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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 06.02.23 Ukraine MOD 06 Feb 2023
• Battles Rage in Eastern Ukraine Amid Rumors of Military Leadership Changes VOA 06 Feb 2023 -- Battles are raging in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, with the city of Bakhmut and the nearby towns of Soledar and Vuhledar at the epicenter of relentless fighting.
• Head Of Russia's Tyva Republic Sends Representatives To Russia-Occupied Donetsk After Complaints RFE/RL 06 Feb 2023 -- The leader of Russia's Republic of Tyva in Siberia, Vladislav Khovalyg, has sent his representatives to parts of Ukraine's Russia-occupied Donetsk region after a group of Tyvan men mobilized to fight with the Russian armed forces invading Ukraine complained of ill treatment.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Dismissing Wall Street Journal report, Iran says not working with Russia on drone production Press TV 06 Feb 2023 -- Iran has denied its participation in any project for the joint production of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with Russia, rejecting Western media reports in this regard as "sheer lies."

Foreign Policy

• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks and an answer to a media question at a joint news conference following talks with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Iraq Fuad Hussein, Baghdad, February 6, 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 06 Feb 2023
• US Sharpens Focus on Russia Sanctions Evasion, Warning Turkish Banks, Businesses VOA 06 Feb 2023 -- The Biden administration is working on making sanctions targeting Russia more effective by explicitly warning Russian trading partners that they run legal risks doing business with banned entities.
• Telephone conversation with President of Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan President of Russia 06 Feb 2023 -- Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
• Telephone conversation with President of Syria Bashar al-Assad President of Russia 06 Feb 2023 -- Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Syrian Arab Republic Bashar al-Assad.
• Joint Statement of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Syrian Arab Republic Faisal Mekdad pertaining to the Issues of the Chemical Weapons Convention Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 06 Feb 2023
• Russian FM: US playing with fire, encouraging separatism in Kurdish region in Syria Press TV 06 Feb 2023 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the United States is "playing with fire" with its activities on the common border between Iraq and Syria, especially by backing separatist militants affiliated with the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and encourage separatism.

News Reports

• Astana Rejects Russian Court's Summons Of Kazakh Journalists Over Ukraine War Article RFE/RL 06 Feb 2023 -- Kazakh Foreign Ministry officials have rejected a Russian court's summoning of editors of the Arbat.media news website over an article it published about Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
• Wider Europe Briefing: A Consensus On New Russian Oil Caps; And Why Ukraine's EU Plans Are Too Ambitious RFE/RL 06 Feb 2023