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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 08.02.23 Ukraine MOD 08 Feb 2023
• No Grounds for Expanding List of Ukrainian Products Exported Under Grain Deal: Moscow Sputnik 08 Feb 2023 -- There is no reason for expanding the list of Ukrainian products exported as part of the grain deal, Pyotr Ilyichev, the head of the Russian foreign ministry's international organizations department, told Sputnik.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Foreign Ministry statement regarding the Treaty on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (New START) Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 08 Feb 2023

Foreign Policy

• Foreign Ministry Statement on personal sanctions placed on US citizens Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 08 Feb 2023
• Meeting with participants in multilateral consultations of secretaries of the security councils on Afghanistan President of Russia 08 Feb 2023 -- Vladimir Putin met in the Kremlin with heads of delegations taking part in the multilateral consultations of the secretaries of the security councils and national security advisors on Afghanistan.
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks at a joint news conference with Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Mauritanians Abroad of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania Mohamed Salem Ould Merzoug following talks, Nouakchott, February 8, 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 08 Feb 2023
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's comment for the media following a meeting with President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, Nouakchott, February 8, 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 08 Feb 2023
• Biden Cites US Resolve in Facing Aggression from Russia and China VOA 08 Feb 2023 -- U.S. President Joe Biden said the United States faces serious challenges around the world, but in the past two years, democracies have become stronger while autocracies have grown weaker.
• Telephonic Press Briefing with Karen Donfried, Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs, and Geoffrey R. Pyatt, Assistant Secretary for Energy Resources US Dept. of State 08 Feb 2023
• U.S. Charges Associate Of Russian Oligarch With Sanctions Evasion, Money Laundering RFE/RL 08 Feb 2023 -- U.S. prosecutors have charged fugitive Russian citizen Vladimir Voronchenko with facilitating a sanctions evasion and money-laundering scheme connected to the assets of Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg.
• New sanctions target Putin's war machine and financial networks as UK accelerates economic pressure on Russia UK FCDO 08 Feb 2023 -- The Foreign Secretary has unleashed a new round of sanctions on Kremlin elites and entities providing military equipment such as drones.
• Rebuffing Western pressure, India says it will buy oil from 'wherever is beneficial' Press TV 08 Feb 2023 -- India's energy minister says New Delhi will buy the oil it needs from wherever it is beneficial and not give in to Western pressure.

News Reports

• Inside The Obscure Russian Agency That Censors The Internet: An RFE/RL Investigation RFE/RL 08 Feb 2023 -- In the first half of October 2022, employees of an obscure Russian government department working out of a small business center in northeast Moscow were worried about the weather.
• Myanmar junta opens 'nuclear information center' in Yangon with Russia's Rosatom Radio Free Asia 08 Feb 2023 -- Myanmar's junta has established a "Nuclear Technology and Information Center" in cooperation with Russian energy firm Rosatom State Corp. in the country's commercial capital Yangon, as part of what observers say is the regime's long-running dream of obtaining nuclear weapons.