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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 26.03.2023 Ukraine MOD 26 Mar 2023
• Ukraine drone caused blast in Russia, 3 injured: Report Press TV 26 Mar 2023 -- A Ukraine-operated drone "packed with explosives" has caused an explosion in the center of a Russian town, injuring three people and damaging three residential buildings.
• Fighting Rages Around Bakhmut As West Assails Kremlin Plan To Place Nukes In Belarus RFE/RL 26 Mar 2023 -- International condemnation has intensified over Moscow's plans to station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, even as fighting raged in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, with the ruined city of Bakhmut continuing to be the focal point of Russia's struggling war effort.
• Britain: Russia Receiving Regular Supply of Iranian Drones VOA 26 Mar 2023 -- Russia appears to be receiving regular deliveries of Iranian-made Shahed drones, Britain's Defense Ministry said Sunday.
• Ukrainian Forces Shell Villages in Russia's Kursk Region - Investigative Committee Sputnik 26 Mar 2023 -- Ukrainian troops shelled three villages in Russia's Kursk Region, disrupted power supply and damaged buildings, the Investigative Committee of Russia said.
• Kiev Attempts to Conduct UAV Attack, Drone Disabled in Tula Region Says Defense Minister Sputnik 26 Mar 2023 -- Ukraine attempted to carry out an attack using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) of Strizh type on Sunday, but the drone's navigation system has been disabled by Russian missile system Pole-21 stationed in the country's Tula Region, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
• Three Injured as Explosives-Laden Drone Hits Russia's Tula Region Sputnik 26 Mar 2023 -- The local emergency service told Sputnik that, according to preliminary data, the explosion had been caused by a fall of an unmanned aerial vehicle carrying ammunition.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Putin announces deal to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus Press TV 26 Mar 2023 -- Russia is set to deploy its tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, expanding its scope of strategic influence, and increasing its deterrence power in face of the US-led NATO's exceeding military support for Ukraine.
• Putin: West Aspires to 'Create New Axis' Like Nazi Germany Did Before WWII Sputnik 26 Mar 2023 -- President Vladimir Putin commented in a Russian media interview on Saturday on the tens of billions of dollars-worth of military equipment that the US and its European allies have sent to Kiev to fuel a proxy war against Moscow. Western countries won't be able to deliver enough weapons in Ukraine to outgun Russia, Putin assured.

Foreign Policy

• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's answers to questions from the Moscow. Kremlin. Putin TV programme, March 26, 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 26 Mar 2023

News Reports

• Putin: US intelligence destroyed Russia's Nord Stream pipelines Press TV 26 Mar 2023 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said that most probably the United States was behind the destruction of the Nord Stream gas pipelines in September last year.
• Putin accuses West of building 'new axis' similar to World War II alliance Press TV 26 Mar 2023 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the United States and NATO of seeking to build a new global "axis" which he said bore some resemblance to the World War II alliance between Nazi Germany, fascist Italy, and imperial Japan.