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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 13.05.2023 Ukraine MOD 13 May 2023
• Multiple Russian Jets, Helicopters Reportedly Crash Near Ukrainian Border RFE/RL 13 May 2023 -- At least one Russian warplane and a military helicopter have crashed in the Bryansk region bordering Ukraine, Russian emergency services were quoted by TASS news agency as saying, with several reports claiming the craft had been shot down.
• Ukraine Loses Almost 300 Military, Mercenaries in Donetsk Direction Over Past Day - Moscow Sputnik 13 May 2023 -- The South Grouping of the Russian armed forces has eliminated over 285 Ukrainian military and mercenaries, as well as 17 military vehicles and a weapons depot in the Donetsk direction over the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.
• Ukraine using UK missiles to hit civilian targets in Luhansk: Russia Press TV 13 May 2023 -- Russia says Kiev used Britain's long-range cruise missiles to strike civilian targets in Russian-controlled territory in eastern Ukraine.
• Ukraine Uses 2 Storm Shadow Cruise Missiles, 1 US-Made Decoy Missile - LPR Sputnik 13 May 2023 -- Ukraine used two Anglo-French Storm Shadow cruise missiles and one US-made ADM-160 MALD decoy missile to shell Lugansk on May 12, the representative office of the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of issues related to Ukraine's war crimes (JCCC) said on Saturday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Russia Starts Producing Completely Domestic Cheytac Sniper Cartridge Sputnik 13 May 2023 -- Russia has launched the serial production of the Cheytac sniper rifle cartridge made from domestic components only, thanks to import substitution, the head of Russian arms manufacturer Lobaev Arms, Vladislav Lobaev, told Sputnik.

Foreign Policy

• Expanding China-Russia Cooperation Has Risks, Experts Say VOA 13 May 2023 -- A senior adviser to the Biden administration and other experts say that deepening cooperation between China and Russia could overturn decades of stable international nuclear arms control.
• U.S. Embassy Slams Bosnian Serbs' Possible 'Strengthening' Of Russia Ties RFE/RL 13 May 2023 -- The U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo says no government should expand its cooperation with Russia while it continues its aggression in Ukraine in response to a comment by the Kremlin's spokesman about the possible strengthening of relations between Russia and the Serb-dominated entity of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
• Russia categorically rejects accusations of interference in Turkey's elections Press TV 13 May 2023 -- Russia has categorically rejected accusations leveled against it by the Turkish opposition candidate of meddling in Turkey's presidential and parliamentary elections.
• Russia Categorically Rejects Claims of Meddling in Turkish Elections Sputnik 13 May 2023 -- The Kremlin on Saturday rejected accusations that it interfered in the Turkish presidential race and vowed to respect the choice of the Turkish voters, after main opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu accused Russia of "meddling."

News Reports

• Ukraine Can't Have Russian Assets Frozen in Switzerland, Bern Says Sputnik 13 May 2023 -- Hundreds of billions of dollars' in Russian assets were trapped in the West in February 2022 after the United States and the European Union moved to freeze them to "punish" Moscow for its military operation in Ukraine. A year later, the EU's legal service indicated that it didn't know the whereabouts of over 85 percent of these funds.
• Detained Ukrainian Industrialist, Suspected Of Collaboration, Requests Transfer To Russia RFE/RL 13 May 2023 -- The former head of Ukrainian engine manufacturer Motor Sich, Vyacheslav Bohuslayev, who was detained for his suspected assistance to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, has asked to be exchanged for Ukrainian prisoners held in Russia, according to a handwritten request obtained by Schemes (Skhemy), the investigative unit of RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service.