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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 11.07.2023 Ukraine MOD 11 Jul 2023
• Latest in Ukraine: Russia Targets Kyiv in Drone Attack VOA 11 Jul 2023 -- Ukrainian officials reported Russian aerial attacks Wednesday, including Iranian-made Shahed drones targeting the capital, Kyiv, for a second consecutive night.
• Moscow says if US gives cluster bombs to Ukraine, Russia may use 'similar' weapons Press TV 11 Jul 2023 -- Moscow says if the United States proceeds with supplying globally-banned cluster bombs to Ukraine, Russia may use "similar" weapons, warning that the move will prolong the war.
• Ukraine steps up mercenary recruitment to conceal losses, treats them like 'cannon fodder': Russia Press TV 11 Jul 2023 -- Ukraine has stepped up its recruitment of mercenaries from across the globe in efforts to conceal the catastrophic losses of its military forces in the raging war against Russia, Moscow's Defense Ministry has declared in an official statement.
• Top Russian diplomats blast US, NATO over Ukraine aims Press TV 11 Jul 2023 -- Senior Russian diplomats have lashed out at the US for pushing a massive publicity campaign to win public support for any "anti-Russia decisions" at the NATO summit currently underway in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Northern Fleet's naval minesweeper Vladimir Gumanenko undergoes drills in the Sea of Barents Russia MoD 11 Jul 2023 -- The minesweeper Vladimir Gumanenko of the Northern Fleet's joint forces Kola flotilla performed tasks at the Sea of Barents firing ranges.
• Pacific Fleet's small anti-submarine ships undergo mock enemy submarine search and destruction drills near the Kuril Islands Russia MoD 11 Jul 2023 -- Small anti-submarine ships Sovetskaya Gavan and Koreets underwent mock enemy submarine search, surveillance, and destruction drills.

Foreign Policy

• Sergey Lavrov's written interview with Indonesian newspaper Kompas, July 11, 2023 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 11 Jul 2023
• Security Council fails to reach consensus on Syria aid lifeline UN News 11 Jul 2023 -- Life-saving assistance to millions in northwest Syria is at risk after the UN Security Council on Tuesday failed to adopt either of two competing resolutions to extend cross-border aid delivery from Türkiye.
• At UN, Russia Vetoes Aid to Millions in Northwest Syria VOA 11 Jul 2023 -- Russia has vetoed the continuation of a U.N. aid operation that is a lifeline to more than four million Syrians living in areas outside of government control and signaled its readiness on Tuesday to completely shutter the nine-year-old aid operation.
• There is no rational or moral argument for Russia to veto the resolution on Syria cross-border aid: UK statement at the Security Council UK FCDO 11 Jul 2023 -- Explanation of vote by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the UN Security Council meeting on Syria cross-border aid.
• Russia warns of 'measures' if NATO expands to inlcude Sweden Press TV 11 Jul 2023 -- Russia warns it will take "necessary measures" in the event of Sweden's accession to NATO as the Western treaty keeps expanding eastward.

News Reports

• Meeting with VTB CEO Andrei Kostin President of Russia 11 Jul 2023 -- Vladimir Putin had a meeting with President and Chairman of VTB Bank Management Board Andrei Kostin to discuss the financial group's current operations.
• Putin-Prigozhin meeting demonstrates Russia's internal unity before NATO summit: observers Global Times 11 Jul 2023 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin met with mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin five days after the aborted Wagner Group mutiny last month where Putin offered an "assessment" of Wagner's actions on the battlefield in Ukraine and "of the events of June 24," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying on Monday, without releasing details of the assessments.
• The sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines should be treated with utmost seriousness: UK statement at the Security Council UK FCDO 11 Jul 2023 -- Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki at the UN Security Council meeting on the Nord Stream gas pipeline.