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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 12.06.2023 Ukraine MOD 12 Jun 2023
• Ukraine Says It Retakes Territory In South, East As U.S. Backs Counteroffensive RFE/RL 12 Jun 2023 -- Ukraine says it has liberated seven settlements in the south and eastern regions of the country and made further advances in Bakhmut amid heavy fighting, as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Washington was confident the counteroffensive would make progress and that it was maximizing its support to insure Kyiv's "success on the battlefield."
• Enerhoatom Chief Warns Russian Forces May 'Worsen' Situation Caused By Dam Breach RFE/RL 12 Jun 2023 -- The head of Ukraine's Enerhoatom nuclear generating company says he is concerned that Russian forces still occupying Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant may "worsen the situation even further" after last week's destruction of the Kakhovka dam that jeopardized water supplies and put Europe's largest nuclear station in peril.
• Latest in Ukraine: US Pledges 'Robust' Political, Practical Support for Kyiv VOA 12 Jun 2023 -- During a news conference Monday in Washington, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States was determined to maximize its support for Ukraine so it can succeed on the battlefield. A "robust" package of political and practical support for Ukraine, Blinken added, can also be expected at the upcoming NATO summit in Vilnius.
• Latest in Ukraine: Officials Say Ukrainian Troops Reclaim Village in Donetsk VOA 12 Jun 2023 -- A Ukrainian official said Monday the country's troops retook control of Storozhov, a village in the Donetsk region as they conduct a counteroffensive aimed at reclaiming territory seized by Russia.
• Counteroffensive actions underway in Ukraine: Zelensky People's Daily 12 Jun 2023 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday that the counteroffensive actions in his country are underway, the government-run Ukrinform news agency reported.
• Moscow rejects Kiev's claims about capturing villages, says has repelled Ukraine's offensives in southeast Press TV 12 Jun 2023 -- Russia says it has repelled attacks by Ukrainian forces on several villages in the southeastern regions of Ukraine, rejecting earlier claims by Kiev that its troops have "liberated" those villages from Russian control.
• Russia says evacuated 7,000 from Kherson flooded areas Press TV 12 Jun 2023 -- Nearly 7,000 people have been evacuated from flooded areas in the war-ravaged Russia-controlled Kherson region of eastern Ukraine, its acting governor has declared.
• Russian Army Launches Counteroffensive Near Vremovka Ledge - Official Sputnik 12 Jun 2023 -- Russian armed forces have launched a counteroffensive to push back Ukrainian army near the Vremovka ledge in the Zaporozhye direction, Vladimir Rogov, a senior official of the Russian-appointed Zaporozhye regional administration, said on Monday.
• Ukraine Loses 250 Military in Zaporozhye, South Donetsk Directions in Past Day Sputnik 12 Jun 2023 -- Ukraine has lost up to 250 military in the Zaporozhye and South Donetsk directions over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Visit to Vishnevsky Central Military Clinical Hospital President of Russia 12 Jun 2023
• Akhmat volunteer detachment signs a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defence Russia MoD 12 Jun 2023 -- The Akhmat volunteer detachment trained by the Russian Special Forces University has signed a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defence as part of the implementation of an order of the Russian Defence Minister defining the procedure for organising the service activities of volunteer organisations.
• Data on interceptions of aircraft completed near the Baltic States' borders on June 5-11, 2023 Lithuania MND 12 Jun 2023
• States invest in nuclear arsenals as geopolitical relations deteriorate—New SIPRI Yearbook out now SIPRI 12 Jun 2023 -- The nine nuclear-armed states—the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and Israel—continue to modernize their nuclear arsenals and several deployed new nuclear-armed or nuclear-capable weapon systems in 2022.
• Think Tanks Say Nuclear Arsenals Expanded, Modernized Last Year RFE/RL 12 Jun 2023 -- Nuclear-armed states have continued to expand and modernize their atomic arsenals amid a deterioration of the world's geopolitical situation, investing huge sums of money diverted from other development goals, an influential think tank said in a report published on June 12.
• Global Nuclear Arsenals Growing Amid Increased Tensions - SIPRI Sputnik 12 Jun 2023 -- The nine nuclear powers continued to increase or modernize their atomic weapon stockpiles in 2022 as the fallout from the Ukraine conflict undermined nuclear diplomacy, a fresh report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) claimed on Monday.

Foreign Policy

• Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's address to the citizens of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between our countries, Moscow, June 12, 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 12 Jun 2023
• Can Russian Crude Ease Pakistan's Economic Woes? VOA 12 Jun 2023 -- Pakistani authorities are touting the arrival of the first shipment of discounted Russian crude oil as "transformative," however, analysts say the extent of relief it will bring the country's crisis-riddled economy is not clear.
• North Korea's leader vows to 'hold hands' with Russia's Putin for cooperation Press TV 12 Jun 2023 -- North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un says he will "hold hands" with President Vladimir Putin of Russia, offering "full support and solidarity" to Moscow.
• Greetings to Russian President KCNA 12 Jun 2023 -- Kim Jong Un , president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, sent a message of greeting to Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, president of the Russian Federation, on Monday.

News Reports

• Berlin to Face Production Cuts If Russian Gas Stops Flowing Via Ukraine - Economy Minister Sputnik 12 Jun 2023 -- Germany will have to reduce or curtail its industrial production if Russia and Ukraine fail to extend the deal on transit of gas that is due to expire in 2024, Economy Minister Robert Habeck said on Monday.
• 'We're In This With You': Declassified Clinton Memos Show A Path For Russian Relations That Wasn't To Be RFE/RL 12 Jun 2023 -- One day after Russians voted in a national referendum that served as a vote of confidence in President Boris Yeltsin's wobbly presidency, his U.S. counterpart gave him a call.
• As Anti-War Russians Flock to Georgia, Tbilisi Warms to Moscow VOA 12 Jun 2023 -- Koshini's rooftop bar serves up local wine and a stunning view of Tbilisi, bathed, one recent evening, in a rosy sunset. The clientele sipping cocktails are not hip young locals, but Russians.