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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 18.02.23 Ukraine MOD 18 Feb 2023
• Russian Missiles Hit Ukraine From Black Sea As U.S. Accuses Moscow Of 'Crimes Against Humanity' RFE/RL 18 Feb 2023 -- Russia continued its missile and drone attacks against Ukrainian military and civilian sites on February 18 while top U.S. officials accused Moscow of "crimes against humanity" in the war and said Russian forces had suffered 200,000 casualties as the conflict neared the one-year anniversary.
• Crimes Against Humanity in Ukraine US Dept. of State 18 Feb 2023 -- Based on a careful analysis of the law and available facts, I have determined that members of Russia's forces and other Russian officials have committed crimes against humanity in Ukraine.
• US Rebukes Russia for Crimes Against Humanity in Ukraine VOA 18 Feb 2023 -- The U.S. officially declared that Russia has committed crimes against humanity in Ukraine.
• Harris Tells Munich Conference U.S. Concluded Russia Committed 'Crimes Against Humanity' in Ukraine RFE/RL 18 Feb 2023 -- U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris says the United States has concluded that Russia committed "crimes against humanity" in its unprovoked war against Ukraine, with its forces having pursued "widespread and systemic" attacks against civilians in the country.
• Harris accuses Russia of committing crimes against humanity in Ukraine Press TV 18 Feb 2023 -- US Vice President Kamala Harris has accused Russia of committing crimes against humanity in Ukraine, ratcheting up its propaganda offensive against Moscow over the Ukraine crisis. Russia says the United States is fighting a proxy war in Ukraine against it.

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Foreign Policy

• Greetings on the opening of the 36th meeting of the African Union Assembly President of Russia 18 Feb 2023 -- Vladimir Putin sent greetings to the 36th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Heads of State and Government of the African Union.
• Blinken Warns China's Wang Yi About 'Consequences' of Supporting Russia - State Department Sputnik 18 Feb 2023 -- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has told China's Central Foreign Affairs Office Director Wang Yi that Beijing could face certain "consequences" if it helps Moscow in what concerns the "evasion" of sanctions introduced against Russia over its special military operation in Ukraine.
• Germany Froze Russian Assets Worth $5.7Bln Since Start of Operation in Ukraine Sputnik 18 Feb 2023 -- Germany has frozen Russian assets worth 5.32 billion euros ($5.7 billion) since the start of the special military operation in Ukraine nearly a year ago, the local newspaper reported on Saturday, citing data from the German Finance Ministry.

News Reports

• Reexports To Russia: How The Ukraine War Made Trade Boom In Kyrgyzstan RFE/RL 18 Feb 2023 -- Exports to Russia more than doubled, imports from next-door China almost tripled, and a whole range of products that Kyrgyzstan was not known for exporting in the past were sent abroad.
• Roscosmos Says No Damage Detected on Soyuz MS-22 Spacecraft's Radiator Sputnik 18 Feb 2023 -- The Russian chief designers at the Roscosmos state space corporation have inspected a radiator of the Soyuz MS-22 manned spacecraft, which is being prepared for launch, after two cases of depressurization earlier occurred at a similar spaceship, and did not detect any damage, the corporation said on Saturday.