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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 01.07.2023 Ukraine MOD 01 Jul 2023
• Ukraine Battles, Civilian Casualties Continue Amid U.S. Report Of Kyiv Press Toward Cease-Fire Talks 'By End Of Year' RFE/RL 01 Jul 2023 -- Russian and Ukrainian forces were battling throughout eastern and southern Ukraine as Kyiv asserted a possible shift in the strategic balance, while a U.S. report hinted at Ukrainian hopes for a possible endgame that could lead to peace talks in the 15-month-old full-scale Russian invasion.
• Russian Shelling Kills 3, Injures 17 in Ukraine Amid Visit by Spanish PM VOA 01 Jul 2023 -- Russian shelling has killed three people and injured 17 others in Ukraine's southern and eastern regions, Ukrainian officials reported Saturday morning. The civilian casualties come as Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez visits Kyiv in a show of support.
• Latest in Ukraine: CIA Director Held Secret Meetings in Ukraine in June VOA 01 Jul 2023 -- CIA Director William Burns made a secret visit to Ukraine in June. Burns met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and intelligence officials to discuss Ukraine's counteroffensive strategy. Reports of the secret meetings emerged Friday. The clandestine discussions are reported to have occurred before Russian mercenary leader Yevgeniy Prigozhin's thwarted rebellion against Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Russian defense establishment.
• Russian Forces Repel Another Ukrainian Counteroffensive Attempt Near Bakhmut - Source Sputnik 01 Jul 2023 -- The Ukrainian military unsuccessfully attempted to conduct an offensive near the village of Berkhovka in the Artemovsk (Bakhmut) district of the Donetsk People's Republic on Saturday, a source in the command of Russia's South group of troops told Sputnik.
• Russian Forces Repel Ukrainian Attack in South Donetsk Direction Sputnik 01 Jul 2023 -- Russian forces have repelled an attempt of Ukrainian troops to attack in the south Donetsk direction, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesperson told Sputnik.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Lukashenko Confident Nuclear Weapons Stationed in Belarus Will Never Be Used Sputnik 01 Jul 2023 -- Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko expressed confidence on Friday that the tactical nuclear weapons stationed in Belarus would never be used, adding that they must nevertheless remain in the country.
• Flagship of the Pacific Fleet, the Guards missile cruiser Varyag together with the frigate Marshal Shaposhnikov pass through La Perouse Strait Russia MoD 01 Jul 2023 -- A Pacific Fleet's surface action group made up of the flagship of the Pacific Fleet and the guards missile cruiser Varyag together with the frigate Marshal Shaposhnikov has passed through La Pérouse Strait from the Sea of Okhotsk into the Sea of Japan.

Foreign Policy

• Telephone conversation with President of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas President of Russia 01 Jul 2023 -- Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas at the Palestinian side's initiative.
• Telephone conversation with President of Abkhazia Aslan Bzhania President of Russia 01 Jul 2023 -- Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Abkhazia Aslan Bzhania at the latter's initiative.

News Reports

• Lukashenka Urges Belarusians To 'Calm Down' Over Wagner Arrivals, As Tent Camp Springs Up In Belarus RFE/RL 01 Jul 2023 -- Belarus's internationally isolated leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka has urged Belarusians not to "worry" about the presumed arrival of Wagner mercenaries after their aborted mutiny in Russia, as satellite imagery emerged of a tent camp springing up in the east that RFE/RL's Belarus Service estimates could house around 15,000 soldiers.