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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 06.03.2023 Ukraine MOD 06 Mar 2023
• Ukraine Vows To Continue To Defend Bakhmut As Wagner Boss Complains About Ammunition RFE/RL 06 Mar 2023 -- A Ukrainian military commander has described "hellish" conditions in and around Bakhmut, but he and others vowed to continue the bloody fight for the eastern city, while Russia's defense minister kept up a morale-building effort in the war zone and the head of the Wagner mercenary group stoked further tensions with Russian military commanders.
• US Defense Chief: Ukraine's Bakhmut Is Symbolic Rather Than Strategic VOA 06 Mar 2023 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Monday if Russian troops manage to seize control of the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, that would not represent a decisive shift in the conflict.
• West Unlikely to Lift Obstacles for Russian Supply Under Grain Deal, Ankara Says Sputnik 06 Mar 2023 -- Western countries are unlikely to facilitate exports of Russian grain under the so-called Black Sea grain deal, Cagri Erhan, a member of the Turkish Presidential Security and Foreign Policy Committee, told Sputnik.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Russia's Kalashnikov Plans to Roll Out Advanced Fire Control System for Small Arms Sputnik 06 Mar 2023 -- If created, the new system is expected to be of help to snipers, who currently have to work in tandem with fire controllers when on a combat mission.
• Meeting with Kurgan Region Governor Vadim Shumkov President of Russia 06 Mar 2023 -- Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with Governor of the Kurgan Region Vadim Shumkov, via videoconference. The governor reported to the President on the region's socio-economic development.

Foreign Policy

• Telephone conversation with President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev President of Russia 06 Mar 2023 -- Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
• Telephone conversation with President of Iran Ebrahim Raisi President of Russia 06 Mar 2023 -- Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ebrahim Raisi.
• Iran, Russia presidents discuss economic cooperation IRNA 06 Mar 2023 -- Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, in a phone conversation on Monday, explored ways for further enhancement of economic cooperation between the two neighboring countries.
• Iran's Raisi, Russia's Putin review economic infrastructure initiatives ISNA 06 Mar 2023 -- The deputy Chief of Staff for Political Affairs to Iran's President, Mohammad Jamshidi explained details of a phone conversation between Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
• Iranian, Russian presidents discuss bolstering economic cooperation, infrastructure projects Press TV 06 Mar 2023 -- Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, have discussed possible ways to strengthen economic cooperation, particularly in the field of international transit, as well as joint infrastructure projects.
• State Department and European Commission Engage Diamond Industry to Discuss Next Steps on Russian Diamonds US Dept. of State 06 Mar 2023
• US Warns About Increasing Use of Intermediaries to Evade Russia Sanctions VOA 06 Mar 2023 -- The Russian invasion of Ukraine has triggered an unprecedented wave of U.S. sanctions on Russia.
• West's sanctions on Russia backfire, hurting Europeans instead, says Hungary Press TV 06 Mar 2023 -- Hungarian foreign minister Peter Szijjarto says sanctions slapped by Western countries on Russia over the Ukraine war are not working and are instead hurting the European countries.
• Disinformation Wars: China, Russia Cooperating On Propaganda More Than Ever, Says Report RFE/RL 06 Mar 2023 -- After a year of war in Ukraine, China and Russia have grown closer together in the information space, often parroting each other's talking points across state-owned media as part of a wider strategy to undermine the West, a new report finds.
• Five years on from a Russian chemical attack in the UK, Russia continues to protect the Syrian Regime: UK Statement at the UN Security Council UK FCDO 06 Mar 2023 -- Statement by Alice Jacobs, UK Deputy Political Coordinator at the Security Council briefing on Syria
• Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova in connection with the escalation of tensions in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 06 Mar 2023

News Reports

• Russia says foiled murder plot against Russian tycoon, blames Ukraine Press TV 06 Mar 2023 -- Russia says it has thwarted an assassination plot against Konstantin Malofeev, a nationalist Russian tycoon, alleging that a Ukraine-backed far-right group was behind the foiled attempt.
• Detention Of Russian Opposition Politician Kara-Murza Extended Despite Serious Illness RFE/RL 06 Mar 2023 -- The Moscow City Court has extended the pretrial detention of opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza despite a physician's request to release him immediately due to an illness described as polyneuropathy, a disease affecting peripheral nerves.