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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 14.03.2023 Ukraine MOD 14 Mar 2023
• Ukrainian Commanders Favor Defending Bakhmut, Zelenskiy Says After Honoring Volunteers RFE/RL 14 Mar 2023 -- Ukraine's top military command unanimously favors defending the sector of eastern Ukraine that includes the besieged city of Bakhmut and inflicting maximum losses on the enemy, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in his evening video address on March 14.
• Ukraine Reports Deadly Russian Missile Strike on Kramatorsk VOA 14 Mar 2023 -- Ukrainian officials said Tuesday a Russian missile struck the city of Kramatorsk, killing at least one person and wounding three others.
• Ukraine's future depends on outcome of 'painful' Bakhmut fighting, says Zelensky Press TV 14 Mar 2023 -- Ukraine's future depends on the outcome of the battle raging around Bakhmut and other strategic cities and towns in the war-ravaged country's east, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday, calling the fighting "hard" and "very painful".
• Ukrainian Forces Prepare for Counterattack Near Artemovsk, Says PMC Wagner Founder Sputnik 14 Mar 2023 -- The Wagner Group founder argued that Ukrainian forces seek to negate all the gains made by the Russian troops in Artemovsk.
• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's answer to a media question on the grain deal extension Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 14 Mar 2023
• Activist Says Russia Is Sending Female Prisoners To Ukraine RFE/RL 14 Mar 2023 -- Russia is sending female prison inmates to work in occupied regions of eastern Ukraine, a Russian rights activist said.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Putin: Nord Stream blasts staged by a state-level actor Press TV 14 Mar 2023 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin says last year's blasts targeting the Nord Stream gas pipelines were carried out on a state level, not by a pro-Ukraine group.
• Putin on Alleged Involvement of Ukrainian Activists in Nord Stream Explosions: It's Nonsense Sputnik 14 Mar 2023 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed claims that Ukrainian activists may be responsible for the destruction of the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines.
• Visit to Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant President of Russia 14 Mar 2023 -- During his working trip to the Republic of Buryatia, the President learned about the activities of the Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant, visited the unit assembly and final assembly shops and inspected the finished products.
• Russian Fighter Strikes U.S. Unmanned Aircraft DoD News 14 Mar 2023 -- A Russian Su-27 aircraft struck a U.S. Air Force intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance MQ-9 unmanned aerial vehicle's propeller, causing U.S. forces to bring it down into international waters of the Black Sea early this morning, according to U.S. Air Force Gen. James B. Hecker, commander, U.S. Air Forces Europe and Air Forces Africa in a statement today.
• Russian Fighter Collides With US Drone Over International Waters VOA 14 Mar 2023 -- The U.S. military says a Russian fighter jet collided Tuesday with a U.S. intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance drone operating within international airspace over the Black Sea, causing the drone to crash.
• Russian MoD on US Drone Incident: UAV Fell Into Black Sea Due to Own Sharp Maneuvering Sputnik 14 Mar 2023 -- US drone MQ-9 fell into the Black Sea on Tuesday morning due to its own sharp maneuvering, Russian fighters did not come into contact with it and did not use weapons, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
• EUCOM Claims US Lost MQ-9 Drone in Black Sea Int'l Waters After Colliding With Russian Su-27 Sputnik 14 Mar 2023 -- The US European Command (EUCOM) claimed in a release on Tuesday that a Russian Su-27 aircraft struck the propeller of an unmanned MQ-9 drone during an "unsafe and unprofessional intercept" over the Black Sea.
• Russian fighter jet collides with US Reaper drone over Black Sea: US military Press TV 14 Mar 2023 -- A Russian Su-27 fighter jet has collided with a US MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Black Sea, the US military says, claiming that the incident occurred in international airspace.
• U.S. Blames 'Reckless' Intercept By Russian Jets For Crash Of Drone Into Black Sea RFE/RL 14 Mar 2023 -- The United States on March 14 blamed Russia for an "unsafe and unprofessional" intercept by its fighter jets with a U.S. spy drone that resulted in the crash of the aircraft into the Black Sea.
• Russian Ambassador: Moscow Not Seeking Confrontation With US After Black Sea Drone Incident Sputnik 14 Mar 2023 -- Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said Russia is not seeking a confrontation with the United States after a Russian jet was alleged to have downed a US MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Black Sea.
• Which Feature Allows Russia's Yasen-Class Submarine to Outpace its American Rival Sputnik 14 Mar 2023 -- Canberra is due to receive three Virginia-class submarines under the aegis of the Australia-UK-US (AUKUS) pact, according to the US State Department. Vasily Dandykin, captain of the 1st rank of the reserve and a military expert, has sat down with Sputnik to discuss the US underwater craft and its Russian competitor.
• Meeting with Head of Buryatia Alexei Tsydenov President of Russia 14 Mar 2023 -- Vladimir Putin had a working meeting with Head of the Republic of Buryatia Alexei Tsydenov.

Foreign Policy

• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks at the opening of the founding congress of the International Russophile Movement, Moscow, March 14, 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 14 Mar 2023
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's telephone conversation with Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates Nasser Bourita Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 14 Mar 2023
• UK addresses Security Council meeting on 'Russophobia': UK at the UN UK FCDO 14 Mar 2023 -- Statement by Political Coordinator Fergus Eckersley at the Security Council meeting on 'Russophobia'
• Press release on the joint briefing by permanent representatives of Russia and Syria to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on the inconsistencies, omissions and discrepancies in the Third Report by the OPCW Investigation and Identification Team titled Addressing the Threat from Chemical Weapons Use in Douma, Syria, on April 7, 2018 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 14 Mar 2023
• Russian Defense Ministry Reports Breach of Ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh Sputnik 14 Mar 2023 -- The Russian Defense Ministry said Tuesday that the ceasefire monitored by Russian peacekeepers in Nagoron-Karabakh on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan had been violated, without specifying which side was responsible for the violation.
• Iran, Russia FMs discuss latest developments in Ukraine, Iran's agreement with IAEA ISNA 14 Mar 2023 -- Iranian Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov held talks on the phone over different issues.

News Reports

• China, Russia say deal on Aukus submarines totally disregards Intl. concerns, raises proliferation questions Press TV 14 Mar 2023 -- China says a tripartite deal among the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia on the production of nuclear-powered Aukus submarines totally disregards international concerns while Russia slams the pact for raising questions about nuclear proliferation.
• Russian Woman Arrested For Spying In Albania Requests Asylum, Citing Fear Of Persecution In Russia RFE/RL 14 Mar 2023 -- Svetlana Timofoeva, a Russian national who was arrested and charged with spying in Albania, requested asylum in the Western Balkan nation on March 13, saying she fears persecution should she return to Russia.
• Kazakhstan Impounds Property Of Russian Cosmodrome Operator In Baikonur RFE/RL 14 Mar 2023 -- Kazakh authorities have impounded the property of Russia's main operator of spacecraft launching sites in Baikonur (Baiqonyr) in the Central Asian nation's southern region of Qyzylorda.