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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 07.03.2023 Ukraine MOD 07 Mar 2023
• Russian Pressure On Bakhmut Continues Unabated As UN Chief Arrives In Ukraine RFE/RL 07 Mar 2023 -- Ukrainian leaders have continued to insist that their troops are holding on in Bakhmut - the scene of months of brutal and costly fighting - even as the Russian military vowed to capture the city and move farther into Ukraine and the UN chief arrived in the country.
• Kyiv Identifies Ukrainian POW Purportedly Executed In Video Circulating On Social Media RFE/RL 07 Mar 2023 -- The Ukrainian military says it has identified one of its soldiers who appears to be executed by Russian troops in a video that has circulated on social media, prompting calls from Kyiv for a war crimes investigation.
• Russian Defense Chief Says Capturing Bakhmut Important for Wider Donbas Offensive VOA 07 Mar 2023 -- Russia's defense minister said Tuesday that capturing the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut was important to launching offensive operations deeper in the region, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pledged to keep fighting for Bakhmut.
• US hands 'visible' in Ukraine war: Russia Press TV 07 Mar 2023 -- Russia says the United States' hands in the conflict in Ukraine are "visible," rejecting a portrayal of foreign interference in the war as discreet.
• Shoigu: NATO's Increased Arms Supplies to Kiev Regime Don't Lead to Ukraine's Success on Battlefield Sputnik 07 Mar 2023 -- Russia has repeatedly warned that the US and its allies' military aid to Kiev is only prolonging the Ukrainian conflict.
• If Bakhmut Falls: What The Battle For A City Of Little Military Significance Means For The Ukraine War RFE/RL 07 Mar 2023 -- A kettle. A cauldron. A pincer. A meat grinder. A carpet of corpses. A death trap.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Meeting with Sberbank Management Board Chairman German Gref President of Russia 07 Mar 2023 -- Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with CEO and Chairman of the Management Board of Sberbank German Gref to discuss the company's ongoing operations under external pressure.
• US Bracing for Bolder, More Brazen Russian Cyberattacks VOA 07 Mar 2023 -- Repeated failures by Russian cyberattacks and disinformation campaigns to inflict lasting damage during the Kremlin's ongoing war against Ukraine is unlikely to dampen Moscow's resolve and could instead spur a new wave of riskier efforts against a wider set of targets.

Foreign Policy

• West Tightens Sanctions Compliance As Russia's Economy Avoids Worst-Case Scenario RFE/RL 07 Mar 2023 -- Days before Russia launched its full-blown invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Boris Livshits ordered a military-grade spectrum analyzer from a Florida-based company for delivery to a suburban home in New Hampshire.
• China, Russia set good example for intl relations, target no third party: Chinese FM Global Times 07 Mar 2023 -- China and Russia have found a path of major country relations featuring strategic trust and good neighborliness, setting a good example for international relations and such relations are based on no alliance and no confrontation and it doesn't target any third party, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang told a press conference on Tuesday.
• Is Russia Courting Malawi Support on Ukraine? VOA 07 Mar 2023 -- Russia's ambassador to Malawi has said he hopes African leaders will call for an end to the international sanctions against Moscow at an upcoming Russia-Africa summit. Nikolai Krasilnikov made the comment Monday, as Russia made a donation of 20,000 tons of fertilizer to Malawi. An analyst says Russia is likely trying to win diplomatic support for its war in Ukraine.

News Reports

• US intelligence suggests 'pro-Ukraine group' bombed Nord Stream: Report Press TV 07 Mar 2023 -- A US media report claims new intelligence reviewed by American officials suggests that a "pro-Ukrainian group" bombed the Nord Stream gas pipelines last year.
• South Africa's ANC Received Big Donation from Russian Oligarch-Linked Firm VOA 07 Mar 2023 -- South Africa's ruling ANC party has brushed aside criticism of a large donation it accepted from a mining company linked to a Russian oligarch under U.S. sanctions.