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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 27.03.2023 Ukraine MOD 27 Mar 2023
• Zelenskiy Makes Surprise Trip To Zaporizhzhya, Meets IAEA Chief RFE/RL 27 Mar 2023 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy made a surprise visit to frontline positions in the region of Zaporizhzhya, where he also met with UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi to discuss the protection of Europe's largest nuclear power station as fighting rages with invading Russian forces across the eastern flank of the country.
• Zaporozhye Region's Official Confirms IAEA Director General's Visit to ZNPP on March 29 Sputnik 27 Mar 2023 -- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi is scheduled to visit the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant (ZNPP) on March 29, Vladimir Rogov, a senior official of the Zaporozhye regional administration, told Sputnik on Monday.
• Russian Envoy Calls on Kiev to Exercise Responsibility, Stop Attacks on Zaporozhye NPP Sputnik 27 Mar 2023 -- As of now, Kiev is not ready to confirm that Ukrainian forces will not shell the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), Russia's Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov told Sputnik.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Address on National Guard Day President of Russia 27 Mar 2023
• Moscow Puzzled by States' Reaction to Deployment of Russia's Nuclear Weapons in Belarus Sputnik 27 Mar 2023 -- The inadequate reaction of a number of countries to Russia's decision to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus is puzzling, considering the hybrid war of the West against Russia, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Monday.
• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's comment on a number of Western countries expressing concern over Russia-Belarus nuclear cooperation Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 27 Mar 2023
• Russia owns arms to destroy US in case of existential threats: Top Putin aide Press TV 27 Mar 2023 -- A senior Russian official says Moscow owns such weapons that can destroy any enemy, including the United States, if it faces existential threats, alleging that Washington is underestimating Russia's nuclear might.
• New START Talks Depend on US Abandoning Its 'Hostile Policy' Toward Russia, Russian Envoy Says Sputnik 27 Mar 2023 -- The prerequisites for talking about the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) will emerge only if Washington abandons its hostile policy toward Moscow, Russia's Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov told Sputnik.
• Rosatom: New Russian Nuclear-Powered Icebreaker to Be Laid Down in May Next Year Sputnik 27 Mar 2023 -- The new, fifth and sixth Russian nuclear icebreakers of Project 22220 are planned to be laid down at the Baltic Shipyard in St. Petersburg, in May 2024 and October 2025, respectively, Maxim Kulinko, Deputy Head of the Northern Sea Route Directorate of Russian state nuclear agency Rosatom told Sputnik.
• Congratulations to the command and personnel of the 346th Guards Detached Special Operations Brigade President of Russia 27 Mar 2023 -- Vladimir Putin congratulated the command and personnel of the 346th Guards Detached Special Operations Brigade on being awarded the honorary name Guards.
• Congratulations to the command and personnel of the 10th Guards Detached Order of Zhukov Special Operations Brigade President of Russia 27 Mar 2023 -- Vladimir Putin congratulated the command and personnel of the 10th Guards Detached Order of Zhukov Special Operations Brigade on being awarded the honorary name Guards.
• Congratulations to the command and personnel of the 25th Guards Detached Special Operations Regiment President of Russia 27 Mar 2023 -- Vladimir Putin congratulated the command and personnel of the 25th Guards Detached Special Operations Regiment on being awarded the honorary name Guards.

Foreign Policy

• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks at a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Alexander Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Fund, Moscow, March 27, 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 27 Mar 2023
• Deputy FMs of Russia, Iran, Turkey, and Syria will meet soon: Moscow Press TV 27 Mar 2023 -- Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov says a quadrilateral meeting of the deputy foreign minister of Russia, Iran, Turkey and Syria will be held "soon" as efforts step up to normalize ties between Ankara and Damascus.

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