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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 19.05.2023 Ukraine MOD 19 May 2023
aine-230519-sputnik01.htm">Ukraine Planning to Break Through Flanks in Artemovsk to Curtail Russia's Advance - DPR Head Sputnik 19 May 2023 -- Ukrainian troops are deliberately planning to break through flanks in the city of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) to complicate the advance of Russian forces in the city, but "exhaustive measures" are being taken to prevent it, Denis Pushilin, the acting head of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), told Sputnik on Friday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Meeting of the Council for Interethnic Relations President of Russia 19 May 2023 -- The President held, via videoconference, a meeting of the Council for Interethnic Relations, which focused on the advantages of Russia's current system of state national policy, the integration of the new regions into the Russian socio-cultural environment, and the adjustment of the State National Policy Strategy in the context of external threats and challenges.
• Putin: West is trying to break Russia up into dozens of different states Press TV 19 May 2023 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the US-led West is trying to drive a wedge between different ethnic and national groups in Russia and break the country up into dozens of different states.

Foreign Policy

• Russia puts ICC prosecutor Karim Khan on wanted list Press TV 19 May 2023 -- Russia has issued an arrest warrant for the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Karim Khan after the Hague-based court issued an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin in March.
• Response speech by Head of the Russian delegation and Permanent Delegate of the Russian Federation to UNESCO Rinat Alyautdinov at a plenary meeting of the 216th session of the UNESCO Executive Board, Paris, May 16, 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 19 May 2023
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's interview for "The Path to the Islamic World" documentary, May 19, 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 19 May 2023
• With Over 300 Sanctions, U.S. Targets Russia's Circumvention and Evasion, Military-Industrial Supply Chains, and Future Energy Revenues US Treasury 19 May 2023 -- Today, the United States, in coordination with the G7 and other international partners, is strengthening the unprecedented global sanctions and other restrictive economic measures to further degrade the Russian Federation's capacity to wage war against Ukraine. The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is implementing new commitments made at the G7 Leaders' Summit to hold Russia accountable for its war.
• United States Imposes Additional Sanctions and Export Controls on Russia in Coordination with International Partners US Dept. of State 19 May 2023 -- In coordination with the G7, Australia, and other partners, the United States is imposing new sanctions today on Russia for its illegal war in Ukraine.
• United States Imposes Additional Sanctions and Export Controls on Russia in Coordination with International Partners US Dept. of State 19 May 2023 -- The United States will continue to take actions against Russia until it ends its brutal and illegal war against Ukraine.
• US issues new sanctions, targeting 'logistics network' between Iran and Russia Press TV 19 May 2023 -- The United States has issued new sanctions targeting what it calls the "logistics network" between Iran and Russia as the two countries move to enhance their relations.
• UK sanctions target Russia's theft of Ukrainian grain, advanced military technology, and remaining revenue sources UK FCDO 19 May 2023 -- UK government sanctions 86 individuals and entities, targeting Russia's theft of Ukrainian grain, advanced military technology, and remaining revenue sources.
• Britain Slaps Fresh Sanctions On Russia That Include Diamond Ban RFE/RL 19 May 2023 -- Britain has announced new sanctions against Russia aimed at advanced military technologies and imports of diamonds to cut Moscow's "sources of income."
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's comment on the talks with Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov and Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan, Moscow, May 19, 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 19 May 2023
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's opening remarks during talks with Foreign Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov and Foreign Minister of the Republic of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan, Moscow, May 19, 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 19 May 2023
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's opening remarks during talks with Foreign Minister of the Republic of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan, Moscow, May 19, 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 19 May 2023
• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's opening remarks at talks with Foreign Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov, Moscow, May 19, 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 19 May 2023
• Greetings on the opening of the Arab League summit President of Russia 19 May 2023 -- Vladimir Putin sent greetings to participants in the 32nd Arab League summit.

News Reports

• Is Wagner Chief Prigozhin 'A Special Operation Inside A Special Operation'? RFE/RL 19 May 2023 -- For years the Kremlin-connected businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin operated largely in the shadows, amassing a fortune on government catering and other contracts while also quietly running a notorious "troll factory" in St. Petersburg that spearheaded Moscow's efforts to influence foreign elections.
• The Week In Russia: At Daggers Drawn RFE/RL 19 May 2023 -- Russia tries hypersonic missile attacks in Ukraine and treason accusations at home. And in the battle for Bakhmut, the "culture of mutual suspicion, cannibalistic competition, and opportunistic self-interest" President Vladimir Putin has created to maintain power is backfiring, an analyst says.
• Greenpeace Environmental Group To Shut Russia Operation After Kremlin Declares It 'Undesirable Organization' RFE/RL 19 May 2023 -- The Greenpeace environmental group said it is shutting down its Russia operation after the Kremlin declared it an "undesirable" organization amid the government's ongoing crackdown on civil society and independent organizations.
• Kremlin Critic Roizman Fined For 'Discrediting' Russian Armed Forces RFE/RL 19 May 2023 -- A court in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg has ordered the city's former mayor and outspoken Kremlin critic, Yevgeny Roizman, to pay a fine of 260,000 rubles ($3,230) for "repetitively discrediting the armed forces" involved in the invasion of Ukraine.
• First Russian Flight Lands In Tbilisi After Kremlin Lifts Ban RFE/RL 19 May 2023 -- A Russian passenger plane has landed in Tbilisi, the first since Russian President Vladimir Putin lifted a 2019 flight ban last week.