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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 09.02.23 Ukraine MOD 09 Feb 2023
• Press release on the UN Security Council meeting on the prospects for a peaceful settlement in Ukraine in the context of Western arms supplies to Kiev Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 09 Feb 2023

Defense Policy / Programs

• Meeting with Minister of Transport Vitaly Savelyev President of Russia 09 Feb 2023 -- Vladimir Putin and Vitaly Savelyev held a working meeting at the Kremlin.
• Moscow rejects U.S. claims on Russia's failure to comply with New START People's Daily 09 Feb 2023 -- Moscow strongly rejects claims made by the United States on Russia's alleged non-compliance with the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), the Russian Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.

Foreign Policy

• Russia targets scores of US officials in tit-for-tat sanction spree Press TV 09 Feb 2023 -- Russia has imposed sanctions on scores of American officials, retaliating for Wwashington's stepped-up campaign of striking Russian figures with similar coercive measures.
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's visit to the Republic of the Sudan Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 09 Feb 2023
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's statement and answers to media questions at a joint news conference with Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Sudan Ali Al-Sadiq Ali following talks, Khartoum, February 9, 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 09 Feb 2023
• Russia's Lavrov in Khartoum backs Sudan bid to lift UN sanctions Press TV 09 Feb 2023 -- Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has pledged support for a call by Sudanese officials to lift long-standing UN sanctions on the African nation.
• Visit of NSA to Moscow (07-09 February 2023) India MEA 09 Feb 2023 -- NSA Shri Ajit Doval visited Moscow from 07-09 February 2023. He participated at the 5th Multilateral Meeting of Secretaries of Security Councils/National Security Advisers on Afghanistan on 08 February 2023.

News Reports

• Putin says Russian economy does well, shows growth despite sanctions Press TV 09 Feb 2023 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that despite the West's economic sanctions against the nation, the country was doing well and economists expected to see growth this year.
• Russia, Iran Studying Use of Digital Currencies for Export-Import Operations Sputnik 09 Feb 2023 -- Russia and Iran are studying the possibility of using digital currencies for export-import operations, but a regulatory framework is required, Russian Ambassador to Tehran Alexey Dedov said in an interview with Sputnik.
• Chisinau Confirms Zelenskiy Statement On Russian Plan To Destabilize Moldova RFE/RL 09 Feb 2023 -- Moldova's intelligence service has confirmed statements made by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy alleging that Russia has acted to destabilize the country.
• Russia calls for international probe after Seymour Hersh report on Nord Stream blasts Press TV 09 Feb 2023 -- Russia has called for an international investigation after a new report by famous American investigative journalist Seymour Hersh alleged that the United States was behind Russian Nord Stream gas pipeline explosions.
• Hersh's Nord Stream Blasts Report Shows Need for Open Investigation, Kremlin Says Sputnik 09 Feb 2023 -- The report of investigative journalist Seymour Hersh on Washington's involvement in the explosions at Nord Streams has once again pointed to the need for an open international investigation into the incidents and punishment for those responsible, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.
• Suspension of the Joint Investigation into the downing of Flight MH17 Australia MFA 09 Feb 2023 -- The Australian Government acknowledges the announcement by the Netherlands Public Prosecution Service and the MH17 Joint Investigation Team that they will suspend their investigation into additional individuals responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17.
• Russia Performed 100 Successful Launches of Space Rockets in a Row For First Time, Roscosmos Says Sputnik 09 Feb 2023 -- A Soyuz-2.1a rocket with the Progress MS-22 cargo spacecraft, bound for the International Space Station (ISS), was launched from the Baikonur space center on Thursday, according to a broadcast by Russian state space corporation Roscosmos.