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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 18.05.2023 Ukraine MOD 18 May 2023
• Russia Keeps Up Wave Of Missile Strikes Raising Threat Throughout Ukraine RFE/RL 18 May 2023 -- The Ukrainian military said Russia launched dozens of missiles and air strikes during the day on May 18 after a barrage of missile and drone strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities overnight.
• Latest in Ukraine: Air Raid Alerts Extended Throughout Ukraine VOA 18 May 2023 -- Air raid alerts were declared across Ukraine early on Friday, local time, with some areas reporting explosions.
• Latest in Ukraine: US Overcounted Cost of Military Aid to Ukraine VOA 18 May 2023 -- The U.S. overcounted the total of U.S. military aid provided to Ukraine by about $3 billion, a senior defense official and a military official told VOA, an accounting error that could soon eliminate concerns the administration would need to ask Congress for more money to keep Kyiv in the fight this spring.
• Russia says Western-supplied weapons destroyed in missile strikes Press TV 18 May 2023 -- Moscow says Russian forces have managed to destroy large caches of Western-supplied weapons and military equipment in Ukraine with high-precision missiles in overnight strikes.
• Grain Deal's Future Not Connected With Turkish Presidential Election's Outcomes - Lavrov Sputnik 18 May 2023 -- The future of the grain deal has nothing to do with the outcomes of the Turkish presidential election, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Thursday.
• Kremlin Confirms Grain Deal Extension, Cites Some Results, Hopes Sputnik 18 May 2023 -- The grain deal will be prolonged for two months, and there is a relative result in the negotiations, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.
• Moscow Positive About African Peace Initiative on Ukraine Sputnik 18 May 2023 -- Moscow has a positive attitude towards African states' initiative on the Ukrainian settlement, but it needs to be studies, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said on Thursday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• NATO expansion harms talks on European security: Russian FM People's Daily 18 May 2023 -- The North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO's) "reckless expansion" undermines the prospect for further normal dialogue on European security, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday.
• Meeting with Governor of Khabarovsk Territory Mikhail Degtyarev President of Russia 18 May 2023 -- Mikhail Degtyarev reported to the President on the region's socioeconomic development.

Foreign Policy

• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's talks with Foreign Minister of the Republic of Uganda Abubaker Jeje Odongo Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 18 May 2023
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's statement and answers to media questions during a joint news conference following talks with Foreign Minister of the Republic of Uganda Jeje Odongo, Moscow, May 18, 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 18 May 2023
• Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on the Czech authorities' unfriendly decision regarding Russian property Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 18 May 2023
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's video message to the participants in the 7th Young Diplomats Forum of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation countries, Moscow, May 18, 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 18 May 2023
• Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Chernyshenko Arrives in Cuba Sputnik 18 May 2023 -- Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko has arrived in Cuba for a working visit, a Sputnik correspondent reported.
• G7 to Increase Financial Pressure on Russia VOA 18 May 2023 -- Members of the Group of Seven wealthy democracies will act at this year's G-7 summit to pile more sanctions on Russia and crack down on those helping it evade them — a move aimed at hampering Moscow's ability to fund its war in Ukraine.
• New sanctions demonstrate G7 resolve on Russia UK FCDO 18 May 2023 -- Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will warn against complacency in defending our values and standing up to autocratic regimes, as he meets G7 leaders in Hiroshima.
• Two Iranian banks plan to set up offices in Russia: CBI official Press TV 18 May 2023 -- Two Iranian banks are planning to launch offices and branches in Russia, according to a Central Bank of Iran (CBI) official and amid growing trade and business ties between the two countries.
• Weapons from China and Russia fuel Myanmar's bloody civil war Radio Free Asia 18 May 2023 -- Chinese and Russian entities have sent more than US$660 million in weaponry and other arms-related equipment to Myanmar's military since its coup two years ago, enabling the junta to wage its brutal campaign to retain power.

News Reports

• Prosecutor Asks Russian Court To Fine Kremlin Critic Roizman, But Doesn't Seek Jail Time RFE/RL 18 May 2023 -- The prosecution has asked a court in Russia's Ural city of Yekaterinburg to fine the city's former mayor and outspoken Kremlin critic Yevgeny Roizman, for "repetitively discrediting the armed forces" involved in the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine.