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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 02.02.23 Ukraine MOD 02 Feb 2023
• Russia Targets Kramatorsk Residential Sites; EU Officials Meeting with Zelenskyy VOA 02 Feb 2023 -- Russia launched new airstrikes on residential areas in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk on Thursday, even as top European Union officials gathered in Kyiv in a new show of support for Ukraine's fight against Russia's nearly year-long invasion.
• Russia Preparing Major Offensive, Ukrainian Military Says, As Shelling Kills Civilians In Kramatorsk RFE/RL 02 Feb 2023 -- Ukraine's military says there are clear signs that Russian forces are getting ready for a major push in the east, where a stalemate continues despite months-long heavy fighting and intensive daily shelling by Moscow's troops.
• President Putin: Russia sure it will be victorious in Ukraine Press TV 02 Feb 2023 -- President Vladimir Putin says Russia will definitely defeat a Ukraine that is in the grip of a new incarnation of Nazism just as it defeated the Nazi Germany in Stalingrad 80 year ago.
• Russia vows to push Ukrainian troops back in response to longer-range rockets Press TV 02 Feb 2023 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the Russian army will push Ukrainian troops further away from Russian territory and create a safe buffer zone in response to Kiev's procurement of longer-range rockets from the West.

Defense Policy / Programs

• 80th anniversary of victory in Battle of Stalingrad President of Russia 02 Feb 2023 -- On the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Battle of Stalingrad, Vladimir Putin visited the Battle of Stalingrad Museum and Reserve on Mamayev Kurgan.
• Putin: Decades After WWII, Russia is Once Again Threatened With German Leopards Tanks Sputnik 02 Feb 2023 -- The Russian president promised a tough response to unfriendly actions against the country, noting the threats posed to Russia by powers which seek to wage an undeclared war against the country, Russian President Vladimir Putin lamented that Nazism in its current guise once again threatens Russia during a speech at a concert commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory in the Battle of Stalingrad.
• Russia Developing Weapons to Target Critical Subsea Cables, Pipelines VOA 02 Feb 2023 -- Western naval forces are having to adapt to a new threat as Russia and other military powers develop new capabilities to target critical undersea infrastructure such as pipelines and cables.
• Russia denounces U.S. for undermining New START treaty People's Daily 02 Feb 2023 -- The United States, by its actions, has undermined the principles of implementing the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said Wednesday.

Foreign Policy

• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's interview with Rossiya 24 and RIA Novosti, Moscow, February 2, 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 02 Feb 2023
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China Ma Zhaoxu Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 02 Feb 2023
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federative Republic of Brazil Mauro Vieira Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 02 Feb 2023
• The President: We need to give the European Chief Prosecutor the power to investigate violations of sanctions imposed on Russia President of the Republic of Lithuania 02 Feb 2023 -- On Thursday, President Gitanas Nausėda had a meeting with the European Chief Prosecutor Laura Codruța Kövesi where they discussed issues related to accountability for war crimes committed by Russia and the implementation of sanctions, as well as the supervision and transparency of EU funds.
• Russia: Statement by the High Representative Josep Borrell on the second anniversary of Alexei Navalny's sentencing European External Action Service (EEAS) 02 Feb 2023 -- Today marks two years since the politically motivated sentencing of the Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny by a domestic court in Russia.
• EU Says It Will Slap Russia With More Sanctions By First Anniversary Of War RFE/RL 02 Feb 2023 -- The European Union says it plans to hit Russia with a fresh package of punitive measures -- the 10th since the start of its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine almost one year ago -- as the bloc prepares to hold a summit with Ukraine's leadership in the capital, Kyiv.
• European Commission to Set Up Center for Prosecution of Russia's 'Crime of Aggression' VOA 02 Feb 2023 -- The European Commission on Thursday announced the launch of a center to prosecute Russia for the "crime of aggression," the latest international effort designed to hold Russian leaders accountable for the invasion of Ukraine.
• Russia's brutal repression of human rights at home and abroad: UK statement to the OSCE UK FCDO 02 Feb 2023 -- Ambassador Neil Bush says that the link between the repression of fundamental freedoms in Russia, and Russia's aggression against Ukraine is clearer than ever.

News Reports

• In Arrest Of Former Top FBI Agent, Shadow Of Russian Oligarch Deripaska Looms - Again RFE/RL 02 Feb 2023 -- On November 21, 2021, FBI agents acting on a court-ordered search warrant seized the personal electronic devices - cell phones, computers, tablets, and similar items - of a former Russian diplomat and a retired FBI agent.