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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 01.05.2023 Ukraine MOD 01 May 2023
• Three Killed In Latest Russian Missile Barrage To Hit Ukraine, Zelenskiy Says RFE/RL 01 May 2023 -- Russia hit Ukraine with a nighttime barrage of 18 missiles, killing two people in Pavlohrad and a 14-year-old boy in the Chernihiv region, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on May 1.
• Russia's Naval, Air Defense Forces Repelling Drone Attack on Sevastopol Sputnik 01 May 2023 -- Russia's naval forces together with air defense forces are repelling a drone attack in the outer harbor of Sevastopol, with one drone already shot down, Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev said on Monday.
• Bomb Wrecks Train in Western Russia Sputnik 01 May 2023 -- A bomb caused a freight train to veer off track in the western Russian region of Bryansk on Monday, the Russian Railways company said.
• Kiev Lost Over 300 Soldiers Over Past 24 Hours - Russian Defense Ministry Sputnik 01 May 2023 -- The Russian troops have destroyed up to 330 Ukrainian soldiers, a tank, four armored combat vehicles, four cars, and a 122-mm howitzer D-30 in the Donetsk direction over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday.
• Latest in Ukraine: Deadly Round of Russian Airstrikes Hit Ukraine VOA 01 May 2023 -- For a second time in a week, Russia launched a deadly wave of airstrikes across Ukraine, lobbing 18 missiles that killed two people.
• Latest in Ukraine: Russia Making 'A Particular Effort' to Strengthen Northern Crimea Border VOA 01 May 2023 -- Russia launched 18 missiles at Ukraine's capital Monday morning. Ukraine says it intercepted 15 of them. Preliminary reports from Kyiv indicate that there were no casualties, according to the Associated Press.

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Foreign Policy

• MFA statement Republic of Poland 01 May 2023 -- "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland condemns the statement of the former Ombudsman of the Russian Federation, Pavel Astakhov, proving that the murder of the Polish Ambassador is admissible."
• German Diplomats Expelled by Moscow Depart From Russia - Reports Sputnik 01 May 2023 -- Several employees of Germany's diplomatic missions in Russia left the country on Monday, following Moscow's announcement about the expulsion of German diplomats in a tit-for-tat response to Berlin, media reported, citing the German Foreign Ministry.
• Pakistan and Russia commemorate 75th Anniversary of establishment of Diplomatic Relations Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs 01 May 2023 -- Pakistan and the Russian Federation are commemorating the 75th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations, today. To mark this milestone occasion, Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov exchanged letters of felicitations.

News Reports

• Iran, Russia to jointly manufacture research satellite IRNA 01 May 2023 -- Russia and Iran will kick start a project in two weeks to manufacture scientific research satellite, an Iranian academic has said.