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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 31.05.2023 Ukraine MOD 31 May 2023
• Latest in Ukraine: Russia Blames Ukraine for Luhansk Attack, Claims Kyiv's Forces Also Hit Russian Town VOA 31 May 2023 -- Russian authorities said Wednesday that Ukrainian shelling in the Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine had killed five people and wounded 19 others, and that Kyiv's forces had also attacked a Russian town for the third time this week and struck two oil refineries.
• Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko's answer to a media question on the situation with the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 31 May 2023
• Ukrainian drone sparks fire at Russian refinery: Governor Press TV 31 May 2023 -- Russia has blamed Ukraine for a fire at an oil refinery in the south of the country, saying the blaze was likely caused by a Ukrainian drone striking the facility.
• Akhmat Fighters Successfully Advance Near Maryinka - Russian MoD Sputnik 31 May 2023 -- Earlier, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said that Chechen units had received orders to redeploy their forces, and their zone of responsibility had become the territory of the DPR - the Akhmat Special Forces and the Sever Akhmat Regiment were transferred to the Maryinka direction.
• Russian Forces Destroy Last Ukrainian Warship Sputnik 31 May 2023 -- The Russian forces have destroyed the last Ukrainian warship in the port of Odessa, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
• Russian Interior Ministry Puts Another 3 Ukrainian Military Commanders on Wanted List Sputnik 31 May 2023 -- The Russian Interior Ministry has put Ukrainian First Deputy Chief of the General Staff Ihor Kolesnyk and two other generals of the Ukrainian armed forces on wanted list, according to the ministry's database.
• Drone Falls on Territory of Oil Refinery in Russia's Krasnodar Region Sputnik 31 May 2023 -- A drone has fell on the territory of the Ilsky oil refinery in Russia's Krasnodar region, the infrastructure of the plant was not damaged, the regional operational headquarters said on Wednesday.
• Russian Foreign Ministry Calls Vile West's Position on UAV Attacks Against Moscow Sputnik 31 May 2023 -- The position of Western countries on the drone attacks on Moscow is "absolutely vile," Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday, adding that the West comments only on what it wants to comment.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Meeting with Government members President of Russia 31 May 2023 -- The President held a meeting with Government members via videoconference.
• Minsk Believes Deploying Russian Tactical Nuclear Arms to Cool Down War-Like Rhetoric Sputnik 31 May 2023 -- Minsk expects that agreements with Russia on the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in the republic will cool down the war-like rhetoric of neighboring Western countries and Ukraine and will not allow a more global military confrontation, Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin said on Wednesday.

Foreign Policy

• Meeting with President of Eritrea Isaias Afwerki President of Russia 31 May 2023 -- Vladimir Putin had a meeting with President of the State of Eritrea Isaias Afwerki at the Kremlin.
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's visit to Mozambique Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 31 May 2023
• Moscow decries Germany's 'ill-thought-out' move after Berlin closes Russian consulates Press TV 31 May 2023 -- Berlin has closed four of Russia's five consulates in Germany as bilateral ties between the two countries have hit a new low over the Ukraine war. Moscow has denounced the decision as an "ill-thought-out" move and vowed a response.
• Medvedev: UK waging an 'undeclared war' against Russia Press TV 31 May 2023 -- The United Kingdom is waging an "undeclared war" against Russia, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said.
• Medvedev Bashes 'Goofy' UK Officials for 'Leading De Facto Undeclared War' on Russia Sputnik 31 May 2023 -- On May 30, UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly evaded a question about Kiev's involvement in Tuesday morning's drone attacks on Moscow, but said that Ukraine has the right to project force beyond its borders.

News Reports

• 'Z' Marks The Trouble Spot: Russia's Symbol Of War Appears In Northern Kosovo RFE/RL 31 May 2023 -- As ethnic trouble brewed and the latest confrontations erupted this week in northern Kosovo, a powerful symbol of Russian expansionism emerged alongside the Serbian flags denoting resistance to Pristina's authority.