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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 02.03.23 Ukraine MOD 02 Mar 2023
• Russian Shelling Kills Civilians In Zaporizhzhya As Moscow Pushes Further With Bakhmut Offensive RFE/RL 02 Mar 2023 -- Russian shelling of Ukraine's southern city of Zaporizhzhya killed at least several civilians, regional officials said, as Moscow pressed on with its assault on Bakhmut, piling up formidable pressure on the Ukrainian defenders of the city in the eastern Donetsk region.
• Russia Accuses Ukraine Of Sabotage Attack; Kyiv Says Moscow Plotting 'False Flag' Pretext RFE/RL 02 Mar 2023 -- Russian officials alleged that a group of Ukrainian saboteurs crossed into western Russia and fired on civilians in villages, a claim that Kyiv denied, while suggesting Moscow might be seeking a "false-flag" pretext to stage new attacks on Ukraine.
• Vladimir Putin is regularly updated on situation in Bryansk Region President of Russia 02 Mar 2023
• Putin accuses Ukraine of terrorist attack as troops close in on Bakhmut Press TV 02 Mar 2023 -- President Vladimir Putin says a Ukrainian sabotage group has carried out a "terrorist attack" in a southern border region amid Russian forces closing in on the city of Bakhmut.
• Putin: Ukrainian Forces Committed Terror Attack in Bryansk by Opening Fire on Civilians Sputnik 02 Mar 2023 -- Earlier in the day, Bryansk region Governor Alexander Bogomaz said that a Ukrainian sabotage group had infiltrated the border with the region, killing one person and injuring another one.
• Putin Being Constantly Briefed on Attack of Ukrainian Terrorists in Bryansk Region: Kremlin Sputnik 02 Mar 2023 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin constantly receives reports from the heads of security agencies in connection with the attack by Ukrainian terrorists in the Bryansk region, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.
• FSB Engaged in Wiping Out Ukrainian Terrorists Who Attacked Russian Border Village Sputnik 02 Mar 2023 -- Previously, Bryansk Governor Alexander Bogomaz revealed that a group of Ukrainian militants attacked the community of Lyubechane, situated near the Russian-Ukrainian border.
• Press release on the Istanbul food and fertiliser agreements Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 02 Mar 2023

Defense Policy / Programs

• Blinken urges Russia to return to New START nuclear treaty Press TV 02 Mar 2023 -- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on Russia to reverse its decision and participate in the New START nuclear treaty.
• Russian diplomat says no 'strategic stability dialog' with US in near term Press TV 02 Mar 2023 -- Russian diplomat Mikhail Ulyanov says Moscow will not engage in strategic stability negotiations with Washington in the foreseeable future, since the US is openly taking "hostile steps" against the country.
• Russia Developing New Type of Military Operations for Defense Against US, Reports Say Sputnik 02 Mar 2023 -- Russia is developing a new type of military operations with the use of nuclear weapons to defend itself against possible US aggression, according to Russian military magazine, published by the Defense Ministry.
• Statement by Sergey Ryabkov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, at the High Level Segment of the Conference on Disarmament, Geneva, 2 March 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 02 Mar 2023

Foreign Policy

• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's participation in the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 02 Mar 2023
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks at a plenary meeting of the G20 Ministerial Council on multilateralism, global economy and development, New Delhi, March 2, 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 02 Mar 2023
• Statement by Sergey Ryabkov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, at the High Level Segment of the Conference on Disarmament, Geneva, 2 March 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 02 Mar 2023
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's statement and answers to questions following the G20 Foreign Ministers' meeting, New Delhi, March 2, 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 02 Mar 2023
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's opening remarks during a meeting with Foreign Minister of China Qin Gang on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers' meeting, New Delhi, March 2, 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 02 Mar 2023
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks at a plenary meeting of the G20 Ministerial Council on multilateralism, global economy and development, New Delhi, March 2, 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 02 Mar 2023
• Russia, China blast Western 'blackmail, threats' as sparring plagues G20 summit Press TV 02 Mar 2023 -- Russia and China have denounced the West for employing "blackmail and threats" against other countries following a G20 summit which was overshadowed by sparring over the Ukraine war.
• Blinken, Lavrov Meet Briefly As Ukraine War Overshadows G20 Meeting RFE/RL 02 Mar 2023 -- The top diplomats from the United States and Russia met briefly for the first time in more than a year, as officials from the Group of 20 (G20) major economies held meetings dominated by Russia's year-old invasion of Ukraine.
• Departments of Justice, Commerce and Treasury Issue Joint Compliance Note on Russia-Related Sanctions Evasion and Export Controls US Dept. of Justice 02 Mar 2023 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC), and the Department of Justice today issued a joint compliance note on the use of third-party intermediaries or transshipment points to evade Russian- and Belarussian-related sanctions and export controls.
• Two U.S. Citizens Arrested for Illegally Exporting Technology to Russia US Dept. of Justice 02 Mar 2023 -- Two Kansas men were arrested today on charges related to a years-long scheme to circumvent U.S. export laws that included the illegal export of aviation-related technology to Russia after Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, and the imposition of stricter restrictions on exports to Russia.
• US Attorney General Says He Would Not Object to Designating Wagner a Foreign Terrorist Organization VOA 02 Mar 2023 -- U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland says he would not "object" to designating Russia's Wagner mercenary group as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, calling its founder, Yevgeny Prigozhin, a "war criminal."

News Reports

• US Attorney General Says He Would Not Object to Designating Wagner a Foreign Terrorist Organization VOA 02 Mar 2023 -- U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland says he would not "object" to designating Russia's Wagner mercenary group as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, calling its founder, Yevgeny Prigozhin, a "war criminal."