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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 24.03.2023 Ukraine MOD 24 Mar 2023
• Russian Strike Hits Civilian Shelter As Fighting Rages In Eastern Ukraine RFE/RL 24 Mar 2023 -- A Russian strike on the town of Kostyantynivka in the eastern region of Donetsk killed at least five people on March 24, Ukraine's emergency service reported, as an air-raid alert was declared in several regions overnight while heavy fighting continued in and around the eastern city of Bakhmut.
• Red Cross: In Bakhmut, 'People Pushed to Very Limits' VOA 24 Mar 2023 -- Ukrainian troops have dug in at Bakhmut instead of pulling back. Some Western military experts said this tactic might be risky because they need to conserve forces for a counterattack.
• Russia's War in Ukraine Has 'Severely Dislocated the Russian Military's Training System' VOA 24 Mar 2023 -- Russia's invasion of Ukraine has "severely dislocated the Russian military's training system - instructors have largely been deployed in Ukraine," according to Britain's Defense Ministry.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Medvedev: Russia at War With 3.6 Million-Strong NATO Army Sputnik 24 Mar 2023 -- Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev has stated that in order to "exterminate" the neo-Nazi ideology in Ukraine, "nothing can be ruled out" during the course of the Russian special operation.
• Graveyard War: Why Prigozhin Is Picking A Fight Over Burials And What It Means For His Own Future RFE/RL 24 Mar 2023 -- Like most Russian funeral ceremonies, the one held just north of the resort town of Goryachy Klyuch featured colorful flowered wreaths, portraits of the dead, red carnations, and coffins draped in tapestries.
• Prigozhin Rejects Report Wagner To Shift Attention Away From Ukraine RFE/RL 24 Mar 2023 -- Yevgeny Prigozhin, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the owner of the mercenary group Wagner, has rejected a report saying he plans to scale back his military operations in Ukraine and instead concentrate on Africa, where Wagner was previously involved in local conflicts and businesses.

Foreign Policy

• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's reply to a question from Rossiya Segodnya on Russia's alleged plans to build closer ties with Moldova Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 24 Mar 2023
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's article for Razvedchik (Intelligence officer) news magazine, March 24th, 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 24 Mar 2023

News Reports

• The Week In Russia: A Warrant For Putin's Arrest RFE/RL 24 Mar 2023 -- President Vladimir Putin is now a wanted man, the subject of an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court on suspicion of war crimes over the illegal transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia. How will it affect Putin's fate and the course of Russia's war against Ukraine?
• Russian Interior Ministry Adds Self-Exiled Former Putin Speechwriter To Wanted List RFE/RL 24 Mar 2023 -- The Russian Interior Ministry has added to its wanted list a self-exiled former speechwriter of Vladimir Putin, Abbas Gallyamov, known for his analyses of political and social developments in Russia and the Kremlin's ongoing invasion of Ukraine and interviews he has given to multiple media outlets, including RFE/RL.
• Hearing Into Appeal By U.S. Investor Calvey Of Russian Embezzlement Conviction Postponed RFE/RL 24 Mar 2023 -- The Moscow City Court has postponed a hearing into appeals filed by U.S. investor Michael Calvey and his associate, French national Philippe Delpal, against their 2021 convictions on embezzlement charges that they reject.