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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 19.03.2023 Ukraine MOD 19 Mar 2023
• Ukrainian Officials Express Outrage Over Putin's Surprise Visit To City of Mariupol After Crimea RFE/RL 19 Mar 2023 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin made an unannounced nighttime visit to Mariupol, the occupied Ukrainian city that symbolizes Kyiv's fierce resistance to Moscow's invasion, in a possible show of defiance after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a war for his arrest.
• Vladimir Putin visited Mariupol President of Russia 19 Mar 2023 -- The President examined several facilities in the city and talked with the locals.
• Putin Visits Occupied Mariupol in Ukraine After Stop in Crimea VOA 19 Mar 2023 -- The Kremlin says that Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited the Russian-occupied Ukrainian port city of Mariupol after a stopover in the Crimean Peninsula to mark the ninth anniversary of Moscow's illegal annexation of the territory in 2014.
• Putin makes surprise visit to Mariupol in eastern Ukraine after ICC arrest warrant Press TV 19 Mar 2023 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a surprise visit to Ukraine's port city of Mariupol, a day after he visited Crimea, following an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against the Russian leader on "war crime accusations".
• Black Sea drones show US involvement in war with Russia: Kremlin Press TV 19 Mar 2023 -- The Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says US drone flights over the Black Sea are a sign of direct US involvement in the Ukraine war.

Defense Policy / Programs

• NATO Reportedly Mulling 300,000-Strong Force on Russia's Borders Amid Fast-Dwindling War Chests Sputnik 19 Mar 2023 -- As Western countries have been supplying the Kiev regime with a broad array of weapon systems, including air defense missiles, multiple-launch rocket systems, and anti-aircraft guns since Russia launched its special military operation in Ukraine, they have not only further fueled the conflict, but seen their own war chests run dry fast.

Foreign Policy

• Vladimir Putin's Article for People's Daily Newspaper, Russia and China: A Future-Bound Partnership President of Russia 19 Mar 2023
• Xi's visit to Russia conveys great significance, injects certainty and positive energy Global Times 19 Mar 2023 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to Moscow this week is expected to attract global attention as the visit - the first overseas visit of the Chinese top leader in 2023 following the two sessions - is described as a trip of friendship, cooperation and peace. The visit, embodying the traditional friendship and conveying great significance, will deepen the strategic mutual trust and cooperation between China and Russia, and bring more certainty and positive energy to a turbulent world.

News Reports

• Investigation Finds Ukraine's Confiscation Of Russian Assets Stymied By Bureaucracy RFE/RL 19 Mar 2023 -- The tally after one year: two banks and four tycoons. Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has cited Ukraine's "own example" of confiscating sovereign and private Russian assets within its borders to urge Kyiv's allies to do the same and contribute to a war recovery effort estimated to cost over $700 billion. But Ukraine's experience seizing these assets has proven problematic and slow-moving, a probe by Schemes, the investigative unit of RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service, found.
• 'What Kind Of Example Is This?': Siberians Balk At Military Honors For Ex-Cons Killed In Ukraine RFE/RL 19 Mar 2023 -- When Roman Melnikov left Darasun, a tiny hamlet in Siberia's Zabaikalye region, in 2015, few were sad to see him go. He had been sentenced to nine years in prison for manslaughter after being convicted of beating a cafe patron to death during a robbery.