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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 22.04.2023 Ukraine MOD 22 Apr 2023
• Kyiv Says Dozens Of Russian Strikes Repelled As Allies Discuss Beefing Up Ukraine's Air Defenses RFE/RL 22 Apr 2023 -- Ukraine says its military has fended off dozens of Russian attacks over the past day, as Kyiv's Western allies discussed fortifying its air defenses ahead of a spring counteroffensive by Ukrainian forces.
• Latest in Ukraine: Zelenskyy Announces New Sanctions Against Russian Military, Its Enablers VOA 22 Apr 2023 -- Ukraine announced new sanctions against individuals or legal entities who support or invest in "Russian aggression." In his nightly video address on Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Kyiv has sanctioned 322 companies that manufacture weapons and military components for Russia's military against Ukraine.
• Russian Aviation Destroys Ukrainian Depot of Rocket, Artillery Weapons Sputnik 22 Apr 2023 -- A Ukrainian depot of rocket and artillery weapons has been destroyed by Russian aviation, the enemy lost up to 600 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) shells, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesperson told Sputnik.
• Russia forces battling Ukrainians in their last Bakhmut strongholds: Report Press TV 22 Apr 2023 -- Russia's defense ministry says the country's soldiers are battling Ukrainians in the latter's last strongholds in the flashpoint city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine.
• Russia says Chinese proposal can serve as basis for Ukraine peace deal Press TV 22 Apr 2023 -- Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin has said the Chinese peace plan for Ukraine could serve as the basis for a future peace agreement between Moscow and Kiev.

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Foreign Policy

• Russia to expel German diplomats in tit-for-tat move Press TV 22 Apr 2023 -- Russia has slammed a decision by Germany to expel Russian diplomats from the country en masse, saying it has decided to respond in kind to the move.
• Moscow Expels German Diplomats in Tit-for-Tat Move Sputnik 22 Apr 2023 -- Germany has decided to initiate a new massive expulsion of employees of Russian diplomatic missions in the country, with Moscow taking responsive measures, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.
• Russia Announces Mass Expulsion Of German Diplomats In Tit-For-Tat Move RFE/RL 22 Apr 2023 -- The Russian Foreign Ministry says it is expelling a number of German diplomats in what it calls a "mirror" action to a previously unannounced move by Berlin as relations between the two counties continue to deteriorate.
• Berlin Claims Germany Expels Russian Diplomats to Reduce Presence of Intelligence Officers Sputnik 22 Apr 2023 -- The German government decided to expel Russian diplomats in order to reduce the number of Russian intelligence officers in the country, a German broadcaster reported on Saturday, citing the German Foreign Ministry.

News Reports

• The Underground Network Helping Russians Escape The Draft RFE/RL 22 Apr 2023 -- It's already counseled thousands of Russians eager to avoid what its founder calls "the buzz saw" of war in Ukraine, legally or otherwise.
• Ukraine planned attacks on Russian forces in Syria, leaked document reveals Press TV 22 Apr 2023 -- The top-secret US intelligence document leaked recently reveals that Ukraine's military intelligence hatched plans to carry out covert attacks on Russian forces in Syria with the assistance of local Kurds.