiv stepped up its efforts to convince its Western allies to give it fighter jets.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Russia says seeks to retain New START nuclear treaty with US Press TV 01 Feb 2023 -- Russia says it seeks to preserve its last remaining nuclear arms control treaty with the United States, despite Washington's "destructive" approach towards arms control.
• White House Says Peskov's Comments Show New START Seen as Mutual Interest Sputnik 01 Feb 2023 -- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov's comments show that both Russia and the United States believe the New START Treaty is in their mutual interest, deputy assistant to the president and coordinator for defense policy and arms control for the White House National Security Council said on Wednesday.

Foreign Policy

• Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, Moscow, February 1, 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 01 Feb 2023
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's interview with the television channel, RT Arabic, Moscow, February 1, 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 01 Feb 2023
• US Sanctions Russian Arms Dealer, Proxy Companies Linked to War in Ukraine VOA 01 Feb 2023 -- The United States on Wednesday blacklisted more business officials linked to Russia's war on Ukraine, targeting an arms dealer, his son and a group of proxy companies across Asia, Europe and the Middle East for trying to help Moscow obtain more weapons for its nearly yearlong fight.
• Sanctioning Evasion Network Supporting Russia's Military-Industrial Complex US Dept. of State 01 Feb 2023 -- The United States, in coordination with our allies and partners, will continue to fully enforce our sanctions against Russia's war machine and those that support its efforts. These actions will decrease Russia's ability to wage war and weaken its military-industrial complex.
• Treasury Targets Global Sanctions Evasion Network Supporting Russia's Military-Industrial Complex US Treasury 01 Feb 2023 -- Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed full blocking sanctions against 22 individuals and entities across multiple countries related to a sanctions evasion network supporting Russia's military-industrial complex. Today's action, taken pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 14024, are part of the U.S. strategy to methodically and intensively target sanctions evasion efforts around the globe, close down key backfilling channels, expose facilitators and enablers, and limit Russia's access to revenue needed to wage its brutal war in Ukraine. Over the last year, Treasury has sanctioned over 100 individuals and entities engaging in activity to circumvent international sanctions and export controls imposed on Russia.
• New U.S. Sanctions Target Russian Arms Trader's Global Network, Treasury Department Says RFE/RL 01 Feb 2023 -- The United States has imposed Russian-related sanctions on 22 individuals and entities in multiple countries that the U.S. Treasury Department says are part of a global network set up to evade previously announced sanctions targeting Russia's defense industry.
• U.S. Official Asserts Sanctions Cutting Off Russian War Machine RFE/RL 01 Feb 2023 -- Western sanctions against Russia have been "very effective" in cutting off Russia's war machine, a U.S. official asserted, amid growing questions about Moscow's ability to circumvent the measures.
• Deputy Secretary Sherman's Meeting with Chief of Staff for Navalny, Leonid Volkov US Dept. of State 01 Feb 2023
• State Department Engages with Gold Industry to Discuss Sanctions US Dept. of State 01 Feb 2023 -- Yesterday, Ambassador James O'Brien, Head of the Office of Sanctions Coordination, led an interagency discussion with leading companies and associations across the gold sector.
• Bulgaria, Serbia Break Ground On Pipeline Aimed At Easing Russian Gas Dependence RFE/RL 01 Feb 2023 -- Bulgarian President Rumen Radev and his Serbian counterpart, Aleksandar Vucic, have launched the construction of a gas pipeline that will link the two countries and help ease the region's dependence on Russian supplies, which have become less reliable amid Moscow's war against Ukraine.
• Russia approves agreement on gas supply to China via Far Eastern route, encouraging payments in own currencies Global Times 01 Feb 2023 -- The Russian government has approved a draft intergovernmental agreement on gas supplies to China through the Far Eastern route, with the two countries encouraging payments in their own national currencies, Tass reported on Monday.

News Reports

• Q&A: Russia's Nuclear Weapons More Effective as Propaganda, Retired US Lieutenant General Says VOA 01 Feb 2023 -- With troops stalled in eastern Ukraine, Russia has increasingly resorted to routine airstrikes on Ukrainian cities and towns, a strategy aimed at exhausting Ukraine economically and morally.