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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 09.05.2023 Ukraine MOD 09 May 2023
• Kiev's threat to kill Russians confirms its role in terror plots: Kremlin Press TV 09 May 2023 -- Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has slammed as "truly heinous" threats openly made by Ukraine's military intelligence chief Kirill Budanov of "killing Russians anywhere," insisting that they confirm Kiev's involvement in plotting terrorist attacks.
• Wagner Chief Again Slams Russian Defense Ministry; Accuses Soldiers Of Fleeing RFE/RL 09 May 2023 -- Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin again accused the Russian Defense Ministry of failing to supply his mercenary fighters with enough ammunition and accused Russian troops of fleeing fighting around the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut.
• Russian Military Attacks Places of Deployment of Ukrainian Reserves Sputnik 09 May 2023 -- The Russian military attacked places of temporary deployment of Ukrainian reserves on Monday night, the Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Victory Parade on Red Square President of Russia 09 May 2023 -- President of Russia - Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Federation Armed Forces Vladimir Putin attended a military parade marking the 78th anniversary of Victory in the 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War.
• Putin: World at 'turning point'; West waged 'real war' against Russia Press TV 09 May 2023 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the West has unleashed a "real war" against his country, pledging that the fight with the US and its allies over Ukraine will end in Russia's victory.
• Putin Assails West as Russia Commemorates Defeat of Nazi Germany VOA 09 May 2023 -- Russia paraded troops and weaponry across Red Square in Moscow on Tuesday in commemoration of its victory over Nazism in World War II, but it was a celebration that was sharply curtailed from years past because of battlefield setbacks in its 14-month invasion of Ukraine.
• Putin Says 'Real War' Being Waged Against Russia VOA 09 May 2023 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin told attendees at the annual Victory Day parade Tuesday that "a real war" was being waged by Western nations against Russia.

Foreign Policy

• Foreign Ministry statement on the disruption of the Russian Embassy's Victory Day commemoration ceremony in Poland Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 09 May 2023
• Central Asian Leaders Shun 'Reputational Costs' To Join Putin's Victory Day Parade RFE/RL 09 May 2023 -- As of last week, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov was the lone Central Asian leader slated to attend Russia's Victory Day military parade -- a celebration of the defeat of Nazi Germany that has become evermore contentious since Moscow's 2014 military intervention in Ukraine morphed into a full-scale invasion last year.
• Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Sends Greetings to Russian President KCNA 09 May 2023 -- Kim Jong Un , president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), sent a message of greeting to Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, president of the Russian Federation, on Tuesday.

News Reports

• Russia Finds New Buyers for Its Oil, But at a Big Cost VOA 09 May 2023 -- Russian crude oil shipments by volume have hit their highest level since the beginning of 2022, as Moscow has found new buyers outside Europe following Western sanctions imposed over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, according to Bloomberg.