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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 19.07.2023 Ukraine MOD 19 Jul 2023
• Russia strikes Ukraine's Odessa for 2nd straight night after pulling out of grain deal Press TV 19 Jul 2023 -- Russia has bombarded the Black Sea port city of Odessa for a second straight night after Moscow refused to extend the vital grain deal with Kiev.
• Massive fire at Crimea military site forces evacuation of over 2,000 people Press TV 19 Jul 2023 -- Russian officials have reported a fire at a military site in the Kirovske district in Crimea that has forced over 2000 people to evacuate the area, leading to the closure of a nearby highway.
• Statement of the Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 19 Jul 2023 -- In connection with the end of the Black Sea Grain Initiative and the cessation of functioning of the maritime humanitarian corridor, from 00.00 Moscow time on 20 July 2023, all vessels sailing in the waters of the Black Sea to Ukrainian ports will be regarded as potential carriers of military cargo.
• Russia Ready to Supply Grain While West Sabotages Global Food Security - Putin Sputnik 19 Jul 2023 -- Russia showed miracles of endurance and tolerance when it extended the Black Sea Grain Initiative in the past, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday.
• Russia Decimates Ukraine's Military Facilities Near Odessa Using Precision-Guided Strikes Sputnik 19 Jul 2023 -- The Russian armed forces launched cruise missile strikes on military and fuel facilities near Odessa, in addition to hammering Ukraine's Kanatovo airbase, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
• Ukraine Loses Over 340 Military in Donetsk Direction in Past Day Sputnik 19 Jul 2023 -- Ukraine has lost more than 340 troops and 15 items of military equipment in the Donetsk direction over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
• Moscow Sends 23 Notes to OPCW Secretariat on Possible Chemical Use by Kiev Sputnik 19 Jul 2023 -- Russia has sent 23 notes to the secretariat of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on the use of toxic substances as chemical weapons by Kiev, but the OPCW does not yet see the need to send specialists to Ukraine, Russian Permanent Representative to the OPCW Alexander Shulgin said on Wednesday.
• Russian Navy Snuffs Out Stray Ukrainian Mine in Black Sea Sputnik 19 Jul 2023 -- A Russian Ka-27 helicopter crew from the patrol ship Sergey Kotov eliminated a stray Ukrainian mine in the Black Sea 180 kilometers (111 miles) northeast of the Bosphorus Strait, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Meeting with Government members President of Russia 19 Jul 2023 -- Vladimir Putin held a videoconference meeting with Government members.
• Chinese, Russian forces ready for upcoming joint drills in Sea of Japan Global Times 19 Jul 2023 -- Naval and aviation forces of China and Russia are preparing for the Northern/Interaction-2023 joint exercise in the Sea of Japan, with experts saying on Tuesday that Chinese warplanes are expected to operate from a Russian airfield, enabling quick response to potential threats in the Sea of Japan.
• 3rd Working Group meeting on Military Cooperation of Indian-Russian Intergovernmental Commission on Military & Military Technical Cooperation held in New Delhi India PIB 19 Jul 2023 -- The 3rd meeting of the Working Group on Military Cooperation of the Indian-Russian Intergovernmental Commission on Military and Military-Technical Cooperation was held from 18 - 19 July 2023 at Manekshaw Centre in New Delhi
• US claims Russian jet flew very close American aircraft over Syria Press TV 19 Jul 2023 -- US officials have claimed that a Russian jet fighter had flown in close proximity to a US military aircraft while on a reconnaissance mission in the skies over Syria, generating a dangerous situation for the four American crew members on board.

Foreign Policy

• Putin to attend BRICS Summit in South Africa via video conference: Kremlin Press TV 19 Jul 2023 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend the upcoming BRICS Summit in South Africa via video conference, the Kremlin says.
• South Africa Says Putin Won't Attend BRICS Summit 'By Mutual Agreement' RFE/RL 19 Jul 2023 -- South Africa has announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has an outstanding arrest warrant issued in his name by the UN's International Criminal Court (ICC), will not travel to a BRICS summit to be held in Johannesburg next month.
• South Africa Says Putin Not Attending BRICS Summit VOA 19 Jul 2023 -- South Africa announced Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin would not be attending an August summit in person, ending controversy over whether Pretoria would abide by its obligations under the International Criminal Court and arrest him.
• Russia continues to use their veto to deny humanitarian access to the people of north-west Syria: UK statement at the General Assembly UK FCDO 19 Jul 2023 -- Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki at the UN General Assembly meeting on the use of the veto.
• Foreign ministers of Iran, Russia hold talks on phone ISNA 19 Jul 2023 -- In a phone call, Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian held talks with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, on bilateral and regional ties as well as the need to respect the territorial integrity of countries.

News Reports

• Prigozhin Appears In Video Weeks After Aborted Mutiny, Says Wagner Is Quitting Ukraine RFE/RL 19 Jul 2023 -- Yevgeny Prigozhin, who led the Russian private Wagner mercenary group's aborted mutiny last month, has appeared in a video purportedly filmed in Belarus welcoming his fighters and saying they would be headed to Africa as the company was halting its involvement in Russia's war with Ukraine for the foreseeable future.
• Nephew Of Chechnya's Authoritarian Ruler Takes Over Danone Subsidiary RFE/RL 19 Jul 2023 -- A nephew of the authoritarian ruler of Russia's North Caucasus region of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has been made the new head of Danone's Russian operations after President Vladimir Putin signed a decree giving the state the right to "temporarily take over" the Paris-based multinational's subsidiary.
• Russian Parliament Passes Digital Ruble Bill Sputnik 19 Jul 2023 -- The Federation Council, Russia's upper house of parliament, adopted a bill on the introduction of a digital ruble in Russia — the third form of the national currency — on Wednesday.
• Russia grounds plane, arrests North Korean mother and son on the run Radio Free Asia 19 Jul 2023 -- Russian authorities grounded a Moscow-bound flight to arrest a North Korean diplomat's wife and son who went missing from the far eastern city of Vladivostok last month, residents in Russia familiar with the case told Radio Free Asia.