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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 23.05.2023 Ukraine MOD 23 May 2023
• Fighting Appears to End In Russia's Belgorod After Cross-Border Incursion RFE/RL 23 May 2023 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited troops on the front line in the eastern Donetsk region as fighting appeared to cease around Russia's Belgorod region a day after armed fighters from inside Ukraine launched one of the largest cross-border incursions since the start of the war.
• Latest in Ukraine: Russia Contends It Has Repelled Incursion in Belgorod Region VOA 23 May 2023 -- A senior Russian official claimed Tuesday that Moscow's troops have repelled a cross-border raid from Ukraine in the Belgorod region, and that Russia killed more than 70 of the attackers in a battle that lasted about 24 hours.
• Counter-terrorism op. in Russia's Belgorod after deadly raid by Ukraine-based militants Press TV 23 May 2023 -- Ukraine-based militants have staged a "sabotage" raid on Russia's border city of Belgorod, killing a woman and injuring eight other civilians while prompting a counter-terrorism operation, its governor declared.
• Ukrainian Radicals in Russia's Belgorod Region Blocked, Eliminated Sputnik 23 May 2023 -- Ukrainian nationalist formations that infiltrated Russia's Belgorod region have been blocked and defeated, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov pays official visit to Iran Russia MoD 23 May 2023 -- Commander-in-Chief Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov of the Russian Navy, paid an official visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran. In the course of the visit, Nikolai Yevmenov met with the Commander of the Iranian Navy Rear Admiral Shahram Irani, as well as several other senior military officials.
• Russia terminates bilateral agreement between Finland and Russia on military evaluation visits Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland 23 May 2023 -- On 23 May, Finland was informed by Russia that Russia will terminate the bilateral agreement between Finland and Russia on additional military evaluation visits as of 1 June.
• Russia intercepts two US military aircraft over Baltic Sea Press TV 23 May 2023 -- Russia has intercepted two US Air Force strategic bombers flying over the Baltic Sea.
• Who's Who Among Russia's Mercenary Companies RFE/RL 23 May 2023 -- Never one to mince words, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the brash founder of the notorious Russian mercenary company Wagner Group, offered the latest in a series of often profane criticism of Russian military commanders in a video published on May 9.
• NATO Gunning to Destroy Russia Through Proxy War in Ukraine - Medvedev Sputnik 23 May 2023 -- There is nobody in the so-called collective West that Russia could negotiate with to defuse the dangerously escalating conflagration in Ukraine, as Washington and its NATO allies don't want peace, they don't want cooperation, they want confrontation, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev told RT.
• Russian Foreign Ministry: US Manipulates Data Published Under New Start Treaty Sputnik 23 May 2023 -- The United States is manipulating data it published under the under the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), and the information shared by the US State Department does not comply with the treaty's rules for counting, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Monday.

Foreign Policy

• Meeting with President of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik President of Russia 23 May 2023 -- The President of Russia met with President of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik in the Kremlin.
• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's answer to a media question in connection with remarks by Federal Minister for European and International Affairs of the Republic of Austria Alexander Schallenberg Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 23 May 2023
• Moscow Court Extends Pretrial Detention For U.S. Journalist Held On Spying Charges RFE/RL 23 May 2023 -- A court in Moscow has extended the pretrial detention of Evan Gershkovich, a U.S. reporter for The Wall Street Journal, arrested in Russia in March on spying charges that he, his newspaper, and the U.S. government have strongly denied.
• Russian Court Extends Pre-Trial Detention for US Journalist Evan Gershkovich VOA 23 May 2023 -- The United States has called for Russia to immediately release Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich after Moscow sought to extend his pre-trial detention by three months.
• Russia PM visits China to deepen Moscow-Beijing economic ties Press TV 23 May 2023 -- Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has started a two-day visit to China, in an effort to deepen trade and business ties between Moscow and Beijing amid intensifying US economic warfare against the two nations.
• Russia's energy exports to China will rise 40% this year amid sanctions: Deputy PM Press TV 23 May 2023 -- Russia's energy exports to China will climb by 40 percent this year, Russian deputy prime minister has said as the two countries seek to further expand ties and avert impacts of persisting US-led sanctions.
• China, Russia eye $200 billion of trade this year amid Russian PM's visit Global Times 23 May 2023 -- Visiting Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin attended a high-level business forum in Shanghai on Tuesday, and expected that bilateral trade between China and Russia could hit the $200 billion goal by this year and cooperation will expand beyond traditional areas.
• Russia poses a direct threat to the security, stability and prosperity of the Euro-Atlantic space, says Minister A. Anušauskas Lithuania MND 23 May 2023 -- "Russia poses a direct threat to the security, stability and prosperity of the Euro-Atlantic space. Countries of the Northern Group uphold a unanimous view that it is absolutely important to ensure continued military assistance to Ukraine in its fight against the unlawful and brutal Russian aggression," says Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anušauskas.

News Reports

• Russia's top banker in Tehran to boost mutual trade Press TV 23 May 2023 -- Governor of the Central Bank of Russia Elvira Nabiullina has held a key meeting with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Reza Farzin to discuss ways to improve trade payment and settlement services between the two countries.
• Russia's Detractors Failed to Break Country's Economy - PM Mishustin Sputnik 23 May 2023 -- The West has rolled out a massive sanctions campaign against Russia after it started its special military operation in Ukraine in February 2022.